NEWS IN GHANA

Mr. Isaac Tetteh, Managing Director of T. T. Brothers Limited, distributors of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in Ghana has observed that giving to support the kids of Tema SOS Village is a responsibility he has been entrusted by his late mother with a warning never to quit for life. “It’s something that we will be doing forever. Even if I’m no more, I hope my children will continue from where I’ve left of since it’s something my mum has warned me not to stop and since she is no more, it’s something I’m going to continue”. Mr. Isaac Tetteh made this revelation in an interview with journalists on the sidelines of a donation exercise which took place at the Tema SOS Village on Easter Saturday morning. The exercise saw his company, TT Brothers Limited repeated its old ritual which began for the past sixteen (16) years when it donated bags of rice, gallons of cooking oil, toiletries and drinks to the Tema SOS Village. “Uncle T” as he is popularly known, is magnanimous in ...

Human Rights Organization, Amnesty International Ghana(AIG) has launched its 2018 Reports on Death Penalty and Executions with the call on parliament and government to explicitly abolish the death penalty in the constitution for all crimes in Ghana.  The local chapter of the global Human Rights Organization, made up of over 4000 people together with its abolitionist friends and partners have also petitioned parliament among other requests, to support efforts towards ensuring the replacement of death penalty with death sentence as punishment for crime in the penal code of Ghana.  The launch which preceded the petitioning of parliament was held at the Accra International Press Centre on Wednesday April 11, 2019.  Present at the event were various dignitaries from embassies in the country, Government Officials, Representatives of UN Organizations, Ghana Police and Prisons Services, Civil Society Groups, Non-Governmental Organizations, Commission of Human Ri...