Dakar -About 1.6 million children are estimated to work in cocoa production in Ivory Coast and Ghana, some for their parents and some trafficked from other countries

FISHER folks across the country yesterday returned to their jobs-what they know best-fishing!

Renowned businessman and philanthropist, Mr Frank Adjei, has been honoured with a doctorate degree by the Ternopil National Economic University in Ukraine and Bureau of Research on Governance, Commerce and Administration (BORGCA).

Akpalu -The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) yesterday inaugurated a multi-stakeholder technical committee to formulate international framework for the automobile industry.

A high level stakeholders meeting is underway to review Ghana's efforts at reducing the malaria burden under the new "high burden to high impact (HBHI)" approach.

Kumasi -A 46-year-old prisoner at the Kumasi Central Prisons was remanded by Kumasi district court for allegedly assaulting his colleague inmate.

Cocoa farmers in the country have been advised to adopt the best farming practices on their farms to improve yields and the wellbeing of farmers and their communities.

Nankese-Abisim -The headteacher of the Nankese-Abisim M/A Basic School, Mr Julius Okyere Bekoe, has appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to periodically exchange teachers who teach in the rural areas with those teaching in the cities, to enhance effective teaching and learning.

The Chief Justice, Justice Sophia A.B. Akuffo has directed the closedown of District Court '2' Adjabeng, effective June 7, 2019.

CUTS Ghana, a research and advocacy policy think tank has called on the government as a matter of urgency to prosecute all the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) found defrauding consumers by adjusting their fuel pumps to serve their customers less than what they have paid for.

Entrepreneurs' Product Fair has been held for young entrepreneurs in the Karaga District to exhibit their products to investors and potential buyers, to learn about what the market requires and how to satisfy it.

Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Amb. Olufemi Abikoye, has cautioned Ghanaians to stop the incessant negative media reports on Nigerians living in the country.

The country's Minister of National Security handed the sealed message to Cameroon's Head of State on Friday June 14, 2019 during an audience granted him at the State House

Ghana has agreed to send 375 Ghanaian nurses to Barbados to work in that country's government health facilities to ease the acute shortage of professional, and qualified nurses confronting its health sector.

The Regional Maritime University (RMU) on Saturday conferred Honorary Doctorate on former President, John Agyekum Kufuor and President of Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Bio.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has agreed in principle to a request by the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley, to send about 375

Koforidua -Seven people died on the spot at the weekend when the bus in which they were travelling, plunged into the valley in a curve on the Asitey Mountains near Odumase-Krobo in the Eastern Region.

The Kantanka Group of Companies (KGC), on Thursday donated assorted items worth GH¢80,000.00 and an undisclosed amount to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr Osman Nuhu Sharubutu.

The Electoral Commission today begun a Limited Voters' Registration exercise nationwide, to register Ghanaians who have turned 18 since the last registration as well as those who, for one reason or another, have never registered to do so.

Sunyani -The Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hajia Alima Mahama, has urged all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) and members of National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), to join the referendum campaign, in order to attain 40 per cent turnout and 75 per cent approval as required by the constitution.