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Accra, Ghana – The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday November 17, 2021 presented the 2022 Budget Statement and Government’s Economic Policy to Parliament. He also submitted to the august House the 2021 Annual Report on the Petroleum Funds, in accordance with Section 48 of the Petroleum Revenue Management …

Accra, Ghana – The Eighteen-Member Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament on Thursday November 11, 2021 held its first public hearing on a Private Members’ Bill that would make it illegal to be gay or to advocate for gay rights. The Committee is under the chairmanship of Kwame …

Ho, Ghana – The Ghana School Feeding Programme has organised training for headteachers, Circuit Supervisors, all Regional Coordinators and some selected Zonal coordinators under the Programme on the digitisation of its monitoring and evaluation tools. This follows the donation of some 300 Samsung Tablets by the World Food Programme (WFP) …

Kumasi, Ghana – The management of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), has intercepted and detained Nine (9) bulk road vehicles (BRVs) otherwise known as Tanker Trucks with adulterated petroleum products at its Kumasi depot over the last couple of days pending further investigations. The nine tanker …

Accra, Ghana – The National Coordinator of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP), Dr. Mrs. Gertrude Quashigah has paid an unannounced visit to some public basic schools in the Greater Accra Region to assess the performance of caterers. Accompanied by the Greater Accra Regional Coordinator of GSFP, Madam Christiana Nkansah …

Wa, Ghana – All caterers of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) across the 16 regions of Ghana have been directed to start providing catering services for their respective beneficiary schools on TUESDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER 2021. The Caterers are advised to use Monday 6th September, 2021 to clean their kitchen …

Tamale, Ghana – The Defense Team of Alex Saab notes that on 1 September the Barlavento Court of Appeal (TRB) granted a request made by Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab that the site of his detention be moved to Praia from the Island of Sal. Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro, head …

Walewale, Ghana – A 52-year-old farmer, Abdul Samed-Fuseini, arrested and accused of impregnating a helpless widow, repeatedly raped and defiled three underage sisters is standing trial in a Walewale District Court. His charges are five counts of Rape, Incest and Defilement. Count One: Defilement of female under 16 years of …

Accra, Ghana – In a report which pulls no punches,  a panel of experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to look at the impact of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has concluded that hundreds of cancer patients could die. …

Tamale, Ghana – On July 21st,  the United States submitted its extradition request for Alex Saab to Cape Verde. In a shocking admission, the Cape Verde Attorney General has admitted that the arrest warrant contained in the request was not in Alex Saab’ name. Despite this glaring legal error, Cape …