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Japan has learnt from the recent natural disaster that hit it and has committed to a more stringent approach to medical management for disasters, a senior Japanese official has said. Professor Yasuhiro Yamamoto, adviser to the Japanese…

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has set up a three member committee to investigate public complaints about the operations of his Lands Secretariat. The Bantamahene, Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatia V, is the Chairman. The term of…

An 18-year-old barber has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour by a Kumasi Circuit Court for robbing a student. Kwaku Baah pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, robbery and causing unlawful harm to his victim. An accomplice,…

The Micro Finance and Small Loan Centre (MASLOC) of the Kwaebibirem District Assembly, from December, 2010 to May, 2011 had disbursed a total amount of GH¢190,850 to 25 groups and individuals in the area. Thirty-four additional…

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) on Tuesday swore into office a nine-member executive to steer the affairs of the Union. The new executives headed by Osman Ayariga, a student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and…

Mr Emmanuel Kofi Adanu, Deputy Director of Education in charge of Higher Institutions in the Volta Region, on Tuesday chastised policy makers for “investing too much in the elderly”. “Many of our policies favour only the elderly which is a…

Dr Dawson Amoah has said strong competitive local industries are necessary for rapid development and to prevent acts that would undermine the national stability. He said “it is important for all of us to remember recent developments in…

Armed robbers early Monday night waylaid market women returning to Ho from Mafi-Kumasi market and robbed them of their monies and other valuables. The robbers, whose dialect gave them off as Fulanis, barricaded the road with two logs near…

The country’s total maritime trade for the second quarter of this year recorded 4.36 million metric tonnes, a surge of 18 percent, according to Ghana Shippers Authority figures obtained by Business and Financial Times. This was made up of…

Mr. John M. Ocansey, Upper West Regional Manager, Forest Service Division of the Forestry Commission, has said perennial bush burnings and activities of Fulani herdsmen and their cattle were undermining government’s afforestation programmes…