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Building Permits In Three Months - AMA Orders
Tuesday June 30, 2009
With immediate effect no development application for a building permit in any district of the Greater Accra Region should take more than three months to approve as required by law, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Armah Ashitey has directed.
“Where the developer has not been informed of the cause of the application within...read more
20% Extra Cash For Rural Teachers
Monday June 29, 2009
Government on Friday announced a 20 per cent bonus salary enhancement package for trained teachers who accept posting to deprived areas of the country.
A personnel performance assessment is also on-going at the Ministry of Education to inform enhancement of salary and other emoluments for teachers.
Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo, Minister of...read more
Nana Nketsia Bemoans Collapse Of Railway Sector
Monday June 29, 2009
The Omahene of the Essikado Traditional Area, Nana Kobina Nketsia V,has blamed the collapse of the railway industry on people whom he accuses of pursuing their own interests.
“The life-span of our roads has been destroyed by the haulage of bauxite by road.
This is a disgrace. Those who bring these trucks are political interest groups...read more
Hydrological Department Desilts Accra Drains
Monday June 29, 2009
The Hydrological Services Department has begun an exercise to desilt all drains in flood-prone areas in the metropolis.
Mr Wise Ametefe, head of the department, under the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, announced this on Thursday when the Technical Committee of the National Disaster Management Committee (NADMO) toured areas...read more
Ex-Convict Jailed For Five Years
Monday June 29, 2009
A Tarkwa Circuit Court on Friday jailed a 40- year old ex-convict, Sulemana Seidu for five years, for stealing. The convict who had previously served 18 months in prison at the Sunyani Prisons for stealing a tape recorder, pleaded guilty to all the five counts of stealing. Seidu’s wife, Yahaya Kende, an accomplice who pleaded not...read more
Father, Mother, Son Washed Away By flood Water
Monday June 29, 2009
A couple and their son met their death when they were carried away by flood water after their two-bed room house collapsed at Kronum Kwapra, near Bremang in Kumasi on Friday night.
A second son of the couple who escaped death raised the alarm.
Neighbours who defied the heavy downpour could only retrieve the bodies of the man, Opanin Agya...read more
It’s Un-Ghanaian
Monday June 29, 2009
Vice President John Mahama has called for collaboration between the church and the state to address the issues of sanitation, crime and moral decadence plaguing the society.
Taking exception to the menace of internet fraud Sakawa, which is eating deep into the moral fibre of the youth, Vice-President Mahama pointed out that “to reap...read more
Electoral Petitions Against EC Disposed Of For Lack Of Evidence
Monday June 29, 2009
A total of 16 out of 23 electoral petitions or disputes filed against the Electoral Commission (EC) have so far been dealt with by the courts.
The Director of Human Resource of the Commission, Samuel Yorke-Aidoo, who made this known said the cases were disposed of for lack of evidence or want of jurisdiction.
He was speaking at a workshop...read more
Religious Intolerance Declines In The Bongo District
Monday June 29, 2009
The Centre for Integrated Development Initiatives(CIDI), a community-based organisation, working in the interest of deprived persons, has helped to reduce the spate of religious intolerance in some communities in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region.
The Project Coordinator of CIDI, Mrs. Ernestina Adu, made this known to GNA at Bongo...read more
Ghana May Accept IMF's Terms
Friday June 26, 2009
Finance and Economic Planning Minister, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor says Ghana may agree on terms with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a $1 billion loan within the next couple of days.
“An agreement is likely to be reached today or tomorrow,” the minister said in an interview in Accra.
He said the Washington, D.C.-based lender...read more
