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A workshop on the roadmap for the execution of the Right to Information (RTI) act by the implementing agency, Information Ministry has opened in Accra Thursday. Attendees have been drawn from civil society groups as well as state agencies including UNESCO, RTI Coalition, Media Coalition on RTI.  Also participating are members from the constitutional, legal and parliamentary affairs committee of parliament. ...

In recent times, it is quite difficult to find people who dedicate their ideas, time and scarce financial resources for the sake of community development. The notion has always been that government agencies have the solitary prerogative to ensure that development is brought to the people. But, a selfless, dedicated, result and development-oriented man, Mr Bagnaba Van-Gogh decided to parry ...

President Akufo-Addo says his government has taken the policy decision to integrate climate action into Ghana’s national development agenda, i.e. the Co-ordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies (2017- 2022). He said the Paris Agreement and SDG Goal No. 13, which demand urgent action to combat climate change and its impact, is providing the framework for Ghana to forge ahead in this ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has placed an indefinite ban on the export of Capsicum, Solanum, luffa and all leafy vegetables to the international market from June 1, 2019. In a statement signed by the Director of the Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate, the ministry said the suspension has become necessary due to “the high level of local ...

Ghana is said to have rivers contaminated with dangerous levels of antibiotics, according to a new study by researchers from the University of York in the UK The study, the first ever of its kind, found that concentrations of antibiotics in some waterways exceeded the safe levels by 300 times. The researchers also tested rivers in Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pastikan, which were ...

The Residents Association of Tema Community 25 on Thursday, May 23, 2019 handed over a newly constructed ultra-modern Police Station to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) at a grand ceremony held at the Kpone Katamanso Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.   The beautifully constructed edifice was officially handed over to the police administration in a bid to beef ...

Sixteen persons have been arrested in connection with the renewed Komkomba, Chokosi conflict in the Chereponi Dirstrict of the North East Region. One of the suspects who fired at security personnel was shot in the thigh and is receiving treatment at the Chereponi hospital under security guard. A number of weapons have also been seized from the feuding factions. According ...

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, has underscored the need to uplift the quality of technical and vocational education and training (TVET), as a positive step to address the unemployment situation in the country. He said for instance, research had shown that if 100 people were trained in TVET, about 64 per cent of them set ...

One person is reported dead, while the Chereponi District Coordinating Director, Alhaji Alhassan Fuseini, also sustained gunshot wounds after he was attacked and his official vehicle set ablaze yesterday afternoon. The deceased is yet to be identified. However, Alhaji Fuseini, who was attacked at Garinkuka, a community in the area, is said to be on admission at the Chereponi hospital. ...

All government transactions will be done electronically from June next year, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has said. He said the introduction of the cashless payment system was to reduce corruption, minimise human interaction and ensure efficiency in all government services. “Today, because of mobile money interoperability, Ghanaians are able to pay their taxes through mobile money account. We have, therefore, set ...