August 2024

The Tarkwa Circuit Court has sentenced an 18-year-old small-scale miner, Mohammed Razak, to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing mining equipment worth GH¢11,990.   

A book chronicling the life of Mr Yaw Boadu Ayeboafoh, Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), has been launched in Accra. 

Mr James Klutse Avedzi, the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), has repeated the call for the prosecution of offenders indicted by the Auditor-General’s Report to control violations of the Public Financial Management (PFMA Act…

The National Democratic Congress Minority Caucus in Parliament has accused the government of using military personnel to allegedly intimidate voters in the name of enforcing a recently imposed grain export ban. 

Some voters in the Nkwanta South Constituency of the Oti Region have expressed their disinterest in the upcoming 2024 general elections.  

Even though state-owned enterprises have continued to lose money, the State Interest and Governance Authority (SIGA) says it has reduced the losses by GH¢9 million for the 2023 financial year.

The Ministry of Finance has set up a team to among other things draft a Legislative Instrument (LI) for the implementation of the Local Governance Act 936 to improve property rate collection countrywide.

Poor air quality is responsible for 8.1 million deaths annually, according to a recent report on the state of global air. Air pollution is the second risk factor for death globally after high blood pressure.

The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) is reporting that it has graduated 10,000 young people who have undergone employable skills training in the various modules of the Agency, nationwide. 

The Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC) has presented its position on the Global Debt Initiative in a document: “Revisiting the Debt Burden on Developing and Least Developed Economies” with a call for urgent review of…