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The Presiding Member for Shama District Assembly Hon. Percy Ahenakwah is urging successful Nabco applicants to endeavor to meet their Key Performance indicators (KPIs) when they are placed in institutions. According to him plans are underway to industrialize the Shama district, as new industries are yet to be establishing in the Shama district. When this happens he says, the new industry will rely on NABCO personals within the district to man these new industries. “So don't take your Job for granted, where ever u will be posted see yourself has a permanent   worker and a nation builder and   work assiduously to meet your KPls as enshrined in your conditional letters of engagement " “This district is indeed attracting investors and industries of which when they need accountant or secretaries they can fall upon some of you put that will be dependent of your KPIs" The presiding member made this know in a speech he delivered to some successful applic...

The DCE for Shama District Hon Joseph Amoah has vehemently debunked allegations by some irate youths of Aboadze - Abuesi accusing him of thwarting   their efforts of being employed at  the  Aboadze thermal power enclave . The youth alleged that the DCE is ensuring the recruitment of non-natives to work at Amandi Energy, the company managing the power enclave and failure to sack him will ruin the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) chances in the 2020 elections. The aggrieved youth further alleged the DCE has converted the assembly to b e   a recruitment center asking them  to apply for  jobs via t his office. But addressing the press on Monday, September 24, 2018 at  the district assembly the Hon. Joseph Amoah has shoot  down the said allegation describing them  has palpable lies a and political machinations targeted at tarnishing his reputation a n d t h e good works of the assembly”...

Seven school children between the ages of 3 and 14 of the Learner’s Bridge Academy in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region, have been killed in a gory accident that occurred between Apimanim and Tarkwa on Monday. The accident occurred when they were returning from school. Confirming the incident , the Tarkwa Divisional Police Commander, DSP Edmond Bosompim said 6 other children, including a teacher, are in critical condition and have been transferred to the 37 Military Hospital in Accra. He explained that “at about 4.30pm, one Clement Oduro aged 44 years was in charge of a sprinter bus with registration no, GC 2947-09, driving from Dompim to Ahwetieso, a suburb of Tarkwa with pupils and teachers of Leaders Bridge Acadamy School on board.” “On reaching a section of the road between Dompim and Bonsa and in a curve, he lost control and veered into the opposite lane and collided with a truck with registration no GT 9135-13 belonging to Shalonis Company limited an...

Dr Dominic Obeng-Andoh The Director of the controversial   Obengfo Hospital, Dr Dominic Obeng-Andoh, has shockingly revealed that he spent only two weeks to train    has a cosmetic surgery at a health facility in the US. According   to him, the two week hands on   master class in cosmetic surgery with a Florida based   university is enough to   equip   him with the requisite skill and confidence to conduct liposuction procedures “I was trained at the School of Medical Sciences at the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. I graduated in 1997. I had my house job training there and then at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Then I worked as a Medical Officer at Korle Bu ,” he revealed. He further explained that ‘“ I have been in private practice since 2000 but a few years back, I went to Florida to have this specialized training in liposuction. I did the basic, intermediary and the advanced training in liposuction. I got a specif...

A 24-year-old man, Isaac Arthur, a native of Gomoa Tarkwa in the Central region, has been arrested by the Assin Fosu Divisional Police Command for trading in substances believed to be cocaine. The Assin Fosu Divisional Police commander, Chief Superintendent Henry B.M Bacho  said his outfit had information that the suspect was terrorising people with guns at Assin Fosu Ajip over a missing goat so he dispatched a team of policemen to restore calm at the place. The team of police officers who went to the scene embarked on a swoop where the suspect was arrested. When a search was conducted on him, 42 parcels of substances which he [Isaac Arthur] later confirmed to be cocaine was found on him. Upon interrogation, the suspect said he received the substances from a dealer in Cape Coast to retail in Assin Fosu. The young man added that he accepted to do the business because there was no alternative job for him. “My father is dead while my mother has no job to cater f...

The Forestry Commission (FC) has reviewed allowances of employees under the Youth in Afforestation Programme to align with allowances of employees under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) programme. As a result, the commission, which was supposed to pay the beneficiaries under the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) GH¢1,200, had to review the allowances to GH¢700, GH¢600 and GH¢400 for supervisors, assistant supervisors and others respectively. According to the FC, aligning the allowances to that of the NABCo would also enable it to engage more applicants to sustain the programme. A letter dated September 11, 2018 and signed by the Director of Operations at the Commission, Mr Hugh C. A. Brown, has consequently directed all regional directors and district managers of the commission to revise the allowances of the beneficiaries effective October 1, 2018. Agreement The Corporate Affairs and Media Relations Manager of the FC, Mrs Joyce Ofori Kwafo, explained that the commission sign...

The  Chief of Kwesimintsim Traditional Area, Nana Wgozi Esson III has  launch the 2018 Kundum Festival of Kwesimintsim Traditonal Area  with a call on youth to  abstain from drug abuse. Speaking at the festive lunch on the theme “Educating the youth on dangers of drug abuse” Nana Wgozi Esson III expressed dissatisfaction   with the disturbing  trend of drug abuse which   has  been on ascendancy in the traditional  area.  The menace has been prevalent among the youth and even permeate  among  adult population in the communities are situation which he describe has saddening.  "The rate of substance abuse especially tramadol among the   youths is alarming  as youth full with  age it   incumbent on you to use your  strength  in contributing to the development of this  country and not    in   pursuance of  drug abuse   w...

A two-year-old girl has met her untimely and painful death through a weird and bizarre  accident on a hot afternoon. The toddler, whose name is yet to be known  was painfully run over after falling off a trotro  same  she was on board at Essipong, near Sekondi in the Western Region. The accident occurred on Tuesday, April 3, at about 1:00pm during a trip from Shama to Sekondi. The police report, which has been sighted by N ews Hub , indicates that the child who was seated between the mother and the driver’s mate fell out of the vehicle when the driver’s mate slid open the door at a bus stop. After falling off, the rear tyre of the car ran over her. She sustained injuries and was rushed to the St. Benedict Hospital for treatment and later referred to Effia -Nkwanta Regional Hospital for further treatment. But she died shortly on arrival at the hospital, and her body has deposited at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting an autopsy. The car invol...

Former President of the republic of Ghana Jerry John Rawlings has spoken in the wake of the address to the nation Thursday night by President Akufo-Addo on the controversial US military deal. The former President said the President’s speech was ‘hard’ but ‘important and timely.’ As has become his style of late, he took to Twitter to make his views known, and noticeably, he took a marked different route from his party, NDC who have accused the President of using the speech to flay them and to call into question their patriotism. In the “stateman tweet” MYNEWSGH.com saw from his page, he called for a review of particular areas of the agreement that is a bone of contention to build consensus. He wrote: “Though the President’s address was hard, it was important and timely to hear him and the American Ambassador (earlier) affirm that there would be no military base established in Ghana. That was my major concern in my initial reaction to news of the agreement. The spirit of co-o...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in collaboration with the Pharmacy Council and the Ghana Police Service on Friday arrested 14 fake drug peddlers at Dome, Achimota and the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The drug peddlers made up of 11 men and three women were arrested for selling unregistered aphrodisiacs, analgesics, antibiotics, Tramadol, codeine containing cough syrup and other toxic medicines to the public. Some of the local aphrodisiacs seized from the suspects included: AK 47, Magic Gel, Cobra 150, Tiger 150, Tramadol, Magic Snow Vita and Super Sex Machine. Mr Vigil Edward Prah-Ashun, the Head of Drug Market Surveillance, FDA said the FDA had intelligence reports that some people around Dome, Kisiman, Avenor and Circle were engaged in the use of Tramadol and codeine containing cough syrup. He said the swoop was necessitated by the increasing incidence of illegal trading in pharmaceuticals. He said the practice was dangerous as the untrained people selling the drugs...

The Executive Director for Media Response, Mr. Samuel Dodoo is urging journalists to specialize in reporting on migration and produce more news items on migration in their news bulletin. This he says  forms part of effort to discourage irregular migration and provide credible information to promote regular migration among the teaming Ghanaian youths. Mr Dodoo bemoan Ghanaian journalists penchant to generate news stories more on political related issues  at the expense of other delicate socio- economic issues, and this has been the bed rock of our challenges as a country” “Most journalists in this country focus on general and political stories at the expense of sensitive social issues like irregular migration. Just a handful of journalists have specialized In   reporting on socio- economic issues and this has hinder the progress of this country has most important issues which journalists are to bring to light   remain    hidden” he said The ...

  A year after the inauguration of the train shuttle service between Sekondi and Takoradi, the Ghana Railway Company (GRC) is yet to break even due to low patronage of the service by commuters.  The GRC is currently operating at a loss and its income is not enough to meet liabilities such as the salaries of workers, fuel and maintenance costs. The service, which is expected to run throughout the day, night and weekends, currently operates only morning and evening sessions between Monday and Friday, with cabins mostly empty or half full. The low patronage has also been attributed to the direction of development of the city, which is heading inland as against the operations of the shuttle which are limited to the coast — from the Takoradi Harbour to Kojokrom, Sekondi. Interestingly, inland areas such as Apowa, Kansawurodu, Anaji, Bu, Kwesimintsim, Ntankoful, Aseike, among others, do not have rail lines incorporated into the planning of the city. Some commuters in the Twin Ci...

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has affirmed, in no uncertain terms, that Ghana has “not offered a military base, and will not offer a military base to the United States of America.”  According to President Akufo-Addo, “the United States of America has not made any request for such consideration and, consistent with our established foreign policy, we will not consider any such request.”  In an address to the nation on Thursday, 5th April, 2018, the President stated that “in consideration of the realities of our circumstances and the challenges to peace in our region in our time, we have deemed it prudent to continue the Co-operation Agreement with the United States of America.”  He was confident that the US-Ghana Military Co-operation Agreement “will help enhance our defence capability, and offer an important layer of support in our common effort to protect the peace in our region.” Explaining why his Government had departed from the ...