Browsing all posts in December, 2009.
Red alert: Ghanaians to consume contaminated rice
A huge consignment of rice, which has been emitting excessive offensive odour due to contamination and declared as unsafe for human consumption by health authorities in Guinea and Sierra Leone, was Wednesday accepted as wholesome for the people of Ghana by the Ghana Standards Board. Ghanaians have wholeheartedly, through the Ghana Standards Board, accepted to [...]
Ghana Navy arrests two Industrial trawlers
Two Industrial trawlers have been arrested and detained by the Ghana Navy in Cape Coast and Tema for illegally operating in the country’s territorial waters. The trawlers, MV Awoyaa 8, with registration number AF 648 and MV Zhong Lu Yu 1004, with registration number AF 675 have been detained at the Western Naval command in [...]
Dan Lartey is dead
Mr. Daniel Augustus Lartey, presidential candidate, leader, founder and chairman of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) is dead. Dan Lartey, also called Uncle Dan or Domestication, passed away on Monday, December 28, at his residence in Accra after a short illness, according to family sources. He was 83. Henry Lartey, son of Mr Dan [...]
Ghana@50 Submits Final Report to President
The Ghana@50 Enquiry has presented its Report to President Atta Mills. The Chairman of the Commission, Justice Isaac Duose who did not disclose the full details of the report said the Commission’s recommendation in the report include prosecution of some officials who supervised the Ghana@50 Celebrations. Justice Isaac Duose said the Chairman of Ghana@50, Dr. [...]
NHIS law to be reviewed next year
The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) will from next year embark on a review of the law establishing the District Mutual Health Insurance Schemes (DMHIS) to make them interconnected and accountable to the Authority. The move is to scrap the independence of the 145 DMHIS and give the NHIA the overall authority to control and [...]
Pharmacists call for independent enquiry into Kinapharma cocaine saga
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana (PSGH) has called for an independent investigation into the Kinapharma cocaine saga, with focus on the impact the allegation has had on the company and the local pharmaceutical industry. Such a body should make recommendations about how such an incident could be averted in future. A press statement issued by [...]
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN RESPONSE TO THE MINORITY STATEMENT ON JUDGMENT DEBTS AS CONTAINED IN THE 2010 BUDGET On December 16, 2009, the NPP Minority in Parliament at a press conference issued what it termed the first in a series of press statements on the “Constitutional, Legal and Governance Issues Arising out [...]
"I Feel Lonely" As President; Mills Confesses
Less than a year into his tenure of office, President J.E.A. Mills has admitted to feeling lonely as President at times, but the President fell short on giving graphic details of the period when he experienced these feelings of loneliness. President Mills, who had an encounter with 300 Basic School Pupils selected from the 10 [...]
Government Has Not Imposed Any New Tax In The 2010 Budget
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MOFEP), has taken note of discussions in the media regarding some revenue measures outlined by government in the 2010 Budget. This is particularly with respect to the restoration of excise and customs duties. First of all, it must be emphasized that government has not introduced or imposed any [...]
Undercover Inside The Mad House II: Lies Of Prayer Camps
CHAINS AND SHACKLES Lies Of Prayer Camps And Traditional Healers How the South African and Burkinabe priest/healer conned our reporter in the name of healing psychiatric illness Anas Aremeyaw Anas reports from Motsoaledi, Soweto, South Africa, Nagrengo, Burkina Faso and Dr Sharp’s Yesu Nti Prophetic Church, Circle, Accra, Ghana Some traditional healers, Islamic clerics and [...]
