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Looting Of State Funds Continues Despite The Law
Tuesday July 14, 2009
NOTWITHSTANDING the promulgation of various laws to close the loopholes in the financial misappropriation of public resources, public officials have designed disingenuous ways of circumventing the process, Samuel Sallas-Mensah, former chairman of the Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC), has said. He said, realising that misappropriation is...read more
Researchers Worried About Internet Abuse Among Children
Tuesday July 14, 2009
A dissemination workshop on the use of the internet by children in the Accra metropolis was held on Friday for selected pupils from basic and junior high schools in Dansoman and Osu. It was organised by the Department of Children of the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MOWAC) to disseminate findings of a research on the use of...read more
CUTTING DOWN COST
Tuesday July 14, 2009
IN his early days as President, Professor John Atta-Mills, made it clear that the days of frivolous spending were past and gone and that his administration was going in for the cost-cutting policy, if the economy was to be put on a sound track. Seven months into his rule, one does not need to have the eye of an economist to state that indeed...read more
Stop The Stigmatisation Of TB Patients
Tuesday July 14, 2009
Dr. Aaron Offei, Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of Health Services, has appealed to the general public to stop all stigmatisation associated with people living with tuberculosis as that prevented them from seeking medical care.
He expressed worry that whilst the detection of the disease was still very low, many people were not taking advantage...read more
ENT Nurses Charged To Intensify Campaigns
Tuesday July 14, 2009
Alhaji Dr. Mohammed Bin Ibrahim, Ashanti Regional Director of Ghana Health Service has urged Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist nurses to intensify outreach programmes to educate people especially in rural communities on the need to seek early advice from them to prevent aggravation of ENT-related problems. Alhaji Dr. Ibrahim was speaking...read more
Govt Urged To Stop Declining Funds For Family Planning
Tuesday July 14, 2009
Mr Mark Abugnaba, Upper West Regional Population Officer has urged the government to reverse the decline in funding for family planning activities by channelling more internal resources to invigorate population control programmes to accelerate national development. He said the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme offered an...read more
Govt Appointees Urged To Educate People On Policies
Tuesday July 14, 2009
Government appointees to the district assemblies have been advised to help educate the people on government’s policies and programmes.
Mr. Kwame Kenya, Senior Resource Person, National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), said this at a two-day training programme on the decentralisation concept and good governance at Agona...read more
KMA Boss Visits Bomso Flood Victims
Tuesday July 14, 2009
A team of officials from the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) led by Mr Samuel Sarpong, the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) have visited about 200 people who were last Thursday displaced at Bomso in the Kumasi metropolis following a downpour in the Ashanti Region.
Mr Sarpong said his outfit would do its best to come to the aid of the...read more
NADMO Calls For Carnal Between Keta Lagoon And Sea
Tuesday July 14, 2009
Mr Kwame Abonie, Deputy National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), on Friday called for the creation of a carnal between the Keta Lagoon and the sea to ease flooding.
He said the carnal was the best option to offset more floods in the area as waters from the Klikpa and Todze rivers pour into the lagoon....read more
E. Region Records 575 Road Accidents, 127 Casualties
Tuesday July 14, 2009
A total of 127 people lost their lives in 575 reported cases of road accidents which involved 911 vehicles in the Eastern Region in 2008.
This was announced by the Regional MTTU Police Commander Supt. James Sarfo Peprah at the Vanguard Assurance Regional Best Taxi Driver Awards at Koforidua on Thursday.
He said that there were 93 fatal...read more
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