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Residents of Kpone in the Greater Accra Region have demanded the closure of the Kpone landfill site due to the health risk it poses to them.The site has exceeded its available capacity and is struggling to accommodate waste from waste management companies.According to the residents, the risk of a major outbreak of disease within the community, is imminent due to ...

The Roads Ministry has turned to Cabinet in search of an increment in road tolls to boost revenue for the road fund. The Sector Minister, Kweku Amoako Attah, said this was needed to improve the cash flow of the road fund and help pay contractors. “As at now, I have sent a memo to Cabinet asking for an increase in the ...

The Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has adopted the Senior Correctional Centers in Accra. The Boys Senior Correctional Center (formerly known as the Ghana Borstal Institute) at Roman Ridge and the Girls Senior Correctional Center at Osu were adopted as part of CDD-Ghana’s 20th anniversary. The initiative is part of the Center’s efforts to advocate for necessary reforms in juvenile justice ...

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Ms Cecillia Abena Dapaah has revealed that, poor sanitation cost the country $290 million annually. According to her, the amount, which is equivalent to $12 per person per year, translates to 1.6 per cent of the national GDP. “It makes a lot of economic sense to invest in sanitation; every Dollar invested in ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has paid glowing tribute to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, describing him as a pillar behind Ghana’s development agenda. He said the Asantehene’s contribution to national development through education and other initiatives had not been limited to his traditional authority but the entire country. At the Akwasidae Kɛseɛ grand durbar last Sunday to mark ...

The president of the Ghana Journalist Association of Ghana (GJA), Affail Monney has said that Ghana’s drop in the latest ranking of the World Press Freedom Index must serve as a wake-up call to increase the protection of journalists in the country. He said the factors that accounted for Ghana’s slip in the league are not far-fetched as there have ...

Sanitation and Desilting company,  Dredge Masters has indicated that dredging of the Odaw River to avert flooding in the capital will be completed within a year. According to the company, dredging of major drains in Accra must become a routine exercise to avert flooding. Addressing the media after inspecting works on the OdawRiver, Operations Manager for Dredge Masters, Sena Adiepena ...

The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU), a member of the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC), wants the management of Mövenpick to quickly tackle allegations by their Ghanaian employees of racial discrimination. Some services at the plush hotel in Accra were suspended after about 100 workers laid down their tools and converged at the hotel’s foyer to protest Wednesday. Clad in ...

Cashew farmers and dealers at Seikwa and its surrounding communities in the Tain District in the Bono Region have suspended the sale of raw cashew nuts following a drastic reduction in the producer price of the commodity. The price has slumped from GH¢1,000 per 100 kilogramme in 2018 to GH¢200 in 2019. From January to March last year, a kilogramme ...

A founding member of the ruling New Patriotic Party, David Kankam Boadu has lauded President Akufo-Addo’s efforts at disbanding party vigilantism and the phenomenon of militias across the country, particularly within the political space. But he says while the president is at it, all other actors and stakeholders must put in their bit to help uproot the canker that forbodes ...