Twenty-one persons, including 16 females and 5 males suspected to be lesbians, gays, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex, were in Friday, May 21, 2021, remanded into police custody by the Ho Circuit Court for unlawful assembly at the Nurses and Midwives Hotel, Ho.
…Be at post; sacked letter was an administrative error – Adwoa Safo tells School Feeding Coordinator
The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has withdrawn the letter terminating the appointment of Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah, as the National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme.
…Aiports disinfection intensified
As part of a scheduled monthly disinfection of the country’s airports, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has carried out its planned disinfection at Terminal Three of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
…€20m Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant commissioned
The Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has commissioned a new state-of-the-art Kumasi Wastewater Treatment Plant (KWTP) at Adagya in the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region.
…Citi FM journalist Assault: Nat’l security breached security procedures; Head of Operations sanctioned
An investigation carried out into the actions taken by some National Security personnel has concluded that the operatives breached the national security operating procedures.
…Citi FM journalist Assault: Three policemen sanctioned; face another probe
Three police officers involved in the attack on a Citi FM journalist, Caleb Kudah, and the subsequent raid of the Radio Station have been sanctioned.
…Mahama withdraws acceptance as AU Envoy to Somalia
Former President John Dramani Mahama has in a letter to the Chairperson of the African Union Commission withdrawn his acceptance of the continental body’s appointment as its High Representative for Somalia.
…Otumfuo summons Owabi, Odaso chiefs over pollution of water bodies by galamseyers
The chiefs of Owabi and Odaso in the the Ashanti Region have been summoned by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to explain the pollution of the Oda and Owabi Rivers by illegal mining and real estate activities respectively.
…Europe, Ghana sign €170m pact to establish a Development Bank
The Ministry of Finance and the European Investment Bank have signed an agreement for the provision of a one hundred- and seventy-million-euro (€170 million) facility for the establishment of a new national bank, the Development Bank Ghana (DBG).
…C/R: Over 180 aspiring MMDCEs to face vetting beginning Thursday
The Central Regional Cordinating Council will from Thursday, 20th May, 2021 commence the vetting of Aspiring Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives.
…C/R: Teacher commits suicide in Assin Fosu
A newly posted trained teacher believed to be 27 years of age, has committed suicide in Assin Fosu in the Central Region.
…National School Feeding Coordinator sacked
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has terminated the contract of the National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Madam Gertrude Quashigah.
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