The initiative will focus on women’s empowerment such as constructing warehouses for women shea collectors, business development services, parkland management and conservation pilot projects as part of efforts expand shea markets worldwide and improve sustainable production. USAID will provide 6.5 million dollars and GSA will provide a matching fund of at least 6.5 million dollars […]

The beneficiaries, mainly women and children, were given medication and talk on preventive healthcare. Mr Ebenezar Amankwah, Corporate Relations Manager, Vodafone told the Ghana News Agency that the event, done annually, was to offer opportunity to the less privileged to access healthcare at no cost. “The motivation is doing good, no commercial strings attached,” he […]

The court, presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Dokum, however, admitted her to bail in the sum of GHc 10,000 with two sureties to reappear on November 22. Prosecuting, Inspector Judith B. Asante prayed the court to amend the fact sheet to enable the parties to reappear before the court on November 22. The facts, […]

“The most annoying part is that some of these contractors are members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC),” he said. Mr Agbodza, who was addressing some chiefs and people of the District as part of his “accounting to the people tour”, made particular mention of the Ho-Adaklu Kodzobi road, the on-going Community Senior High […]

He described the 2016 general election as “hyper sensitive” and asked media practitioners not to allow their voting pattern to define the quality of their work in the supreme interest of the country. Mr Monney gave the advice at a Vodafone Media Round Table on Election Coverage in Ho and cautioned the media against inciting […]

Candidates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Convention People’s Party (CPP), Progressive People’s Party (PPP) and the New Democratic Party (NDP) failed to attend the event to introduce themselves to the electorate. Madam Hannah Joy Tay, Public and Civic Education Officer of the NCCE, Ho, said the excuses given by the candidates were indications of […]

He said government partnership with private investors would make the agriculture sector vibrant with the supply of machinery for farming on a large scale to give the youth jobs and prevent the rural-urban drift. Mr Brentum, who hails from Samankwa, near Akroso in the Eastern Region, made the call in an interview with the Ghana […]

Mr. Charles Owusu, National Chairman of the ‘Voters Forum’, a civil-society organization (CSO), said they should be measured and avoid exciting ethnic passions. That, he warned, was not healthy to the unity of the society and not the right thing to do. Making the call through the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Kumasi, he said […]

Spelling Bee was born purely out of the desire to encourage children to cultivate the reading habit and build their vocabularies. The Spelling Bee Team organised the competition for the children in the district where five spellers were selected. The competition is a literacy programme organised for children between the ages of eight and 13 […]

Mrs. Hannah Owusu-Koranteng, Associate Executive Director, Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining (WACAM), said this was the way forward to protect their economic, social and environmental rights. The situation, where financial benefit, was placed ahead of any other consideration, should not continue. She was addressing the fifth conference of WACAM’s community groups held in […]

David pleaded not guilty to the charge but was remanded by the court to reappear on November 23. Prosecuting, Police Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu said the complainants are members of the Olympic Stadium Neighbourhood Watchdog while the accused is a coconut seller residing at Mayera near Pokuase. He said on November 2, at about 0150 […]

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) in a letter to Yahya Jammeh, President of Islamic Republic of The Gambia expressed concerned over the sentenced of four years of imprisonment to journalist Alhagie Abdoulie Ceesay. PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in his letter urged The Gambian government to take action against the court orders and drop charges […]

He noted that technical education, when given the needed attention would be the only avenue to train the teeming youth to provide qualified skilled personnel who would create jobs for themselves and not wait on government for white-colour jobs. The Bishop said this in a speech read for him by the Very Revered Father Robert […]

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said that it has identified some inconsistencies in the list of special voters which could disenfranchise some voters. This was revealed by the Central Regional Director of the EC, Mrs Philomena Adusei. She explained that the list of voters given to the EC in the region for instance had some […]

A statement issued by the Ministry of Roads and Highways, said the opening was necessary to reduce congestion and allow traffic to flow freely at the Interchange and its environs. It cautioned motorists to park only at authorised spaces and urged pedestrians to use pedestrians designated walk ways. The statement asked the drivers of big […]

Hakima El Haite, COP22 Special Envoy and Morocco’s Climate Champion, who made the call at a Youth Day event on Thursday at the ongoing COP22 in Marrakech, urged: “The youth today should spread your message…because maybe we are too old to re-imagine the world to change it.” El Haite expressed happiness for the work of […]

Good morning to you all, ladies and gentlemen of the press. We begin with thanks and praises to the Almighty Allah and pray for peace and blessings on the Noble Prophet Muhammad, his household and companions and all other prophets, messengers sent to mankind, and all people who follow the path of righteousness till the […]

The Executive Chairman of Papaye Fast Foods Dr. Samir Kalmoni has stated unequivocally that his outfit will continue to provide quality food , services and employment to Ghanaians especially the youth. Adding that, the company is also scheming to take some of the staff out the country to acquire additional skills that would equip them […]

Speaking at the at the launch held at the National Press Centre in Accra, Mrs Joyce Bawah Mogtari, the spokesperson for the NDC said the App dubbed: “VoteJM2016, ‘’was deployed on both android and IOS platforms to help members and sympathisers, using smartphones to be reached with timely information on the campaign. According to her, […]

The month-on-month inflation for the month under review was also 1.4 percent, compared with the 0.2 percent recorded in September 2016. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, Baah Wadieh, Deputy Government Statistician, disclosed that inflation for the food and non-alcoholic beverages group dipped 0.3 percentage points to 8.7 percent during the month of October, relative […]