NEWS IN GHANA

It is with utmost regret the Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) reveals that several weeks after it broke the news of the unwarranted abuse and merciless canning which caused bodily harm to nineteen (19) final year students of Annor Adjaye Senior High School at Ezilibo of the Jomoro District of the Western Western Region, no action has been taken by the educational authorities to bring the seven (7) teachers who are alleged to have misconducted themselves by taking such needless action to book.  This revelation comes as a shock after the Western Regional Education Director in the person of Felicia Okai had earlier promised to ensure these teachers are punished for the wrongdoing. “The fact that they have broken the laws there would be repercussions for that. Be rest assured that they would be duly punished”, She stressed while speaking on an Accra based Angel FM’s Anopa Bofo Morning show on Tuesday, May 10 2022. She further hinted that, “we have banned corporal punishment in schoo...

  As all peoples of the world are once again called upon to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the World Health Organization, in observing the 2022 World Health Day, the Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) wishes every Ghanaians in all walks of life, a life of good health and prosperity in all their endeavors. The HRRG is a vibrant non-governmental organization comprising media practitioners, lawyers and human rights activists, advocates and defenders who are committed to bringing to light human rights abuses and ensuring full protection and justice served the abused especially where it concerns children, women, girls and the minority groups in Ghana and beyond. As we celebrate this all important day, we are called to reflect on the very essence of our humanity, good health of mind, body and the environment which finds expression in this year's theme, 'Our Planet, Our Health.' This chosen theme is very much reflective of the fact that, all economies are gradually escaping ...

The president of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors ( GhIS) , Surv. Dr. John Amaglo has called on government to help expedite the process that would lead to the passage of Surveying Council Bill into an act to regulate the surveying profession and practice in the country. According to him, the lack of the Surveying Council Act to regulate the space gives room for a lot of influx of companies and firms who are illegally in operation, a situation which is inimical and an affront to the noble profession and good practice since there’s no legal backing to regulate proper conduct.       “If you have the legal backing to protect practice and profession, then you will have the situation where all foreigners coming to the country would liaise with that Council just like we have the Engineering Council which is protecting the surveyors”. Surv. Dr. John Amaglo made the appeal while addressing journalists at the Annual Press Interaction of the Institution held in Accra on...

  ·          The COVID-19 vaccine jabs are a sophisticated effort by the West to emasculate and recolonize Africa. ·          Madagascar has developed a concoction to cure COVID-19 ·          Dr Kwame Nkrumah had a shrine at the presidency which enabled him run his administration ·          The executive has tabled a motion before the parliament to pave the way for President Nana Akufo Addo to seek a third term. Honestly, what do these screaming headlines have in common? Certainly, few will think through these news items, some indifferent, a few more will completely disregard these claims bursting into laughter but be rest assured, a good number of the recipients of these news articles will deem them to be the gospel truth and worth sharing. Again, what do you make of such headlines? For us here present, I believ...

The Country Director of Days for Girls Ghana (DFG), a non-profit organization, Sandra Boakye has called on government to urgently respond to the plight of women and girls and ensure the complete removal of 20% luxury tax on menstrual hygiene product into the country to allow free-flow, easy access and use of women and girls during their menstrual cycle periods. According to her, this would go a long way to help address the issues of menstrual hygiene health that our women and girls are confronted with on a daily basis to advance their good health and well-being in the country at all times. She made this known while addressing a capacity building session organized by her outfit for some selected journalists representing a cross section of the Ghanaian media in Accra on Monday September 20, 2021.      The beneficiaries were drawn from media houses such as GTV, Metro TV, Atinka TV, ATV, Sena Radio online, Ghanaian Times, Onua TV/Radio, 3FM/TV3 and the Human Rights Repor...

  The Programs Manager of the  Hope For Future Generations , (HFFG), Gladys Damalin has called for increase domestic financing for immunization. To achieve this, she further called on the Ghanaian media to strongly advocate and influence the government’s decision to act with urgency and help increase the domestic financing for immunization in the country.   Increase domestic financing for immunization This, according to her, is the surest way to close the gaps in the health sector thereby helping the country achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). “We want you to go with us, accompany us on this journey, calling on parliamentarians, calling on political leaders, calling on the government to help increase funding for domestic immunization to end health challenges in Ghana”. Gladys Damalin made the plea while speaking in an interview on the sidelines of a media encounter held at the Conference room of the Coconut Grove Hotel in Accra on Wednesday March 31, 2021. ...

The National Chairman of the Informal Waste Pickers’ Group, Mr. Johnson Doe, has appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to give listening ears to the plights of the Informal Waste Pickers and Collectors in the country.  He also called on the President to address their issues to help achieve his noble vision of making Accra the cleanest city in West Africa.  Speaking in an interview on the sidelines at a virtual event organized by Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) in Accra on Friday, March 5, 2021, to commemorate this year’s International Waste Pickers’ Day (IWPD), Mr. Johnson Doe said: “Yes, the president’s vision can be achieved if he involves us (pickers and collectors) in decision-making processes in the waste management systems particularly at the district level and we really deserve to be recognized as well. We will equally need a clinic to be set aside for waste collectors and pickers based on the unfortunate experiences that we have in accessing ...