This was contained in a press release issued by the coalition in Sekondi to mark this year’s May Day celebration, which was under the theme “Pensions: It is your Right and Responsibility.”

The forum was organized by the Rural Initiatives for Self-Empowerment-Ghana (RISE), a Non-Governmental Organization.

It is the first synod to be held by the Methodist Church in the region since Methodism “spread to some parts of the Volta; Peki and Awudome, over 100 years ago,” the Right Reverend Winfred H.Y. Ametefe, Bishop of the Diocese has disclosed.

They are to sell their produce; beans, maize, rice and groundnuts to the caterers at the current market prices of these commodities, with an addition of 10% margin for credit sales.

The agreement was signed on Friday at a meeting with the Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Sarpong and his Deputy Madam Queenster Opokuwa Sawyer and the Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, Nii Ephraim.

Accra, May 4, GNA – Members of the National House of Chiefs (NHC) have joined in the call on doctors to end their strike, while also appealing to government to expedite action in resolving the impasse.

Koforidua, May 4, GNA - A Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on Female Genital Mutilation/Cut (FGM/C), has revealed that 94 per cent of women between the ages of 15-49 years want the practice stopped.

Takoradi, May 4, GNA - Stanbic Bank Ghana has expressed its readiness to train journalists to specialize in financial reporting to enable them report accurately.

Accra, May 4, GNA – Samsung electronics has officially introduced the fourth generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S4, designed to get consumers closer to what matters in life and bring their world together.

Accra, May 4, GNA - The United Nations (UN) has issued a call to action to guarantee the safety of journalists in every country.

Accra, May 4, GNA - The Goethe Institute together with the Ghanaian Association of Teachers of German and the German Academic Exchange Service on Friday celebrated the 6th National German Cultural Festival in Accra.

Accra, May 4, GNA – Prymo Limited, an indigenous ICT company on Friday introduced the first ever Universal Scratch Card into the Ghanaian mobile phone market.

Akim Swedru (E/R), May 4, GNA – Two persons have been remanded into prison custody and another admitted to bail as an accomplice, for stealing 358 bags of cocoa beans valued GH¢75,896.

Kumasi, May 4, GNA – An illegal miner, Francis Asante, has been sentenced 10 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court for taking part in the sharing of robbery booty.

Tepa (Ash), May 4, GNA – A ceremony has been performed for construction works to start on a GH¢1,398,464.00 storm water drainage improvement system at Tepa in the Ahafo-Ano North District.

Akim Swedru (E/R), May 4, GNA – The Akim Swedru Circuit Court has remanded a man and wife in Police custody for injuring a woman in the leg.

Sunyani, May 4, GNA - The Brong-Ahafo Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service, has begun operations during weekends to help check road crashes and armed robbery.

Bibiani (W/R), May 3, GNA – Forty-four year-old Iddrisu Buabeng, a chainsaw operator at Sefwi-Miriwa in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai District, has been arrested by the police for alleged murder.

The IFP scholarship was based on the basic premise that given the right tools, socially committed individuals from disadvantaged communities could succeed in postgraduate studies abroad and serve as agents for social change in their home countries.

They also expressed their displeasure at the report which sought to exonerate the soldiers who perpetrated the act and noted that it is not too late to make amends but going the extra mile to see that the assaulted journalists are treated with fairness, justice and dignity.