Togbe Afede XIV, President of the National House of Chiefs and Agbogbomefia of Asogli State has called on members of the National House of Chiefs to re-elect him as President of the House to enable him to continue to reposition the chieftaincy institution to greater heights. He said his leadership …
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Government says it will pay the medical bills of the victims of the Akyem Batabi church building collapse disaster, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has announced. The families of the disaster will also receive some financial assistance to help them go through these trying times. Vice President Bawumia, who visited the …
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The Most Reverend Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, has cautioned newly ordained Ministers of the Church against adopting inappropriate ways to take monies from congregants. “As Methodist Ministers, you are called to enrich lives, but that is not about preaching prosperity, nor asking …
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The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)has opened recruitment for university graduates to work as regional trainers in the upcoming nationwide population census. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on Sunday said applicants were being recruited to participate in a Pre-Certification Training Programme of Trainers for Censuses. It said …
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Participants at a day’s stakeholders meeting has expressed the need for the government to increase taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened products to raise revenue and to protect the lives of the citizenry. It was attended by representatives of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the Ghana Police Service, the …
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A Cape Coast Circuit Court Judge, Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith, wished a convict she sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour, died in prison for defiling his two-year old granddaughter. Mrs Smith described the act as “vicious” saying the convict could not show sympathy to the survivor at that …
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Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the launch of the Cocoa Management System (CMS) will play a significant role in the implementation and efficient management of the soon to be launched Cocoa Farmers’ Pension Scheme. The CMS is an online portal, which will capture the database of cocoa farmers digitally, …
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Mr Samson Lardy Anyenini, a broadcast journalist with The Multimedia Group, Saturday won the coveted PAV Ansah Journalist of the Year Award at the 25th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Media Awards. Mr Anyenini, also a legal practitioner and the host of Newsfile on Joy News, also won the Democracy and …
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The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has asked traditional medicine practitioners to use only medical devices approved by the Authority in their health institutions for operations. Mr Martin Kusi, the Northern Regional Head, FDA, who gave the advice said for the FDA to ensure public safety, practitioners that used medical …
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Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present to Parliament on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 the Expenditure in Advance of Appropriation from January to March, 2021. Besides, the House is also expected to consider the report of the Finance Committee on the Appropriation and thus take the consequential Parliamentary …
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