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The Minister of Works and Housing Samuel Atta-Akyea paid a visit to the three communities in the Volta region affected by tidal waves in the early hours of Sunday, assuring them of the government’s support. Close to 300 households in the Blekusu, Gavedzi, Amudzinu and Salakope communities were affected with properties running to several thousands of Cedis destroyed. The over ...

Chief Executive Officer for the Ghana Free Zones Board, Michael Okyere Baafi is supporting the construction of an ultra modern computer laboratory for the Wesley Methodist Basic School at Koforidua in the Eastern Region. At a short presentation ceremony held at the Methodists Church office in Koforidua, Mr. Kingsley Ofosu, an aide to Mr. Okyrere Baafi, presented a Cheque for ...

OmniBank has commissioned a Business Centre at the Pentecost University College. The project funded by OmniBank is part of its Corporate Social Responsibility for 2017. The Centre is to provide easy access to information and aid in student research at the university. Also, the Centre will offer other administrative services such as printing and photocopying of items. Equipped with state-of-the-art ...

The former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority, (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah has stated that no political party in the history of Ghana has contributed more to the improvement and development of the country than the National Democratic Congress. According to Mr. Mensah, the NDC has made the most impressive developmental impressions on Ghana since the days of ...

Three persons are reported dead in a fatal motor accident at Asamankese in the Eastern region. Six persons are also in critical conditions and have been rushed to the Asamankese Government Hospital and Koforidua Regional Hospital. The accident occurred when a Toyota vehicle full of passengers from Akyem Oda to Accra attempted to prevent a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle ...

And young Captain Maxwell Mahama died. Killed… Murdered… In the prime of youth… In the service of Ghana our Motherland… It need not come to that, but it often takes such an unspeakable tragedy to focus the conscience of a nation to a canker eating into and destroying the fabric of society. A few years ago, after so many needless ...

Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has announced government plans to provide Ghanaian pilgrims to Mecca food and transportation during this year’s Hajj. His announcement comes in the wake of reports that government is saddled with outstanding debt of GH¢23 million incurred by the previous Hajj Board. Although government is struggling to pay off the debt, Dr. Bawumia said the move ...

The embattled Abelemkpe branch manager of Marwako Fast Foods, Jihad Chabaan, has denied dipping the face of employee, Evelyn Boakye, into blended pepper. Testifying in court Monday, he said he only poured the content of the blender into a bowl as their custom was as a restaurant. However, police prosecutor, Hanson Armah, suggested that Jihad’s direct action of holding the ...

To address the concerns of the founder and elders of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the youth in the party are departing from the ideals of probity, accountability, and integrity that birthed the NDC, North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called for the formation of a party school. According to him, the NDC needs to develop strong mentorship ...

The father of the late ace broadcaster, Komla Dumor, has revealed he will soon publish a book about his son. Professor Ernest Dumor, a retired academic and public servant, also indicated that aside from the book he has authored, he is currently working on a post-doctoral thesis on his son. “I’m doing a post-doctoral thesis and the post-doctoral thesis happens ...