The Public Utility and Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced new tariffs for the last quarter of the year which would take effect from December 01.  The new tariff for electricity is up by 3% across board and 1. 07% for water. The lifeline category which is between 0-50, remains free of these new tariffs but consumers between 51-150 category would now pay 17. 5%. The same figure of 17. 5% holds... 

Ghanaians have been urged to increase their patronage of local Ghanaian wears as a means to enhance the branding of the nation. The General Manager of Jita fabrics, Daniel Mpesum, who made this call in Kumasi, observed that even though former president Kufour did well by bringing about the national Friday wear, Ghanaians could do more and more with the local fabrics. Mr. Mpesum who shared his views... 

Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Education Minister The Headmaster of Kumasi High School in the Ashanti region, Mr. Michael Yeboah, has passionately appealed to government and stakeholders in the educational sector to help provide the school with adequate infrastructural and logistical resources.   This, according to him would enhance the training of students in acquiring the requisite knowledge to compete... 

Credible sources have hinted Today that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would be selecting the running mate of Nana Akufo-Addo, the party’s 2012 presidential nominee, before the end of the year. By the party’s time-table on the subject, the announcement of the running mate would be made this month. So far three names have emerged as the forerunners in the selection process. Interestingly all three... 

NEWS DESK REPORT The National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Convention People Party (CPP) which was meant to call on the leadership of the party for an early congress to choose the party’s flag bearer and presidential candidates has been called off. The over 45 NEC members had called for that meeting in a statement signed by their spokesperson, Dr. Theophilus Kwofie, yesterday explained... 

  …CEO, Procurement Officer indicted by Audit Report   An internal audit report intercepted by this paper has unearthed serious financial misconduct involving senior officials at the country’s flagship health institution, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH).   The report, which is a final internal audit report on the hospital’s procurement operations covering the period between... 

Dr. Sekou Nkrumah has observed that some big shots within the Convention People’s Party (CPP) are taking advantage of the political immaturity of his sister, Samia Nkrumah, to promote their selfish agenda.  Samia, who is the CPP chairperson, descended on the party’s 2008 flag-bearer Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom on Monday for being behind a scheme to stampede the party into having an early congress. Dr.... 

ASKS JOE KINGSLEY EYIAH, OCT, BROOKVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, TORONTO News reaching us from Ghana (by the courtesy of Ghanawaves.com) recently speaks of a dire situation for most of the graduates of the Junior High School (JHS) during last school year. Only forty-six (46) percent of the graduates passed the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE). This shows an awfully drop in percentage of successful... 

WARNED  A NEWS DESK REPORT The Central Regional Organizer of the Convention People’s Party has warned Bright Akwetey and the party’s General Secretary, Ivor Kobina Greenstreet, to “move out” of their way to allow the party’s NEC hold an extra-ordinary meeting. “…Akwetey and Greenstreet must join or move out of our way. If Bright Akwetey still aspires to become a flag-bearer for the CPP,... 

  We won’t tolerate Nduom’s nonsense …   The chairperson of the Convention People’s Party, Samia Yaaba Nkrumah, has dropped hints that the 2008 presidential candidate of the party, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, will soon be sacked from the party.   She claims Dr. Nduom is the one orchestrating activities to create disaffection and disunity in the CPP.   “We’ll not tolerate this...