Новости за 24.09.2019

President Akufo-Addo has stated that the 2020 elections will not disturb the peace of the country. He said although the political atmosphere was going to get ldquo;hotter and hotter rdquo;, that would in no way plunge the country into confusion. He said despite the negative picture some people posted on social media about the threat to peace, everything was standing in Ghana. ldquo;We haven rsquo;t broken down, the country is still in one piece, rdquo; he said. The President ...

The Executive Director of settle Ghana, a non-governmental organization, Mr. Abu Karimu has asked the government of Ghana to enact into law the Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) principle to enable whole communities in the country that have natural resources to constitutionally claim their rights in the FPIC negotiations. FPIC, which is the principle that an indigenous community has the right to give or withhold consent to proposed projects that may affect their land, natural reso ...

Motorists in the Volta Region are getting more and more impatient about what they say is government rsquo;s delay in continuing road projects, which were abandoned after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) took up government. Numerous road projects under the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration were put on hold by the current government, pending the results of audits to ascertain whether due processes were followed in the award of those contracts. In addition, ...

The Northern Accra Diocese of Methodist Church, Ghana has called on parents to instill good Christian values in the children to become responsible citizens. According to the church, a shared responsibility on the part of parents build a better home, society and country. Speaking on the theme; 39;Time With Parents; Discipling the child, what are we missing as parents 39;, Rev Edmund Yirenkyi Fianko, a Methodist Minister at the Trinity Society Church, Madina Estates said Alt ...

Coconut plantation farmers at Bronyikrom in the Wassa East District have pledged to support the International Coconut Festival, Ghana, scheduled for 24th to 26th September at the Accra International Conference Centre. Welcoming a delegation of the organisers and officials from the Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA), Chief Farmer, Nana Fiagbedu, called on government to support coconut farmers in the district who risk losing their land to rubber investors. He said coconut p ...

The writing is on the wall: rich countries, whose wealth and progress is at the cost of resource exploitation of conquered nations and the unabated combustion of fossil fuels for energy, must bear the onus of climate action. However, commitments from these governments have been lacking owing to a refusal to acknowledge their moral responsibilities and ecological debt, as well as due to strong lobbying of corporations. As corporations and financial institutions stand to benefit from the status ...

ldquo;The artist may be long gone from earth but when we stand before a piece of his art ndash; be it building, writing, paintings, drawings, etc, we must be able to see the artist still breathing in it, rdquo; said Polypencil, a Ghanaian hyper-realistic artist. In an interview with TheAfricanDream.net Polypencil explained that ldquo;a great artist makes himself immortal by leaving a part of himself in his craft that channels aspirations, joys, tears, fears, and dreams of ...

Major announcements by government and private sector leaders at the United Nations Climate Action Summit boosted climate action momentum, and demonstrated growing recognition that the pace of climate action must be rapidly accelerated. 77 countries committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, while 70 countries announced they will either boost their national action plans by 2020 or have started the process of doing so. Over 100 business leaders delivered concrete actions ...

There rsquo;s anxiety in Alajo, a suburb of Accra, following the arrest of three persons believed to be plotting a takeover of the Akufo-Addo government. The report of the alleged covert activity in the area has also been met with some denial from the residents. Dr. Frederick Yao Mac-Palm and his two other accomplices; Ezor Kafui and Bright Allan Debrah Ofosu, were arrested by security operatives last Friday after a raid on the Citadel Hospital which Dr. Mac-Palm manages. ...

The management of JOSPONG Group of Companies has said government rsquo;s recent takeover of the Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL) over contract breaches is unlawful. According to the company, the facts presented by government for the seizure are inaccurate and a misrepresentation of the terms of the agreement executed between the parties. In a statement copied to Joy News, the company said ldquo; The action by SIGA is ...