http://news.peacefmonline.com/rss/news.xml Visit Peace FM Online for latest news, breaking news, audio and feature stories in Ghana en-us Peace FM Online 2009 2010-03-18T04:21:58+01:00 Michael Ofori Amanfo Boateng Ghana News http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40338.php The Mayor of Accra, Dr. Alfred Oko Vanderpuije, on Wednesday toured some development projects in the metropolis to assess progress of work. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40338.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40330.php Ghana is firmly committed to the goal of linking various national transmission grids in the sub-region to create a wholesale power market in West Africa. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40330.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40327.php A three-day workshop to build the capacity of selected field officers of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), to control locust and grasshopper invasion of farms, has been held at Akyawkrom in the Ejisu-Juaben municipality. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40327.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40326.php The Upper East Regional Coordinating Council and the Central East Province of Burkina Faso have formed a Trans-Boundary Committee to manage shared Water Resources of the White Volta Basin. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40326.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40323.php ActionAid Ghana (AAG), has lauded Ghana as it pledged its support to the nation for not signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), a trade partnership agreement between EU and African/Caribbean countries. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40323.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40285.php The Vice President of the Ghana Journalists Association, Mr Affail Monney has said that all is not well with the media profession. According to him, the last few weeks has seen the media set on fire by confessions of unethical behaviour made by a member of the Association and allegations of corruption made against some journalists. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40285.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40250.php The Ivorian government has agreed to join the Ghanaian authorities to find an amicable and acceptable solution to their boundary issue following the discovery of oil in commercial quantities in the Gyata Wells near Cape Three Points. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40250.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40241.php From all indications, total war between Techiman and Tuobodom is imminent. Investigations conducted by Daily Guide indicate that both sides are seriously arming themselves for a showdown. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40241.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40165.php If steps are not quickly taken to forestall a demonstration planned for this morning by some people allegedly being incited by the embattled executives of the New Abirem National Democratic Congress (NDC) against the District Chief Executive (DCE) of the Birim North District in the Eastern Region, a calamity may befall the nation. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40165.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40164.php The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice has adjourned its investigations into the infamous Mabey and Johnson bribery scandal, following a barrage of objections by Lawyers of the alleged bribe ministers. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40164.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40060.php Ms. Mariam Millah, a Public and Customer Relations Specialist, has been elected the new Board Chairperson of the Foundation for Female Photo journalists (FFP) in Accra. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40060.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40050.php Sudanese Business laureate and founder of the Mo Ibrahim foundation, Dr. Mo Ibrahim has called on African leaders to work assiduously towards a vibrant Regional Economic integration as a means of competing with Western Economies. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40050.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40046.php The United States (US) Government on Saturday, presented four speed patrol boats to the Ghana Navy, to help ensure maritime safety and security. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40046.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40030.php CONFUSION HAS greeted preparations by some supporters of the Andani Royal family towards the commemoration of the 8th anniversary of the death of the late Naa Yakubu Andani II, overlord of Dagbon, and 40 of his subjects. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40030.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40029.php Professor Ken Agyemang Attafuah, a renowned criminologist, says the excuse used by the government to relieve him of his duties as the Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA) was unjustifiable. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40029.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40023.php Dr Lawrence Tetteh, an international evangelist has asked Ghanaians in the Diaspora to make conscious efforts to bring back the expertise they have gained abroad to assist in national development. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40023.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40001.php After a long period of silence, Prof. Kenneth Attafuah, former Executive Secretary of the National Identification (NIA), has finally protested the circumstances surrounding his premature removal from his position only a year after his appointment, by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/40001.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/39998.php The Bill to establish the Ghana Boundary Commission presented to Parliament last week, after a boundary dispute broke out between Ghana and the La Cote D’Ivoire, has moved a step closer to its passage into an Act, as it received its second reading behind closed doors in Parliament yesterday. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/39998.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/39994.php US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has sent a congratulatory message, on behalf of President Barrack Obama and the people of the United States, to Ghana on the celebration of her 53rd Independence Anniversary. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/39994.php http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/39987.php The Ga Paramount Stool Dzasetse has reiterated that nobody, to their knowledge, has been enstooled as Ga Mantse. “The Paramount Stool has nor, at any time, installed anyone as Ga Mantse since the demise of our illustrious Ga Mantse, Boni Nii Amugi II, for the Ga State,” Nii Yaote Oto-Ga II, Dzasetse of the Ga Paramount Stool, said yesterday at a press conference in Accra to state his position on the four-year-old chieftaincy dispute. http://news.peacefmonline.com/news/201003/39987.php