Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, Minister for Food and Agriculture, (MOFA) Wednesday stated that Ghana does not need Genetically Modified foods because it can rely on other productive means to ensure food security. “We have not maximised the use of our traditional techniques, such as cross-breeding, budding and grafting, for production, besides, the citizens have expressed … The post We don’t
The year-on year inflation rate measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February 2019 was 9.2 per cent, up by 0.2 per cent point over the 9.0 per cent recorded in January 2019. The monthly change rate in February 2019 was 1.0 per cent same as the rate recorded in January 2019. These were … The post Ghana inflation rate for February slightly higher
The number of German companies that face difficulties in recruiting workers to fill vacant positions continues to grow, according to a study. Forty-nine per cent of firms said they ran into problems finding new employees in a report for 2019 published on Wednesday by the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), up … The post Half of
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has called for further collaboration between Ghana and the United Kingdom (UK) to tackle child slavery and human trafficking in the country. He said increasing support for girl-child education would, in the long-run, help mothers fend for themselves and avoid giving their children away for exploitation. Prof … The post Speaker
The Western Regional Office of Births and Deaths recorded a total of 66,688 births with 34,002 males and 32,686 females between January and December last year. The period also recorded 1,824 deaths with 1,025 males and 799 females as against the projected figure of 27,839. The office, however, estimated an annual target of 90,341 and … The post Five
The Nkoranza South Municipality of the newly-created Bono East Region, is recording high figures of epilepsy, Mr. George Kwame Osei, the Municipal Mental Health Focal Person has said. He said within six months, about 99 new cases of epileptic disease have been recorded among people between six and 35 years in the Municipality. In an … The post Nkoranza Municipality
Health indicators in Volta and Oti Regions have shown constant improvement over the last three years. Dr Timothy Letsa, Regional Health Director, addressing the 2018 Regional Health Sector Performance Review Conference in Ho said, institutional under five mortality rate, from 2016 to 2018 declined from 9.95 to 5.3 per 1000 live births. Maternal mortality decreased … The post Volta
Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister of Interior, has on the advice of the Northern Regional Security Council, and by Executive Instrument, renewed the Curfew hours enforced on the Bunkpurugu Township. The imposition took effect on Tuesday, March 12, from 2000 hours to 0600 hours, respectively. A Press release signed by Mr Ambrose Dery, and copied … The post Curfew
Mr Samuel Kyei Berko, the Executive Director of the Empowerment Institute, a capacity building organization, has advised women and young ladies not to think twice about walking out of abusive relationships. He said it is their right to say ‘No’ to staying in sexual and domestically violent relationships. Mr Berko said this during a two-day … The post Women
A team of consultants from South Africa, on Monday, began a four-day meeting with members of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) Project Team for the establishment of a National Vehicle Homologation Programme for the Ghanaian automotive industry. Automotive Homologation is the process of certifying vehicles or a particular component of a vehicle that it has … The post GSA
Two persons who have been accused of destroying property worth GH¢316, 522 at Ashongman have appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. Godwin Mesoperh Armah aka Asafoatse Amass, a 39-year-old businessman and Mohammed Ayuba a 24-year-old Mechanic and forty others who are now at large, have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime, trespass and causing … The post Two
Mr Ambrose Dery, Interior Minister on Tuesday, inaugurated the Special Disbursement Committee for the June 3rd 2015 Twin Disaster. The seven-member Committee, is under the Chairmanship of Mr Seji Saji, National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Deputy Director-General in-charge of Technical and Reforms. Other Members include Mr Gavivina Y. Tamaklo, NADMO Director, Reconstruction and Mitigation; Lieutenant … The post Special
The Brong-Ahafo, now divided into three regions of Ahafo, Brong and Bono East is currently the nation’s region with the highest number of irregular migrants, statistics of illegal migration for 2017 has indicated. Mr. Joseph Tapena, the project Coordinator of Black and White Initiative, a humanitarian Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) based in Ghana and Germany told … The post Brong-Ahafo
Two suspected illegal miners have been arrested by the Operation Vanguard team within the Wassa Akropong Municipality and Amenfi East District in the Western Region and seized several mining equipment from them. A statement signed by Captain Andy Sowatey, Public Relations Officer of the team and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday said … The post Operation
Vodafone Ghana will on Tuesday, March 19, launch its 4G network service across major cities in Ghana to provide superior internet experience to its customers. The telecommunication company has connected the 4G service to 200 of its cell sites in Accra, Kumasi and Takoradi to enable the customers to have access to the service. A … The post Vodafone Ghana to unveil
Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) has organized a day’s sensitization training programme on anti-corruption for faith based organizations and religious leaders in Tarkwa. The aim of the training was to strengthen the skills of the selected stakeholders in the fight against corruption. It covered topics on GII’s interfaith project, the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP) framework … The post GII
The National Committee to develop a comprehensive framework for refocusing national earthquake preparedness and response has been inaugurated by Mr Ambrose Dery, Minister for the Interior. The Committee, which is under the Chairmanship of Mrs Carlien Bou-Chedid of the Ghana Institute of Engineers, is to submit its reports by 15th April, 2019. The terms of … The post National
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