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Prison systems the world over in recent times have a responsibility to ensure the reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners under their care as the era of mere warehousing of offenders is long gone. This they do by taking the prisoner through structured regimes to ensure that upon discharge, the prisoner re-enters society truly reformed. Food plays a key role in ...

An ambitious project is underway to install 55 small-scale renewable electricity production and distribution systems, known as mini grids, in island communities on the Volta Lake and those with limited access to the national grid by 2020. So far, some US$230 million has been dedicated to the implementation of the project which is being executed by the Volta River Authority ...

Eighty-five experts in the cashew industry from nine African countries have converged on Peduase in the Eastern Region to discuss ways to promote cashew production in Africa and enhance its competitiveness. The experts are from Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Cote d’Ivoire, Mozambique, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Participants in the five-day training programme will share knowledge, discuss best practices ...

The National Road Safety Commission wants a change on its law to deal with indiscipline following adevastating carnage on an important highway which left at least 62 dead. Chief Executive of the Commission Mrs May Obiri-Yeboah explained all its current powers remain persuasive as it was set up to carry out road safety education and advocacy. “If we don’t have ...

Justice Clemence Homeyenugah, Justice of the Court of Appeal and the Chairman of the Remand Review Taskforce has cautioned police personnel to cooperate with sureties to make bail process easy for prisoners on remand. He said it was wrong for them to deny them their right as guaranteed by the Constitution. Justice Homeyenugah who gave the warning at the Justice ...

The increasing spate of road traffic accidents in Ghana has claimed the lives of 46,284 people in 27 years. The figures covered the period between 1991 and 2018. Averagely, 1,714 are people killed each year This means that on the average, 1,714 commuters were killed every year as a result of road traffic accidents. The year 1994 recorded the lowest ...

The government is preparing a road map for the implementation of the Right to Information( RTI) Bill which is expected to be passed in Parliament this week, the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has stated. He said the implementation of the law would require the establishment of information units in all public offices, the recruitment and training of ...

Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has said the decision by the Anglophone West African country to use French as a second language is a major concern of the Government of Ghana, in line with national priorities.She reiterated plans by the government to include the promotion of the learning of French in basic schools ...

The Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) and other disability right organizations have re-echoed calls on Government to as a matter importance amend the Ghana Disability Act 715, 2006 to bring it in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD). Ghana ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability in 2007 ...

Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it is looking to cut down imports of rice by 50 per cent as well as end the importation of tomato this year. Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, George Oduro said the government is working to cut the levels of food import significantly. He said “this year alone, our target ...