A forum to account for the utilization of funds disbursed to members of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFDOs) under the District Assemblies' Common Fund (DACF) has been held in Bongo, capital of the Bongo District.

The New Juaben Municipal Health Directorate, in collaboration with the Regional Health Directorate, has launched the introduction of the Inactive Polio Vaccine (IPV) into routine immunization.

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministry has inaugurated a 'Closed Season' Committee that will draw up a programme for the effective implementation of the August 2018 Closed Season.

The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has slapped a fine of more than US$2.5 million dollars on Newmont Ghana Gold Limited and its engineering and construction agent, DRA Ghana Limited for their role in the Ahafo Mine accident which killed six and injured four other workers.

The Greater Accra Regional Executive Committee (REC) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has overturned an earlier decision by a Vetting Committee to disqualify an aspiring chairman at the Okaikoi North Constituency.

While some commuters were aware of the changes and were willing to pay, a few others were concerned about persistent increases without corresponding increase in salaries and wages of workers.

Takoradi -The District Court last Wednesday remanded Joseph Nai, 43, Head of the Justice Consultancy at Enchi, in Aowin District of the Western Region, for indecent assault.

The Commercial Division of the Accra High Court will on Friday June 8, decide whether to place an interrogatory injunction on an application by BXC Company Limited seeking to restrain the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) from going ahead with Electricity Company of Ghana ECG concession deal.

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC), in a joint statement to the media last Friday announced of an upward adjustment in lorry fares which took effect yesterday countrywide.

National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Kofi Adams has said his party wants Act 950 amended.

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed the government's intention to review and amend portions of the Criminal Act to address contemporary challenges.

The country's gold production output declined marginally from 4.24 million ounces in 2016 to 4.22 million ounces in 2017, the former president of the Ghana Chamber of Mines (GCM), Kwame Addo-Kufuor has said.

The Ministry of Railways Development and the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a proposed railway engineering courses at the University.

Ghana and Rwanda have signed a Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with the aim of enhancing commercial flight operations between the two countries.

A- 23-year old man, who allegedly robbed a taxi driver of his vehicle at Festus, a suburb of Accra, has been arrested by the police.

The National Identification Authority, yesterday, began the issuance of the National Identification Card, otherwise known as the Ghana Card, and distributed the cards to some staff of the Jubilee House.

Some Members of Parliament (MPs) have angrily shot down calls by the president of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe over calls for an immediate end to the disbursement of the MPs common fund.

Clarity Akua Oforiwaa Dwommoh, Tain District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Brong Ahafo Region, has distributed 1,412 mathematical sets to 1,412 Basic Education Certificate Examination candidates made up of 741 males and 671 females from 55 basic schools in the District.

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