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Wednesday, 17 Mar 2010

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No locally grown rice in Koforidua

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:08

Rice growing in Ghana. Photo: hesghanaway.blogspot.com Despite the efforts being made to encourage Ghanaians to consume locally produced rice it is not easy to find one at the Koforidua market.

Out of over 20 shops surveyed by the Ghana News Agency (GNA), in the central part of the New Juaben Municipality, only one shop located in an obscure corner behind the South Akim Rural Bank was the place, which deals in locally produced rice.

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Galamsey pit kills 2 brothers at Kyebi

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:08

Galamsey operators at work. Photo: brass.cf.ac.uk Two schoolchildren, aged 12 and 15, died at Kyebi in the Eastern Region on Sunday when they fell into a pit dug and abandoned by illegal miners.

Shell-shocked residents said they found the bodies of the two children, Kingsley Effah Agyeman and his 5-year-old elder brother, Kofi Darkwa, in the deep pit at about 3 p.m.

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Newmont, NGO cares for the blind mail

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:08

Newmont logo. Photo: minerals.org.au Newmont Gold Ghana Limited (NGGL), in collaboration with United Way Ghana (UWG), a non-governmental organisation, has dug the foundation for a $378,000 library complex for the Akropong School for the Blind (ASB). This was part of the company's annual Day of Caring, where employees of the Newmont are given a paid off day to use their time for charity and community service.

Employees of the company, numbering about 50 visited the ASB and used their time to dig the foundation for the library and also undertook general cleaning in the school. They also feted the pupils numbering 350, comprising of 217 boys and 113 girls.

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8 HIV/AIDS positive cases recorded in prison 2009

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:08

The AIDS logo. Photo: ghanaids.gov.gh The Koforidua prison recorded eight HIV/AIDS positive cases last year, while one case has so far been recorded this year. Ms Florence Dorgbo, Chief Officer of the Prison, disclosed this when members of the Eastern Regional AIDS Committee paid a familiarization visit to the place on Friday to monitor the HIV situation in the prison.

She said health education on HIV/AIDS prevention as well as change in behaviour towards the disease were being carried out in the prison.

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Government to invest in human development

Wednesday, 17 March 2010 23:08

President of Ghana - John Evans Atta Mills. Photo: Ghanaweb President John Evans Atta Mills, has said government was committed to investing in human development since it was the pillar on which the nation rested.

He said government's main focus would be to provide quality education for the youth to enable them to contribute effectively to building a strong and united country.

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