My Ghana Electronic Desk

By:  Edmund Smith-Asante & Yaa Ntiriwaa Adjei Wigs and gowns worn by lawyers and judges in court prevent many people from using the courts to seek redress because they are intimidating, the Executive Director of the Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL), Mr Augustine Niber, has said.

By Edmund Smith-Asante General Abdulsalami Abubakar and Former Prez John Kufuor with their wives after the visit Former President John Agyekum Kufuor yesterday received former Nigerian Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar at his home in Accra, when the former Nigerian leader paid a courtesy call on him.

By Edmund Smith-Asante The two former heads of state and their spouses interacting Nigeria 's former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar yesterday paid a courtesy call on former President Jerry John Rawlings at his Ridge residence in Accra.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Dr Kofi Ablorh One of three persons who reported at the Nsawam Government Hospital with symptoms of the dreaded Ebola disease has had his blood screened by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR). The result, however, proved negative.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Dr Edward Omane-Boamah About 10,000 pieces of personal protective equipment (PPE) have been ordered by the government for frontline health workers who will be handling Ebola cases in the event of an outbreak of the disease.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Benjamin Tetteh (left), a reporter at Joy FM, interviewing Dr Victor Asare Bampoe, Deputy Minister of Health, after the workshop. With them is Mr Tony Goodman, PRO of the Ministry of Health The government has set aside GH¢35 million to contain an Ebola attack should it occur in the country, the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Victor Asare Bampoe, has announced.

By Edmund Smith-Asante  Health experts have advised patrons of bush meat to stay off them for a while in order to prevent any Ebola infection.

By Edmund Smith-Asante The Accra Circuit Court Wednesday discharged the Chief Executive Officer of the Kessben Group of Companies, Mr Kwabena Kesse, who was standing trial for money laundering and forging documents.

By Edmund Smith-Asante & Charles Andoh, ACCRA THOUSANDS of workers took to the streets of Accra yesterday to protest the harsh economic conditions prevailing in the country. From the Obra Spot at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle through the Kojo Thompson Road in Adabraka to Accra Polytechnic and finally ending at the Black Star Square, the workers, who were joined along the way by market women, students and drivers, chanted, danced and blew mini vuvuzelas, to show their anger at the current economic conditions.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA GHANA and Japan last Tuesday signed a grant agreement geared towards the training of young government officials in Japanese universities. The grant for Human Resource Development Scholarship 2014, also known as the JDS programme, amounts to US$1.2 million and will provide five young and promising Ghanaian government officials scholarships to obtain master’s degrees in public health and economics.

By Edmund Smith-Asante Eighteen young Ghanaians selected out of a total of 3,000, who submitted applications for the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) programme, are to participate in the programme.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, ACCRA FIFTY one African heads of state have been invited to the first ever US-Africa Leaders’ summit called at the instance of United States President Barack Obama, to broaden the partnership with countries across the continent. This includes Ghana’s President, Mr John Dramani Mahama and the AU Commission Chairman, Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

By Edmund Smith-Asante President John Mahama launching the report In order to firm up the decisions and recommendations of the National Economic Forum held in Senchi from May 13 to 15 this year, the government has been urged to find ways to meet with political parties and major stakeholders who were not part of the forum.

By Edmund Smith-Asante, PARLIAMENT HOUSE A Deputy Minister-designate, last Friday, showed that one could aspire to great heights, no matter where he or she started from. The nominee of President John Dramani Mahama for the post of Deputy Minister of Communications, Mr Edward Ato Sarpong, during his vetting last Friday, told the Appointments Committee of Parliament that he started his working life as a messenger.