Ghana has expressed worry about the world falling short of its targets in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 due to what it described as the current slow pace of implementation. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, raised the concern in a speech read on her behalf by the Vice Chairman of ...

The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has called on the Bank of Ghana to take swift action on persons who are advertising on some television stations that they have the ability to double money for their clients. He has suggested to the central bank to state its position on the issue before matters come to a heat. The minister ...

Former Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Justice Emile Short, has called on government to revive the constitutional amendment process describing the 1992 constitution as flawed. According to him, government needs to address certain provisions including the provision that majority of ministers must be appointed from parliament, and the excessive powers wielded by the President. Justice Short was speaking ...

Akos (not the real name) sells sachet water on the streets of Madina, a suburb of Accra, and her routine has been to wake up early in the morning to go earn a living for herself and her three children, one of whom has cerebral palsy She lives in a rented single room at Ashaley-Botwe, another suburb of the capital ...

The Deputy Minister of Education and MP for Abuakwa North Constituency in the Eastern Region, Hon. Gifty Twum Ampofo, has quashed reports in the media that the newly introduced Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) into the Ghanaian curriculum will promote foreign culture. The Ghana Education Service (GES) is set to introduce a new curriculum that will educate students on their sexuality ...

I can say that I am a law-abiding citizen on the score that I am energised to check-in where statutory rules and regulations apply. However, I sulk; I curse and almost swear when my annual property rate notice is delivered at my gate every year. Why do we continue to pay property rate to the local Assemblies with no corresponding services ...

The Communication Service Tax (CST) has taken effect but many in the public remain unaware of its implementation. The CST was hiked from six per cent to nine per cent in the mid-year review and supplementary budget presented to Parliament by Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance. This, would affect the cost of telecommunication services rendered to customers by ...

Central Region Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has urged health professionals in Ghana not to underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, and a kind word to a patient. According to him, kindness can heal patients better than the administration of medicines. The regional minister made the remarks when he handed over six pickup vehicles to six district health directorates in the ...