2017

Mr Boakye Agyarko, Minister of Energy has debunked claims that government was trying to usurp the mandate of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), by announcing reduction in electricity tariffs in the 2018 budget statement.…

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) will embark on Ghana Census of Agriculture fieldwork come February, 2018 to collect data to inform national policy on the sector. Agriculture makes up a large proportion of economic activities in most…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the-soon-to-be established Development Authorities under the government’s Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme will be funded through the $1 million per constituency funds to drive…

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has elected new National Executive Committee members to serve a two-year term. Dr Frank Ankobea, a Consultant Obstetrician Gynaecologist and Barrister at Law is the President of the newly elected…

Alhaji Sulemana Alhassan, the Upper West Regional Minister, has stated that government recognizes the impact of post-harvest losses in agricultural development and is therefore committed to putting in mechanisms to minimize the…

The Judiciary is examining the possibility of practising non-custodial sentences as part of efforts to decongest prisons in the country, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo, Chief Justice of the Republic has announced. Ms Justice Akuffo said…

The 2017 Campaign on Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa (CARMMA), was held, in Accra, on Friday, with a call on all African governments to strengthen interventions to end maternal and newborn deaths by 2030. Ghana’s…

Members of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs were on Friday sensitised on the importance of biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and how they could facilitate the advancement of the…

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Attah says the government’s flagship programme, “Planting for Food and Jobs” has been a tremendous success. Mr. Ofori-Attah who was on the floor of Parliament Wednesday, November 15, 2017, presenting…

There are currently 3,111 Ghanaian students enrolled at more than 630 tertiary institutions across the United States of America. “Ghana is the third-largest sender of students from Africa, after only Nigeria (11,710 students) and…