The monkeypox outbreak does not currently constitute a global public health concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday, though “intense response efforts” are needed to control further spread.
The announcement …
The G7 will convene shortly to agree on a common response to the multiple crises buffeting our world. War, food shortages, energy shocks and inflation are causing havoc in nations both rich and poor, but Africa has been here many t…
Africa has made progress in COVID-19 vaccination. The continent has to date received around 824 million COVID-19 vaccines. The COVAX Facility, the multilateral platform established to facilitate equity in global vaccine distribution, has d…
The Cape Coast to Twifo Praso Road will be closed to traffic today, Monday, June 27, 2022, to allow for repair works on the Jukwa bridge.
Torrential rains in the Central region saw the Surowi river overflowing its banks,…
Leaders in the business community have charged Ghana’s youth to differentiate themselves as they seek to stand out in the job market.
Ghana’s unemployment rate hit 13.4 percent in 2021, up from 6 percent in 2010, according to the Ghana …
The Ghana Police Service says it expects the courts to give directions today (Monday, June 27, 2022) on whether the two-day demonstration led by Arise Ghana, including picketing the precincts of Jubilee House into the night, should proceed…
The initiative to produce vehicles at Suame Magazine in Kumasi is not dead.
According to a principal architect of the initiative, Nyaaba Aweeba Azongo, the blueprint of the project was still intact, and what was needed was the support o…
The National Health Student Association of Ghana will today, Monday, June 27, 2022, begin a strike to press home its demand for allowance arrears owed its members since September 2021.
According to the association, the …
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has called on chiefs and other traditional authorities to complement government’s efforts to protect the environment and keep our surroundings, especially rivers and other water bodies clean, and useful …
A Salient Advisory, a HealthTech Consultancy firm’s market intelligence report, launched recently indicates that 69 per cent of Ghanaian innovators operate in both urban and rural areas, ensuring health products are available nationwide.
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Mr AL-Latif Tetteh Amanor, the District Chief Executive for Ningo-Prampram District Assembly, has charged leaders to use education as a major tool to make tax payments more acceptable and attractive to residents.
He said the Assembly re…
Parliament has approved a €74.1 million buyer's credit facility agreement for the Tarkwa Water Supply Project.
The amount is made up of €65 million for a commercial contract and the associated Credendo premium of €9.1 million for the Ex…
Mr Edward Kareweh, the General Secretary of the General Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU), has called on stakeholders to come together to help eradicate child labour, forced labour and human trafficking to the barest minimum.
He said, “…
The University for Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) had received a 200,000-dollar smart classroom system from UNESCO.
The system would provide virtual and cloud technology to enhance learning and the University is among four of four co…
A section of Ghanaians have pleaded with Government, to introduce interventions that will reduce fuel prices and stabilise transport fares and keep food prices low.
They complained that the high cost of living emanating from the global …
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, says one of the Government's priorities in education is to make Ghana the leader in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the world.
“We want Ghana to be the lea…
The country yesterday[June 23, 2022] joined the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s United Nations-African Union Public Service Day with a colloquium featuring heads of selected public service institutions.
The institutions inc…
The Ghana Immigration Service wants the public to be on alert over fake offers of recruitment into the service by some unscrupulous persons on Facebook.
The Service in a statement said the activities of one of such fraud…
The Efutu Traditional Council has asked the Minerals Commission not to issue mineral right license to any company to mine lithium at Muni-Pomaze Ramsar Site.
The Council says the area which hosts special plants and animal species, repre…
The National Food Buffer Stock Company says it has enough supplies for schools but is working to increase the stock levels.
The CEO of the company, Hanan Abdul-Wahab in an interview on Eyewitness News said contrary to su…
Ms Cecilia Abenaa Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has cautioned private developers to stay away from the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) transmission site at Adoato, in the Ashanti Region.
Encroachers had take…
The National Council on Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) Thursday called for the amendment of the Disability Act 715, 2006, to give full protection to the rights of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).
It its present state, the NCPD said, …
Mr James Heappey, the United Kingdom (UK) Minister for Armed Forces, has arrived in Ghana as part of a three-country visit to West Africa.
A statement issued by the British High Commission and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the Mi…
Professor Goski Alabi, the President of African Council for Distance Education has called on the government to develop a comprehensive national policy framework for open and distance education.
Prof Alabi noted that a national guiding p…
Twenty-seven teachers in some basic schools in the North East Region have been dismissed by the Ghana Education Service (GES) for allegedly joining the service with fake appointment letters.
The victims are said to have secured postings…
Effective September 2022, all fishers who refuse to use approved fishing nets will be sanctioned.
The Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Mr Moses Anim, who gave the warning urged all fishers to without excuse comp…
The Presidency has rebutted claims by the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, that €480,000 was spent on President Nana Akufo-Addo’s recent trips to Belgium and Rwanda.
A statement signed by the Director of Co…
Albert Kwabena Dwumfour has been elected as the new President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA).
Dwumfour, the Head of Corporate Affairs at the Tobinco Group and incumbent National Organising Secretary hotly contested the posit…
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a month amnesty for all customers engaged in illegal connection to report it for rectification or face sanctions when caught.
Mr Bismark Otoo, General Manager of the Accra East Regi…
A one-day workshop on awareness creation on terrorism and the threat it posed to the nation ended yesterday at Kpassa in the Nkwanta North District of the Oti Region.
Participants called on residents to be vigilant and to report peopl…
The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, has called for increased investments in agriculture and its value chain by African states to help make the continent food sufficient and lift millions out of hunger.
The minister also reiter…
A self-service App is to be deployed to facilitate the ongoing SIM card registration exercise in the country by the close of June this year.
The measure forms part of strategies to reduce congestion at registration outlets, the Minister…
A facility purposed to recycle and dispose Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in Accra in an environmentally sound manner and accrue income for the country will be completed by October 31, this year.
The facility is now …
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia Thursday inaugurated a 12-megawatt ONIX Tier IV Data Centre to deliver high-speed and secure data services to enterprises, consumers and public sector markets.
The Centre, located at Amrahia in the Adenta…
Merck Foundation (https://Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany released the Sixth Episode of their TV program – ‘Our Africa by Merck Foundation’ at 2 pm on Sunday, the 19th of June 2022 on GHOne, Ghana, repeat…
Finance Ministers and Health Ministers of the world's 20 largest economies agree to establish a ground-breaking pandemic fund to help the world better prevent, prepare for and respond to future pandemics.
Indonesian Health Minister Budi…
With Africa’s economies and health systems beginning to recover from the devastating COVID-19 pandemic, the region’s focus must once again return to meeting the healthcare goals and standards set out in the United Nation’s Millennium Devel…
The Tema Metropolitan Assembly, (TMA) has passed a bye-law that will compel developers to reserve 25 per cent of land for soft landscaping, which includes the planting of trees, plants and grass.
Under the new bye-law, all developers sh…
An aspiring Organising Secretary of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mary Mensah, has promised to revive the GJA chapters in all media organisations.
That, she explained, would re-energise and make the association more transpare…
A four-member delegation from the Ghana Road Fund Management Board has ended a week’s tour of 18 key road projects in the Volta Region.
The inspection tour covered more than 146.2 kilometres of roads in the Ho, Hohoe, Ketu North and Ket…
The Chief Executive of the Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly (LEKMA), Mordecai Quarshie, has cautioned squatters along the Manet Junction on the Spintex Road whose structures were recently demolished to refrain from erecting new ones.
He sai…
The Management of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital says efforts are being made to relocate the Endoscopy Unit of the facility to “a more conducive environment”.
It has therefore apologised to the general public for the recent flooding of …
The Medical and Dental Council has admonished Physician Assistants (PA) not to assume the role of medical doctors in order to avoid lawsuits and mishaps in healthcare delivery.
By law, Physician Assistants refer to three distinct groups…
“As I said in Marburg, the Pan-African Vaccine Manufacturing Project fits perfectly with Ghana’s roadmap for domestic vaccine development and manufacturing. Ghana is ready to play her role, and I reaffirm, once again, her determination to …
The Central Region Trade, Tourism and Investment Fair aimed at stimulating business and economic activities in the region has been launched in Cape Coast.
Dubbed ‘CENTRAL EXPO 22’, the programme promises business opportunities and partn…
The Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) has held a stakeholder consultative meeting in the Volta Regional capital, Ho, to forge collaboration with key state agencies to empower shippers in the Region.
The meeting was attended by Volta Regio…
Engineers of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Authority of Sierra Leone (EDSA) have started a month-long training course at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Training School in Tema.
The course is funded by the World Bank as…
Second batch of 433 of Muslim pilgrims have left early hours of Tuesday from the Tamale International Airport (TIA) to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform Islamic spiritual duties.
The first batch has since arrived in the Kingdom of …
The citizenry has a crucial role in ensuring that the battle against defilement was fought and won for children to live freely in the society and focus on their education and personal development.
Chief Inspector Peace Adortey, Central …
Dr Justice Ofori, the Commissioner of Insurance of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), Dr Justice Oforihas disclosed that the Motor Insurance Database (MID) which was introduced in January 2020 has recorded 3,005,283 vehicles so far o…
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