2020

A study conducted on the forestry plantation and timber sectors has revealed that very minimal contribution of the Forest Plantation Development Fund (FPDF) is being allocated to Ghana’s plantation development. This was jeopardising the…

The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has launched a report on Good Practice for Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) in Ghana. The 57-page report, dubbed: "Good Practice for WASH in Ghana - Meeting the targets for Water,…

Anderson Ofosuhene Anim a.k.a Morio Gee, a web designer and a blogger has been busted by the police over Pornography. Anim is alleged to have collected monies from victims, both children and adult under the pretext of pulling down their…

The Management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) says it has adopted punitive and preventive reform measures to resolve the tampering of weighing scales by Licenced Buying Companies (LBCs) within the cocoa sector. Dr Emmanuel Opoku, the…

The Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana (SCFG), in collaboration with Novartis has developed a mobile digital application (App) to help manage the data collected on newborns in the National Newborn Screening Programme for Sickle Cell Disease…

The establishment of the Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) Scheme under the Sustainable Land and Water Management Project (SLWMP) is impacting positively on poor rural communities. It has increased the climate change…

The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCSP) is considering paying the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) beneficiaries through mobile money to ease the stress of receiving their cash. Mrs Cynthia Mamle…

The Deputy Eastern Regional Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mr Richard Nyarko said if the NDC wins the 2020 elections, they will cancel the teachers licensure examination. He explained that the party did not see…

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has appointed Professor Christian Agyare as the new Provost of the College of Health Sciences. The new Provost until his appointment, was the Head of Quality Assurance…

Nearly 85,000 businesses are still closed down as a result of COVID-19 pandemic and the related responses, the Ghana Statistical Service Business Tracker survey has shown. The report showed that more than two-thirds of the businesses…