The Leadership of the Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG) on Monday said the introduction of GMOs will not only deprive the country of its food sovereignty but also has the tenacity to wipe its seeds. The PFAG together with the Ghana Agricultural Workers Union, the Centre for Organisational Development and Food Sovereignty Ghana, said … The post Introduction

Mr Iain Walker, the British High Commissioner, has reiterated the United Kingdom’s commitment to promoting Africa’s prosperity and security. “The UK Government believes that it is in our national interest to promote prosperity and security in Africa,” Mr Walker said on Monday at the opening of the Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context (MDWSC) … The post UK

The Government has attributed the recent intermittent power outages experienced by domestic and commercial power consumers to the total shutdown of the Ghana Gas pipeline system to ensure effective inter-connection with the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo). The tie-in of the two companies’ systems is to ensure reverse flow of surplus gas at the … The post Ghana

Gold Coast Fund Management (GCFM), on Monday, said it has invested more than two billion Ghana Cedis in infrastructure and commercial projects for the GetFund, Cocobod, Road Fund, District/Municipal Assemblies and private companies. The Company is, therefore, working with ‘quiet assertiveness’ with government agencies and private sector organisations to pay what is due to Gold … The post We

The Bank of Ghana this morning announced no change in the current policy rate, keeping it at 16 per cent. Making the announcement at press conference at the central bank, the Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison said among other things that growth remains relatively strong and the negative output gap seems to be closing, although at … The post As

The Chief Justice, Madam Sophia Akuffo, has stressed the need to strengthen the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms in the country’s judicial process to expedite dispute resolution, as a tool to enhance justice delivery. She said it was important for court registrars and judicial officers to identify and document challenges that tend to cripple ADR … The post Chief

Africa must develop a strategy to reap the demographic dividend that the continent’s youthful population offers, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. Thus, African leaders ought to leverage the continent’s vast wealth to develop and empower their respective youth populations, which are the largest generation of young people in history. Delivering a speech at … The post Africa’s

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has assured that a new and lower import regime which will bring down the high duties prevailing at Ghana’s ports, would soon be rolled out. He said Government, after receiving many petitions to intervene and review the high taxes and duties on imported items, was already in the process of … The post President assures

Cabinet has approved a €55 million facility for the rehabilitation of a 100-kilometre road network and provision of traffic management and pedestrian safety facilities for some communities in the Ashanti Region to improve socio-economic activities. The facility is a credit agreement between the Ghana Government and the Deutsche Bank meant for auxiliary infrastructure of the … The post Ghana

Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye, the Speaker of Parliament Sunday, said over liberalism and diluting of the gospel by some ‘supposed’ men of God had escalated homosexuality. He said such teachers of the gospel were interpreting the Bible according to their beliefs, thoughts and perception and that was why some homosexuals had been encouraged to take … The post Diluted

Mr James Agalga, the Ranking Member for the Select Committee on Defence and Interior, has described as inhuman the imprisonment of wee smokers, who have become addicted to the substance. The Member of Parliament for Builsa North Constituency in an interview with GNA said such individuals are sick and require help from the State to … The post Sending wee smokers to jail