By Yussif Ibrahim, GNA      Konongo-Odumase (Ash), July 18, GNA – The Asante-Akim Central Municipal Assembly has handed medical equipment and consumables to the Municipal Health Directorate for distribution to various health facilit

By Sambiru Duut Elijah, GNAWa, July 18, GNA – Dr Hafiz Bin-Salih, the Upper West Regional Minister, has said Ghana lost about $12,000,000 dollars in 2018 to fertilizer smuggling to neighboring countries and called on security agencies to beef up security to prevent smuggling activities.

By Stephen Asante, GNA          Jacobu, July 18, GNA - The Amansie Central Secretariat of the National Service Scheme, is partnering the district’s branch of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA) to

By Isaac Asirifi, GNACape Coast, July 18, GNA - The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on Tuesday organised a regional stakeholders forum in Cape Coast to solicit support for the smooth implementation of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model (CRM).

Accra, July 18, GNA - Metka Ghana, the local business unit of Mytilineos S.A., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with St. Nicholas Charity Foundation, a school based in Tema Manhean, to finance the construction of three classrooms to augment the school’s current units.Mytilineos was represented

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA     Accra, July 18, GNA - Government is working to implement a Plan of Action on the safety of journalists against impunity in line with its mandate to advocate and ensure a comprehensive approach in media dev

By Iddi Yire, GNA     Accra, July 18, GNA - Professor Carl Hart, a Neuroscientist Drug Researcher at the Colombia University, on Wednesday arrived in Accra to deliver a public lecture on drug policy reforms.

By Desmond Davies, GNA London Bureau Chief London, July 18, GNA – The International Criminal Court (ICC) is “fragile” and is “currently facing serious challenges resulting from its own missteps, as well as external threats to its independence,” Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement

By Albert Futukpor, GNATolon (N/R), July 18, GNA - The Tolon District Assembly in the Northern Region is to benefit from the Empowerment for Life Programme (E4L) to promote quality education, youth empowerment and employment; food security and livelihood in the area.

By Dominic Adoboli, GNAKete Krachi (O/R), July 18, GNA - School pupils of the Krachi West District of the Oti Region have called on Parliament to come out with stringent legislations to protect them from child labour and all forms of violence against children.

By Gifty Amofa, GNA Juaben (E/R), July 18, GNA - The Chiefs and people of the New Juaben Traditional Area will use this year’s celebration of the Akwantukese Festival to initiate and sustain implementation of the Root- based Economic Development (r-BED) Model.

Accra, July 18, GNA — The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission has announced a ban on hunting and capturing of wild animals, which is referred to as “Close Season,” beginning August 1 to December 1, 2019.The Close Season is amongst measures used to regulate the utilisation and help curb the decli

By Afedzi Abdullah /Winifred Sekyibea Abakah, GNACape Coast, July 18, GNA – Commissioner of Police Paul Manly Awini, Central Regional Police Commander, has said obstacles to the advancement of female officers in the Ghana Police Service are a thing of the past.

By Samira Larbie, GNA     Accra, July 18, GNA - The Ministry of Inner City and Zongo Development is seeking to introduce a “Zongo Soccer League” to unearth talents in Zongo communities to foster unity and social cohesion.

By Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNAAccra, July 18, GNA - The Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP) has trained over 1,200 women in quality shea picking in the northern part of Ghana, as part of the first phase of the Shea Empowerment Initiative.

By Benjamin Mensah, GNAAccra, July 18, GNA - Prof Aaron Michael Oquaye, the Speaker on Parliament, was sworn–in late Tuesday evening as Acting President of Ghana, following the absence of both President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his Vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia from the country.

(By: William D. Ezah, GNA Special Correspondent, Cairo, Egypt, courtesy Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited)

(By: William D. Ezah, GNA Special Correspondent, Cairo, Egypt, courtesy Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited)Cairo, Egypt, July 18, GNA – The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has said, it will establish a team, that will monitor the establishment of new

By Agnes Boye-Doe, GNAAccra, July 18, GNA - Mr Muntaka Chasant, a Social Entrepreneur, said any attempt to downplay the health hazards caused by air pollution in the country, particularly at Agbogbloshie, a major trading area in Accra, would be detrime

By Afedzi Abdullah, GNA     Cape Coast, July 18, GNA - Mr Emmanuel Valis Akyianu, son of former Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, the late Samuel Valis-Akyianu has picked nomination forms to contest the upcoming parliamentary primarie