President John Dramani Mahama will on Friday join other Heads of State from the sub-region in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, for an Emergency ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Summit.

President John Dramani Mahama will on Friday join other Heads of State from the sub-region in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, for an Emergency ECOWAS Heads of State and Government Summit.

The ban on the importation of used refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners, takes effect from January 1, 2013.

The ban on the importation of used refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners, takes effect from January 1, 2013.

Security across the country during the christmas festivities has been described by the police as good.No serious crime was recorded during the season except for a few robbery cases which were reported mainly in Accra and Kumasi and in both situations, the police were on hand and manged to arrest the criminals.The Director General of Police Operations, Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr John Kudalor speaking to graphic.com.gh in an interview said, the national capital and all the regional capitals were peaceful except for the heavy traffic jams which characterised christmas shopping.However, in all the cases personnel of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, were on hand to direct traffic to ensure sanity on the roads.COP Kudalor said the season which comes shortly after the general elections was well planned for as the police service rolled out a comprehensive security arrangement for this year's christmas festivities.He said the service stationed mobile patrol teams in communities nationwide for them to offer help to citizens or visitors in time of distress.According to COP Kudalor to prevent robbers from attacking traders who might have travelled to the national capital and the regional capitals to do some trading, police patrol vehicles were stationed at all vantage points at the varioyus markets.All the major highways such as Accra to Kumasi, Aflao, Elubo, Paga, Koforidua, Hohoe and Takoradi as well as from Sunyani orTechiman to Tamale and Wa, were provided with 24 hour security patrols to ensure that members of the public reached their destinations safely.He said unlike the previous years, where much attention was paid to strategising against the activities of criminals during this period, the service decided to strategise for the criminals as well as provide the needed security to the citizenry to ensure that they cenebrate the yuletide peacefully.He said the mobile patrol teams which were dispatched were visible throughout the country and this might have sent strong signals to the criminals that the intelligence searchlight was on them tracking and monitoring all their activities.The Head of Police Operations therefore warned criminals, in their own interest and the interest of peace and security in the country, to abandon their plans as the police know their identities, movements and motives and they are constantly being monitored and will be crashed if they make any attempt to destrupt the peace.“We should remember that we are all equal befoire the law and the law is no respecter of persons. We as security officers are charged by law to deal with crime and criminals”, he said.COP Kudalor said road accidents during festivities was of grave concern to the Police Service and in view of this, personnel were also dispatched to the highways particularly those that are accident prone to check over speeding, which is a major cause of accidents on the roads.He said the Police Administration had taken delivery of a number of vehicles to enable it provide adequate and prompt security.He urged members of the public to report any suspicious activities within their communities to the police.The police administration is calling for collaboration from the general public as it rolls out comprehensive security arrangements these festivities.Credit: graphic.co.gh  

Security across the country during the christmas festivities has been described by the police as good.No serious crime was recorded during the season except for a few robbery cases which were reported mainly in Accra and Kumasi and in both situations, the police were on hand and manged to arrest the criminals.The Director General of Police Operations, Commissioner of Police (COP) Mr John Kudalor speaking to graphic.com.gh in an interview said, the national capital and all the regional capitals were peaceful except for the heavy traffic jams which characterised christmas shopping.However, in all the cases personnel of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, were on hand to direct traffic to ensure sanity on the roads.COP Kudalor said the season which comes shortly after the general elections was well planned for as the police service rolled out a comprehensive security arrangement for this year's christmas festivities.He said the service stationed mobile patrol teams in communities nationwide for them to offer help to citizens or visitors in time of distress.According to COP Kudalor to prevent robbers from attacking traders who might have travelled to the national capital and the regional capitals to do some trading, police patrol vehicles were stationed at all vantage points at the varioyus markets.All the major highways such as Accra to Kumasi, Aflao, Elubo, Paga, Koforidua, Hohoe and Takoradi as well as from Sunyani orTechiman to Tamale and Wa, were provided with 24 hour security patrols to ensure that members of the public reached their destinations safely.He said unlike the previous years, where much attention was paid to strategising against the activities of criminals during this period, the service decided to strategise for the criminals as well as provide the needed security to the citizenry to ensure that they cenebrate the yuletide peacefully.He said the mobile patrol teams which were dispatched were visible throughout the country and this might have sent strong signals to the criminals that the intelligence searchlight was on them tracking and monitoring all their activities.The Head of Police Operations therefore warned criminals, in their own interest and the interest of peace and security in the country, to abandon their plans as the police know their identities, movements and motives and they are constantly being monitored and will be crashed if they make any attempt to destrupt the peace.“We should remember that we are all equal befoire the law and the law is no respecter of persons. We as security officers are charged by law to deal with crime and criminals”, he said.COP Kudalor said road accidents during festivities was of grave concern to the Police Service and in view of this, personnel were also dispatched to the highways particularly those that are accident prone to check over speeding, which is a major cause of accidents on the roads.He said the Police Administration had taken delivery of a number of vehicles to enable it provide adequate and prompt security.He urged members of the public to report any suspicious activities within their communities to the police.The police administration is calling for collaboration from the general public as it rolls out comprehensive security arrangements these festivities.Credit: graphic.co.gh  

Ghana may miss achieving the   Millennium Development   Goal target of reducing Maternal Mortality rate to 185 to 100,000 live births by 2015, a report of the Special Committee of Parliament on Poverty Reduction Strategy has revealed.

Ghana may miss achieving the   Millennium Development   Goal target of reducing Maternal Mortality rate to 185 to 100,000 live births by 2015, a report of the Special Committee of Parliament on Poverty Reduction Strategy has revealed.

President John Mahama has called on the Electoral Commission to re-train its officials on the proper use of the biometric verification machines.

President John Mahama has called on the Electoral Commission to re-train its officials on the proper use of the biometric verification machines.

As ballots are being counted almost 48 hours into the Ghana Elections, we take a look at some “Hot Spots” that were highly anticipated before the elections took place on Friday, December 7.

As ballots are being counted almost 48 hours into the Ghana Elections, we take a look at some “Hot Spots” that were highly anticipated before the elections took place on Friday, December 7.

Sometime during the mid-afternoon hours of October 29, as Superstorm Sandy was heaving up the East Coast, Anthony Narh, a Ghanaian immigrant, limped toward his job at Empire Parking, an underground garage serving one of the toniest strips of one of Manhattan's neighborhoods.Nestled near the watery edge of TriBeCa, Empire Parking was smack in the center of an evacuation zone—and Sandy was heading straight for it.As the winds picked up and debris was flying up and down TriBeCa's narrow streets, Anastasia Ratia, an architect and designer who lives with her aunt at 92 Laight Street, a high-end building adjoining the garage, ran into Narh and a co-worker.Ratia and her aunt had already evacuated but were making a last-minute run to the building; Narh, who was in his late fifties and walked with a severe limp, was just arriving for work. (At the garage, he was known as Jackson.)“I said, what on earth are you doing here?” recalled Ratia, 34, who grew emotional as she recalled the story. “And he said, I was called in to come.”When Ratia asked whether the garage's manager had asked Narh to come in, Narh placed the responsibility higher up. “He said, 'No, the big boss.' And I just said, that's craziness. They're just cars!”When the Hudson River burst its banks several hours later, the water raced toward the garage and trapped Narh inside. He never made it out.When Sandy smacked into New York City, it struck one of the most economically divided cities in the country, and the story of the storm is as much a story of inequality as it is of weather.But few stories are shaping up to be as stomach-churning as Narh's. Meryl Streep lives in the apartment building adjoining the garage. So does Gwyneth Paltrow and the model Karolina Kurkova.“What appalls me about this story is here is a building with one of the world greatest actresses and a poor Ghanaian man dead in our garage, and no one is reporting on it,” said Ratia's aunt, Anne Templeton.Though many of the details of Narh's death remain vague, serious questions are beginning to emerge around why a man was required to work (or believed he was required to work) in the middle of an evacuation zone as a deadly hurricane bore down on his city. Here is what is known.On October 28, more than a day before Sandy struck, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered a mandatory evacuation of all low-lying areas, including the western fringe of TriBeCa.By noon the day of the storm, the superintendent of the adjoining apartment building, 92 Laight Street, had issued an evacuation warning to all parties.But the garage remained open. A source, who declined to be identified, spoke with the person who was managing the garage on site that day. The manager explained to this source that Empire Parking wanted attendants to remain behind to watch over the cars.“I told him, look, you should really send everybody home,” said the source. “He said, look at the garage, there are still cars here.” The source estimated that there were still twenty to thirty cars in the garage.When reached for a response, the manager of Empire Parking, who gave his name only as Wilfred and declined to provide a last name, said the company did not have a comment on “this subject.”But for many people, including Ratia and Templeton, who were among the last to speak with Narh before he died, the story won't go away. “I was one of the last people to tell him to get the hell out of here,” Templeton said. She can't understand why he and a second attendant, who ultimately managed to escape the rising waters, were working that day.“I didn't know if he understood not to stay,” she said. “I kind of got the feeling that they thought they had to stay.”Two weeks after the hurricane, on a strangely spring-like Monday morning, the garage where Narh drowned remained dark, its electricity snuffed out by Sandy's wet kiss.A lone picture of Narh had been taped near the entrance, revealing a middle-aged man with a round face and hesitant smile. A thin necklace ringed his neck, and one of his shoulders was draped in traditional, wine-colored robes.Beyond the picture, there was little to see in the garage: a few scuffed cars were visible near the entrance, but mostly, as the ramp curled right, there was blackness. The garage was closed for business.TheNation.com

It’s less than a month to the December elections and electorates will be voting for their preferred candidates.

Management of Melcom Shops has through a press release expressed their deepest regret at the collapse of their building in Accra early Wednesday morning.

Two directors at the Electoral Commission were Monday afternoon arrested by the police for allegedly engaging in corrupt activities with a political party.

The Supreme Court has thrown out a suit challenging the constitutionality of the creation of 45 new constituencies by the Electoral Commission (EC).

About 40 people suspected to be Ivorian ex-combatants have been arrested in a swoop by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) at the Ampem Refugee Camp in the Western region.

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has commended Newmont Ghana Gold Limited for establishing the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation that seeks to ensure the sustainable development of its host communities.

There are conflicting figures about the number of people killed in a freak accident that happened at the Santasi station in Kumasi on Monday afternoon.