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Edition No: 44 |
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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NEWS
Policy to introduce earthquake-resistant buildings advocated
Dr Paulina Amponsah, Researcher at the National Data Centre of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, has called on government to design policy guidelines on constructing infrastructural facilities to ensure that they withstand earthquakes...
Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | Viewed: 72 times
Ghana risks being conduit for `dirty money` -UK Attorney
Ghana has been urged to strengthen institutions and master the political will to ensure that the country does not become a safe haven for money laundering activities, as its offshore banking ambitions ‘risk being soft touch magnet for flood of dirty money’...
Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | Viewed: 408 times
Okyenhene vows to clamp down on illegal miners
The King of the Abuakwa State, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has vented his spleen on illegal miners, popularly known in Ghana as “galamseyers,” following speculations in the traditional area that he supports their destructive activities...
Posted on: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 | Viewed: 135 times
Calm returns to Bunkpurugu
…after chieftaincy clash
Reports received by The
Chronicle from the Northern
Regional Police Command have it that relative calm has returned to Bunkpurugu and its surrounding communities, after a chieftaincy clash on Sunday.. .
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GHANA COTTON COMPANY ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE
… Workers salaries in arrears for months, can`t fuel coy vehicles,/i>
Almost four hundred
workers of the Ghana
Cotton Company Limited
(GCCL) may be rendered jobless within the shortest possible time, as the company, which is one of the major sources of raw material to the textiles industry in Ghana, faces imminent collapse...
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Civilian, military relations deepen
…with visit of school children, civil groups to 66 Artillery Regiment
The 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho was the center of
attraction, as hundreds of school children and civil society groups in the region, visited the barracks to familiarise themselves with military activities, and learn more about weapons and mode of dressing...
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Vehicle falls from ferry into river at Dambai
The travelling public no longer considers the Pontoon at Dambai, in the Krachi-East District, as a safe means of transportation, following an accident in which a Bedford vehicle fully loaded with yam and other food products, together with three persons, fell into the Oti River from the ferry, due to its weak state... .
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Three-day seminar on leadership ends in Obuasi
A 3-day leadership seminar aimed at promoting Christianity in the society, and making people advance in life, has been held at the Holy Family Chapel at Obuasi.. .
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Adansi North honours teachers
72 TEACHERS and workers in the basic, second cycle,
vocational schools and Teacher Training College in the Adansi North District have been honoured for being the best teachers for the 2006, 2007 and 2008 academic years. .
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Dress in national colours on Independence Day celebrations
A SUGGESTION has been made to the effect that Ghanaians should develop a special attitude towards Independence Day celebrations, by wearing attires in the national colours.. .
Posted on: Friday, January 09, 2009 | Viewed: 27 times
Nzema Traditional Council
THE Eastern Nzema Traditional Council (ENTC) last Sunday sat and gave judgment in the case in which a Revenue Collector of the Ellembelle District Assembly (EDA), Mr. Amos Kwofie, allegedly attempted to use magical powers on the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr. Daniel K. Eshun, and other senior officials of the Assembly to cave in to his demands...
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Ex-Magistrate keeps mum
…as court insists on cross-examination
A former Magistrate of
the Juvenile Court, Ms.
Ana Jane Ghartey, who is
standing trial before an Accra Circuit court on charges of fraud, yesterday kept mute when she was asked to cross-examine a witness in the absence of her lawyer.. .
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Foot soldiers pledge support for new NPP executives
THE NATIONAL Secretariat of the NPP Foot Soldiers’ Club, a strong campaign group in the opposition party has sent a message of congratulations to the newly-elected national executives of the party with a pledge to work diligently with them to help win the 2012 elections...
Posted on: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | Viewed: 42 times
Education Minister: `One Laptop per Child` is good but...
The Education Minister, Mr. Alex Tetteh Enyo has said the one laptop per child (OLPC) concept is a good one, but issues of sustainability and security needs to be properly addressed before the programme can be continued...
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ICT unavoidable in West Africa’s development -ECOWAS Parliament
As the world continues to develop at a faster pace in the 21st century, access information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) has become a critical tool in human advancement...
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