A 17-year-old driver’s mate who allegedly defiled a 14-year-old primary four pupil of the Achiase Salvation Army School in the Birim South District, is on GH ¢ 2,000 bail with one surety.   Joseph Nyarko pleaded not guilty to defiling a minor and would reappear on December 19.   Police Inspector Kingsley Antwi told the court presided over by Mr. Yaw Attah Sampong, that the girl and her parents... 

Properties estimated at GHc166,579,991,008 were destroyed in 258 fire outbreaks recorded in the Sunyani Municipality from January 2008 to December 2011. The Municipal Rural Fire Education Coordinator of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Station Officer Grade One Sulemana Aryee, told GNA in an interview on Thursday. According to him, the loses were on domestic, bush, car, saw dust, institutional,... 

Liberian refugees living in Ghana will lose their status by June next year. The decision which is being implemented by the international community will cut aid supplies to the refugees.  It could also see the closure of the Buduburam refugee camp. Programs Coordinator for the Ghana Refugee Board, Tetteh Padi, told Joy News the refugees will be forced to integrate if the deadline elapses. “The International... 

In Gushiegu A group from the Kokomba community in the Northern Region on Thursday morning attacked some Fulani herdsmen seeking shelter in a Kokomba community in the Gushiegu District capital, Naburi. District Chief Executive for Gushiegu, Alhaji Fuseini Alhassan, confirmed the situation to Joy News. According to him a combined security team deployed into the area after the earlier attack have been... 

A former Interior Minister, Kwamena Bartels, under whose tenure some cocaine exhibits got swapped with powdered cassava (Kokonte) while in the custody of the police, has told Citi News the four-member committee set up by the Chief Justice to investigate a recent similar case cannot be trusted to do an independent job.    Kwamena Bartels He also made similar arguments against the various committees... 

Vodafone Ghana, a subsidiary of the world’s number one telecommunications brand, has introduced a new call plan that gives customers an ultra-low rate of 1 pesewa (GH 0.01).  The 138 Plan gives pre-paid customers superior value for money spent with special call rates every day of the week. Catering to the different call needs and lifestyles of its customers, this call plan also allows customers... 

‘Court erred in granting suspect bail’ The Ghana Police Service has expressed shock and disappointment in the judicial system for granting Nana Ama Martin, the suspect who was arrested with 1,020 grammes of cocaine which mysteriously turned into baking powder – bail on two occasions. Madam Martin was arrested on 28 August 2008 with the alleged cocaine slabs, but was granted bail by an... 

The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Cephas Arthur, has described as ‘premature’ calls for the resignation of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Paul Tawiah Quaye, following reports of a cocaine swap in the exhibit room of an Accra Circuit Court.    Paul Tawiah Quaye, Inspector General of Police The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Central Regional Director... 

WITH EVANS OSEI BAFFOUR Parliament on Wednesday approved a loan agreement between the government of Ghana and the African Development Fund (ADF) for an amount of $70.4 million for the country’s Poverty Reduction and Business Environment Support Programme (PRBESP). Hon. James Klutse Avedzi, Chairman of the Finance Committee of Parliament The loan focuses on supporting government’s budget through... 

–Pharmaceutical Society urges Vice-President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana, Francis Mainoo Sarpong, has implored government to invest more into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for effective health delivery in the country. He said the Council believes that the people of Ghana are not getting the necessary benefits from NHIS as monies which could have been used in financing the...