2017

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday launched Adolescent Health Service Policy and Strategy to provide the framework within which health provision and other related interventions for adolescents and young people would be coordinated…

Ghana Health Service (GHS) in partnership with United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has begun a workshop to develop new radio, television and print materials for its refreshed “GoodLife, Live it Well” campaign. The…

The second phase of the 20 million-dollar expansion work at the Albert Bosomtwe-Sam (ABS) Fishing Harbour in Sekondi is expected to be completed by December. The project, being implemented by Japanese Grant…

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, on Tuesday expressed shock and dismay over the $13m being expended on the construction of an accommodation for the Vice President. He said such a huge amount could have been used to construct many…

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended the licenses of Met Capital Group Limited and Mec-Ellis Investments Limited – both investment advisors- for breaching some provisions of the Securities Industries Law.…

President Donald Trump The United Nations Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has condemned the travel ban imposed by the US on some countries. President Donald Trump of the US, last Friday January 27, 2017 signed an Executive Order barring…

Dan Botwe Mr Dan Botwe, Minister Designate for Regional Reorganisation and Development, has justified the proposal to create four more administrative regions in the national development drive. Appearing before the Appointments Committee…

Togbe Afede The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has initiated moves to get the Chieftaincy Act, (Act 759) of 2008, amended, and the roles of chiefs in national governance clearly defined. Togbe Afede XIV, its President, who dropped the…

Thomas Cobbinah, a labourer who was arraigned for possessing a narcotic drug has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment in hard labour for supplying narcotic drugs without lawful authority. Thomas was charged for possession but the…

The unemployment rate in Ghana declined to 5.20 per cent in 2013 from 5.96 percent in 2010. The rate averaged 8.82 per cent from 2001 until 2013, and then rising 12.90 per cent in 2005, before dropping to 5.20 per cent in 2013. With…