2016

Mr Emmanuel Beluzebr, the President of the Ghana Network of Persons Living with HIV and AIDS (NAP+), says the pandemic (HIV and AIDS) is no more a scare in Ghana. Mr Beluzebr said HIV and AIDS test had seen massive turnout as…

Madam Hanny Sherry Ayittey, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, has said one million fishermen would be insured under the second phase of the Fishermen’s Life Insurance Scheme. She said the Government would pay the…

Dr. Enyonam C. Kudonoo, the President of the Ghana Home Economics Association, (GHEA) has stated that it is sad that many Ghanaians have abandoned local foods and adopted foreign ones to their disadvantage. She said it was…

Mr Prosper Bani, the Minister for The Interior, has said December 7, the day set for Ghana’s General Election is not a holiday. He said except for security personnel who would be given time for their assignments on the day,…

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. John Alexander Ackon, has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to scale-up the disaster risk reduction effort, particularly, in the urban areas. He said the steady drift of…

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) is urging everybody to go out to vote in next month’s presidential and parliamentary elections. Mr. Emmanuel Duah Attobrah, the Obuasi Municipal Director of the Commission, said every…

The Monetary Policy Committee cuts its policy rate by 50 basis points on Monday to 25.5 per cent, the first in five years, on a positive outlook for inflation and the need to boost growth. “The outlook for inflation is broadly positive…

Judges and Magistrates who served notice to withdraw their services beginning today if issues concerning their 10 per cent salary adjustment were not addressed have called off their strike. A source close to the Judges and Magistrates…

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, has affirmed its jurisdiction to deal with all cases and disputes submitted to it concerning interpretation and application of the African Charter. The jurisdiction covers, the Protocol and…

Whenever African countries send out trade delegations to solicit for investments from businesses in developed countries there has always been excitement about the prospects of high returns on investment from the continent. But this…