The leadership of the Committee for Joint Action (CJA) has petitioned the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the management and affairs of the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP).

The government has been advised to rethink the creation of more districts so as not to bring a strain on the national coffers, particularly the District Assembly Common Fund (DACF).

The liquidation of Ghana Airways Limited (GAL) which began in June 2005 is nearing completion, according to the Minister of Aviation, Miss Gloria Afua Akuffo.

On Wednesday, the National Board for Professional and Technician Examinations (NABPTEX) organized a workshop in Accra to introduce its operations to non-university private tertiary institutions.

Fifty-three and half (53.5) percent of private tertiary institutions, which advertised in newspapers during the first quarter of 2008 were unaccredited.

Mrs. Angelina Baiden-Amissah, Deputy Minister in charge of Pre-Tertiary Education has announced an internal repatriation strategy to send back all young migrants who have travelled from rural areas to Accra in search of greener pastures.

Pregnant women receiving antenatal care at government hospitals will no longer pay a cedi for the services.

As Liberian refugees are expressing their willingness to return and contribute to the development process in Liberia, the momentum for repatriation has increased.  During the past few weeks, the Liberian Government through the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC), in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has assisted in the ...

A new agreement signed between the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Ghana aims to boost the West African nation's economic development and bolster its standing with the international business community.

I wish to draw your attention to a systematic discrimination and human right abuse by officials of the Visa Section of the British High Commission in Ghana.

There have been accusations and counter accusations between supporters of two aspirants to the Atiwa constituency seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Mrs. Elizabeth Salamatu Forgor, the former district chief executive of Bole who stood unopposed as the parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bole-Bamboi constituency, has debunked speculations that she has stepped down as the parliamentary candidate.

In January of this year the popular brothel known as "Soldier Bar," at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, was raided, followed by the arrest of more than 160 mostly teenage prostitutes. Although the women taken into custody were registered into rehabilitation programs, today they are now back on the streets. 60 of the 160 confessed to being younger than 16; evidence of the need to end an ...

Mr. Sam Okudzeto a renowned legal practitioner has reiterated the underlining principle that Ghanaians with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as any other Ghanaian.

The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI), established by the Open Society Initiative of West Africa (OSIWA) is organising a Research Methodology course for Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Ghana from May 23 and 24 2008.

It would certainly be fun and games in the coming weeks as the two main rivals - NDC and NPP - in this year's electoral contest preen and strut about to attract the electorate.

Claude Le Roy will end his two-year spell with the Black Stars on May 30 following the Ghana Football Association's decision to abrogate the Frenchman's contract.

The Ghana Football Association has acknowledged receiving a request by Renard Herve, a member of the technical team of the Black Stars to take up a coaching job with Zambia.

At the launch of the NDC Campaign, John Dramani Mahama, the running mate of Professor Mills, asked Ghanaians to reject a comparison of records of the NPP and the (P)NDC in government as a basis for deciding which party to vote for.

Mawuli Dake looks at the ways in which women are being locked out of the democratic processes in Ghana and argues that societies "cannot claim to be committed to the principles and ideals of democracy and the universal values of equality" if groups within are marginalized.

When the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) at the national level, after the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government had experimented with it on a pilot basis, many were the Ghanaians who were sceptical about its success. As a result of this mentality, most people refused to register with the scheme. But, after continuous education, ...

THE Regional Minister, Mr. Anthony Evans Amoah, has said that a total of 89 kilometres of roads,leading to cocoa communities in the Sehwi-Juaboso District of the region, would be constructed, and tarred by the close of this year.

The following words were used to publicise it in a press ad yesterday: "The NDC invites you to come share our vision of a better Ghana."

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loan Centre, Mr. Lawrence Prempeh, has revealed that his outfit has so far disbursed GH¢18.3 million to 30,000 beneficiaries across the country.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Stephen Asamoah- Boateng, has noted that the election ahead of us should not be used to fabricate untruths about the state of the nation.