Ghana registers more foreign trawlers as its fisheries teeter on brink of collapse
Three new Chinese owned trawlers have docked at Tema Port, registered under the Ghanaian flag awaiting licensing by the Fisheries Commission to operate on the Ghanaian waters, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working to protect the environment, has revealed. This, it said was against the 2012 moratorium on new industrial […]
COVID-19: Immunity to coronaviruses may last just six months, says new study
Immunity to reinfection from human coronaviruses may last only six months, according to a study from the University of Amsterdam. It casts doubt over the practicality of introducing “immunity passports”, which some governments want to issue to COVID-19 survivors on the assumption they can’t be reinfected and are free to help the economy get back […]
MP describes COVID-19 recovered patients as heroes
The Member of Parliament for Nabdam has called on the general public to celebrate coronavirus recovered patients and accept them into the society. The MP, Dr. Mark Kurt Nawaane in a statement on the ‘stigmatisation, discrimination and fear of recovered Covid-l9 patients’ made on the floor of Parliament on 27th May 2020 said, “these recovered […]
“Epidemic” of violence against women and children
Children are not the face of the COVID-19 pandemic which has raged the world since December, 2019 but they risk being among its biggest victims. While they have thankfully been largely spared from the direct health effects of COVID-19 at least to date the crisis is having a profound effect on their wellbeing according to […]
African governments asked to deploy resources for women engaged in agricultural activities
The Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa, AGRA is calling on Governments in Africa, the development community, and the private sector, to urgently deploy resources to assist women access resources necessary to conduct agricultural activities. This is to cushion their small businesses to avoid collapse and amplify their voices throughout this pandemic, to attract targeted […]
COCOBOD initiates reward package for security officers who intercept smuggled cocoa beans
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has initiated a reward package for border security agencies who intercept smuggled cocoa beans into neighbouring countries. Two thirds of proceeds derived from seized products shall be given to officers who intercept the smuggled goods. The move is to motivate the security agencies to curb smuggling of Ghana’s cocoa which […]
Coronavirus: Parts of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis to be locked down from May 28
The Central Business District, the market circle, Ebirewfomu second-hand shoe and cloth market, old Axim station and other major markets in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region are set to be closed to business from Tomorrow May 28. This decision was taken at an emergency joint Security Council meeting by the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, […]
New locusts swarms ‘threaten food security in East Africa’
New swarms of locusts are increasing the risk of food insecurity for millions of people in East and Central Africa who are already reeling from the impact of Covid-19 and flooding, humanitarian agency Oxfam has said in a new report. Locust invasions in recent months are estimated to have destroyed thousands of hectares of crops […]
Minnesota: Violent clashes over death of black man in police custody
There have been violent clashes between police and protesters in the US city of Minneapolis following the death of an unarmed black man in police custody. Police fired tear gas and protesters threw rocks and sprayed graffiti on police cars. Video of the death shows George Floyd, 46, groaning “I can’t breathe” as a policeman […]
Atebubu: All 37 Covid-19 Samples test negative
The Atebubu Amanten District Director of Health Service, Jacob Munupka, has revealed that 37 Samples tested for Covid19 since March proved negative. The District has in response stepped up its Enhanced Surveillance, with particular focus on people coming into the enclave, with the aim of picking up possible cases of Covid-19. Mr. Munupka was Speaking […]
Indigenous Seed Oils From Our Local Environment
Adam was created by God and kept in a garden signifying that, all man needs to survive and stay healthy is the environment. It is against this backdrop that, a 42-year-old businessman and a 2010 graduate from the University for Development Studies (UDS) with the knowledge in his development studies and a passion for studying […]
Vice President Bawumia donates to street children and cured lepers
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has donated food items to the Christ the King Soup Kitchen and Leprosariums. The Vice President, who regularly supports both the Christ the King Soup Kitchen and Weija Leprosarium, made the donation as part of his humanitarian gestures towards the needy and less privileged. Dr. Bawumia donated 300 bags […]
All set for first ever Agriculture E-Summit in Upper West
All is set for the first ever Agriculture E-Summit to be hosted in the Upper West Region. The E-Summit to be hosted on social media apps like Zoom and Facebook is expected to whip up the interest of young people towards venturing into agriculture. Speaking to Radio Ghana at Wa, the Upper West Regional Director […]
Wa: Police say yet to record Covid-19 case
The Upper West Regional Police Command says it is yet to record any case of the Coronavirus. It also said that no police officer or inmate in the police cells has been quarantined because of suspicion of the COVID-19 infection. Speaking to the media at a brief ceremony before the disinfection of police stations and […]
