The First Baptist Church, the Wilmington Baptist Assembly of the United States of America, has presented a Gh¢ 24,000.00 water system to the Mpakadan Community, as a gift to commemorate its 200th anniversary. Mpakadan is in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, in the vicinity of the Volta Lake, about 15 minutes’ drive off […]
A new International Labour Organization (ILO) report has found about 168 million children are engaged in child labour around the world. The report shows the need for coherent policies to tackle child labour and the lack of decent jobs for the youth. The ILO report, prepared for the World Day against Child Labour, said around […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for increased and regular blood donations from voluntary unpaid donors in order to save millions of lives globally each year. In a statement ahead of World Blood Donor Day on June 14, the WHO said transfusion of blood and blood products help patients suffering from life-threatening conditions to […]
Developing countries face a series of tough challenges in 2015, including the looming prospect of higher borrowing costs as they adapt to a new era of low prices for oil and other key commodities, resulting in a fourth consecutive year of disappointing economic growth this year, says the World Bank Group s latest Global Economic […]
The first Vietnamese Trade Mission to Ghana would arrive in the country for a two-day visit from the June 15-June 16 to explore business opportunities. The trade mission is being organised by Ghana-Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and Association of Ghanaian […]
The European Union (EU) Ambassador, Mr William Hanna, has expressed worry about the maternal and infant mortality in Ghana. Speaking at Kandema in the Builsa North District of the Upper East during a durbar, he said statistics on maternal and infant mortality are worrying and something need to be done to reverse the trend. “Ghana’s […]
Dmitry Suslov, Russian Ambassador, says his government would do its utmost best to advance the relations with Ghana. He said the government of Russia is satisfied with the atmosphere of mutual understanding between the two countries and would continue to deepen such dialogue. Mr Suslov said this during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of […]
The European Union (EU) has resume budget support disbursements to Ghana and is expected to release €161.38 million. The support is aimed at four areas: €105.63 million to support implementation of the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda II, the national development plan for 2014-2017. The EU would release €1.25 million to support the Ministry […]
The Media Zone Authority in Abu Dhabi has announced that the sixth edition of the Abu Dhabi Media Summit will be held from 5-7 April, 2016. Powered by twofour54, the topics and the agenda for the Summit as well as key speakers of the event would be announced in the coming period and will be […]
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has committed 5.5 million dollars to the implementation of a five-year capacity building programme for fisheries and coastal management project in Ghana. The project, which is being implemented by the University of Cape Coast’s (UCC) Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (DFAS) started in October 2014, and […]
