The government has presented start-up tools to six districts in the Western Region towards training of selected unemployed youth in the districts. The items include 100 boxes of sewing machines, 100 over lock machines, 50 auto toolkits, 80 hair dryers, 80 hand dryers, 80 electrical tool kits, 80 curling tongs, 78 hair straighteners and 100 scissors. The beneficiary districts are Shama, Aowin Suaman,Sefwi-Wiawso,Tarkwa... 

*On sanitation Ghana’s former President, John Agyekum Kufuor, will be chairing the second Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) High Level Meeting at the World Bank in Washington, DC, USA, scheduled for Friday, April 20, 2012. Ex-President Kufuor is leading the august meeting, by virtue of the fact that he is the current Chair of the SWA Partnership which is at the forefront of the meeting. John Agyekum... 

Lee Ocran, Minister of Education Fourteen inmates from the Borstal Institute in Accra are among 32,605 pupils currently sitting this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Greater Accra Region. The all-boys inmates are among candidates writing their papers at the Accra Girls Senior High School center which is hosting 478 candidates from 16 schools. Nationwide, some 370,000 final... 

Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, Accra Mayor The Accra Mayor, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, on Monday attributed the outbreak of Cholera in the metropolis to poor liquid waste handling and insanitary conditions under which food is prepared for public consumption and not poor solid waste disposal. Accra has recorded 826 cases of cholera with 17 confirmed deaths as compared to 3,000 cases and 24 deaths recorded within... 

Paul Tawiah Quaye, Inspector General of Police The police say they are in firm control over activities surrounding the arrest of New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Assin North Kennedy Agyapong. The administration has denied reports two people have been killed in the ensuing melee between supporters of the NPP and the police. Police acting Director of Communications, Cephas Arthur, told Joy... 

Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Air Vice Marshal Christian Edem Kobla Dovlo, has called for a research and study into the new security challenges in the sub-region. Air-Vice Marshal Dovlo said the research study would help curb the numerous armed conflicts and other related security threats. He said, “Armed conflicts have plagued the West African... 

  Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan, Electoral Commissioner The Cape Coast Metropolitan Director of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mr Anthony Nyame, has cautioned Ghanaians that polling stations are restricted areas, which must be respected by all.     He explained that anyone who did not have any business there should stay away from the premise. By the end of the second phase, 43,875 people had been registered... 

ACP Awuni Angwubutoge, MTTU boss The Korley Clottey constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress in the Greater Accra Region are on the heels of the National Motor Transport Traffic Unit (MTTU) Commander ACP Angwubutoge Awuni seeking immediate justice to the act of assault and intimidation perpetuated against their Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Nii Armah Ashietey by police officers... 

Mr. Abdulia Abdallah, Northern Regional Manager of Zoomlion Ghana Limited Zoomlion Ghana Limited in its bid to champion a clean, green and healthy environment has handed over  twenty one (21) new waste management trucks and equipment to augment the fleet of the MMDAs in the Northern Region in order to deliver not just good but proper waste haulage and disposal. This short handing over ceremony took... 

The deputy Director of Communications of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, has been granted bail. He spent Monday night in the custody of the Police CID for allegedly inciting NPP supporters to protest the arrest of NPP MP of Assin North, Kennedy Agyapong. Citi News’ Umaru Sanda Amadu, who has pitched camp at the CID headquarters, said Mr Asamoah has since left...