Bogoso (W/R), June 13, GNA - The Prestea Huni-Valley Municipal Assembly has earmarked Tuesdays as the second market day to boost trading in Bogoso and its neighboring communities. The Assembly has already adopted Satu

Nkwankwaanua, (Ash), June 13, GNA - Mr. Bright Wireko-Brobbey, Deputy Minister for Employment and Labour Relations (MELR), has commended Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and NGOs for their continued advocacy roles in the elimination of child labour, especially in cocoa growing communities.He said the governm

Accra, June 13, GNA – Media practitioners have been urged to task institutions that process data to come out with ways to manage data collected on the public. They were enc

Ho, June 13, GNA - Ms Alberta Nana Akya Akosa, Executive Director of Agrihouse Foundation, a non-governmental agricultural capacity building organization, has called for a "practical" affirmative action to safeguard the interest of women in agriculture.

Kumasi, June 13, GNA - Parents have been advised to desist from encouraging their children especially, adolescent girls, to go into prostitution.Alhaji Ibn Ibrahim, Chairman of Champions of Change, a child advocacy initiative of the Defense for Children International (DCI Ghana), said everybody had a critical

Sunyani, June 13, GNA – Market women and traders at Nana Bosoma Central market in Sunyani have expressed worry over growing unhygienic condition and appealed to city authorities to evacuate urgently heap of rubbish piled at the place.According to them the garbage exposed food items being sold at the market t

Wa, June 13, GNA – The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, has visited examination centers in the Wa Municipality to encourage candidates and examination officials in this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).He toured WA senior high school, WA Technical Institute and Wa Meth

Cape Coast, June 13, GNA - The Institute of Directors, Ghana (IoD-Ghana) has called for a comprehensive legislation to regulate how individuals were appointed to serve on boards of institutions be it public or private.This, it believed would ensure quality representation of the Boards, instill corporate govern

Ho, June 13, GNA - Ms Vitoria Odurowa Fato, Focal Person, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC) has called on development agencies to make gender mainstreaming an integral part of their mandate to ensure both men and women benefited equally from development.

Accra, June 12, GNA - The Government has presented a cheque for GH¢ 480,000.00 to the 2018 National Best Farmer, Mr James Obeng Boateng. Dr Afriyie Owusu Akoto, the Minister of Agriculture and Dr John Kofi Mensah, th

Accra, June 13, GNA – The Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Tsutomu Himeno has endorsed the Punctuality Ghana Foundation’s ongoing public education awareness campaign on punctuality. The campaign was aimed at linki

Saltpond-Ankaful (C/R), June 13, GNA - The Mfantseman Municipal Assembly will soon embark on a massive demolition exercise to ensure proper layout and bring sanity to the Municipality. Mr Kenneth Essuman, the Municipa

Accra, June 13, GNA - Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) need to be wary of groups that may agree to fund them, considering the fact that terrorist organizations now threaten the sub-region. "Our dependency on funds c

Sunyani, June 13, GNA - The Sunyani Youth Development Association (SYDA), a youth empowerment and skills development group has declared relentless war against irregular migration by the Ghanaian youth. According to th

Accra, June 12, GNA – The Ghana Chapter of Women in Maritime Africa (WIMA) is to collaborate with other stakeholders to share best practices on how to sustainably harness the Volta Lake’s resources for economic empowerment.

Wa, June 12, GNA – Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has said government supplied 1.5 million bags of fertilizer to farmers in the Region for the 2019 farming season to boost production and guarantee food security.The fertilizer forms part of government’s commitment to its pro-poor poli

The programme is aimed at catalysing the sustainable development of farmer livelihoods and youth opportunities in farming and agri-food businesses in Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Nigeria.A statement jointly issued by the partners and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the two and a half-year partnership, whic

Accra Jun 12, GNA - The third Youth in Tourism Conference has been held with a call on the youth to join the fight against marine littering to safeguard Ghana’s tourism industry and the blessings that come with tourism.

Accra, June 13 GNA - Ras Mubarak, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kumbungu, has appealed to Parliament and political parties in Ghana to adopt the gender quota system in favour of females to increase women representation in the Legislature.According to him, Ghana can learn from the examples of Rwanda, which has

Duayaw-Nkwanta (Ahafo/R), June 13, GNA – Eleven pregnant girls are among candidates that are writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region.They are among 1,762 candidates that comprised 914 boys and 848 girls writing the examination at six centr