Last Monday, Ethiopia planted more than 350 million trees in 12 hours, in what almost certainly was a world record.

Ghana has designated 2019 as the Year of Return to commemorate 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in the United States. The government has been running a massive marketing campaign targeting African Americans and the diaspora, and various events have been arranged. The focus has been on memorialising the liberation from slavery. But it has also served as a marketing exercise to popularise Ghana as a tourism destination with Trans-Atlantic trade appeal.

Wa -The leadership of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) in the Upper West Region has asked the Ghana Education Service to stop the illegal deductions of levies from the salary of teachers as life policy.

The Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday resumed a nationwide replacement of lost voter ID cards, a statement from the commission announced.

The logistics sub-committee of the International Games and Competitions Committee (IGCC) has unveiled Team Ghana's kits and general costume for the contingent at the impending 12th African Games (AG) in Rabat, Morocco from August 16 to September 1.

The real renaissance of Ghana sports will begin in 2023 when the country host the Africa Games, Dr Emmanuel Owusu Ansah, the Technical Advisor of the Ministry of Youth and Sports has said.

A team of experts from Accra arrived yesterday in Takoradi in the Western Region, to give psychological support to family members of the three kidnapped women, so that they can co-operate with the police in the conduct of DNA test.

The police will deploy new strategies to fight crime, to ensure peace and stability, the new Accra Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Fredrick Adu Anim, has assured.

The Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) 1987-89 year group has congratulated Professor Amin Alhassan on his appointment as the Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).

Vodafone Ghana Foundation has partnered the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to empower 1,500 women in the informal sector with digital and financial skills in the Upper East Region.

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) yesterday received 14 new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to aid in the delivery of emergency healthcare in the country.

The Teachers and Educational Workers' Union (TEWU) has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to desist from the monthly deductions of SIC insurance premium from the salaries of its members.

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Note10, a new line of premium smartphones that combines elegant design with powerful performance and productivity tools to help users make the most of every moment.

THE first phase of the Takoradi-Tema Interconnection Project (TTIP), to reverse the flow of natural gas from the Western Region to Tema, has been completed, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) has announced.

Kumasi -A special operation conducted by a team of national security operatives led to the arrest of four Indians and two Ghanaians.

Cape Coast -The Central Regional branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has backed its earlier decision for indefinite suspension of the Regional First Vice Chairman of the party, Horace Ekow Ewusi, explaining that the process was procedural and constitutional.

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A total of GH¢31,500 has been disbursed to 30 women entrepreneurs with disability (WED) to enable them grow their businesses.

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has advocated a system that is open and adaptive to the delivery of services, if the country is to achieve the goals set out in the Education Strategic Plan (ESP).

The Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development in collaboration with Star Ghana, a non-governmental organisation, on Wednesday held a capacity building workshop for some selected Zongo community leaders in Accra.