NBSSI Proposes Cassava Factory For Ho
The Volta Regional Office of the National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) has proposed the establishment of a cassava processing plant in the Ho Municipality in line with government’s...
Tag: Ghana News Agency
Living With Riches But Still Poor
A GNA feature by Julius K. Satsi Accra, Jan. 10, GNA - The discovery of natural mineral resources has brought a lot of blessings to many countries, as well as bottlenecks. Countries like Finland with...
Declining Poverty Eradication Among Children Need Attention
A GNA feature by Priscilla S. Djentuh Accra Jan. 9, GNA - A report by the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS6) carried nationwide in 18,000 households in 1,200 enumeration areas from October 2012 to...
The Danger of Abusing Tramadol For Pain Management
A GNA feature by Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA Accra, Jan. 9, GNA - Tramadol hydrochloride is one of the group of medicines called centrally acting analgesics which are used for the relief of moderate...
Declining Poverty Eradication Among Children Need Attention
A report by the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS6) carried nationwide in 18,000 households in 1,200 enumeration areas from October 2012 to October 2013, revealed that a quarter of Ghanaians are...
Vodafone Scholars Girls Camp Ends In Accra
Vodafone Ghana’s three-day scholar’s camp for girls has been held at the Labone Secondary School in Accra. The event was organised by Vodafone Foundation as part of its efforts to empower young...
‘I Need To See President Akufo-Addo Urgently’
Thousands of Ghanaians attended the Investiture of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with the obvious expectation of fulfilling some personal desires, thus for 10--year-old Samuel Nii Ayitey Bruce, his...
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Trial Shows Positive Prospects
An experimental Ebola vaccine was highly protective against the deadly virus in a major trial in Guinea. The vaccine is the first to prevent infection from one of the most lethal known pathogens, and...
Ghanaians Throng Independence Square For Inaugural Ceremony
Thousands of Ghanaians, both old and young, on Saturday thronged the Independence Square, Accra, to witness the swearing in ceremony of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice-President Dr...
Some Legacies of the Fourth Republic
When Ghana returned to constitutional rule and adopted multi-party democracy as a preferred system of governance in 1992, Ghanaians of adult suffrage on December 7, 1992, elected their incumbent Head...
NPP Supporters Rush For Onaapo Cloth
Traders say people have been buying the products more than any other cloth recently New clothes to celebrate the electoral victory of President-Elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his inauguration...
NPP Education Policy Must Focus On Dropouts, Too
One of the issues that convinced me that the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress (NDC) government stood to have achieved next to nothing by the end of its 4-year tenure, had to do with the...
My New Year Resolutions
Accra, Jan. 3, GNA - On the last day of every year, most people reflect on what they were able to achieve and what they could not. So in the beginning of every New Year, no matter the loss or gains...
La General Hospital Records Six Births On New Year
The Maternity Ward of the La General Hospital have recorded six new births made up of four males and two females, Mrs Sarah Okpoli, the Senior Midwifery Officer (SMO) told the Ghana News Agency on...
DRF Coalition Urges Incoming Government To Address Disability Concerns
The Disability Right Fund (DRF) coalition has called on the incoming government to review the Disability Act to conform to international standards and ensure the full realisation of rights of Persons...
Highlights of Major Economic News For 2016
Ghana Revenue Authority holds forum on income tax law The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has held a stakeholders forum to help clarify some misconceptions about the new income tax law. The forum...
Ghanaians Devise Mechanisms To Deal With the Harmattan
The harmattan season has pushed many Ghanaians to adopt innovative methods to manage the weather with the wearing of heavy clothing, applying body moisturisers, and reducing the intake of chilled...
Dealers In Ho Blame Social Media
Owners of gift shops and dealers in Christmas and seasonal cards are blaming social media for recording a drop in sales this year. Shop attendants in some shops visited by the Ghana News Agency were...
Shea Butter Dealers Expect Boom In Sales
Dealers in shea butter say they smell a boom in business next month as the harmattan has started. They said, the rise in patronage of shea butter popularly known as “nkuto” occured during every...
Chief of Ningo Calls For Unity In the Area
Nene Tei Doku Agudah Huago IV, the newly installed Paramount Chief of Ningo, has called on the indigenes of the town to unite for the progress and the development of the area. He said development has...