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The former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East, Ishmael Ashittey, has indicated that he will soon join the race to become the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). This is because according to him, he stands very tall among all the party members who have declared their intentions to contest for the position.
Information reaching The Chronicle speaks of tension between some timber companies operating in the country and the Forestry Commission (FC), which supervises the sector, following the latter's decision to revoke all permits granted them.
Counsel for Mr. Asamoah Boateng, former Information Minister, Nene Amegatcher, has requested a Human Rights Court (HRC) to make an order for the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Paul Tawiah Quaye, to arrest the Director of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), Mr. Yaw Donkor, Josephine Gandawiri and Stephen Abrokwa personnel of the security agency, for disobeying the orders of the ...
The General Officer Commanding Northern Command, Brigadier General Chris Kwadwo Ocran, has called for the need of a high level of military professionalism to meet the security challenges currently facing the world.
In a bid to curb the spate of disasters on the Volta Lake, as well as improving safe travelling conditions on inland waterways, Zoil Services Limited, a subsidiary of Zoomlion Waste Management Company is collaborating with the government and other agencies to commence the Volta Transport Enhancement Project.
An association of Ga Adangbe residents abroad has condemned the massive encroachment on school lands in the capital, Accra.
To guarantee cost effective use of government resources
Ghanaian exhibitors at the ongoing fair have chided security operatives at the border post for impounding their goods, destined to the fair for exhibition.
The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) have announced a groundbreaking partnership that will link African governments' commitment to agricultural development with concrete programs in seeds, soil health, policy, and markets.
Despite pleadings from President Mills, during his recent visit to Ejura in the Ashanti Region, to the teeming youth of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to exercise restraint, and that the jobs his party promised them, will be provided at the right time, the youth appear to have turned deaf ears to his request.
I left the Red Bull Soccer Academy, at Sogakofe in the Volta Region yesterday, with a positive mentality after a 45-minutes personal facility tour.
Ahead of Saturday's hockey tourney code named - "The Chairman's Invitational Tournament," The Ghana Hockey Association (GHA) launched the tournament in Accra, yesterday.
The NkAwkaw and Okere Constituencies of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have elected new members to steer the affairs of the party in the constituencies. Unlike other parts of the country where similar congresses witnessed massive violence leading to destruction of properties, that of Okere and Nkawkaw were generally peaceful.
Minister of state designate for the office of the President, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, has stated that he has no regrets for saying that the Information Minister, Hon. Zita Okaikoi was incompetent and should be relieved of her position.
The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Benjamin Kumbuor yesterday appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament to outline his vision and priorities when given the nod to become the substantive Minister of Health. Dressed in traditional smock apparel and in his usual calm mood, Dr. Kumbour told the Committee that his number one priority is to ensure a society free maternal mortality in the ...
ABOUT TWENTY three non-Value Added Tax (VAT) registered companies, from whom the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) made purchases to the tune of GH¢361,320, are to ready themselves to refund the monies to the VAT Service, or face court action.
"Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control," Article 25(1), UDHR.
CATERERS OF the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) have been cautioned not to use the school children to wash bowls used in serving them. They should also stop serving the children in polythene bags to avoid food poisoning.
This year's Hajj pilgrimage for Muslims all over the world begins on November 24th, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The performance of the Hajj, as a spiritual exercise, is one of the five major pillars of the Islam religion. The Hajj is supposed to be performed in a somber, solemn, and revered atmosphere. In Ghana, however, over the past couple of years, the Hajj pilgrimage was made synonymous ...
Mr. Tawiah Boateng, the Eastern Regional Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared his intention to contest the deputy National Organizer position of the party.
The State Attorney and the counsel for the interdicted Principal Accountant of the Ministry of Youth and Sports yesterday locked horns before an Accra Fast Track Court (FTC), as they argued out their cases on whether or not the President's action, to interdict the Principal Accountant over some financial impropriety at the ministry, was appropriate and within the laws of the land.
The Ghana Cocoa Marketing Board (COCOBOD) has set up a committee to investigate the circumstances under which 3000 bags of cocoa, valued at GH¢300,000 got missing from its warehouse during the last season. The paper learnt that the disappearance was uncovered when figures that were tendered by the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) and the Quality Control Officers showed discrepancies.
THERE WAS total pandemonium at Natinga, a suburb of Bawku on Wednesday, when two men were arrested, severely beaten and one of them allegedly stripped naked by the military on the streets of Bawku.
Developing the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME) in Ghana has been identified as a key component of steps at eradicating widespread poverty in the country. To this end, executives of the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) and management of KAB Governance Consult, a media consultancy firm has engaged the Parliamentary Select Committee on Trade and Industry in an interaction on ways of ...
As part of its corporate strategy to contribute towards fighting cyber crime, iBurst Africa has donated 10 modems, in addition to the allocation of "connect & go!" traffic vouchers for use by officers of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
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