The deputy Information Minister-designate, James Agyenim-Boateng, has said his return to the ministry is not for propaganda purposes ahead of the December general elections but to help the government retain power.  Mr. Boateng said his return to the ministry only indicates that the President of Ghana John Evans Atta Mills believes in his ability and competence to deliver at every sector of government. President... 

*Over Capitation policy   STORY: FROM JAMES APPIAKORAN JR., KUMASI, A/R   The Ashanti Region is gearing up to organise what is believed to be one of the massive demonstrations that has ever happened in the country, Today has gathered.   The planned demonstration slated for Monday, January 30, 2012, which preparatory works is being done by the Asante Development Union (ADU), a non- partisan... 

C/R HAS 46,000 MOSQUITO NETS DEFICIT   STORY: FROM MAGDALENE SEY, CAPE COAST, C/R   The Central Region still has a huge mosquito nets deficit of 46,000 after the nationwide distribution and hang-up campaign in December last year.   According to the regional health directorate, most districts in the region were not able to cover and distribute the total number of long-lasting insecticide... 

Tree Aid, in collaboration with the Bongo Traditional Authority and the Bongo District Assembly, has started a project to restore and maintain vegetation around the major rivers in Bongo, Upper East Region.   Chief Executive officer of Tree Aid, Mr. Philip Goodwin, said the major concern of his outfit was to create an opportunity for individuals particularly the poor to generate income to create... 

Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Wednesday organised an exchange learning workshop for Midwives and Traditional Birth Attendants’ (TBAs) to help improve maternal and newborn health care delivery. The initiative, which brought together senior midwives and well experienced TBAs across the country was a partnership with Oxfam International, an NGO on... 

The candidature of the parliamentary aspirant of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Nhyiaeso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Aubrey Mends, has been annulled, Today can confirm. His nullification, according to reports, comes as a result of the party executive’s dissatisfaction with his credibility and reputation. The report continued that the national executive of the party have... 

*Adwoa Safo urges Muslims   STORY: KORYEPOR AWLESU FREEMAN Lawyer Adwoa Sarfo (middle) in a group photograph with Muslims in her constituency   The New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Dome-Kwabenya, Lawyer Sarah Adwoa Safo, has urged Muslims in the country to take active part in the up-coming national biometric registration exercise.   The exercise, according to Lawyer Safo,... 

STORY: KWAKU NTI Betty Mould-Iddrisu recently resigned as the Education Minister Dr. Kwabena Duffour, Finance & Economic Planning Minister Pressure group, Progressive Nationalist Forum (PNF), has called on President John Evans Atta Mills to prosecute Finance Minister, Kwabena Duffour, and resigned Education Minister, Betty Mould-Iddrisu, for ‘willfully causing financial loss to Ghana.’ According... 

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) at a meeting with other stakeholders have agreed to put in place measures that will ensure that newly recruited teachers, who have not been paid since 2010, receive their salaries at the end of March 2012. In addition, teachers who have been promoted to various grades in the Service will be captured by the Controller and Accountant General on the April,... 

The Supreme Court (SC) has directed its Registrar to serve hearing notices on Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Minister of Information and Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, Deputy Minister of Environment Science and Technology. The court gave the directive on Tuesday in the case in which the two Deputy Ministers are challenging Mr. Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey’s right to purchase a Government bungalow...