Member of Parliament (MP) for Kintampo South constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, Madam Felicia Adjei, has called on authorities charged to maintain sanity on highways to strictly enforce the Road Traffic Act 683 which mandates occupants of vehicles to wear seatbelt. According to her, despite the Act making non-wearing of seat belt a punishable … Read more
Member of Parliament (MP) for Kintampo South constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, Madam Felicia Adjei, has called on authorities charged to maintain sanity on highways to strictly enforce the Road Traffic Act 683 which mandates occupants of vehicles to wear seatbelt. According to her, despite the Act making non-wearing of seat belt a punishable … Read more
Stamp out galamsey due to its negative effects Galamsey operators at work removing the top soil of the arable land Though mining is a very profitable business that creates employment opportunities for several individuals and benefits everyone in the country including the government that is why the legal mining industries are widely supported by everyone. … Read more
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has deployed 140 security peronnel to flush out illegal miners in the region. The exercise is being done in conjunction with the military. The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah, revealed this during a visit of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, to the Regional Police Command. The Regional … Read more
The National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC), has called on the government to lead emergency efforts to end illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in the country. The Association in a statement copied to citifmonline.com, said the menace was fast destroying Ghana’s environment, and it has become necessary for urgent steps to arrest … Read more
The National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC), has called on the government to lead emergency efforts to end illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in the country. The Association in a statement copied to citifmonline.com, said the menace was fast destroying Ghana’s environment, and it has become necessary for urgent steps to arrest … Read more
The representatives of a number of international press organizations have come together in a meeting in İstanbul, and urged the Turkish government to release the jailed journalists. The Turkish Journalists’ Association (TGC), the International Press Institute (IPI), Article 19, Swedish PEN, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), and the Association of European Journalists (AEJ), joined the … Read more
CNN and other news outlets were blocked Friday from an off-camera White House press briefing, raising alarm among media organizations and First Amendment watchdogs. The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico and BuzzFeed were also excluded from the meeting, which is known as a gaggle and is less formal than the televised Q-and-A … Read more
CNN and other news outlets were blocked Friday from an off-camera White House press briefing, raising alarm among media organizations and First Amendment watchdogs. The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Politico and BuzzFeed were also excluded from the meeting, which is known as a gaggle and is less formal than the televised Q-and-A … Read more
As President Donald Trump warns of a crackdown on US government leaks to media, interest is growing in technology tools that allow sources to share information anonymously. One such tool called SecureDrop, being used by at least 30 US and global media organizations, offers a way for sources to anonymously communicate via encrypted servers. “We’ve … Read more
Accra-based Citi 97.3 FM, has emerged Ghana’s topmost English Radio station in GeoPoll’s survey of radio stations’ performance nationwide for the year 2016. But the station came third after Akan-speaking stations, Peace FM, and Adom FM, which were named 1st and 2nd respectively. Prior to this yearly rating, the station has consistently performed creditably in … Read more
More than 6,000 guests are expected at the inauguration ceremony of President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo on January 7, 2017. These will include some heads of states, members of the diplomatic corps and senior citizens. The inauguration will be held at the Independence Square in Accra. The spokesperson for the president-elect’s side of the transition team, Kojo … Read more
More than 6,000 guests are expected at the inauguration ceremony of President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo on January 7, 2017. These will include some heads of states, members of the diplomatic corps and senior citizens. The inauguration will be held at the Independence Square in Accra. The spokesperson for the president-elect’s side of the transition team, Kojo … Read more
More than 6,000 guests are expected at the inauguration ceremony of President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo on January 7, 2017. These will include some heads of states, members of the diplomatic corps and senior citizens. The inauguration will be held at the Independence Square in Accra. The spokesperson for the president-elect’s side of the transition team, Kojo … Read more
The Citi Breakfast Show has been honoured at the second edition of the Ghana Mining Industry Awards. The awards, organized by the Ghana Chamber of Mines saw the award winning Citi Breakfast Show beat other media organizations to grab the recognition. The citation said the show was honoured “for vigorously promoting environmentally responsible mining in … Read more
Chinese President Xi Jinping is going to pay state visits to Ecuador, Peru and Chile. China and Latin American and the Caribbean states are all developing countries in about the same development stage and face the same task of striving for development. In recent years, the relations between China and Latin American and the Caribbean … Read more
Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Charlotte Osei is blaming a section of the media for what she describes as the high political tension in the country with some three weeks to the general elections. The EC chair is accusing some media organizations of promoting ‘partisan agenda’ and ‘causing chaos’ ahead of the polls. Speaking at … Read more
The Government of Equatorial Guinea is accusing various French and Swiss institutions of deliberately carrying out, in recent days, a ferocious media campaign aimed at denigrating the international image of the Vice-President of Equatorial Guinea, H. E. Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue. Within this campaign absurd information has been released regarding the seizure of various luxury … Read more
The new arrangement by the Electoral Commission (EC) whereby journalists are to pay for accreditation to cover the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections is illegal, Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, a lecturer at the School of Communications, University of Ghana, has said. The commission set November 7 2016 as deadline for submission of requests for accreditation … Read more
The Commercial Division of the High Court in Kumasi has granted an interim injunction to restrain four media organizations from broadcasting the English Premier League and related football competitions on their networks. They include Angel Broadcasting Services Limited, operator of Angel FM and Angel TV as well as First Eye Company Limited, owner of Boss … Read more