Government has been urged to work to ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 190 to fight violence and harassment at workplaces and protect the dignity and integrity of workers. Action Aid Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organization through its Activista Ghana, youth group, Upper East Regional chapter, made the call as part of the celebration of the International Labour Month. The […]

Mr Stephen Yakubu, the Upper East Regional Minister, has called on the Muslim community to instill God’s awareness and love for one another in the children and youth, to promote national unity and peaceful coexistence. He made the call when he joined Muslims in Bolgatanga, the regional capital to commemorate this year’s Eid-ul-Fitr. Mr Yakubu said the period of Ramadan […]

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has said it is not conducting any protocol recruitment and that the public should ignore such recruitment on social media. “The attention of Management has been drawn to a protocol recruitment scam on Facebook purporting that the GNFS is recruiting people into the Service. We are not conducting any protocol recruitment,” it said. A […]

Two persons, who attempted to rob a shop owner at the Kaneshie Social Welfare area have, been sentenced to a total jail term of 26 years imprisonment in hard labour by an Accra Circuit Court. Chardi Nkrumah, a 28-year-old cleaner was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in absentia whiles his accomplice, Emmanuel Yartey, was sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by […]

The Fiapre Traditional Council in the Sunyani West Municipality has taken steps to protect streams in the town from pollution and contamination. The Council has therefore started desilting streams in the area, including; ‘Atta Dei Kofi’, a stream which was polluted by some individuals with waste water through directed pipelines from their houses. Speaking in an interview with the Ghana […]