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  The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), with support from the World Food Programme (WFP), is to disburse $1.5 million to vulnerable farmers and households in selected regions to cushion them against the devastation caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Under the Cash Transfer for Emergency Support to Rural Livelihood and Food Systems Exposed to COVID-19 (ESRF), beneficiaries from the North East, Northern, Savannah, Upper East and Upper West regions have been identified and profi...

Tribute by Ing. Kwabena Agyei Agyepong to the Late Victor OK Newman Listen to article It is with a very heavy heart that I pay tribute to a great friend and in many respects my senior brother, Victor Nicholas Ohene Kwaku Newman, OKwaku as I used to call him affectionately. It all started on a sunny afternoon during the latter part of 1989, when as a young Civil Engineer working with the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), I was requested by Mr. Kwadwo Baafi, a senior Quantity Surveyor at the then A...

+ The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) branch of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) is appealing to the President and Parliament to take a second look at the payment of fees by the tertiary students in this Covid-19 era. According to the President of UENR-GRASAG, Eric Yaw Amponsah there is so much burden on students as their source of financial support has been affected by the pandemic. He made the call during orientation of about 300 fresh graduate students of...

  The Ningo-Prampram National Democratic Congress (NDC) appears to have disowned its Member of Parliament (MP), Sam George Nartey, following his claims that some anonymous Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQI) have vowed to unseat him in the partys next parliamentary primaries if he continues to attack them.   According to a statement issued by the Constituency Deputy Communications Officer, Shehu Usman Mohammed, Samuel George Narteys claim that unknown LGBTQI rea...

Yes, that is what under normal circumstances should be the case, but what needs to be pointed out is the fact that the current structure of parliament which makes it more or less a blockade to the party in government can equally become a dangerous recipe for bribery and corruption. First of all, the legislature has not been able to satisfactorily purge itself of the corruption perception the public has held about it over the years which has been underscored by some allegations by not just its ...

Our findings highlight the need for education about the risks of consuming meat from sick or dead animals and the benefits of livestock vaccination, increased healthcare provider awareness, and evaluation of accessibility to anthrax treatment. These findings support ongoing efforts in Ghana to coordinate human and livestock anthrax reporting and to improve and expand diagnostic capacity. Dr. Blackburn is an associate professor of medical geography in global health and principal investigator at ...

+ Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, says it was unconstitutional for the police to close the offices of the LGBTQ+ community in Ashongman, Accra.  Speaking in Parliament, he stated that although the practice of LGBTQ+ activities is illegal, the country does not forbid freedom of association or advocacy. Mahama Ayariga said members of the LGBTQ+ per the constitution have the freedom of speech and thus can express their unpopular opinions without facing backlash or consequences. He added that th...

The NDC Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has said the National Communications Officer of the NDC Sammy Gyamfi overstepped his boundaries in his attack on the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin.

It is pending before the Accra High Court, Financial Division. The prosecution has called its first witness who has since testified, been cross examined and discharged. Hearing of the case will resume on March 21, 2021 for the prosecution to call its next witness. Publication of cases by OSP The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is required by section 3(3) of Act 959 of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Act, 2017 to publish the list of corruption cases investigated and prosecuted and t...

You Had No Basis To Attack Bagbin - Mahama Ayariga Tells Sammy Gyamfi