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Court places injunction on Ashanti GSFP
A Kumasi High Court has ordered caterers who were recently contracted by the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) to stop work.
The court decision was an outcome of a determination of the case brought before it by the caterers, to the effect that termination of their contract was unlawful.
The GSFP recently terminated the contracts of the caterers; a situation which compelled the aggrieved caterers...
WACAM REACTS TO ATTACKS BY CHIEFS OF AKYEM KOTOKU
There has been recent orchestrated media attacks on WACAM by some chiefs of Akyem Kotoku area on the query of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food sent to the government of Ghana by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the potential impacts of the Newmont Akyem project on the Ajenua Bepo Forest Reserve and the violation of the Right to food of the affected...
1ST National’s Susu Scheme
One privately owned Ghanaian bank which continues to put its clients first on its scheme of operations is First National Savings and Loans Ltd.
Established in 1997 FNSL, management of the financial institution has not relented in the efforts to financially assist its customers.
It is in this regard that First National has introduced a Susu Account which allows people who operate the scheme to apply...
M&J Bribery Scandal…ATO QUARSHIE OTHERS, ROB NDC…They ‘chop’ money intended for NDC ways and means committee
TODAY’s further search into the raging bribery scandal involving some government functionaries of the first NDC administration, headed by former Flt. Lt. Rawlings, has shown that the said officials tricked M&J that the monies were meant for the Ways & Means Committee of the NDC.
The NDC Ways & Means Committee was headed by former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Obed Yao...
Getting to the bottom of the matter
ON Saturday, September 19, 2009 residents in and around Kokomlemle in Accra woke up to a sad news of the death of a twenty-one (21) year old man. The deceased was allegedly gunned down by a police/military patrol team who were on patrol within the locality.
IT is refreshing that the Inspector General of Police-IGP, Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has, after that unfortunate incident, directed the arrest of the...
Leonardo Junior School Complex: “Self Discovery is God’s Discovery”
One educational set-up that has gained a lot of prominence in Tema is Leonardo Junior School Complex. It was the first Day Care center established in Tema Manhean in the year 1976, and was founded by five indigenes of Tema with the aim of improving the standard of education of the people in the area.
Prefects of Leonardo Junior School Complex
The school later grew into a primary school at the backyard...
Motor accidents in U/E region
The Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Mark Woyongo, has expressed worry at the rate at which young people lose their lives through motor accidents in the region.
He has therefore urged the security agencies especially the police to step up their surveillance on people who flout traffic regulations.
The Minister stated this in an exclusive interview with TODAY when he presented 300 motorbikes for health...
KNUST trains more medical doctors
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) School of Medical Sciences (SMS), has since 1982, trained 1,398 medical doctors to boost health care delivery in the country.
Professor Kwabena Danso, Dean of the School, who announced this, said the SMS could have trained more but for lack of facilities and appealed to corporate bodies, philanthropists and stakeholders in the health sector...
Driver whips Policeman
A policeman was mercilessly whipped by a taxi driver at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle last Monday 21st September, 2009 for forcibly pulling him out of his taxi due to a road traffic offence.
An eye witness told TODAY in an interview that the taxi driver failed to abide by a road traffic regulation when he parked his car at a ‘No Parking’ zone.
That, according to the eye witness, created inconveniences...
Fritz wins Citi Fm Voice Factory
After weeks of hale and hearty competition to unearth music talents, the final showdown of the Citi Fm Voice Factory Talent Hunt came off over the weekend at the National Theatre.
Just like any reality show, the best contestant won at the end of the day after thrilling performances by the final 4 contestants namely Fritz, Bismark, Solace and Hellen.
Fritz doing his own thing on stage
19-year old University...










