Chocolate makers hobble Ivory Coast, Ghana cocoa premium with discounts
Ivory Coast and Ghana’s move to combat farmer poverty with a living income premium for their cocoa sales is being undermined by chocolate makers scaling down purchases and negotiating discounts…
Bawumia to grace launch of 2019/20 football season
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will grace the launch of the 2019/2020 Ghana Football Season at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday as the Special Guest. The Vice President…
Ghana to miss Beneficial Ownership disclosure deadline
Ghana is likely to miss the deadline for the establishment of Beneficial Ownership (BO) disclosure regime, in spite of achieving global recognition for making the fastest progress in the shortest…
Gender Ministry urged to quickly lay AABill before Parliament
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has been urged to as a matter of priority lay the Affirmative Action Bill (AABill) before Parliament to ensure its quick passage…
48 hours means 48 hours – Supreme Court rules on detention of suspects
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that weekends and public holidays are included in the 48-hour detention period the police have to hold a person without granting…
Basic Needs, MEHSOG train peer groups on trauma and Organized Torture
Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG)in collaboration with Basic Needs Ghana and Dignity International have trained peer support groups to increase their knowledge and skills to enable them recognize trauma,…
African nations urged to persist with climate change ambitions
The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has urged the continent’s nations to stay the course on climate action, after a marathon session of talks at the twenty-fifth Conference of Parties to…
Let’s correct the thinking that ‘women should take backstage’ – Mike Oquaye
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Michael Oquaye has called for reinforcement of women empowerment and the enhancement of equal rights to boost women representation in decision making. He advocated…
Courts can sit on weekends, public holidays – Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court has in a unanimous decision ruled that courts are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues that affect personal liberty. This brings to…
Auditor-General’s reports must come to Parliament before being made public – Majority Leader
Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has called on the Auditor-General to make its reports available to Parliament to allow legislators to effectively peruse such documents.…
