The business of the Parliament of Ghana was on Wednesday delayed as a result of a technical problem. The proceedings, which normally commences at 1000 hours had to be delayed, as technicians worked assiduously to fix the problem that impaired the communications network of the House till about 1240 hours
The case in which two persons are being held for the murder of Sidney Thomas Barnes, a British/American Missionary at Nsawam, two years ago was on Wednesday adjourned. The matter before an Accra District Magistrate Court was adjourned to March 7, following the non appearance of the accused persons in court. The two namely Kofi Seidu, a driver and Reverend Goodwill Padmore have been remanded into lawful custody by the court.
The Electoral Commission will be looking elsewhere for biometric registration officers if it fails to convince the Ghana Education Service to release teachers for the registration exercise which begins next month. According to the GES, it is unable to release teachers for the exercise due to its residual disruption of the academic calendar.
Kwaku Baako Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has stated that though he frowns upon insults on the person of the President, he thinks there is no big deal with the phenomenon because Mills is not the first president to have suffered such attacks. According to him, many past presidents and presidential candidates – like ex-president Kufuor and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo – have had to put up with insults and harsh criticisms at one point or the other.
Parliament of Ghana A mix of broken and dilapidated furniture in the chamber block of parliament, as well as faulty electronic appliances are increasingly conspiring to undermine proceedings in Ghana’s Parliament. But, authorities say “long and winding procurement processes” are hampering plans to fix the problems
Dr. kwadwo Afari Gyan, EC Boss The Electoral Commission has said its upcoming biometric registration exercise is set to face serious challenges following a decision by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to withdraw teacher participation in the exercise. The GES had said it would not allow teachers to participate in the exercise because the move will destabilise the academic calendar.
The shores of West Point filled with waste that has been washed ashore by the ocean Residents of two rural slum areas in Liberia’s capital, Moronvia, have called on the government as well as the international community to come to their aid by providing sanitation facilities to improve the lives of the people. As a result of poor sanitation conditions of West Point and Clara Town, two overcrowded slums located in the heart of Liberia, which lie along the shores of the ocean, residents have been battling with waste and the lack of sanitary facilities for years
The Controller and Accountant – General’s Department says payment of salaries for all Public Sector Workers who receive their salaries through the Government of Ghana Mechanized payroll would be delayed for a week. Payment of February salaries were supposed to start from February 21 but would now begin February 29
After delays of almost a year, an upgraded operating system for the Blackberry Playbook tablet has been released. Playbook 2.0, a free upgrade, adds a built-in email function to the device which was first launched in April 2011.
The Minister for Transport, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has said road traffic regulations would strictly be enforced in order to reduce carnage on our roads. Alhaji Collins Dauda attributed the many lives lost on our roads as a result of road crashes to laxity in enforcing road traffic regulations, adding “these lost ones are often bread winners in their family”.
