Post-harvest losses still a challenge in Ghana- Study
Smallholder farmers in the country still experience as high as 30 percent post-harvest losses, mostly through spoilage and theft, a study titled Smallholder Market Linkages Ghana study has revealed. It noted that, as a result of their inability to access markets, which leads to losses farmers preferred to sell their produce at the farm-gate. Mr […]
Pokuase, Obetsebi Lamptey interchanges to open to traffic by November 2020
Government will in November 2020, open the Obetsebi Lamptey Interchange and the ground road of the Pokuase Interchange to traffic. Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah, the Minister of Roads and Highways said this when he inspected some road projects in the national capital, Accra. He said the Pokuase interchange and its Awoshie-Kwabenya road were 96 per cent […]
Krachi East: Cassava processing factory 97 per cent complete
Mr Patrick Chartey Jilima, Krachi East Municipal Chief Executive has disclosed that works on the cassava processing factory at Adonkwanta is about 97 per cent complete and will soon be operationalised. He said when the facility becomes operationalized, it would encourage a young people to go into agriculture especially the youth in the constituency. Mr […]
EU calls on Ghana to end saiko fishing
The European Union (EU) has called on the Government of Ghana to do everything in its power to end the illegal trade of Saiko before the practice destroy the entire sector. Saiko is a destructive form of illegal fishing, where industrial trawlers target the staple catch of small-scale canoe fishers and transfer it to specially […]
12th October, 2020
The Ghanaian Times is of the opinion that everyone including voters and political parties, owe it a responsibility to collaborate with the EC to conduct a credible election in December. It says it would not be helpful to advise the EC to conduct a credible election without offering support that would lead to a successful […]
Sam George pledges 50,000 votes for John Mahama
Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Mr. Samuel Nartey George, has pledge a minimum of fifty thousand votes for Mr John Dramani Mahama come December 7th 2020. The Ningo Prampram lawmaker made this remark in favour of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Presidential Candidate after filling his nomination forms at the district electoral office in […]
President congratulates PRESEC Legon for winning NSMQ
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated the Presbytarian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), Legon for winning the 2020 edition of the National Maths and Science Quiz (NMSQ) on Thursday. PRESEC defeated the Adisadel College and Opoku Ware Senior High School in a keenly contested grand final staged at the University of Ghana, Legon to […]
Murder of Mfantseman MP: Mfantseman NDC suspends campaigns
The NDC has suspended campaigns in the Mfantseman Constituency until Monday in honour of the death of the sitting NPP Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Candidate and strongly calls on the Police to do everything in their power to apprehend the perpetrators of this heinous crime and let the law deal ruthlessly with them. The […]
Ketu South to give NDC 130,000 votes – Dzifa Gomashie
The National Democratic Congress Parliamentary Candidate for Ketu South, Dzifa Gomashie, has promised to secure not less than 130,000 votes of the total votes, come December 7 general election. According to the former Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Arts in John Mahama’s administrations, she has won in advance but “currently, I’m working hard to […]
9th October,2020
The Daily Graphic entreats the National Identification Authority, NIA, to endeavor to eliminate challenges that have characterized its registration of Ghanaians and non-Ghanaian residents. It says in as much as the Authority has a herculean task of ensuring the smooth implementation of a single identification system. It is imperative it answers all concerns and queries and avoid […]
IGP sends specialized team to Mfantseman
The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. James Oppong-Boanuh has dispatched specialized investigators to Saltpond to solve the alleged robbery incident and murder of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament, Ekow Quansah at Abeadze Dominase in the Central Region. According to a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Madam Sheilla Abayie-Buckman, […]
Mfantseman: President Akufo-Addo expresses NPP MP murder shock
President Akufo-Addo has expressed shock over the murder of the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Ekow Kwansa Hayford, by suspected armed robbers in the early hours of Friday. In a post on Facebook, the President said it is a sad day for Mfantseman and for Mother Ghana. President Akufo-Addo recalled recent encounter with the MP […]
German Government presents vehicles to Ghana Immigration Service
The German Government has presented six pick-ups and a mini bus to the Rapid Response Unit (RRU) of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) to boost its operations against migrant crimes. Mr Kwame Aauah Takyi, the Comptroller-General of Immigration (CGI), said he was confident the vehicles would boost the morale of the officers to respond swiftly […]
Mexico deploys 5,000 soldiers before arrival of dangerous hurricane
Mexico will deploy 5,000 soldiers to the eastern Yucatan Peninsula before the imminent arrival of powerful Hurricane Delta, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday. The US National Hurricane Center said it expected “extremely dangerous” conditions, including a rise in the sea level, high waves, rain and flooding. The category 4 hurricane is due […]
