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The Eastern Gomoa Export Vegetable Farmers Association on Monday appealed to the appropriate authorities, especially the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Irrigation Development Authority, to support the association with the…

The University of Ghana has named one of the four new halls after its first female graduate, Mrs Elizabeth Frances Sey. A statement issued in Accra by Mrs Stella A. Amoa, Director of Public Affairs said Mrs Sey (Nee Biney) was enrolled in…

The Agona District Council of Labour has added its voice to the calls on government to restore the subsidy on fuel prices. They have also called on the government to increase the salaries of workers immediately to mitigate the current high…

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) is to expand its pro-poor water project to enhance access of deprived communities to potable water in all parts of the country. This follows a successful pilot of the project, which is a…

The First ever Fanti Words and Idioms Dictionary has been launched in Accra to promote the speaking of local languages for national development. The dictionary, which is the first edition, has words and idioms from A-L aimed to preserve…

Mr Joe Abbey, Managing Director of the Tema Development Corporation (TDC), says the Corporation will pay the necessary compensation to deserving landowners. Mr Abbey who made the pledge at the Corporation’s Tripartite Committee’s encounter…

Colonel Cyril Necku (rtd), Deputy Volta Regional Minister, on Friday said that the Government needed absolute support from communities and stakeholders to make the national education enterprise revealing. He stressed “there should be a…

The Local Enterprises and Skills Development Programme (LESDEP) has trained 527 youth in various trade vocations in the Upper East Region. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency at Bolgatanga, during a graduation ceremony, the Regional…

Mr Mark Woyongo, Upper East Regional Minister has expressed worry about the falling standards of Education at the basic level in the region. He said the performance of pupils at last year’s BECE had taken a nose dive and that out of the…

The big question for sub-Saharan Africa in 2012 is whether the region can sustain its recent strong growth in the face of a stalling global economy. For now, the odds seem to be in its favor. But the costs of a fall from the region’s…