Directive will save assemblies — NALAG President
A number of metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) in the country have been unable to elect their presiding members although the assemblies have been inaugurated and are required to...
View ArticleCSO joins district assemblies to fight child marriage
These came to light when RECFAM in collaboration with the Nkwanta South and North District Assemblies in the Volta Region held a stakeholders meeting on how to combat child and early forced marriages....
View ArticleDist panchayat chief vows to stop all benami deals
Thiruvananthapuram: The newly elected ruling council of the district panchayat will strictly ban the practice of assigning contracts to benamis of politicians in its five-year tenure. "The practice was...
View ArticleNDC Primaries:Volta regional parliamentary aspirants
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) list of parliamentary contestants for the Volta region in the party’s Saturday November 21 Presidential and Parliamentary election. President John Dramani Mahama...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Elects Members to Trade Law Commission, Economic and Social...
(Source: United Nations General Assembly) The General Assembly today elected 23 members to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and one member to the Economic and Social...
View ArticleBalochistan assembly discussed plight of education sector
QUETTA: The Balochistan assembly on Friday was made aware of the fact that despite an educational emergency imposed in the province, 1,509 government-run primary schools are still shelter-less. The...
View ArticleNew law soon to sack elected panchayat members in Karnataka
BENGALURU: Karnataka government on Wednesday tabled Karnataka Panchayat Raj (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 by virtue of which state government will have the provision of removal of the elected panchayat...
View ArticleNPP Asawase murder suspects refused bail
The Asokwa District Magistrate Court in Kumasi hearing the case of the murder of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist, Saddiq Abubakar, has adjourned the case to December 7, 2015. A fourth accused...
View ArticleMalappuram district panchayat elects standing committees
: The District Panchayat council elected members of different standing committees here on Friday. Additional District Magistrate K....
View ArticleEric Afful Wins Amenfi West Seat
Eric Afful is to represent the ruling National Democratic Congress in next year’s Parliamentary elections. In bye-elections held Tuesday following the demise of the late MP John Gyetua, he secured some...
View ArticleAVC General Assembly calls on President Graça to stand for re-election (FIVB...
(Source: FIVB - Fédération Internationale de Volleyball) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 18, 2015 - The Asian Volleyball Confederation Board of Administration and representatives from 61 national...
View ArticleIMO Assembly elects new 40-Member Council (IMO - International Maritime...
(Source: IMO - International Maritime Organization) The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization has elected the following States to be Members of its Council for the 2016-2017 biennium:...
View ArticleAt last, KP Assembly to elect deputy speaker next month
PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Asad Qaisar on Friday announced schedule of elections for the deputy speaker’s office lying vacant for over a year. The speaker told the house that...
View ArticleNewly elected BJP MLAs take oath
IMPHAL: The two newly elected BJP representatives - Kh Joykishan Singh and Th Biswajeet Singh - took oath as members of Manipur legislative assembly on Friday. Beating the ruling Congress in both seats...
View ArticleNDC Rejects Yamoah Ponkoh
The Ejisu constituency chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress ( NDC) in the Ashanti Region, Eugene Agyarko, is kicking against the re-appointment of Afrifa Yamoah Ponkoh as the Municipal...
View ArticleAkatsi South DCE Frustrates Private Coys From Operating
[Ghanaian Chronicle] Akatsi -The Paramount Chief of Akatsi, Togbui Letsa Koba II, has appealed to the Volta Regional Minister, Madam Helen Ntoso, to as a matter of importance, bring the Akatsi South...
View ArticleGTA awards 21 tourism practitioners in Volta Region.
Always Always at Kpando was adjudged the best traditional caterer, Obama Gardens at Hohoe as best drinking bar, Mr Francis Kwame Acquaye of Tafi Atome as best site guide, Volta Premier radio station of...
View ArticleUSAID supports reading habits among school children
A representative of the USAID, Nana Osei Akumia announced this at the Volta Region reading festival sponsored by the USAID with the collaboration of the Ministry of Education at Ho. Nana Akumia said...
View ArticleBihar BJP elects seven-time MLA Prem Kumar as legislature party leader
The Bihar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday elected senior party leader and seven-time MLA from Gaya Town Prem Kumar as its legislature party leader. Mr. Kumar will be the Leader of the...
View ArticleSadanand Singh takes oath as Pro-tem Speaker of Bihar Assembly
Patna, Nov. 29 (ANI): Senior Congress MLA Sadanand Singh on Sunday took oath as the Pro-tem Speaker of the Bihar Assembly. Governor Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath to Singh at a function at the...
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