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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has noted in a paper that women are at risk of suffering more than men from the trade disruption generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the reasons for this is that a larger share of women work in sectors and types of firms that have been particularly hard-hit by the pandemic, the WTO said. They stated: “Women make up a larger share of the workforce in the manufacturing sectors, such as textiles, apparel, footwear and telecommunication products that experienced some of the largest falls in export growth during the first months of the pandemic.…

Even with an economist as the vice president, the present Akufo-Addo administration has performed badly in the management of the Ghanaian economy compared to the administration of former President John Agyekum Kufuor who had a contractor as his vice president, Ibrahim Murtala Mohammed, a former Member of Parliament for Nandon, has said. He told Johnnie Hughes on TV3′ New Day Wednesday August 12 that a president does not necessarily need a vice who has economics background in order to perform. To that end, he said, the choice of Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang as running mate to Mr John Mahama…

The Dynamic Youth Movement of Ghana (DYMOG) has proposed an amendment to Article 62 (b) and other relevant constitutional provisions to reduce the age limit to at least 35 years to qualify to run for the position of a presidentin Ghana. According to Article 62 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, a person shall not be qualified for election as the president of Ghana unless: (a) he/she is a citizen of Ghana by birth. (b) he/she has attained the age of forty years; But DYMOG said this must change. The youth group in a statement to mark the 2020 International…

The number of COVID-19 active cases in Ghana has dropped significantly, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has announced. According to the GHS, Ghana currently has 2,134 active cases from a total of 41,404 infections recorded nationwide with 192 new cases recorded. Total number of recoveries/discharges stand at 39,055 with the death toll still at 215. Six persons however, are in critical condition, 20 remain severe while four have been put on ventilators. “A total of 192 new cases were reported on August 8, 2020. These are samples that were taken from the period 29 July to 7 August 2020… but…

Minister of Education Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has indicated that as part of government measures to improve on the quality of basic education in the country, the number of trained teachers supplied to the schools have been increased. The percentage of trained teachers, he added, has also been improved to 88 per cent at the Primary level. He further said that since the current government took office in January 2017, it has employed a total of 66,357 teaching and non-teaching staff in the pre-tertiary sector as of the end of 2019. Touting the achievements of the Akufo-Addo administration in the…

A report on the effect of the coronavirus on food supply in Africa which was compiled by the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, (AGRA) has revealed that stock trends showed a general decrease in commodity stocks across most countries except in Ghana and Togo, where there was an increase in wheat stocks, albeit marginal in Ghana. The report, which focused on the month of June, noted that food supply and consumption trends in West Africa indicate that consumption levels were generally lower than supplies during the month, thus implying that most countries had a food surplus during the…

A report by the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has noted that despite efforts by different actors such as governments and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on the African continent to keep trade of essential goods and services uninterrupted during the containment measures of the coronavirus, the experiences have shown that food trade and other essential services were also affected. The operations, functioning and efficiency of food markets, according to the report,  have also severely suffered due to the Covid-19 pandemic and containment measures. “Food trade, particularly logistics of moving food from the strategic surplus region and deficit areas…

Former Ghanaian high jump athlete, Ignisious Gaisah, has said he was not appreciated by Ghanaians, hence his decision to naturalized to become a Dutch. He told TV3 Tuesday August 11 that he was not getting the maximum support he needed from Ghanaians and the sports authorities. He said : “Whenever you compete in sports for [Ghana] and you are not getting the necessary support that you are suppose to get meanwhile you are competing with other people from different countries and you know the kind of support they are getting. “…in order for athletes not to go out of the…

The Governance Research Bureau, in collaboration with Media Generals Election Command Centre, says the NDC can win the 2020 elections if they increase their average votes in their strongholds by 115,000. For the NPP, they need to increase their average votes in the swing regions by 450,000 to clinch victory, according to the Bureau. This winning formula was prescribed by Dr. Kwame Asah Asante and Dr. Ezekiel Nii Nortey, both resource persons from the Governance Research Bureau, while discussing the 2020 elections from the perspectives of political science and statistics on TV3’s Election Watch programme last Sunday. The formula is…

Each day, we mask up and step out – hoping to return in peace, at a time the Coronavirus disease is claiming lives. Using our masks and other protective equipment could however have serious consequences for the environment. Multiple expert papers have confirmed such waste materials could be infectious. For hospitals and other health centres, it is a rigorous and deliberate exercise to dispose off Covid-19 waste. At home, it is a matter of doing it the way you want to,  just like up and coming musician, Faxio. “After wearing my mask for the day, I take it off and…