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The Forestry Commission of Ghana has parried aside a publication by the World Resources Institute’s (WRI) website that suggests the world has lost a large quantity of its primary rainforest last year. The Commission insists  the publication on the WRI website contains a lot of misrepresentations and exaggerations and does not represent the actual situation on the ground. It maintains ...

A section of Journalists in the county have joined Civil Society Organizations to work towards    decriminalizing petty offences, a move that could potentially reduce the numbers in the Ghana’s prisons, while preserving the human right of petty offenders. The advocacy, led by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Africa Office is in line with the provisions of  the Ouagadougou Declaration ...

Lack of access to adequate and nutritious food at all times remains a major health threat to Persons Living with HIV (PLHIV) as a recent study has found that 50 per cent of households with PLHIV are food insecure. Conducted by the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) with support from the World Food Programme (WFP), the research which sampled 1,666 households ...

The government of Ghana has entered into an agreement with two firms – CH Africa and Rascopat Ghana – to build 100, 000 houses across Ghana.The move is aimed at reducing the country’s housing deficit which currently stands at two million units.The houses will be built under the Clever HouseTM housing and construction technology, which ensures the construction of a ...

Media practitioners in Ghana have been advised not to be complacent and take the freedom being enjoyed now for granted. The US Ambassador to Ghana, Ms Stephanie S. Sullivan, who gave the advice during an interaction with the media in Kumasi, observed that the polarised nature of the media landscape in Ghana, coupled with the challenge of fake news, was ...

Labour unions in the country have called for the urgent review of the current labour laws which they describe as colonial in nature and an affront to the dignity and sweat of the Ghanaian worker. They argued that the prevailing laws did not provide adequate protection for workers in terms of job and income security as well as health and ...

Workers in the country yesterday joined their colleagues in countries worldwide, to mark the 2019 edition of May Day, also referred to as International Workers’ Day. The day is marked as a holiday to celebrate the contributions of workers to national development and nation building. This year’s May Day coincided with the centenary celebration of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). ...

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission(NLC) Mr Ofosu Asamoah has challenged gender activists who always seek gender balance, especially in government appointments to also encourage more Ghanaian women to work in the mortuary. His call comes on the back of the revelation that Ghana can boast of only three female mortuary workers. The General Secretary of the Mortuary ...

The resignation of the Minister of State, Rockson Bukari following bribery allegations, must pave the way for full investigation involving all parties cited in the scandal, the CDD has said. “I think that for a start it is important that it clears the way for proper investigations. This will ensure that the processes of investigations are not impeded,” Director of Advocacy and Policy ...

The Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has charged the Office of Diaspora Affairs to speed up work on the Diaspora Development Policy document aimed at targeting more Ghanaians living abroad. He said the policy once introduced, will attract and encourage Ghanaians in the Diaspora to bring their technical skills, money and investment opportunities back home for the growth and development. ...