Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur today received a message from Pope Francis, Head of the Roman Catholic Church, on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama. The message was delivered at the Flagstaff House, at Kanda, in Accra. Rev Fr Cosma Ambrosini, Charge d’ Affaire of the Embassy of the Holy Sea, presented the message […]
The Queen has joined 2,000 guests for a service at Westminster Abbey to mark 60 years since her Coronation. Some of those who took part in the 1953 service were among the congregation. Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Rev Justin Welby said the event honoured “60 years of commitment”. The Queen was accompanied by more […]
The UN Development Programme (UNDP) provided an amount of $10.7 million for projects and programmes in Ghana during the year 2012. According to factsheets of the UN agency, it budgeted an amount of $11.4 million for 38 projects in the country last year. On the areas of focus, the UNDP allocated 40% of its budget […]
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism, led by Mr. Friday Ibadin, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, has arrested three Beninese and one Ghanaian for pipeline vandalism in the communities around the Atlas Cove, Lagos. The suspected vandals were identified as Fufo Soglo (Ghanaian) and the three Beninese – Christopher Suso, […]
June 4th, the great day the Armed Forces led this country in a revolt against oppression and corruption. In spite of the many achievements, many setbacks and reversals have also taken place. But for more than a decade now, Ghana appears to have been moving towards an irreversible situation down a tunnel, thanks to Presidents […]
The Australian Government in partnership with the Ghana’s Public Sector Commission and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has started the implementation of a two-year public sector governance support programme. The programme, which aims at supporting public sector performance, will also focus on improving human resource management in the country. Mr Walter Kudzodzi, Public Affairs […]
A five-day workshop on managing crisis and disaster information by public relation officers of the various security agencies opened in Accra on Monday. The state partnership programme by North Dakota National Guard in the United States of America and the Ghana Armed Forces was attended by public relations officers from the Ghana Police Service, Ghana […]
The Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana yesterday opened a five-day international conference to harness and share experiences from various actors that would help address issues of climate change in Africa. Dubbed, the 2nd International Climate Change and Population conference on Africa, it affords various participants across Africa the opportunity to deliberate […]
Japan has offered to fund the construction of a new suspension bridge across the Lower Volta at Atimpoku to replace the existing Adomi Bridge, which has become weak. The construction of the suspension bridge will be the first project to be funded by the Japanese government from the soon-to-be-reactivated Yen loan portfolio. Consequently, the Japanese […]
The United Nations last week honoured Inspector Cornelius Gadri of the Ghana Police Service, who died in the service of peace on March 19, 2012, whilst serving in the Africa Union/United Nations Hybrid Operations in Darfur (UNAMID). The late Inspector Gadri, and 110 other peacekeeping personnel who died during their United Nations (UN) activities around […]
