Spain, Portugal airlines to fly into Ghana

Airlines from Spain and Portugal have expressed interest in flying into Ghana, Director-General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Air Commodore Kwame Mamphey has said.

Moka:I will pull a surprise in DR Congo elections

The Leader of the opposition Blue Movement Party in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Reverend Jean Paul Moka, says though he is the under-dog in the upcoming September 2011 elections in his country, the Congolese people will not be disappointed when the results are announced.

Ghana: Gov’t projects 8 & 10% GDP growth for 2011/12

The Government of Ghana has projected a GDP growth rate of eight and ten per cent for the 2011 and 2012 years respectively, against the backdrop of sound economic policies being pursued by the government.

Three child traffickers arrested

Three suspects, who attempted buying a one year old baby on Monday, June 7 at Awoshie, a suburb of Accra, are now in the grips of the police.

33,000 civil servants to be transfered to Local Government Service

About 33, 000 civil servants are to be transferred to the Local government Service, as part of efforts aimed at strengthening the district assemblies, towards the effective implementation of government policies.

NPP blamed for recruiting criminals into Police Service when in power

The Tema Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Augustine Gyening, has launched a blistering attack on the New Patriot Party (NPP), saying it recruited a bunch of criminals into the Police Service when the party was in power.

Mills’ agriculture policy under threat

Despite efforts being put in place by the government to ensure food security in the country, more than 260 farmers at Tubakrom in the Weija municipality in the Greater Accra Region, have been deprived of their livelihoods, as encroachers have taken over their farmlands and built on them for residential purposes.

Gov’t embargoes ex-gratia of 13 former ministers

Intelligence gathered by The Chronicle indicates that the government has placed an embargo on the remaining end-of-service benefits of 13 former ministers who served in the previous Kufuor administration.

Ghana: Prez Mills challenges youth to attain higher education

President John Evans Atta Mills on Saturday dedicated this year’s Independence Day celebrations to the youth with a call on them to  strive to attain higher education in order to secure their future.

Ghana: President Mills admits failing Ghanaians

President John Evans Atta Mills yesterday admitted in parliament that he had disappointed Ghanaians for failing to deliver on his promise made last year in his State of the Nation address, to establish a ‘Members of Parliament Constituency Fund’ to foster development projects at the constituency level, aside that of the District Assemblies Common Fund.