Ghana Terror Attack -Ghana has been tipped to experience possible terror attacks according to the United Kingdom. On Thursday, August 3, The UK recently graced her website with some travel advice indicating that terrorists are likely to carry out attacks in Ghana. The said travel advice cautioned tourists and travellers to be mindful of the Gold … Read more
Western governments are warning their citizens against travelling to nearly all of the southern third of the Philippines, citing the rising threats of terror attacks and kidnappings by Islamist militants. Fresh alerts from Britain, Canada and Australia were released this week after President Rodrigo Duterte extended military rule across the southern region of Mindanao until … Read more
The Canadian government has strengthened its commitment towards boosting Ghana’s food security by injecting 125 million Canadian Dollars into the nation’s agricultural sector. This timely intervention is expected to support the reintroduced ‘Planting for food and jobs’ program. Canada’s Minister for International Development and La Francophonie, Marie Claude-Bibeau announced the package at the launch of … Read more
The Canadian government on Friday issued an official apology and paid damages to a former Guantanamo detainee who was captured in Afghanistan at the age of 15 and had pleaded guilty to killing a US soldier. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale refused to disclose the amount paid to Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen who was … Read more
Canada is set to apologize and award millions of dollars of compensation to a former Guantanamo detainee who was captured in Afghanistan at the age of 15 and detained for 13 years, according to reports. Omar Khadr will receive at least Can$10 million ($8 million US) from the federal government for the treatment he was … Read more
The United States slapped a new anti-dumping tax on Canadian softwood lumber, the latest escalation in a trade dispute that began with an initial set of duties on exports from America’s northern neighbor. The US Commerce Department announced preliminary findings from an anti-dumping probe that Canadian lumber was 7.72 to 4.59 percent below normal prices. … Read more
A Minister of State at the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Dr Nurah Gyiele, has urged residents to help guard against smuggling of fertilisers meant for the Planting for Food & Jobs programme in the North. Dr Gyiele was worried about the possibility of individuals smuggling these fertilisers for re-sale in neighbouring countries as government … Read more
The Canadian High Commissioner in Accra, Ms Heater Cameron, has cut the sod for the construction of an agro-processing factory at Kwaso in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The establishment of the factory feeds into two policies of the government: the Planting For Food and Jobs and One-District, One-Factory. The project is expected … Read more
Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government Thursday for rejecting the protection bids of a group of refugees who sheltered him while he was hiding out in the city. The impoverished Philippine and Sri Lankan refugees helped the former National Security Agency contractor evade authorities in 2013 by hiding him in … Read more
A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city’s authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer said Monday. The impoverished Philippine and Sri Lankan refugees helped the former National Security Agency contractor evade authorities in 2013 by hiding him in their cramped homes after … Read more
A New York cab driver has been fined $2,500 for swindling migrants fleeing Donald Trump’s America by over-charging for 30-minute taxi rides to the Canadian border, officials said Wednesday. Christopher Crowningshield from upstate New York charged vulnerable customers up to $300 for a trip that would normally cost $50-75, said state attorney general Eric Schneiderman. … Read more
As Ghana steps up efforts to avert food insecurity, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has launched a five year flagship program dubbed “Planting for Food and Jobs”. The campaign which is designed to encourage the citizens, both urban and rural to take up farming as full business, would employ more than 750,000 people. … Read more
World Vision Ghana, an international NGO, has constructed a GH¢75,000 gari processing plant at Agyina in the Kintampo South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region. The facility, funded by the Canadian government through Global Affairs of Canada, is to enable the people in the predominantly cassava growing community to add value to their produce and reduce … Read more
The US government doesn’t have a clear idea of what NAFTA covers, a business body representing several big North American multinationals said on Tuesday after Washington picked a trade fight with Canada. The Canadian American Business Council took umbrage at a comment by US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross that NAFTA wasn’t “functioning properly,” allegedly because … Read more
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), has announced a total of GH¢450 million to, among other initiatives, support the government’s ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme. The fund, according to Mr. Daniel Asiedu, Managing Director of the Bank, is expected to meet the payment requirements for the agro inputs supplied to beneficiaries under the programme and … Read more
The Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) has announced a total of GH450 million to among other initiatives support the government’s ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ programme. The fund, according to Daniel Asiedu, Managing Director of the Bank, is expected to meet the payment requirements for the agro-inputs supplied to beneficiaries under the programme and also support … Read more
Canada announced new sanctions against Syria on Friday targeting officials and entities linked to the use of chemical weapons. The measure follows an initial round of sanctions announced last week, Canada’s first against Syria and its president, Bashar al-Assad, since 2014, when a conservative government was in office in Ottawa. The United States — which … Read more
THERE is no denying the fact that agriculture is the mainstay of Ghana’s economy. The sector employs about sixty (60) per cent of the country’s total workforce. THROUGH agriculture we are able to export cash crops like cocoa and cashew nuts as well as palm oil to other countries, the earnings from which go to … Read more
THERE is no denying the fact that agriculture is the mainstay of Ghana’s economy. The sector employs about sixty (60) per cent of the country’s total workforce. THROUGH agriculture we are able to export cash crops like cocoa and cashew nuts as well as palm oil to other countries, the earnings from which go to … Read more
The “One District One Factory” programme will be launched In June this year with the start of work on 10 new factories. The National Coordinator of the ‘One District, One Factory’ secretariat Mrs Gifty Ohene-Konadu announced this at a media briefing last Wednesday, confirming that the secretariat had received the GHC450million earmarked in the 2017 … Read more