Dr Edward Antwi, the National Child Heath Coordinator, has charged parents to set good examples by strictly observing the COVID-19 safety protocols for their children to emulate.
He said parents should be seen by the children washing th…
The Bryan Acheampong Foundation (BAF), a non-governmental organisation, has commissioned mechanised boreholes for five communities in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region.
The communities are Dwerebease, Bokuruwa, Abetifi, P…
African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA)-Ghana, a network of key players in the tourist industry, has been launched in Kumasi to encourage investment into the sector.
The Association aims to help push the country's ambition to beco…
The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS), in collaboration with the Swiss Red Cross, has engaged stakeholders to deliberate and reach consensus on a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project it plans to implement in the Upper East Region.
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Covid-19 has grounded business travellers. When the world opens back up, will employees close down Zoom and get back on planes?
When most of us aren’t even travelling to the office, going on a business trip feels about as remote as tak…
World food prices rose in July led by vegetable oils, dairy products and sugar, extending a rebound from the previous month following sharp falls triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday.
Th…
One of the most frustrating aspects of COVID-19 is that the virus is most commonly spread when an infected individual is asymptomatic—either because they have yet to develop symptoms or they are one of the lucky 40% who never will. Due to …
Opinion article by Prof Francis Petersen: Rector and Vice-Chancellor, University of the Free State [i]
This Women’s Month, the focus regrettably but rightfully falls on gender-based violence during lockdown. But unlike COVID-19, the GB…
The Children's Shelter at Madina has received items worth GH¢140,000 from the Human Trafficking Secretariat under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to facilitate its operations.
They included a desktop computer and …
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Juliana Yuiah has said the best way to facilitate the prevention of domestic violence is to stop the practice.
Addressing a sensitisation workshop for women and opinion leaders in Fodome Helu in th…
More good news in the pursuit of a COVID-19 vaccine: A fifth vaccine developer has released promising results from a small, early trial.
Novavax Inc., of Gaithersburg, Maryland, released the results via a news release and call with medi…
Mr Ishmael Ashitey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, on Thursday received a quantity of Personal Protective Equipment from Mr Zhu Jing, Charge d' Affaires of the Chinese Embassy to Ghana, in Accra.
The donation consists of 16,000 …
The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, has re-affirmed government's commitment to reclaiming all state acquired lands encroached by individuals and groups.
He said out of 7,000 acres of lands at Adenta Ka…
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) would from Thursday, August 6, begin the registration of traders at the Market circle in preparation for their evacuation to make way for the redevelopment of the market into an ultra-moder…
AFCONS Infrastructure Limited, the Tema-Mpakadan Railway Project contractor, has assured government that the COVID-19 pandemic will not delay the completion of the project.
So far, 65 out of the 97-kilometre project has been completed.
…
The National Commission on Culture has called on the Ghana Police Service and the Judiciary to expedite action in giving justice to late Madam Akua Denteh and her family.
The Commission said such acts were unacceptable and should not be…
Mr Wisdom Akpablie, the Assembly Member for Wute Electoral Area in the Akatsi South District, has donated sewing machines and sets of computers to some fashion designers at Lawui community and Logote Basic School.
The items comprise fif…
Mr Benedict Samuel Nugblega, the Director of Human Resource at the Christian Health Association of Ghana ( CHAG), has commended the people in the area for tolerance and comportment in the ongoing voter registration exercise.
He said th…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed the need for the country to take charge of its petroleum sector, with more Ghanaians directly involved in the process of developing the oil and gas resources.
Although Ghana is making s…
"Aggressive and bold" action is needed as Africa's coronavirus cases pass the one-million mark, according to the African Union (AU) body dealing with the pandemic.
It says South Africa - where testing has been widespread - accounts for …
The Ashanti Regional Office of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) is stepping up efforts to register all tourist sites in the Region.
Mr Peter Achampong, the Regional Manager, said the move was to enhance effective monitoring and inspect…
World Mask Week is a global movement to inspire more people to wear face coverings to help stop the spread of COVID-19
Goodbye Malaria has joined forces with the Pandemic Action Network, CDC Foundation and partners in support of World M…
Money Transfers to Lebanon Zero-Fee Paid out in US Dollars
Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, today announced that it is offering zero-feei international money transfers paid out in U.S.…
As the continent nears one million cases, WHO is expanding support to countries experiencing a significant uptick in cases
The first members of a surge team of health experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in Joha…
The Sickle Cell Foundation of Ghana (SCFG), in collaboration with Novartis has developed a mobile digital application (App) to help manage the data collected on newborns in the National Newborn Screening Programme for Sickle Cell Disease (…
Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) has advised candidates writing this year's West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) not to panic and stay focused.
She reminded the candid…
The Scholars Council in partnership with the Scholars Community of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (MCFSP at KNUST), have donated some health equipment to the Ejisu Governmen…
Coronavirus - Africa: Strengthening women’s access to climate information services crucial to improve their ability to adapt to climate risks
African governments and institutions should provide incentives for women and girls to engage i…
The mop up exercise for the Ghana Card registration exercise is proceeding smoothly in Ho, the Volta regional capital.
The exercise however is on a low key as there was low turnout at the various registration centres visited by the Ghana …
The Sekyere-Kumawu District Security Committee (DISEC) has set up a three-member committee to investigate students' disturbances at the Tweneboa Kodua Senior High School (TKSHS) at Kumawu, the district capital.
The Committee, which has …
Mr. Kuyorwu Lambert, Assembly member for Wli Afegame Electoral Area in the Hohoe Municipality, has said the Wli Waterfalls has not been opened to tourists and tourism business since the outbreak of pandemic.
"We are holding a series of …
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and partners have donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and hygiene products to the Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) at a brief ceremony on Tuesday.
The items include, thermometer …
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The price of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine has skyrocketed in Nigeria, according to the gov…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed the need for the country to work and free itself from the economic arrangements designed by the former colonial power.
Such past arrangement, he noted, was to serve their particular pur…
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), Wednesday, donated sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA).
The donation was organised under the GIZ-ComCashew project, a regional…
Ghanaians have always been addicted to football and over the years the only thing that has changed about our passion for the game of football is our new found romance with football cooked in other countries. We would even go to bed on an e…
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has warned communities located downstream of the White Volta to move to higher grounds as Burkina Faso readies to spill water from two dams.
In a press release issued August 5, NADMO…
The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has directed that a Mathematics tutor of the Kade Senior High Technical School (SHTS) in the Eastern Region, Mr Evans Yeboah, be interdicted.
Directiv…
The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye, has called on Ghanaians to draw useful lessons from the sacrifices made by the founding fathers of the country and work together for national development.
He said the attainment of Gha…
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) will from today, shut down the Kpong Treatment Plant that serves water to the north eastern parts of Accra for repair works.
As a result, water supply will be interrupted from 6 a.m. today to 6 a.m…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Wednesday commissioned the University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) at Somanya in the Eastern Region.
The new university, funded through the Italian Export Credit Agency, SACE, a…
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has announced that its partner SONABEL, the Agency responsible for the Management the Bagre and Kompienga dams in Burkina Faso will start the annual spillage from today, August 5 to Mon…
Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo on Wednesday presented food items to the Tema Traditional Council towards this year’s Homowo festival.
Among the items donated were bags of maize, bags of palm nuts, alcoholic and non-alcoholic bevera…
Ghana Police say the have arrested the fetish priestess who allegedly took part in the lynching of late Madam Akua Denteh.
Police Superintendent, Mrs Sheila Kessie Abayie-Buckman, Director, Police Public Affairs Unit, said Sherina Moham…
The Institute of Public Relations, Ghana (IPR) will inaugurate its 12th Executive Council on Wednesday 5th August, at a virtual ceremony.
A statement issued by Mr Charles Adjei Tetteh, Executive Secretary, IPR, which was copied to the Gha…
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has appointed Professor Mark Adom-Asamoah as the Acting Pro-Vice-Chancellor.
Prof. Adom-Asamoah, currently the senior-most Provost, had since 2016 been the Provost of the Co…
The National Peace Council (NPC), has urged Ghanaians to "jealously guard" the peaceful credentials of the country.
"This year and last year, Ghana was ranked by the Global Peace Index as the most peaceful country in the West Africa sub…
As part of efforts to rid the office of overcrowding and to improve on on its service delivery, the Ahantaman District Office of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)has received an ultra-modern clients waiting shed.
The Shed whic…
The Ghana Industrial Cassava Stakeholder Platform (GICSP), an information hub for the cassava value chain through its 'Ghana Cassava Industrialization Partnership Project', has empowered stakeholders in the value chain to boost cassava pro…
The Most Reverend Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church Ghana, has advised Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to act with integrity …
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