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Stop all forms of land racketeering- Lands Commission staff cautioned

The Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, Alhaji Sulemana Mahama, has asked workers of the Commission to help instill discipline in the land market by doing away with all forms of land racketeering. “As the government agency mandated to deliver land titles, register deeds and other services, we need to instil discipline in the land market by curbing the incidence ...

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U. S. inaugurates Shea Butter Processing Center in Northern Ghana

U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Stephanie S. Sullivan, today March 14, 2019, led a ribbon cutting and inaugurated a shea butter processing facility meant to support increased economic opportunities for 600 Ghanaian women who collect and process shea nuts. The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), supported the construction of the processing facility and warehouse located ...

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Use e-register for Ghanaians in diaspora — Stakeholders

Dr Benjamin Kunbour

Participants in a stakeholder’s consultative forum on the implementation of the Representation of the People Amendment Act (ROPAA) 2006, (Act 699), which gives Ghanaians in the diaspora the right to vote have called on the Electoral Commission (EC) to consider using electronic means to register prospective voters. According to the participants in the forum held in Sunyani, the online or ...

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‘Don’t succumb to pressure on cannabis legalisation’

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has called on the government to resist all forms of pressure to legalise the use of cannabis in the country. “I know that there is a lot of pressure from people with vested interests, both within and outside the country, to liberalise the use of cannabis, but ...

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Political power of women suffering ‘serious regression’ – UN official warns

General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (left) with (from left to right): President Kersti Kaljulaid of Estonia; Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir of Iceland; and President Paula-Mae Weekes of Trinidad and Tobago, following their press briefing on the high-Level event on ‘Women in Power’.

There has been a “serious regression” in the political power of women across the world in recent years, UN General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa told delegates to the annual summit of women activists at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday. The former Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs who leads the 193-member world body, pointed out that in 2015 it would ...

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Ban plastics if you can’t manage it – Commonwealth countries told

The 70th Commonwealth Day anniversary has been observed in Ghana with a call on Commonwealth countries to adopt a more sustainable way of managing plastics in member countries including a possible ban. In a model Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), to mark the Commonwealth Day, students from the British International School and Hydeson International minced no words in challenging ...

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Real Madrid make first contact for £100m Hazard

With Zinedine Zidane having replaced Santiago Solari, the Liga side are now moving ahead with their attempts to sign the Chelsea forwardReal Madrid have signalled their intent to secure the £100 million ($132m) summer signing of Chelsea star Eden Hazard, Goal understands.Their interest in the Belgian represents the first proper contact ahead of a potential summer move.The appointment of Hazard’s ...

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Ronaldo hat-trick overturns two-goal deficit to send Juventus through

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo once again underlined his worth in Europe’s elite competition as his hat-trick overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit against Atletico Madrid to send Juventus into the Champions League last eight.The fans of the Turin club had yet to see their £99m summer signing produce the sort of displays in Europe that helped Real Madrid to four Champions League titles ...

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Business Devt Ministry works on policy – Efforts to address entrepreneur difficulties…

The Ministry of Business Development is developing a national entrepreneurship policy to help address most of the difficulties faced by entrepreneurs. It has started the process by successfully initiating a draft document of the policy. The ministry, as part of its broader stakeholder engagement in the development of the policy, has met with stakeholders in the private sector, including the ...

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Reinstate lecturers, resign now – UTAG to UEW V-C

Rev. Prof. Afful Broni

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has demanded the resignation of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Education-Winneba, Rev Prof Afful-Broni for victimising his lecturers.The V-C recently dismissed three senior lecturers including the UEW UTAG chapter president Dr Frimpong Kaakyire Duku, Professor Ephraim Avea Nsoh and Prof Sarpong.Students of the school went on a spontaneous demonstration on Tuesday after ...

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