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The government said on Monday that it has put in place measures to curb the worst forms of child labour in the cocoa industry and that it is enforcing the Harkin-Engel Protocol. The Protocol, marking its 10th anniversary, was championed by…

Head of Ghana’s Civil Service, Mr Woeli K. Kemevor has bemoaned the lack of conscious effort by governments of West Africa to make funds available for Civil Service training and management. “Regrettably, training and development has…

WACAM, an NGO that assists communities adversely affected by gold mining, has called on government to develop a land use plan to prevent the granting of mining concessions in areas that constitute the food basket of the country. It said…

The Covenant Family Community Church (CFCC) at Cantonments has launched an Educational Fund to spearhead transformational approach to providing education for needy members of the church. The CFCC Education Fund will target students from…

The government of Ghana through the Ministry of Energy (MoEn) and the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kenesjay of Trinidad and Tobago and Sural C.A. of Venezuela to conduct…

Nana Kobina Nketsiah V, Omanhene of the Essikado Traditional Area within the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region, has bemoaned the poverty level in the region in spite of its abundant natural resources. “Even though we sit in…

As part of efforts to control non-communicable diseases, the Wa Municipal Health Directorate has formed a task force to contact and screen workers of various Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the Upper West Capital city. The…

Paul Ayamga, a Madina trotro driver, has been arrested by the Madina District Police for attempting to present a polythene bag containing leaves suspected to be Indian hemp to an inmate of the cell. Speaking with the Ghana News Agency…

One hundred and seventy persons lost their lives in motor accidents in the Eastern Region between January and August, 2011 as against 160,in 2010, during the same period. Superintendent James Sarfo-Peprah, Eastern Regional Police Commander…

The Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs. Georgina Theodora Wood, on Monday inaugurated the nation’s third Court of Appeal in Cape Coast. The newly inaugurated court which would sit for a week once in every month, would serve both the Central and…