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The Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Eric Kwakye Darfour, has appealed to the church to lead efforts at helping to resolve the many chieftaincy disputes, threatening to slowdown the development of some communities in the region. It should use its tremendous influence to help all to smooth over their differences, find …

The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has awarded the operation, investment and management of the Electricity Distribution Business of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to the Meralco Consortium. This followed the completion of the international competitive procurement process and evaluation of the proposals received for the ECG Concession. A statement …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo-led government is on course to attain economic freedom in view of the various pragmatic policies and programmes they are rolling out. He said the President’s vision of building Ghana-Beyond-Aid was gradually yielding results with the country recording 8.5 …

Mr Ebbo Botwe, the President of the Ghana Plastic Manufacturers Association has said a fund set up in 2011 for plastic waste management has accrued a total of GH¢724 million as at March 2018, but the sector Minister says differently. He said the money which was formerly 20 per cent …

Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has given a positive outlook of the economy as the government’s pragmatic economic policies and programmes begin to pay off. It recorded gross domestic growth (GDP) of 8.5 per cent, last year, making it the fastest growing economy in Africa and the world. Dr. Bawumia …

Madam Mary Ama Kudom Agyemang, a Media Expert on Thursday disclosed that about 19,000 Ghanaians die from diarrhoea and cholera annually due to the practise of Open Defecation in the country. According to her, 29,000 people were affected by cholera outbreaks in 2004 alone, which cost the country an amount …

The Accra Circuit Court hearing the case in which some armed men freed inmates at the Kwabenya Police Station after an attack on the station, killing a Police Officer on duty, on Friday adjourned the matter to April 23. When the case was called, counsels for the accused who were …

A new military cemetery situated at Burma Camp, the headquarters of the Ghana Armed Forces, has been opened to accommodate more than 10,000 graves to be made of military personnel, General’s, retired personnel and their entitled families. The cemetery also has a space for Presidential and prominent citizens of the …

The Chief Justice Sophia A. Akuffo on Friday said the General Legal Council (GLC) was not daunted by the resistance encountered in the ongoing legal education reform in the country. She noted that it was public knowledge that the Council had met resistance but the GLC was not daunted. According …

Thirty-eight lawyers were on Friday called to the Bar with a charge to embrace changes in the legal profession in order to stand neck to neck with other professionals around the globe. The Chief Justice Sophia A. Akuffo who gave the advice during a mini-call in Accra, noted that there …