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MindFreedom Ghana, a Mental Health Advocacy organization has set in motion a Community Support Network for persons with mental health conditions and their caregivers at Nsawam in the East Region The network, which comprises persons with mental health disorders and their caregivers, mental health nurses, Assembly members, social welfare officers, and some community members is meant to bring together to ...

The Ahafo Regional Coordinating Council and Asutifi North District Assembly have commended Newmont Africa’s Ahafo Mine for their immeasurable contribution to the stability, growth and progress of Agriculture in Ghana, especially in the Asutifi North District, even in the face of challenges. This was captured in a citation presented to Newmont Ahafo during the 38th Farmers’ Day Celebration at Gyedu, ...

The first batch of Zoom Riders who will assist in the efficient collection of waste across the country have passed out. The passing out ceremony, held at Burma Camp, Accra on Friday, December 9, 2022, attracted the management of Zoomlion and senior officers of the Ghana Armed Forces. The riders were taken through various drills. The training, which took place ...

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) has advocated homegrown solutions to address the economic challenges currently bedeviling the country. “The economic challenges that we are facing should rather bring forth our entrepreneurial spirit as we find homegrown solutions to them,” Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong made the call at the 2022 Annual Thanksgiving Service of the JGC ...

Newmont Africa says it looks forward to the investigation reports of the Ghana Police Service, and the National Investigation Bureau, to understand and address the root cause of the recent shootings, at Kenyasi, one of its host communities. The company’s statement follows the recent shooting and rioting incident, that unfortunately, claimed the life of one community member and injured four ...

It appears that a consensus is being reached that although external developments and governmental policies may be chiefly to blame, a lot of the hardship in Ghana is also due to the greed of some traders and businesses – which has ripple effects. Yet Ghana is always described as a deeply religious country.Who would have thought that so many of ...

A former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has proposed the establishment of a National Economic Rescue Team to help find immediate and lasting solutions to the current economic challenges. He said the depth of the economic crisis and the ongoing attempt to restructure the domestic debt towards macroeconomic stability and recovery of the economy call for the establishment of an ...

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has hailed the Staff-level Agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a new three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) of about US$3 billion. The agreement was reached after several months of talks between Ghanaian government officials and authorities of the IMF. Addressing Journalists at a press conference on Tuesday, Mr. Ofori-Atta said the ...

Indonesia’s parliament has approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country from having extramarital sex and restricts political freedoms. Sex outside marriage will carry a jail term of up to a year under the new laws, which take effect in three years. The raft of changes come after a rise in religious conservatism in the Muslim-majority country. ...

The Minority in Parliament has rejected plans by the government to increase government machinery personnel by 1,570 people. The group says this number is contained in the 2023 budget statement. The Minority said it is unacceptable to increase government machinery staff to 3,681 at a time when there is an announced freeze on public sector employment. The passage of the ...