• Mrs Gladys Asmah (middle), Minister of Fisheries, addressing the press when she took her turn at the Meet-the –Press series. With her are Mr Emmanuel Quaye (left), Chief Director of the Ministry of Fisheries, and Mr Frank Agyekum, Deputy Minister of Information and National Orientation.
The Ministry of Fisheries has defended itself against claims that it has permitted pair trawling and also registered foreign vessels to fish in Ghanaian waters. [Read more]
The Ministry of Education, Science and Sports has suspended all its projects in the Bawku Municipality in the Upper East Region, due to the volatile nature of the conflict in the area. [Read more][
The Greater Accra Regional Tribunal has sentenced a man, Kwasi Ntim Gyakari, to a 12-year jail term for attempting to export a parcel containing 232 grammes of cannabis by post to the Seychelles. [Read more]
The Ministry of the Interior and the Ghana Police Service have clashed over the setting up of a committee by the Police Administration to act on the Kojo Armah Committee’s Report on the missing cocaine saga. [Read more]
• Prof. Attafuah — Believes prisoners have a right to vote
Fourteen thousand prisoners stand to be disenfranchised in the December elections if the Electoral Commission (EC) does not activate their right to vote. [Read more]