Mr. Benjamin Oduro Asante, the Eastern Regional Director of the National Service Scheme (NSS), has advised the National Service Personnel Associations (NASPA) to collaborate with the NSS Secretariat to improve the working conditions of the…
Link Community Development, a charitable non-profit organisation, has enrolled about 250 deprived and out-of-school girls in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region onto informal education.
The initiative, which seeks to empower th…
Ghanaians on Tuesday called on the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to give them the necessary education on the importance of national holidays.
In an interview with the Ghana Nnews Agency, some residents of Tema said NCCE…
Building and civil engineering contractors say they are ready to collaborate with government to fulfil its infrastructure agenda in 2020.
The leadership said members of the Association are preparing themselves to play active role in the…
The government has been urged to encourage private sector investment in the oil palm industry for the country to maximise the industrialisation potential of the commodity.
Mr Nicholas Issaka Gbana, Programme Manager of the Sustainable…
Believe it or not, eggs have been a topic of great debate among health specialists lately, namely due to concerns over their cholesterol content. While the United States' Department of Agriculture's current Dietary Guidelines for Americans…
Traders at the Centre for National Culture also known as the Art Centre Craft Market in Accra have applauded the government for initiating the 'Year of Return'.
Mr Kodjo Mensah, Manager of Mama Heritage Shop at the Art Centre, told the …
The Ghana Alcohol Policy Alliance (GhanAPA) has called for check on the use of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to market brands of alcoholic beverages.
GhanAPA also wants regulators to ensure that foundations are established by …
The Hohoe Municipal Assembly in the Volta Region would soon begin a demolition exercise to clear all illegal structures on wetlands in the Municipality.
Mr. Andrews Teddy Ofori, the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), said this when …
The Integrated Rice Farmers Association (IRFA) in Lakpo in the South Tongu District of Volta Region says more young people are venturing into local rice farming following "booming sales" during the Christmas season.
Various rice farmer …
The Youth Volunteers for the Environment (YVE Ghana) has called for a survey to be conducted on eucalyptus plantations in Ghana, which was introduced by African Plantations for Sustainable Development (APSD), a Norwegian company.
The AP…
Twenty-nine (29) electricity poles belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in Sogakope, South Tongu District, and erected along the sea defence stretch of the Keta-Havedzi road in the Keta Municipality, have been burnt by bushf…
Mr Christian Aryee, the Western Regional Officer of the Ghana Meteorological Agency, has cautioned the public to take protective measures during the Harmattan season to avoid health complications.
He said the Harmattan was not abating a…
Dates are the sweet, fleshy fruits of the date palm tree. They’re typically sold as dried fruit and enjoyed on their own or in smoothies, desserts, and other dishes.
Due to their natural sweetness, their impact on blood sugar may be a c…
When I was a kid, my mom would set a small glass of orange juice on the table every morning (it came from a frozen concentrate back then, and the taste was best described as a tangy, watery slush). Even if I was late for school and didn’t …
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has attributed the delay in issuing Ghana cards to some applicants to inconsistencies in the data provided by the affected applicants.
Explaining why many applicants were yet to have their car…
Lerisha Naidu, Partner and Sphesihle Nxumalo, Associate, Competition and Antitrust Practice, Baker McKenzie Johannesburg
In November 2019, Kenya introduced The Competition Rules, 2019 (Rules) to govern the Competition Authority of Keny…
Renewables Poised to Support New Age of Development as Global Decision Makers Gather for 10th Assembly
More than 1,500 delegates from around the world arrive in Abu Dhabi to advance the energy transformation
More than 1,500 delegates…
The Ghana International Trade Commission (GITC), set up to check unfair trade practices, has begun the historic hearing of petitions brought before it by some local companies to protect them against some unfair practices by foreign compani…
The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has received financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance to recruit 900 additional staff in 2020.
The recruitment will help augment the staff strength of the service and facilitate the operation…
Work is progressing steadily on two interchanges which are expected to significantly improve traffic flow in parts of Accra.
They are the Pokuase Interchange in the Ga West municipality and the Obetsebi-Lamptey Interchange in the Korle …
A former Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), Vice-Admiral Matthew Quashie, passed away in the wee hours of Thursday.
According to a senior military officer who disclosed the news to the Daily Graphic on condition of anonymity, Vice-Admira…
Livestock and Vegetable farmers in some communities in the Bawku area have started making good use of the dams constructed under the one Village one dam policy.
The Farmers have started preparing lands for irrigation farming while their…
Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), has said the Police Service (GPS) would deploy supervisory officers to monitor various check points as part of measures to fight corruption.
He said the monitoring team woul…
Some young Ghanaian advocates have been selected from 10 regions of the country, to be trained to help in malaria eradication advocacy, under a project called the "Volunteer Youth Leaders for Health".
The 11, young people, aged between …
The National Labour Commission has ordered the Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) to appear before the Commission over its planned indefinite strike action.
A statement signed by the Executive Secre…
Government has no intention to ignore the National Labour Commission (NLC) ruling between it and the Technical University Teachers Association, the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) said on Wednesday.
The NCTE in a statemen…
Asuboa, a farming community in the Asante-Akim South Municipality, is showing the way on how embarking on self-help initiatives can bring enormous benefits and improve the living conditions of those in rural communities.
Determined to e…
Mr Vanguard Bortie, the District Environment and Sanitation Officer of Builsa North in the Upper East Region, has urged district assemblies to play complementary roles in enforcing sanitation by-laws to keep the communities clean.
He sa…
Dr Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister has pledged his support and that of the Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) to the completion of the second phase of the Ghana Journalists Association Volta Press Centre project in Ho.
He…
The Winneba District Command of the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) responded to sixty-seven emergency situations to save lives and properties between January and November 2019.
The figure, though a significant decrease from the 103 …
The Ghana Police Service has arrested five persons for allegedly engaging in various registration offences and malpractices during the mass registration exercise being conducted in the Ashanti Region by the National Identification Authori…
The Birim North District Assembly (BNDA) has through the Disability Common Fund, presented cash and equipment worth GHC68,000.00 in support 214 Persons With Disabilities(PWDs) in the District.
The items given to them included deep freez…
The Deputy Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ms Freda Prempeh, has tasked a technical committee reviewing Ghana's Disability Law to make provisions that mandates all health facilities to have sign language interpreters.
…
Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has said that Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) will give incentives to medical doctors who accept postings to hospitals in the region.
Dr Salih announced this …
Dr Dominic Konadu-Yeboah, the Head of Trauma and Orthopaedics at the Komfo Anorkye Teaching Hospital (KATH), has disclosed that an estimated five million people die annually out of injuries from road accidents globally.
Most of such dea…
The national ban on the lumbering of rosewood is still in force, Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources has warned.
He explained the ban is in line with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered…
The Bui Power Authority (BPA), Managers of the Bui Dam in the Banda District of the Bono region has set aside GhC3, 033,627.96 to offer employable skill training to improve on the livelihoods of people within its catchment area.
More th…
Two countries, the Union of the Comoros and The Gambia have opened General Consulates in Laayoune and Dakhla respectively, both in the Moroccan Sahara. The opening of these two consulates are in line with strengthening the bilateral relati…
Forter’s Enterprise Fraud Prevention Platform Represents ‘World Class Innovation,’ Pioneers New Approach to Managing Fraud and Abuse
Forter was named the leader in e-commerce Fraud Prevention and rated the highest for Innovation in the …
Cyclones in the Caribbean and Pacific, devastating bushfires in Australia, recurrent floods and droughts in Asia and Africa, increasingly bring tragic loss of life to our nations and communities, inflicting physical and mental trauma on su…
les Margaret Award 2020’s call for applications is launched: A business acceleration program to boost women entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in Europe & Africa.
The Digital Women’s Day launches the call for applications for #lesMar…
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has called on the government to take immediate steps to hedge the purchase of crude oil from the international market to avoid paying more for the product in the coming days.
Oil hedging is use…
Seventeen hardworking staff of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have been awarded for their meritorious contribution to the development of the university.
The awardees each received a plaque, a certificate and GH3,000 cash.
For the…
The Chief Executive of Volta River Authority (VRA), Mr Emmanuel Antwi-Darkwa, has announced that VRA will supply power to Mali and other West African countries by 2023.
“We have the resources to supply power beyond our jurisdiction and …
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) yesterday began an exercise to vaccinate all children under five years in the Bono East and the Bono regions to contain the outbreak of poliomyelitis in the area.
The exercise, which ends on Saturday, Janu…
The Registrar of the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat, Mr Kingsley Agyemang, has announced that new applications for scholarship will from May this year be processed online.
He said applicants would no longer have to apply in writing to th…
Digital Influence and its impact on African Youth was one of the topics discussed at the 8th summit of the All Africa Students and Youth Union in Rabat, Morocco. The summit, organised under the high patronage of His Majesty, King Mohammed…
Students and youth leaders who attended the 8th Africa Students and Youth Summit in Rabat, Morocco, have pledged their continuous support as partners and stakeholders in the economic, environmental, social and political development of thei…
The Upper East Regional Office of the Ghana Red Cross Society has embarked on a series of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes to increase awareness and put in response strategies to reduce their occurrence.
The programmes, dubbed C…
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