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RLG boils as management forces workers to resign

Hundreds of workers at RLG, a Ghanaian-owned technology company, are up in arms against management over a threat to dismiss them if they do not resign. Meanwhile, management has maintained a deafening silence on workers GHC500 monthly salary which has been in arrears for two years. The Agams Holding Limited, …

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Budget not large enough to supply free fertilizer – Majority

The Majority in Parliament has stated that the budget is simply not large enough to supply free fertilizer to every cocoa farmer across the country. The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, William Quaitoo indicated that the free fertilizer is being done based on equity. “The budget is simply not large enough …

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June 3 disaster: Business activities yet to return to disaster scene – Traders

Some traders at the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra, have decried the slow pace of business activities in the area; two years after disaster struck that part of the national capital. According to the victims, the 2015 twin disaster, which claimed over 150 lives, has left the places near the …

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No plastic rice in Ghanaian market – FDA

The past week has seen the FDA face many questions on the edibility of rice on the market, especially after some videos on social media claimed plastic rice are being sold to Ghanaians. However, speaking at a press conference on Friday, Mrs Darko revealed that laboratory tests so far conducted …

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Plastic Rice Hits Ghanaian Market

A new fear that has gripped the hearts of the people of Ghana is the fear about the quality of the rice. In a state where rice is the staple diet, the stories about plastic rice has sparked panic among the masses. Though the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has …

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Minority dares Cocobod CEO to come public on Stabilisation Fund

The Minority in Parliament is challenging the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Aidoo, to make public funds accrued so far under the Cocoa Stabilisation Fund. The Fund, according to the Minority, was introduced during the tenure of John Dramani Mahama – precisely in October, 2014 …

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Policy interventions lowering cost of doing business – Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the policy measures introduced by his government over the last five months have begun yielding the desired effects on the growth of the Ghanaian economy. According to President Akufo-Addo, his government, upon assuming the reins of office on 7th January, …

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40,000 Cocoa farmers to receive GH¢2.4m bonuses.

Forty thousand cocoa farmers nationwide are to be paid bonuses totalling GH¢2,338,976 during the 2016/2017 cocoa season. The bonuses, to be paid by Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Limited, a local company and subsidiary of Barry Callebaut Group, a leading manufacturer of chocolate and cocoa products, forms part of the company’s sustainability …

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Chemical for fall army worm is not effective-farmers

Farmer Base Organisation FBO(Boafo Farmers Association) at new Jejeti  in Atiwa district of the eastern region, President Mr. James Kissi  has stated that, recommended chemicals for farmers by government to fight fall army worm is not effective. Mr. Kissi speaking to Radio 1 on Agric Programme dubbed “Ghana  Akuafo “, …

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Crude Oil production declined in 2016

Crude Oil production recorded a decline of 13 per cent in 2016 despite the fact that Ghana’s second major oil production field, the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) Field came on stream. The TEN Field came on stream in August 2016 and actually contributed 16 per cent to the annual production, but it …

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