POLITICS

With effect from April 5, 2024, the farmgate price given to cocoa farmers in Ghana has increased significantly by 58.26% to GH¢33,120 per tonne for the 2023–2024 harvest season. The resolution attempts to stop bean smuggling and divide earnings from rising worldwide prices. Due to disease and unfavorable weather in …

After serving for a year, Mr. Bernard Aborkugya Mensah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Krachi East, passed away. According to a report by Ghana News Agency, the MCE was giving a matriculation address at the Dambai College of Education on Friday morning when he suddenly passed out. He was …

In the Asante Mampong Constituency, police have arrested a National Democratic Congress branch youth organizer’s wife on suspicion of fatally stabbing him. After his partner reportedly stabbed him after a furious argument, Osei Akoto, a teacher in his 40s, passed away from his wounds when he arrived at the hospital. …

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has pledged to turn Ghana into a pharmaceutical powerhouse for West Africa. In an effort to provide additional light on his plans for the sector and the country, Dr. Bawumia made these remarks during a campaign …

Former President John Mahama has stated that the Ministry of Sanitation is useless. Hence, on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at a special public lecture at the Wisconsin International University College in Accra, the leader of the main opposition National Democratic Congress declared that, should he win the December 2024 elections, …

Ghanaian voters are generally unhappy with the country’s course, with the majority of respondents complaining that it is going in the wrong way, according to a recent Global InfoAnalytics opinion survey conducted for the first quarter of 2024. According to the survey, 65% of voters are worried that Ghana is …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the electricity distributor, has been reported by the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) to the sector minister for noncompliance with a load management plan. The systems manager told the Minister in a letter that 3News was able to view that ECG had repeatedly disregarded …

Joseph Abuabu Dadzie has been appointed by President Akufo-Addo as the acting chief executive officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), with effect from Thursday, May 2, 2024. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Dadzie was the company’s Deputy Chief Executive (DCE), overseeing business development, strategy, and commerce functions. After …

The parliamentary minority is calling for a swift increase in cocoa’s farm-gate price. The Minority claims that prices for cocoa have skyrocketed globally recently, reaching an all-time high of $10,000 per ton. The COCOBOD Management has approved the purchase of fifteen (15) iPad keyboards for its Board of Directors, at …

The recent power supply issues that have resulted in unexpected load shedding nationwide have prompted the Energy Committee of Parliament to organize a thorough discussion with all significant players in the power chain. The meeting is slated for Saturday, April 6, 2024, and is expected to include participation from the …