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Kludjeson Arrested
Wednesday July 08, 2009
THE Greater Accra Regional Police have arrested Mr Prince Kofi Kludjeson, former president of Association of Ghana Industries, who yesterday allegedly sent thugs to the Kasapa head office at Roman Ridge hold staff hostage on the basis that he owned the company.
Also arrested were 19 of the thugs detailed by Mr Kludjeson to the Kasapa offices....read more
U. E. Minister Woos Health Professionals
Wednesday July 08, 2009
Mr. Mark Woyongo, the Upper East Regional Minister, has used the opportunity of a chance meeting with pharmacy students to sell his region to health professionals.
He assured health professionals that if they accept posting to the region, they would have good accommodation and means of transport to make life enjoyable for them.
At the...read more
Barber Strangles Mother To Death
Wednesday July 08, 2009
The Nyinahin Police have arrested a 26-year-old barber, Kwame David, for strangling his mother, Madam Abena Badu, 60, to death. Briefing the Ghana News Agency, Detective Sergeant Stephen Owusu said that on May 28, the deceased went to her farm at Tanodumase in the Atwima Mponua District at about 9am but never returned. He said the daughter...read more
Sani Abacha Remanded For Defiling Iced Water Seller
Wednesday July 08, 2009
A 32-year-old Nigerian cobbler who allegedly defiled and impregnated a 15-year-old iced water seller was on Monday put before an Accra Circuit Court charged with defilement. Edward Chiku, aka Sani Abacha, pleaded not guilty and the court presided over by Mr C.A. Wilson remanded him into police custody to appear again on July 20. Remanding...read more
GNAT Holds Delegates Confab
Wednesday July 08, 2009
Mr. Emmanuel Zumakpeh, Garu-Tempane District Deputy Director of Education in the Upper East Region, has observed that the long term effect of conflicts is the tendency to deny the nation of the requisite human resource, needed for development.
He made the observation when he delivered a paper on: ‘Conflict and its effects on teaching...read more
‘Exchange Of Visits Among Chiefs Will Help’
Wednesday July 08, 2009
The Chief of Nankong, Nankong-Pio Pe Joseph Banapeh Afagachie II, has urged chiefs to play an advocacy role in the peace building process.
He urged them to exchange visits to establish good relationship and promote excellent neighbourliness among the communities.
He was speaking at a ‘Pro-Peace Cultural Integration Fiesta’...read more
GJA Gen Sec ‘Meets’ Obama In Holland
Wednesday July 08, 2009
United States President Barrack Obama is due to pay a state visit to Ghana on July 10, 2009. But even before that first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa by America’s first African-American President, one person already struck by Obamamania is Ghana Journalists Association’s indefatigable General Secretary Bright Blewu.
While on a...read more
Minority Returns To Parliament
Wednesday July 08, 2009
The Minority caucus in Parliament yesterday returned to the House and actively participated in its business.
Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Minority leader, told the House that the caucus had rescinded its decision not to participate in the business of the House. To this, the Majority responded with “hear hear.”
Their return, the...read more
MOB RULE MUST NOT BE ALLOWED
Wednesday July 08, 2009
A mob of mostly young men and women, claiming that the Dzodze court registrar was “morally bankrupt and corrupt”, took the law in their own hands last week and invaded the court premises and beat him up. In reaction, the Judicial Service issued a statement on Monday condemning the act and appealed to the good sense of the people...read more
River Blindness: Cure In Sight
Wednesday July 08, 2009
A clinical trial to introduce a new drug to eliminate river blindness has been launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in three African countries. The drug is called Moxidectine, which is being investigated for its potential to kill or sterilise adult worms of Onchocerca volvulus, which causes river blindness. The drug has a...read more
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