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Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news. en-uk Sun, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:19 +0100 BO Adamson - info@modernghana.com 11/21/2009 6:03:19 AM Bright Owusu - webmaster@modernghana.com All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. 60 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250504/1/information-officers-asked-to-be-abreast-of-govern.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250504/1/information-officers-asked-to-be-abreast-of-govern.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250504/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:17 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250501/1/show-your-ticket-or-get-fined-mmt.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250501/1/show-your-ticket-or-get-fined-mmt.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250501/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 21:33:15 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250462/1/kan-dapaah-calls-for-stiffer-punishment-for-financ.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250462/1/kan-dapaah-calls-for-stiffer-punishment-for-financ.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250462/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:46:33 +0100 0 Golden Star Resources Ghana Limited announced on Thursday November this year that during the third quarter of it paid US in royalties to the Government of Ghana out of production from the BogosoPrestea and Wassa Mines To date Golden Star has paid aggregate royalties to the Government of Ghana in the amount of US ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250435/1/golden-star-pays-us8m-royalties-govt-in-2009.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250435/1/golden-star-pays-us8m-royalties-govt-in-2009.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250435/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:34:09 +0100 0 Unlike Wednesday when Ghanas Legislative house was almost full for the Budget statement and Economic Policy of the Government about a quarter of legislators yesterday turned up for sitting to discuss various matters on all the sectors of the economy Pieces of information gathered by The Chronicle indicated that some of the members attende ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250428/1/community-policing-still-on-the-agenda-of-governme.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250428/1/community-policing-still-on-the-agenda-of-governme.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250428/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:54 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250422/1/deceptive-suspect-remanded-on-three-counts-of-frau.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250422/1/deceptive-suspect-remanded-on-three-counts-of-frau.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250422/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:17:40 +0100 0 Parliament has ratified two separate loan agreement of about million euros for district assemblies Agence Francaise de development AFD is making available million euros whilst KFW of Germany is providing million euros to be paid between to The assemblies are to use the money to fund specific development projects in the ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250414/1/parliament-approves-28-million-euros-for-district-.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250414/1/parliament-approves-28-million-euros-for-district-.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250414/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 19:06:12 +0100 0 Accra Nov GNA The Assistant Director of Immigration incharge of Operations Unit Mr Laud Affrifa has appealed to officers of the Ghana Immigration Service to give exact and reliable information as frontline officers on the exit entry and movement of foreigners across the borders to ensure that intelligence report from the Service to othe ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250411/1/immigration-officers-undergo-intelligence-course.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250411/1/immigration-officers-undergo-intelligence-course.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250411/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 18:56:45 +0100 0 A lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism GIJ has observed that attempts by some journalists to align themselves with political parties are not healthy for a sustainable democratic cultureThat he said was because the situation could deny the citizens qual ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250393/1/media-cautioned-over-sycophancy.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250393/1/media-cautioned-over-sycophancy.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250393/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 13:18:30 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250381/1/kofi-asmah-exposes-adade-farms.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250381/1/kofi-asmah-exposes-adade-farms.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250381/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 12:45:35 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250317/1/political-traditional-power-overlap-cause-of-confl.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250317/1/political-traditional-power-overlap-cause-of-confl.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250317/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:38 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250313/1/new-nadmo-law-in-the-offing.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250313/1/new-nadmo-law-in-the-offing.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250313/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:35 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250295/1/police-urged-to-step-up-effort-to-fight-human-traf.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250295/1/police-urged-to-step-up-effort-to-fight-human-traf.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250295/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 09:58:21 +0100 0 The Bureau of National Investigation BNI in collaboration with the Defence Intelligence have arrested and placed five soldiers in custody over the gruesome assassination of the late Roko Frimpong then Deputy Managing Director Incharge of Operations of Ghana Commercial Bank GCB in On June three armed men gunned down Roko ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250278/1/bni-grabs-4-soldiers-over-gcb-md-murder.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250278/1/bni-grabs-4-soldiers-over-gcb-md-murder.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250278/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 09:46:44 +0100 0 Mobile phone service providers in the country have been given up to Christmas to comply with a National Communications Authority NCA directive which requires them to initiate the process of registering all new SIM card subscribers Making its intervention in Accra Thursday the National Security Council Secretariat said the delay by the mobil ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250275/1/register-all-sim-cards-subscribers-by-xmas.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250275/1/register-all-sim-cards-subscribers-by-xmas.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250275/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 08:54:47 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250273/1/only-11-of-ghanaians-have-access-to-improved-latri.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250273/1/only-11-of-ghanaians-have-access-to-improved-latri.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250273/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 08:54:36 +0100 0 The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament Mr Albert Kan Dapaah on Thursday called for the review of the criminal laws that would empower implementing agencies to mete out stiffer punishment to financial embezzlersThe laws should be able to make sufficient room for embezzlers and those who create loopholes for the embezzl ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250272/1/kan-dapaah-wants-financial-embezzlers-punished-mor.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250272/1/kan-dapaah-wants-financial-embezzlers-punished-mor.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250272/1/#showcomments2 Sat, 20 Nov 2009 08:54:36 +0100 0 httpnewsmyjoyonlinecomnewsaudioCletus Avoka speaks about demolitionmpInterior Minister Cletus Avoka speaks on the floor of Parliament Copyright myjoyonlineThe Minister for the Interior Mr Cletus Avoka has warned plans are afoot to demolish houses in Accra and Tema According to Mr Avoka the exercis ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250248/1/500-houses-marked-for-demolition-in-accra-tema.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250248/1/500-houses-marked-for-demolition-in-accra-tema.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250248/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 20:52:12 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250240/1/spawning-bestials.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250240/1/spawning-bestials.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250240/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:56:34 +0100 0 Four drivers of the Metro Mass Transit MMT have been ordered by a Kumasi circuit court presided over by Mr Justice Adjei Frimpong to pay fines totalling GH for flouting the metropolitan assemblys bylawThey were arrested for parking and picking passengers at unauthorized points in the metropolisThey pleaded guilty and were fined ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250221/1/four-mmt-drivers-fined-for-flouting-rules.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250221/1/four-mmt-drivers-fined-for-flouting-rules.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250221/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:35:22 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250220/1/clergy-conference-in-northern-region.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250220/1/clergy-conference-in-northern-region.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250220/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:35:21 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250215/1/chronicle-tops-private-media.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250215/1/chronicle-tops-private-media.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250215/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:23 +0100 0 Krachiwura Nana Mprah Besemuna III has called on the two District Assemblies in the area to collaborate activities to ensure total development of the area According him though there are two Districts they all belong to one traditional council hence the need to facilitate development in a coordinated manner to address the development needs of th ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250214/1/coordinate-development-activities-with-chiefs-krac.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250214/1/coordinate-development-activities-with-chiefs-krac.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250214/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:23 +0100 0 Good professional conduct exhibited by police personnel detailed to effect the arrest of a suspect at Teshie a suburb of Accra averted what could have been a bloody clash in the early hours of Wednesday Upon seeing the police the suspect intentionally raised a false alarm by making call to the police headquarters asking them to come to his ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250211/1/dawn-swoop-lands-peace-officers-in-trouble-police-.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250211/1/dawn-swoop-lands-peace-officers-in-trouble-police-.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250211/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 19:19:23 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250168/1/ghanas-democracy-lauded.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250168/1/ghanas-democracy-lauded.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250168/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:51 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250157/1/today-is-world-toilet-day.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250157/1/today-is-world-toilet-day.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250157/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +0100 0 The Assistant Director of the ministry of Local Government and Rural Development Irene Messiba says all procurement measures attached to the School Feeding Programme have been removed to ensure effective operation She has therefore urged the caterers of the programme to liaise with the head teachers of the various schools to enable them to kn ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250150/1/gsfp-caterers-called-to-liaise-with-authorities.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250150/1/gsfp-caterers-called-to-liaise-with-authorities.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250150/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 15:06:12 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250119/1/ghanaians-mark-world-toilet-day-in-search-of-toile.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250119/1/ghanaians-mark-world-toilet-day-in-search-of-toile.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250119/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:43 +0100 0 http://www.modernghana.com/news/250118/1/kumbuor-afotey-agbo-approved.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250118/1/kumbuor-afotey-agbo-approved.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250118/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:42 +0100 0 The Court of Appeal yesterday granted a stay of proceedings in favour of the Attorney General and Minister Justice in the case in which Mr Sam Okudzeto an Accra Legal practitioner and member of the New Patriotic Party is suing the Government and the Bank of Ghana for wrongful dismissalOkudzeto has sued the government at the High Court for wi ...]]> http://www.modernghana.com/news/250115/1/appeals-court-grants-ags-stay-of-proceedings-plea-.html http://www.modernghana.com/news/250115/1/appeals-court-grants-ags-stay-of-proceedings-plea-.html http://www.modernghana.com/newsthread1/250115/1/#showcomments2 Fri, 19 Nov 2009 14:54:39 +0100 0