Business

WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism readied to provide support for ending harmful subsidies

June 15, 2022

Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on 14 June introduced the WTO Fisheries Funding Mechanism, which is envisioned to support developing and least-developed countries in implementing a prospective agreement to curb harmful fisheries subsidies. Interested donors and beneficiaries welcomed plans for the Fund, which the chair of the Continue Reading

NEWS

Paperless registration and licensing of vehicles to begin by July 2022 – Gov’t

June 15, 2022

Paperless registration and licensing of vehicles will begin by July 2022, the Government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. The government said also that that the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) and the Ghana Card will be fully integrated soon. The Presidency in a tweet on Wednesday June 15 “DVLA systems and […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Islamic SHS shooting: Persons seeking access to school environment must follow the law, conduct themselves appropriately – CRI

June 15, 2022

The Child Rights International (CRI) has asked the Ghana Education Service (GES) to investigate the circumstances that led to the Police shooting at the Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. A statement issued by CRI said the presence of the Police on any school campus especially one inhabited by minors should be friendly and in […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Rainstorm to hit parts of Accra today –GMA

June 15, 2022

Part of Accra and other parts of the country are expected to be hit by a thunder storm today Wednesday, June 15, 2022, according to the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA). The GMA says already, some places are experiencing the storm and urged residents to be cautious. The Chief Forecaster at the Ghana Meteorological Agency, Felicity […]Continue Reading

Business

Ghana signs MoU with Finland to boost agric, manufacturing, others

June 15, 2022

The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration, Kwaku AmpratwumSarpong (MP), led Ghana’s delegation to the 2022 Nordic-African Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (NAFM) held in Helsinki, Finland from 13th to 15th June, 2022. Other members of Ghana’s delegation included Ghana’s Ambassador to Finland, H.E. Mrs. Jennifer Lartey, Director for the Europe Bureau, the Continue Reading

HEALTH

E/R: Lack of isolation centres for suspected Monkeypox patients worrying – Health authorities

June 15, 2022

Families of a suspected monkeypox patient in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region who are supposed to be in isolation are moving around because there is no isolation ward or centre. According to the health authorities, the suspect, who has been quarantined, should be in isolation with the family members, but the lack […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Ghana Library Authority commissions 10 Youth Engagement Centers

June 15, 2022

Ghana Library Authority (GhLA) as part of its quest to connect young Ghanaians to relevant knowledge resources that improve their well-being has outdoored 10 Youth Engagement Centers (YECs) across eight regions. At a short ceremony in Accra, the Executive Director of GhLA, Mr. Hayford Siaw, in explaining the rationale behind the concept of YECs, said, […]Continue Reading

Crime

Wa flogging incident: Court adjourns cases to July

June 14, 2022

The Wa circuit court, presided over by His Honour Jonathan Avogo, has adjourned the case involving the two lovers who were flogged in Wa over their nude videos shared on the internet. The three persons standing trial over their alleged involvement in the case which occurred at the palace of the overlord of the Waala […]Continue Reading

HEALTH

HFFG and partners hold workshop to fight vaccine hesitancy

June 14, 2022

Vaccine hesitancy in Ghana remains a stumbling block to the country’s quest to achieve herd immunity against COVID-19. It is against this backdrop that Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), in partnership with the National Association of Persons Living with HIV (NAP+) Ghana, Young Health Advocates Ghana (YHAG), and the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS), with […]Continue Reading

NEWS

We’ve deployed more efficient premix fuel management system – Hawa Koomson

June 14, 2022

Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister, Mavis Hawa Koomson says her outfit has developed and deployed a new software that promotes the efficient management of premix fuel in the country. She said the move is part of efforts to tackle smuggling of the fuel product. While speaking in Parliament, she said the new system allows her office […]Continue Reading