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Eight persons, including a child, risk losing their lives living in a crumbling wooden structure belonging to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) at VORADEP Village in Ho. The over 30-year-old one-storey building, visibly unsteady,…

Prison conditions in Ghana keep worsening as the rate of overcrowding rises, according an international human rights expert. After a week-long official duty to Ghana, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, expressed deep…

Daasebre Professor Emeritus Oti Boateng, Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional Area, has said corruption in all sectors of the economy was crippling the nation. He said the situation should be a concern to all well-meaning-Ghanaians and…

The Rotary Club Accra Ridge has organized a medical outreach service for the people of Atibie and Mpraeso in the Kwahu East District. About 500 people, mostly the aged, benefited and were screened for malaria, hypertension, diabetes, eye…

Stakeholders in the Eastern Region have met to validate the National Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy for Ghana in Koforidua at the weekend. They had met two weeks earlier to emphasize the need for a comprehensive CSR policy…

Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah Arthur has reiterated the determination of the Government of Ghana to protect its waters from invasion and piracy especially in the wake of Ghana’s oil find. He said the Government had already…

The new Lay Chairperson of the Koforidua Diocese of the Methodist Church, Ms Leonie Florence Gyebi-Twum, had called on Ghanaians to show appreciation for the achievements of their leaders to motivate them to perform better. She said the…

The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference , has called on public office holders to lead by example and conduct themselves with integrity and love. The call was made in an eight-point communiqué signed by Most Reverend Joseph Osei-Bonsu,…

Government would soon come out with the necessary legislations to establish the Keta Basin Development Authority, President John Dramani Mahama has announced. The move is to ensure that farmers make use of the arable land for the…

A Justice of the Supreme Court has asked judges not to deal leniently with environmental offences. Justice Joseph Bawah Akamba said offenders ought to face the full rigours of the law to deter other people. Addressing a training workshop…