Contracts continue to be one of the critical deficiencies in the management of mineral resources in Africa, Ministry of Mines and minerals development permanent secretary Barnaby Mulenga has said, adding that Zambia is predominantly a mining country and offers a classic case of challenges with negotiating mining contracts. Mr Mulenga said because of poor contracts entered … The post Mining
The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service, has received 17 Ghanaian deportees from Germany on board a chartered Flight. The deportees, all males, aged between 21 – 60 years, were escorted by sixty 67 Police officers, including paramedics. An official statement copied to the GNA said they were deported for … The post Germany
The adoption of the Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depletion some 32 years ago by countries has resulted in the elimination of over 98 per cent of ozone depleting substances, with the possibility of repairing the layer by the middle of the century. The achievement has also been the result of countries’ shared commitments and cooperation, … The post 98% of ozone depletion
Dr. Steve Manteaw, chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has reiterated that the weaknesses in local content policies in the natural resource sector is cause for low participation of Ghanaians in the oil and gas industry. He said policies governing the sector since its implementation six years ago is confronted with strong … The post Weak
More women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by United Nations groups led by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). Since 2000, child deaths have reduced by nearly half and maternal deaths by over one-third, mostly due to improved access to … The post More
Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, a Security Analyst, has urged Ghanaians to be open-minded about the alleged plot by some persons to destabilize the nation, saying, an armoury is not needed to successfully remove a government. Dr. Fredrick Yao Mac-Palm, a medical practitioner, Ezor Kafui, a local weapons manufacturer, and bright Allan Debrah Ofosu (aka BB), a … The post Staging
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations (MELR) is working with stakeholders to streamline standards and centralise employment statistics generated within the productive sectors for effective reporting and targeting. This, the Ministry said, would ensure easy disaggregation and analysis of employment data by the Ministries, Departments and Agencies and the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies … The post Ghana
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has directed Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to purchase all fertilizers intended to be supplied to cocoa farmers locally next year, since local fertilizer companies have the capacity to supply them. He said with the government’s flagship programme of “One-District, One Factory”, there were sufficient fertilizer factories operating in the country … The post Bawumia
Ghana has been awarded two International Civil Aviation Organization Council (ICAO) President’s certificates for maintaining one of the highest global aviation safety and security standards. The President of ICAO, Olumuyiwa Bernard Aliu, presented the awards to Mr Kofi Adda, the Minister of Aviation, at the organisation’s 40th Assembly, which is underway in Montreal, Canada. With … The post Ghana
Dr Augustus Asamoah, Principal Project Manager of Proforest has announced that the government was set to launch the Ghana National REDD+ Strategy Programme. He said as part of efforts to reduce expansion of agroforestry, tree crops, biofuels and agro-industries, improved the quality of multi-stakeholder dialogue and decision making, and to mitigate effects of agricultural expansion, … The post Ghana
As part of efforts to reduce malnutrition in women and children, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched the “Support to Reduction in Malnutrition in Women and Vulnerable Populations through Food-Based Approaches” project. The Technical Cooperation Project is designed to support government’s efforts in promoting and strengthening food and nutrition security for the attainment … The post FAO
Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister for the Interior on Tuesday inaugurated a 12-member consultative committee to combat the drug menace in schools. Members of the Committee include Mrs Gladys Ghartey, Chief Economics Officer, Ministry of Finance; Mr David Ayidzoe, Director for Statistics, Research and Information Management, Ministry of Education; Mr Kwesi Assan-Brew, Director of Administration, … The post Ghana
The Kaneshie District Court on Tuesday remanded the medical doctor and two others who were arrested on Friday night, September 20, for allegedly manufacturing and possessing arms. The pleas of Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, a medical practitioner, Bright Alan Debrah Ofosu, alias BB or ADC Freight Manager and Donya Kafui alias Ezor were not taken. They … The post Court
According to Brian Tracy, “all successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.” In his view, the size of your dream can be directly correlated with the extent of your … The post Framing a future path
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