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The ‘Boafo Ye Na’ palm kernel oil producers association at Ahenkofi a suburb of the Essikado/Ketan has appealed for increased support to penetrate the international market. Palm kernel oil, believed to be key ingredient in the ice cream and soap making industry is yet to receive policy attention to promote …

The Government has taken a decision to relocate the Karpower Barge from Tema to Takoradi to be converted into a gas-powered plant to maximise its benefits. Mr John-Peter Amewu, the Minister of Energy, who announced this on Thursday, in Accra, said the relocation of the Karpower barge would create a …

Gameli Agbavor, a farmer, 50, has been jailed five years in prison by an Aflao Circuit Court for smuggling 25 bags of fertilizer to the Republic of Togo. The court, presided over by Mr Ali Baba Abature, also ordered him to pay a GH¢1,200.00 fine, or serve additional 18 months …

An unemployed, who failed to control his anger and assaulted his neighbour, has ended up going to jail for 10 year after police found parcels of substances suspected to be Indian Hemp in his room. Adzida Alornyo Bekpo, 30, pleaded not guilty before the Aflao Circuit Court, where he was …

A five-member committee has been constituted by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Tarkwa Nsueam, Mr Glibert Kennedy Asmah to investigate the accident that resulted in the death of seven pupils of Learners Bridge Academy. The committee, chaired by Mr Alex Kwaku Duah, Municipal Education Director is supposed to establish …

The Government has completed arrangement for the construction of new landing beach for fishermen in Winneba before the end of this year to bring to an end the destruction of canoes and fishing gears by tidal waves President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, announced this at Winneba when he addressed a durbar …

Representatives of the Governments of the United States of America (USA) and Ghana have participated in the 4th Security Governance Initiative (SGI) steering committee meeting on Tuesday in Accra. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said the SGI focused area leads briefed the Steering committee members on progress …

The Chairman of Adikrofo (Sub-chiefs) of the Asamankese Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Nana Obutu Frimpong, has urged communities in the West Akim Municipality to take sanitation issues seriously and participate in clean up exercises. Nana Obutu Frimpong, also the chief of Essaso, said cleaning the environment was very …

A total of 403 army recruits have been inducted into the Army Recruits Training School (ARTS) at Shai-Hills, in Shai Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region, with a call on them to be devoted to the profession. Colonel Francis Anemana, Director, Army Peacekeeping Operations, Ghana Armed Forces, made the …

The Minister for Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has launched the first-ever Zonal Skills Competition in Ghana, towards unearthing talents to develop a labour force, which would aid Ghana’s industrialisation. The Ministry of Education, through the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), has thus planned the 2018 …