2019

The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD) and the Ghana Tax Advocacy Network for Health Promotion, both non-governmental organisations, have called on government to increase taxes on unhealthy commodities in the 2020 budget to finance…

The Climate Chance Summit–Africa 2019 is underway in Accra to reinforce the operational roadmaps adopted at the 2018 edition to step up local action. The three-day Summit, on the theme: “Stepping up Local Climate Action,” was opened by…

The Ashanti Regional Police Command, has interdicted three officers for their roles in the death of a suspect at Adomfe, near Bompata in the Asante Akim South District. The officers are General Sergeant Suleman Seidu, General Corporal…

Reigning International Boxing Federation (IBF) Lightweight Champion, Richard Commey (29-2, 26 KOs), is fired up for his second title defence against Teofimo Lopez (14-0, 11KOs) on December 14. The bout scheduled for the Madison Square…

A possible trade deal with China announced last week might not be broad enough to save US hardwood timber companies from layoffs, cutbacks and closings, industry representatives say. Chinese tariffs slapped on exports of red oak, walnut…

African countries have been alerted on the threat of water insecurity as climate impacts intensified globally, and urged to coordinate efforts at the local and national levels to properly manage their water sources. Experts say when this…

Madam Anne Sophie Avè, the French Ambassador to Ghana, in collaboration with Campus France, has officially launched the ‘Bienvenue en France’ campaign in Accra. "Bienvenue en France" which literally means “Welcome to France” is a…

A pilot project conducted in Ghana by Micro Aerial Projects LLC, in collaboration with Survey and Mapping Division of the Lands Commission, has given a strong indication that digitalisation of land administration is possible. The…

A 24-year-old Man, Madji Solomon, has been jailed for 10 years for forcefully stealing a motor bike of a farmer  in Dodowa of the Greater Accra Region . The motor bike, worth GH¢3,700.00 with  registration number  M-19-GR 9643, belongs…

The five–member Supreme Court panel, chaired by Justice Paul Baffoe Bonnie, has dismissed an application by Alfred Agbesi Woyome to pay the GH¢46 million judgement debt he owed the state in installment. Counsel for Woyome, Mr Muda…