Swami Satyanand Saraswati, was taken ill about a week ago and had been on admission at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he unfortunately transited peacefully, a statement signed by Bramacharini Adimata of the Monastery in Accra and copied to the Ghana News Agency stated. According to the statement, Swami

Accra, May 28, GNA - Parliament on Tuesday resumed sitting after the Easter break, where Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, entreated Members to brace themselves for a demanding session.He explained that the work of the House was expected to be demanding since

The report highlights work being done every day by the cocoa processing company to improve the lives of farmers and their communities in five origin countries where the company sources cocoa - Brazil, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Indonesia. A statement issued in Schiphol, The Netherlands and released

Sandema, May 28, GNA - Mr Maxwell Akandem, Chief Executive Officer of Akandem Farms has appealed for support for small holder farmers to shift away from old ways of subsistence farming.He said there was the need to move away from farming for consumption to a new paradigm of taking agriculture for business to i

Ho, May 28, GNA - Loveaid Foundation, a Ho based non-governmental organization has donated delivery packs made up of sanitary pads, pampers, delivery mat, babies clothing, antiseptics and soaps to expectant and new mothers at the Ho Municipal Hospital.The donation, estimated at GH¢6,000.00, was supported by W

Accra, May 28, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufuor on Tuesday reminded journalists that in carrying out their professional duties, they should not use media freedom to destroy society.“You should never misconstrue the prevailing favourable media environment as an unfettered freedom for ‘upsetting th

Accra, May 28, GNA - Former President John Agyekum Kufuor has advised Ghanaian Journalists to accept mistakes when they go wrong in reporting and apologise accordingly as a mark of maturity and professionalism.He said: “If during your duty, you get something wrong, please be bold and humble enough to accept

Accra, May 28, GNA – ActionAid Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Tuesday joined the International Community to launch a campaign on decent work for women in the informal sector to prevent infringement on their rights and the injustices they go through.The campaign, on the theme: “Decent Work

Accra, May 28, GNA - Christian Atsu - Black Stars midfielder has pledged support for the team’s new captain Andre Dede Ayew.Atsu in an interview with the GNA Sports said, the Black Stars players would put all external issues behind them and respect their new captain as the leader to lead them to glory in the

This follows a widespread report in the local media of an alleged forensic audit that has been conducted by FIFA on the GFA which found “no acts of corruption or financial impropriety” against the defunct GFA administration. The alleged report also sought to suggest that, the audit conducted some months ag

Accra, May 28, GNA – Christian Atsu, Black Stars midfielder is confident Ghana will win her fifth African Cup of Nations (AFCON) this year, in Egypt.Ghana has won four AFCON titles - having last won in 1982 and would be on a mission to annex her first title in 37 years in Egypt in June.

With only a few assemblies in the country having their elections still pending, the President of the National Association of Local Government Authorities (NALAG), Felix Mensah Nii Annang-La, has said that congratulations were in order.“As an Association, we have cause to be proud that democracy at the local

By Lydia Kukua Asamoah, GNA     Accra, May 28, GNA - The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) on Tuesday engaged the Media to solicit their inputs towards the finalisation of Ghana’s Voluntary National Report (VNR) on the impl

Accra, May 28, GNA - Mr Felix Mensah Annang-La, the Metropolitan Chief Executive for Tema, has praised President Nana Akufo-Addo for his show of fatherly responsibility on the behalf of the people of Manya Krobo in the Eastern region.“His Excellency the President has shown that he will never sit down and all

By Christopher Tetteh, GNA    Sunyani, May 28, GNA – Mrs. Justina Owusu Banahene, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has rallied the support of the private sector to push the development of the Municipality and the Bono Region to the next level.

Accra, May 28, GNA - TalentsinAfrica.com, a talent searching platform backed with Artificial Intelligence (AI) Skills Assessment algorithm, emerged the third start-up business at the Oxford University Africa Innovation Fair 2019.The Oxford Africa Conference is the leading interdisciplinary conference on Africa

By D.I. Laary, GNAWa, May 28, GNA - Girls Free Flow Foundation, a charity organisation, has launched a far-reaching outreach programme seeking to eliminate “period poverty and stigma” around menstruating teenage girls living in deprived Ghanaian communities.

By D.I. Laary, GNAWa, May 28, GNA - Girls Flow Free Foundation, a charity organisation, has launched a far-reaching outreach programme seeking to eliminate “period poverty and stigma” around menstruating teenage girls living in deprived Ghanaian communities.

Accra, May 28, GNA - The Ghana Cocoa Board on Tuesday announced that the purchases of the 2018/2019 main crop cocoa season would cease at close of business on Thursday, May 30, 2019.A statement issued and signed by Mr Joseph Boahen Aidoo, the Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, and copied to the Ghana News Age

Konongo, May 28, GNA – The Asante-Akim Central Municipal Assembly, as part of efforts to boost economic activities and improve access to the Municipal capital is embarking on an exercise to rehabilitate key roads in the area.