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Kpong — Women around Ghana's Lake Volta are being trained as pilots and primary healthcare workers in an attempt to fight the water-borne disease schistosomiasis. The women have begun delivering health-related materials to isolated communities around Lake Volta. They drop specially designed aerodynamic packages containing information on how to prevent schistosomiasis, which is classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO)
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Hotel Glo mobile Ghana, mobile operator licensed in Israel, 6th already has a fine of 200,000 dollars with a slap or its equivalent by the Ghana cedi national communications authority (NCA) begin commercial operations commence in three years after it was granted a license. The company’s failure to redeem the fine promotion is another 100,000 every year or its equivalent
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Organizers of the Ghana DJ awards, scheduled to take place on the 22nd of September at a manageable venue will be calling for entries as they roll out their nomination forms into the system for DJs who believe they merit what category to fill the form and submit them. Head of Organization Mercury Quaye revealed this on the 233LIVE show
read more..Posted by: Staff Writer on 11th Apr, 2012 at 02:15PM in Entertainment Source:Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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President John Evans Atta Mills, on Holy Sunday (yesterday), cautioned that under no circumstance should the stability of the nation be taken for granted and called on Ghanaians to take a cue from the recent political trouble in Mali with its negative repercussions. He admonished those in leadership positions not to take Ghana’s peace for granted. "We make the mistake
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The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) says no amount of lies and propaganda would conceal the fact that this administration has woefully failed to deliver on its core mandate of ameliorating the hardship of Ghanaians. The party said far from putting the records straight, the press conference addressed by Mr. Fifi Kwetey, Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, last
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Principal Public Relations Officer of the Electoral Commission (EC), Silvia Annor, has reassured the public that the EC is adequately prepared for the biometric registration exercise beginning Saturday, March 24, 2012. The Electoral Commission will be compiling a new electoral register to be used during the December 2012 polls. The Commission began the distribution of registration equipment to field operators
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Ghana have sacked the coach of its national football team after the Black Stars failed to reach the finals of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations. A statement on Monday from the Ghana Football Association said it had "parted company" with Serbian coach Goran Stevanovic, who signed a two-year deal in January 2011. It named assistant coach Kwesi Appiah as
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The Ghana Football Association says it will search for a new coach if Goran Stevanovic is sacked after Friday's crunch talks. There are increasing reports that the former Partizan Belgrade coach will be fired. If that is confirmed, the Ghana FA will have to name his successor ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in June. "We will head
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US President Barack Obama praised Ghana as a "good news" country in a troubled continent Thursday, as he welcomed President John Atta Mills to Oval Office talks. "There is sometimes a tendency to focus on the challenges that exist in Africa -- rightfully so," Obama said after the talks. "But it think it's important for us to also focus on
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The race for laurels at the 2012 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards is on and you can join the decision process by voting for your favourite artists and songs on the internet or on your phone. Artistes competing for the Artiste of the Year are Okyeame Kwame, Sarkodie, Becca, R2Bees, 4×4 and Kwaw Kesse, with GH 10,000 up for grabs for
read more..Posted by: Staff Writer on 8th Mar, 2012 at 12:34PM in Entertainment Source:Peacefmonline.com/Ghana 0
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Ghanaian actor Prince David Osei’s Hollywood feature ‘The Dead’ has placed number 12, in terms of All Blu-Ray movies sold in the United States. The movie is sandwiched between Brad Pitt’s new released movie ‘Money Ball’ and Jonny Depp’s new movie ‘The Rum Diary’. Blu-Ray is a name of a new optical disc format jointly developed to enable recording, rewriting
read more..Posted by: Staff Writer on 8th Mar, 2012 at 12:25PM in Entertainment Source:Ghanacelebrities.com 0
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Ghana today marks its 55 Independence anniversary with colorful parades across the country. A national parade of schoolchildren and contingents of security personnel at the Independence Square in Accra will be addressed by President John Evans Atta Mills. Similar parades will be held in all the regional and district capitals, during which representatives of the President will take the national
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The bane of Ghana’s development has over the years been mismanagement and corruption, in addition to the absence of decisive and effective leadership. The mismanagement and corruption usually come in the form of wanton dissipation of the nation’s scarce resources. The situation has been worst under the current government headed by Law Professor John Evans Attah Mills. Typical example is
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It looks like the image of President John Evans Atta Mills put in the public domain by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) is undergoing a change. It is not yet known what is going to be new in the party's presentation of the Head of State in public, but The Chronicle can report authoritatively that the changes are being
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Three people are feared dead with the fate of dozens of others unknown when an articulated truck fell over a passenger bus and a taxicab on the Lapaz stretch of the newly constructed George Walker Bush Motorway (N1 Highway) on Tuesday evening. An eyewitness told Citi News the police and personnel of the national ambulance service are working around the
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Ghana must do without Asamoah Gyan and Andre and Jordan Ayew when they tackle Chile on Wednesday in a friendly hosted by American city Philadelphia. Gyan, on loan from Sunderland to United Arab Emirates club Al Ain, has gone into temporary retirement to cope with the trauma of a second crucial penalty miss in a major tournament. His spot-kick against
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The health system in Ghana is constrained in its fight against the HIV/AIDS menace by limited skilled health workforce and unsustainable financing. For instance, as at 2009 Ghana had only 2064 doctors (10,000 population per 1), 13,564 nurses/midwives (10,000 population per 6), 1,798 pharmacists, 558 medical assistants and 15,549 allied health professionals currently in Ghana. Deficiencies in human resources for
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The 16th Ghana International Trade Fair (GITF) has officially opened in Accra to allow exhibitors from all sectors of the economy to showcase their goods and service in the Ghanaian market. The fair, which is scheduled for February 23rd 2012 to march 10th 2012, is under the theme “Harnessing Opportunities for Ghana’s Trade & Industry”. Speaking at the ceremony, the
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The announcement of nominees for various categories of this year’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) has been postponed from the advertised date of February 28 to February 29. This was communicated through the media department of Charter House, the producers of the awards on Sunday afternoon. The 13th edition of the award ceremony would be held at The Dome of
read more..Posted by: Staff Writer on 27th Feb, 2012 at 03:57PM in Entertainment Source:Peacefmonline 0
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A total of 947 policemen and women have been dismissed from the Ghana Police Service for various acts of misconduct within three years, Vice President John Dramani Mahama announced on Friday. “Although we have bad nuts in every establishment, I want to commend the Police administration for cracking the whip on… which I believe will go a long way to
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Information available to the Public Agenda suggest that government intends to strike a secret deal with the Belgian managing partners of the Ghana Oil Palm Development Corporation (GOPDC) over an alleged abuse and misappropriation of huge sums of money belonging to, and/or accruing to the state. The details of the deal are not immediately known, as the President's instruction to
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The condemnation by the Minority members in Parliament and some civil organisations over the arrest and detention of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Aburi-Nsawam, Mr. O.B. Amoah, by the police on Sunday, February 19, 2012, over his alleged involvement in what has become known as the 'Woyome scandal,' still lingers on. On Monday, this week,
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International Afro Roots Reggae star, Rocky Dawuni, has been shining his light ever so brightly as we move on into 2012. Last year was an incredibly powerful year for Dawuni with being nominated and winning multiple international awards, performing with legendary artists including Stevie Wonder at the Hollywood Bowl and being named one of CNN’s Top 10 African Artists! Rocky’s
read more..Posted by: Staff Writer on 24th Feb, 2012 at 05:42PM in Entertainment Source:Ghana Music.com 0
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The Ghana Music Awards is a yearly music awards show in which the winners are voted on by the general public and industry stake holders. Last year’s show launch was hosted by KOD which featured brilliant performances by a few selected Ghanaian artistes. The strictly by invitation event will be happening on 18th February, 2012 at the Golden Tulip hotel
read more..Posted by: Staff Writer on 17th Feb, 2012 at 06:58PM in Entertainment Source:Nii Atakora Mensah/Ghana Music.com 0
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STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS ”STILL BUILDING A BETTER GHANA” BY H.E. JOHN EVANS ATTA MILLS PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16th, 2012. STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS - 2012 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS Madam Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to be here to perform my constitutional duty. Article 67 of the Constitution requires
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