SADA promotes eco-tourism

The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts is re-strategizing to enhance the untapped eco-tourism potentials found within the SADA ecological zone.
 This intention, according to SADA’s Director in charge of social development, Dr. Chrys Anab is aimed at using eco-tourism as an investment drive to create enough jobs for the teeming unemployed youth. Dr. Anab spoke to Citi News on the sidelines at the first SADA zone tourism, culture and creative arts roundtable discussion held in Tamale.

Rescue efforts over in Volta Lake accident: death toll still 15

Search teams in the Brong Ahafo Region have brought rescue efforts following the boat disaster on the Volta Lake on Sunday, to an end. According to the Yeji Boat Union, the death toll of 15 isn’t expected to rise as no more people had been reported missing. 

Don’t recruit criminals – Ambassador to security agencies

A former Minister of Defense, Lt Gen Henry Smith has called on security services in the country to ensure only applicants with no criminal records are enlisted into the service. According to him, this move will help prevent  miscreants from finding their way into the Service to commit crimes. The police and prisons service are currently undertaking a recruitment exercise.

Supreme Court stops High Court from hearing Zanetor case

The Supreme Court has prohibited the High Court from hearing a suit challenging the candidature of NDC parliamentary nominee for Klottey Korle constituency, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings.

I’ll deal with Hopson Adoye when I return – Allotey Jacobs

The Central regional chairman of the NDC Bernard Allotey Jacobs, who is on an official assignment abroad, has threatened to deal mercilessly with the alleged mastermind of his arrest rumors Hopeson Adoye, when he returns to Ghana.

According to the NDC firebrand, he was never accosted by any security official at the Heathrow airport in the UK as being suggested by his accusers.

In defence of personal attacks by Sam Kriss The left does not have a great literary tradition. The really titanic writers and novelists of the twentieth century tended either towards a kind of weary nihilism - Beckett, Kafka, even Joyce - or the outright fascism of a Céline, a Mishima, a Borges, or a Lawrence. Within the Soviet Union, novelists tended toward mild reaction, and Stalin had to intervene to save his

Govt to improve road networks-Deputy Minister

Government has reiterated its commitment to improve the road networks in the country to enhance economic development.
 The Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Isaac Adjei Mensah who made the assertion stated that government has allocated some funds, purposely to improve road infrastructure in the country. According to him, the move is also aimed at reducing road accidents in the country. Mr. Adjei Mensah made the assurance when he addressed a congregation at the 2nd CAT Road Construction Seminar in Accra.

Police risk lawsuit over social media ban – Lawyer

A private legal practitioner, Ace Ankomah has said the Ghana Police Service risk lawsuit over the possible social media ban on November 7.

He noted that some people can go to court to seek a restraining order to prevent the Police from executing such action. 

Justice Dotse Is Not The Supreme Court...EC Has No Right To Delete Names!

Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Editor-in-Chief of the Insight newspaper, says the Supreme Court cannot order the Electoral Commission (EC) to delete names from the voters' register. He punched holes in the assertion by Justice Jones Dotse, a Supreme Court Judge, who in a rare interview, clarified a recent judgment of the apex court which had divided opinion. Justice Dotse's comments were in respect of varying interpretations given to the Supreme Court's judgment on a case brought against the Electoral Commission (EC) and the Attorney-General by a former Youth Organizer of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan and one Evans Nimako. The respected judge, who was a panel member of the Supreme Court (SC) Justices who ordered the EC to delete NHIS Card registrants, stressed that the ruling was 'clear' and so urged people who misunderstand the ruling to return to the court.

Ghanaians Insult Me When They Are Even Angry With Their Wives, Husbands - Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has observed that people abuse him on the airwaves when they have unresolved issues with their partners. He believes most people vent their spleen on him by raining insults on his persona daily on media discourse. According to him, people use corruption as political propaganda without backing their claims with facts. ‘Perception can be heightened because is being discussed long in the media. And When you have a country like Ghana where everybody is free to discuss corruption, if you wake up and you are angry with your husband or wife you take it out on the President, abuse him on the radio, when you have that kind of society, there are all kinds of issues that come up,’ he stated.

Police tighten security in Kumasi to fight crim

The Ashanti Regional Police has stepped up patrols in the Kumasi metropolis, Joy News has gathered.

This is in reaction to the recent spate of armed robbery and crime violence in the Metropolis and its environs.

Safety of residents in the Kumasi Metropolis has been threatened following recent attacks.

On May 20, a police officer with the Regional Police SWAT team was shot dead.

Also, a resident was killed by armed robbers after they trailed him to his house at Ahenema Kokoben.

These incidents and others have served as rude awakening to the Police Administration resulting in a crunch meeting held on May 23 to consider the best way of protecting lives and properties in the region.

At the end, the Regional Police Command decided to set up a new taskforce headed by three senior officers to deal with the incidents of violent crime in the Metropolis.

Speaking to Joy News, Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Mohammed Tanko said the current arrangement is targeted at ending crime and its related activities in the Metropolis.

- See more at:http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2016/May-24th/police-tighten-security-in-kumasi-to-fight-crime.php

Pupils of Adam-Kyiren Basic school forego school due to lack of desks

Some pupils of the Adam-Kyiren Methodist Basic School in the Gomoa district of the Central Region have refused to go to school due to the absence of desks for them to sit on, Joy News has discovered.

The pupils explained a typical school day is filled with them sitting on the floor to fulfil all class-related activities.

According to them, this routine sitting on the floor has left them with all sort of waist and bodily pains keeping them out of school the following day.

The school, Adam-Kyiren Methodist Basic School was built in 1952 by the government to serve two communities in the Gomoa district of the Central Region namely, Adam and Kyiren communities.

- See more at: http://myjoyonline.com/news/2016/May-23rd/pupils-of-adam-kyiren-basic-school-forego-school-due-to-absence-of-desks.php

USAG threatens lawsuit over limited registration exercise

The University Students Association of Ghana (USAG), has threatened to drag the Electoral Commission to court if it does not extend the duration of the limited registration exercise to enable more students on university campuses across the country to register. According to USAG, an extension will prevent students from being  disenfranchised. Various stakeholders have expressed concern about the inadequate number of registration centers on the various university campuses. USAG has already indicated that less than 10 percent of eligible student voters have been able to register, hence their call for the extension. Speaking to Citi News, President of USAG, Henry Nkosuo Boakye said USAG may be forced to take the EC to court if the situation persists. “We would follow the procedures as clearly enshrined in the 1992 constitution of Ghana and seek our reliefs. We will head to court. We will file a petition. We will file a petition and make the EC know that they are there to serve our interests and nothing more,” he stated. - See more at: http://citifmonline.com/2016/05/05/usag-threatens-lawsuit-over-limited-registration-exercise/

Deadly heat wave is shattering all-time records in Southeast Asia, India

Southeast Asia and India are currently enduring a historic and brutal heat wave that has already been blamed for more than 150 deaths and shows few signs of relenting.

April in Thailand is typically hot and sweaty, but this year's scorching weather has set a record for the longest heat wave in at least 65 years.

The temperature in Sukhothai, Thailand spiked to 44.3 degrees Celsius, or 111.7 degrees Celsius, on April 12 — just short of the all-time national record. Surrounding countries have set all-time temperature records for any month of the year during this April heat wave.

Chris Burt, a weather historian at Weather Underground, said Cambodia and Laos each set all-time record highs for any day of the year during this month. In Cambodia, Burt reported, the temperature climbed to 42.6 degrees Celsius, or 108.7 degrees Fahrenheit, in Preah Vihea on April 15.

- See more at:http://www.myjoyonline.com/world/2016/April-29th/deadly-heat-wave-is-shattering-all-time-records-in-southeast-asia-india.php

Arthur Simpson-Kent ‘admits killing ex-Eastenders actress Sian Blake and their two children’

The partner of former EastEnders actress Sian Blake has admitted killing her and their two children.

Arthur Simpson-Kent's lawyer told the Old Bailey the jury would be told this at his trial in October. He is yet to enter a formal plea.

Ms Blake, 43, Zachary, eight, and Amon, four, were found at the family home in Erith, London, in January after being reported missing on 16 December.

He was arrested at Heathrow Airport after being extradited from Ghana.

The 48-year-old hairdresser is expected to enter pleas on 29 July.

- See more at:  http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2016/April-29th/breaking-arthur-simpson-kent-admits-killing-ex-eastenders-actress-sian-blake-and-their-two-children.php

Eastern region records over 25,285 teenage pregnancies in two years

Ghana Health Service (GHS) figures show that a total of 25,285 teenage girls got pregnant in the Eastern Region over the past two years.

Six hundred and sixty-nine (669) of these teenage mothers were aged between 10 and 14 years.

The Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality recorded the highest number of pregnancies - in excess of 3,000, during the period.  

Mrs. Evelyn Owusu-Akyaw, an official of the GHS, made this known at a meeting held by the regional child and family welfare policy implementation committee in Koforidua to discuss matters relating to the protection and growth of children.

She hinted that about 3,000 teenage pregnancies were recorded during the first quarter of this year and said the figure could be higher considering the fact that not everybody would report to the health facilities.

To help reverse the trend and enable the young girls to focus on their education, she said that the GHS had set up ‘adolescent corners’ in all the facilities to deal exhaustively with adolescent issues.

Again, it had been working together with the Ghana Education Service (GES) on the formation of adolescent clubs in schools to educate the young people on reproductive health and discourage them having sex at the early age.

She also spoke of plans to aid those with mobile phones to ask questions and adequately access information on sexual and reproductive health, online.

Mr. Anthony Dontoh, Regional Director of the Department of Children, noted that teenage pregnancy, apart from its serious health implications, was also fueling the dropout rate among school girls.

About 90 per cent of girls in basic and junior high schools, who get pregnant,   do not return to school after giving birth with some of them married off.

Mr. Dontoh called for parents to be more responsive to child needs and ensure their proper upbringing.

sources >> http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2016/April-28th/eastern-region-records-over-25285-teenage-pregnancies-in-two-years.php

Peace Council: Attivor must retract, apologise for tribal comments

Peace Council: Attivor must retract, apologise for tribal comments

The National Peace Council has asked former Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor, to retract and apologise for tribal comments she made to grassroots supporters of the NDC in the Volta Region. SEE MORE >> http://myjoyonline.com/news/2016/April-27th/peace-council-attivor-must-retract-apologise-for-tribal-comments.php

EC gets Kwesi Jonah backing for controversial new logo

EC gets Kwesi Jonah backing for controversial new logo

Assistant Executive Director of governance think tank, IDEG, has backed the Electoral Commission’s decision to rebrand, despite fierce public criticisms over the move. SEE MORE http://myjoyonline.com/politics/2016/April-27th/ec-gets-kwesi-jonah-backing-for-controversial-new-logo.php

Three Central University students crashed to death by tipper truck

Three Central University students crashed to death by tipper truck

News just in suggests three students of the Law Faculty of the Central University College in Prampram were crushed to death by a tipper truck, Tuesday evening. see more >> http://myjoyonline.com/news/2016/April-27th/three-central-university-students-crashed-to-death-by-trotro.php