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The ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour has become the first international labour standard ever to achieve universal ratification. This historical achievement reflects a global consensus that the worst forms of child…

The Ghana Armed Forces, (GAF) as part of its preparation towards the December polls, has trained journalists in military reporting. The one-day workshop which brought together about 20 Journalists, formed part of GAF's "Operation Peace…

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) in Collaboration with the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the National Coordination Office for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) would begin full implementation of the AfCFTA in…

Occupy Ghana, a social and political non-partisan pressure group, says it expected the former Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Amidu, to have asserted his independence and not surrender to the executive. “While the Constitution or…

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo has inaugurated the Wassa Amenfi Cocoa Farmers Cooperative Union at Wassa Akropong. The Union, which is made up of 815 registered individual…

A report released by a coalition of CSOs has found that between 2018 and 2020 Ghana lost $901.1 million to tax incentives through parliamentary tax waivers alone to corporations. In 2018 the country lost about $657million through the…

Mr Peter Osei Amoako, the Director of Finance at COCOBOD has said the Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD determines the quantities, and types of fertilizer to be purchase for a particular cocoa season. He said there was no period, where…

The coming into force of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in January will add more responsibilities to Customs Administrations in Africa, Mr Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, Commissioner-General, Ghana Revenue Authority…

Ghana is in the process of developing the Diaspora Engagement Policy to harness the human and material resources of the diaspora for socio-economic transformation. The Policy, when adopted, will provide for the leveraging of investment…

Government has introduced Coffee Development Programme to support the growth of the industry. The programme, spearheaded by the Ghana Cocoa Board, has already led to the doubling of output to above 12,000 tonnes per annum with yields…