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Fishermen at Sekondi in the Western Region believe the intent of the closed season for fishing could only be achieved if it covered trawler operators as well. The closed season as explained by government and fisheries commission over the period is to allow respite to replenish the depleting fish stock in Ghana’s sea. But the fishermen say the activities of trawlers among other unprofessional practices damage fingerlings, hence the need that they are also banned. Government of Ghana spearheaded by the ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) proposed a close season in last year, 2018 but fishermen across board…

Fishermen at Sekondi in the Western Region believe the intent of the closed season for fishing could only be achieved if it covered trawler operators as well. The closed season as explained by government and fisheries commission over the period is to allow respite to replenish the depleting fish stock in Ghana’s sea. But the fishermen say the activities of trawlers among other unprofessional practices damage fingerlings, hence the need that they are also banned. Government of Ghana spearheaded by the ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MOFAD) proposed a close season in last year, 2018 but fishermen across board…

Opposition leader Juan Guaidó is appealing to the military for support[/caption] Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro claimed to have defeated what he called a military coup attempt by the opposition leader, Juan Guaidó. Dozens of National Guardsmen sided with the opposition in clashes on Tuesday that injured more than 100 people. But in a defiant TV address, President Maduro said Mr Guaidó had failed to turn the military against him. Mr Guaidó insists that Mr Maduro has lost control of the armed forces, and that a peaceful transition is at hand. The opposition leader appealed for his supporters to take to…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has some of highest rates of sexual violence in the world. But a new approach is trying to tackle this by encouraging men to confront and question their toxic masculinity. Moises Bagwiza is one of the men who now reflects with regret on his past, and his recollections of how he treated and raped his wife, Jullienne, are frank, graphic and disturbing. “Sex with her was like fighting. I didn’t care what she was wearing – I would just tear it all off,” he says. In a modest bungalow in the quiet village of Rutshuru,…

The Democratic Republic of Congo has some of highest rates of sexual violence in the world. But a new approach is trying to tackle this by encouraging men to confront and question their toxic masculinity. Moises Bagwiza is one of the men who now reflects with regret on his past, and his recollections of how he treated and raped his wife, Jullienne, are frank, graphic and disturbing. “Sex with her was like fighting. I didn’t care what she was wearing – I would just tear it all off,” he says. In a modest bungalow in the quiet village of Rutshuru,…

Tema-based Delhi Public School (DPS), received a total of 26 medals, the highest for a single school in the 2019 edition of Toyota Ghana’s Dream Car Art Contest. A total of 12 students were chosen from all participating schools this year for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Best Innovative Concept and Neatest Artwork awards categories. Out of the 12 DPS International students were eight in total, with two of them namely Niyathi Mahesh Shenoy and Adrijaa Pal, winning gold medals, while Bahira Adom won a silver medal. Three out of the rest of the eight namely Raj Mukesh Thakwani, Leticia…

A Canadian $10 bill has won the top prize in an international banknote competition. The bill, featuring Canadian civil rights activist Viola Desmond, beat 15 other banknotes to win the International Bank Note Society award. The Bank of Canada won the award over new currency issued by Switzerland, Norway, Russia and the Solomon Islands. Desmond became the first female Canadian to be featured prominently on a banknote. Queen Elizabeth II, who is the most commonly depicted person on paper money around the world, has long been depicted on Canadian currency. In 2004, women were featured on the back of a…

The Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) is mounting pressure on the government to deal with the teeming unemployment in the country as it prepares for Workers’ Day on May 1. As the nation inches closer to May Day, the mother workers’ union is concerned about the seemingly high unemployment and under-employment rates in Ghana. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise morning show, Director of Research at the TUC Dr. Kwabena Otoo was concerned the labour force does not match the needs of Ghanaians. “We are calling for the expansion of the public sector workforce…there are many villages, there are many towns in…

Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Carlos Ahenkorah, has inspected the progress of work on B5 Plus Limited’s $80 one district one factory (1D1F) steel manufacturing plant project.His visit to the site at Ningo-Prampram on Friday, April 26, 2019, comes eight months after he cut the sod for work to commence on the project. It would be recalled that Mr Ahenkorah was at the site in September 2018 to cut sod for the commencement of work on the project. Eight months later, Mr Ahenkorah arrived at the site so surprised about the rapid rate at which progress has been…