2017

A defence witness in the Marwako restaurant trial told the court on Thursday that there was no splashing of pepper in the kitchen and on the face of the victim in the matter as alleged by the prosecution. The witness Ms Abigail Adu…

The Alliance for Integrity has launched a book christened: “Ensuring Compliance-A Practical Handbook for Businesses in Ghana.” The 76-page book, which comprises 21 articles from 19 authors, and grouped in three sections, addresses common…

Mr Robert P. Jackson, US Ambassador has expressed the belief that formalising the small scale mining (Galamsey) would bring sanity and protect the land. He said adopting scientific regulatory, environmentally friendly and sustainable…

The magistrate sitting at the Accra Central District Court seven on Thursday prevented journalists covering the trial of the two suspects in the murder of the former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North. The Magistrate Ms…

A Tree Tenure Policy would soon roll-out to provide farmers the legal right to claim ownership of commercial trees planted on their farms and those that grow naturally, Mr Musah Abu-Juan, the Forestry Technical Director of the Ministry of…

Health experts and stakeholder organisations have declared a seven-point of action to be taken by government on tobacco control, the reduction of its usage and its effect on non-communicable diseases and premature deaths. The…

A Scottish Oil and Gas Trade Mission would be in Ghana from June 19 to 23 to explore investment opportunities. A statement issued by the British High Commission in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the visit…

The Attorney General’s Department has directed the police to conduct further investigation into the case in which 13 members of a group calling itself, the ‘Delta Force’, are being tried in a Kumasi Circuit Court. They are alleged to…

Illegal miners at Patriensa near Konongo in the Asante-Akim Central Municipality have largely ignored the government’s order to stop the destructive activity. To them, “it is business as usual” and there has been no let-up in the illicit…

Six years after Ghana started oil production in December 2010, and after progressively increasing production, the country experienced a drop in production in 2016, despite additional oil from the new Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN)…