The Ghanaian Journal

Ghana Receives Bids For Its Debut Eurobond

Ghana is currently reviewing proposals by several banks, competing to be mandated for the sovereign’s debut Eurobond deal, a person familiar with the proceedings said.

Peoples’ jubilee procession to go ahead - CJA

The Committee for Joint Action declared on Wednesday that the Peoples’ Jubilee Process it has planned for Independence Day would come on.

Environmental performance, poor over last 50 years

Mr Emmanuel Salu, Deputy Director, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday said although Ghana was able to achieve a lot over the last 50 years, its performance on environmental issues had not been the best.

MIND YOUR BUSINESS - DFP TELLS NDC

The Interim National Chairman of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP), Alhaji Issah Abdul Rahman has warned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to rather focus on how it would win the next general elections in 2008 and stop meddling in the affairs of the DFP.

He further warned certain media houses in the country to also give themselves a clean cut vision of what they intend to do and work towards achieving that vision rather than allowing some specific individuals to change their destiny by paying them to do very unpalatable stories against other people.

According to him, certain individuals in the NDC have made it a target to discredit the image of the DFP for no specific reason and this he said, would not serve the best interest of Ghana’s young and delicate democracy.

60 HEALTH EXTENSION WORKERS TO BE TRAINED

Sixty young people from Jomoro District Assembly have been registered to be trained as health extension workers in various health facilities under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP).

Court remands Assemblyman for stealing

The Takoradi Circuit Court “A” has remanded Joseph Yaw Baidoo, Assemblyman for
Mpaniasa, Bosomrom and Himakrom Electoral Area for allegedly stealing 75 bags of cement and 30 pieces of iron rod belonging to the Ahanta West District Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES).

137 died in road accidents in the Eastern Region in 2006

One hundred and thirty seven-persons lost their lives in motor accidents in the Eastern Region last year, making the region the third highest in road fatalities in the country.

O&A disaster committee submits report

The nine-member committee appointed by the Ashanti Regional Security Committee (RESEC) to investigate the causes of the collapse of a four-storey building at the O&A Travel and Tour bus
terminal at Nfanti New town in Kumasi, has recommended the prosecution of the owner and the contractor working on the building.