NEWS IN GHANA

Actress Megan Young was crowned Miss World 2013 on Saturday, besting 126 candidates from all over the globe and earning the Philippines its first ever victory in the beauty contest. Young accepted the Miss World crown from 2012 winner Wenxia Yu at the awarding ceremony in Bali, Indonesia. Miss France Marine Lorphelin took second place while Miss Ghana Carranzar Naa Okailey Shooter came in third. Ghana’s Naa Okailey Shooter made history as she became the first Miss Ghana to make it into top 5 of Miss World and eventual placing 3rd in the pageant. "Amazing scenes here in Bali, Megan is overcome with emotions as a tear rolls down her cheek, promising to 'Be the best Miss World Ever'!" the Miss World official Twitter account said. "She also waved to the crowd at the start of "Miss World Philippines' Year," it added. In the Q & A portion, Young was asked to answer the question, "Why should you be crowned Miss World?" She...

Poor road conditions, human error, vehicle breakdowns coupled with environmental factors like poor weather and non-road worthy vehicles have been cited as major causes of road accidents in Ghana as a result many people lost their lives everyday.   Statistics according to media report revealed that four people die daily on Ghana's roads due to road accident. Upon estimation Ghana loses over 230 million dollars yearly due to road accidents with more than 1600 deaths.   Research by the National Road Safety Commission revealed that in 2010 that there were 19 fatalities per 10,000 vehicles in Ghana. Statistics again showed that 43% of the fatalities involved pedestrians and 53% involved occupants of vehicles   whiles 23% of all pedestrians’ fatalities involved children below the age of 16 years. What really accounts for that? Well guess what?   A lot of factors counts but let’s find out about that of non-roadworthy vehicles that ply on the  road...

  Hon Ablakwa Okudzeto,Kyeremeh receiving items from Mr. Kludgeson during the presentation Awards to national best teachers has improved over the years as a result of the enormous support from sponsors of various companies or corporate organizations To complement the effort of rewarding dedicated teachers this   year 2013, Metropolitan Pensions Trust Ghana   Limited   has as one of the major sponsors has donated a sum of   10,000 cedis cash for the refurbishment of the house of the best second cycle teacher award winner, a motor bike plus   20 set of gas cookers. Mr Prince Kludgeson CEO of Kludgeson International also donated 10 Kpad(a locally manufactured upgraded version of ipad), in addition 10 computers and accessories followed Setco Plublishing Company who presented 12,000 cedis cash plus 2,500 worth of books followed by International Marketing Maintenance Code (IPMC) which has also donated 15pcs of Dell laptop computers and finally F...

  Various checks has indicated that so far no action has yet been taken a month after government has issued an action paper on scandalous revelations of graft at a youth employment agency Ghana is losing about fifty million Ghana cedis monthly as contracts which the committee recommended should be abrogated has still not been cancelled. The Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Agency (GYEEDA) came under fire after Joy FM's Manasseh Azure uncovered rot at the government-run agency. A ministerial committee was set up by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah to look into allegations of massive corruption and fraud. A senior member of the ruling National Democratic Congress Sam Pee Yalley also described the report that came out of that investigation as horrible and stinking . Political opponents such as former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Ahafo Ano South, Stephen Balado-Manu challenged the President to act on the recomme...

Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Ofosua-Adjare delivering a speech during the launch The Ministry of tourism, culture and creative arts in collaboration with Ministries of Energy and Petroleum; Water Resources, Works and Housing; and the Western Regional Coordinating Council has organized a   stakeholders workshop in Accra at Cleaver House on Tuesday 24 th September 2013, to mark the celebration of the this years World tourism day. It is on the theme “Tourism and Water: Protecting our common future”, which is   in support of the United Nations International Year of Water Co-operation seeks to highlight the symbiotic relationship that exists between tourism and water, and the extent to which the two impact on each other. Ghana has over the years joined the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), to partake in the celebration of the world Tourism day which comes off every year on the 27 th of September The celebration which is aimed at creating fur...