… gov’t’s freeze on new IPP deals delays production of cheaper and cleaner energy A 1,000MW wind power project, which has secured all the technical permits from the relevant government and district agencies, has stalled due to government’s decision to put a freeze on discussions and issuance of licences for...
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has asked that the directive for the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to reduce its channels on the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform, by the Minister of Communications should be suspended. A statement from the Presidency, issued and signed, by the Director of Communications, Eugene...
In part 1 of this series, I discussed two (2) age categorisation in the legal reasoning of Ghana as sexual age and marital age. The fact that age sixteen (16) can involve in sex but not lawfully permissible to marry-until eighteen (18) years old. In this final part, I will...
The Ghana flagged Tuna Purse Seine vessel called Panofi Frontier that was hijacked by suspected Nigeria pirates in Benin waters on Wednesday at about 1400 hours has been located and guided to the Tema Port by the Ghana Navy. It is reported that there were 30 member crew on board...
In recent times, especially within the last two weeks, the kind of political discourse we have witnessed in Ghana - especially in the media - has not been pleasant, neither does it promote peace. As this year is an election year, based on previous election periods, some of us expected...
The Canadian High Commission is supporting women’s rights organisations with an additional GH¢1.3million to enable them develop effective gender-responsive policies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The project, which falls under the ongoing Canadian Women’s Voice and Leadership Programme, is to help reduce the negative impact of COVID-19 on the rights of...
The Electoral Commission has initiated a queue management system at its registration centres to prevent overcrowding and the breach of anti -COVID-19 social distancing rules by anxious applicants seeking to acquire their Voters Identification card. A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency explained that under the queue management system,...
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has picked former education minister, Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, as his running mate for the 2020 general election. He made the announcement after a closed-door meeting held by the party's National Executive Council. Prof Jane Opoku-Agyemang is currently the...
The Honorary Consulate of Seychelles in Ghana has conducted a commemorative event to celebrate the 44th anniversary of the Declaration of Seychelles Independence. The Honorary Consulate hosted an evening reception at their office located in Osu with members of the diplomatic corps, Seychelles government officials, citizens and special invited...
Today, July 5, 2020, marks the establishment of the 60 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Sixty years of enduring and exemplary relations and cooperation between the two countries is worth celebrating and pondering over. Ghana established diplomatic relations with China shortly after becoming a Republic in July 1960,...