The German Development Cooperation (GIZ) has earmarked 18 communities in six districts in the Savanna Ecological Zone (SEZ) to pilot the Resilience Against Climate Change (REACH) project.
The project, which is to address the impact of c…
The European Union (EU) is to provide 20 million Euros to assist Ghana, under the GrEEn project, to tackle the root causes of illegal migration.
Madam Diana Acconcia, Head of the EU Delegation in Ghana, who announced this, said it forme…
Smartphone users who text while they walk are more prone to accidents than pedestrians who just listen to music or talk on their phones, a research review suggests.
Compared to people who didn't text while walking, those who did appeare…
Merck Foundation Calls for Applications for Media Recognition Awards to break infertility stigma
Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany organized their first “Merck Foundation Health Media T…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that the importance of the church in national development should, under no circumstance, be underestimated.
He said aside from working to uplift the people spiritually and morally over th…
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwesi Amoako-Atta, has urged road contractors to expedite action on the projects they are undertaking in various parts of the country.
He said the government would, in the next two weeks, release…
The government has released GH¢10 million for the payment of compensation for critical structures to facilitate the effective execution of the Pokuase Interchange project in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
The Re…
The two suspected cases of the novel Coronavirus reported to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) on Wednesday have tested negative.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Health on Thursday said there have been nine suspected cases of …
The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development has started stakeholder engagements towards the 2020 closed fishing season to ensure its successful implementation.
The engagements, which started in Accra, attracted leaders of th…
The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has partnered the Ghana Association of Visual Artists (GAVA) and AccraDotAlt, an independent cultural network, to undertake a beautification project aimed at beautifying Accra.
Dubbed Accra…
Parliament on Wednesday urged the Ghana Legal Council (GLC) to commence the process of remarking the 2019 entrance examination papers for admission to the Ghana School of Law (GSL).
"On the account of the controversies surrounding the r…
Residents in the Western Region, especially those around the Ghana– La Cote d'Ivoire border and the 'galamsey' prone areas have expressed fear over the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus after it was recently declared global by the World H…
The strike action by the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) over some grievances has compelled Doctors at the Upper East Regional Hospital in Bolgatanga to refer surgical cases to private facilities for major s…
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) last Monday visited the farm of Mr John Dimah, 2019 National Best Maize Farmer, whose farm was razed down by fire last January in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region.
The fire dest…
The Steering Board of National Plastic Action Partnership, the highest decision-making body of the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) has firmed up a number of actions throughout the year to develop an action plan.
At the end of…
Five roads in the Upper West Region have been scheduled for construction this year under the government's Critical Roads Project.
The projects included the 31km Wa-Bulenga-Yala road, the 56km Fian-Issa-Wahabu road, the 41km Wahabu-Funsi…
Mr Mensah Darkey, Director of EDSAM Social Network, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has called on stakeholders to ensure that shops and small business outlets provide toilet facilities to help reduce open defaecation.
He said most…
More than nine point six (9.6) million people die of cancer related diseases annually Worldwide with 70 percent of it from developing countries.
Dr James Prah, Deputy Director of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) Health Services has re…
The Navrongo Health Research Centre (NHRC) in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality of the Upper East Region is monitoring 4000 children in the Municipality for adverse effects from the new malaria vaccine being piloted through the Expanded Pr…
Construction works on the three-tier Tema Motorway Roundabout Interchange is progressing steadily and will be completed on schedule barring any last minute hitch, Mr Yujin Uemura, the Project Manager, Shimizu-Dai Nippon JV has assured.
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Mr Dickson Osei-Bonsu, Chief Legal Advisor at the National Security Council Secretariat, on Wednesday underscored the need for concerted efforts to coordinate appropriate responses to cyber threats in Ghana.
He noted that although multi…
The Attorney-General (A-G) has dragged former Finance Minister, Dr Kwabena Duffuor and former 2nd Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Mr Johnson Asiama to court over the collapse of defunct uniBank.
Dr Duffuor has been charged w…
The Attorney -General (A-G) has filed new charges at the Accra High Court against Prince Kofi Amoabeng, the founder of the defunct UTBank, over the collapse of the bank.
The charge sheet filed at the Accra High Court Wednesday named as …
Members of the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists have suspended their nationwide strike.
The suspension of the strike is expected to take effect on Thursday, 6th February 2020.
The suspension, according to the A…
Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process.
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CC…
An interventional radiologist, Dr Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, has called on the public to regularly undergo medical examination to avoid brain aneurysm, a fatal condition caused by the wearing out of blood vessels in the brain.
He said aneu…
The government overshot its projected budget deficit target by 100 basis points last year after spending cuts failed to fully offset revenue shortfalls, provisional data on the execution of the 2019 budget has shown.
The deficit ended…
Two suspected cases of the novel Coronavirus have been reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) in Accra, Ghana.
The two, a Chinese and an Argentine who have been staying together in Accra for some days now. reported to Korle B…
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has set Sunday, June 28, for the commencement of the 2020 Population and Housing Census.
It has also initiated the process of recruiting field personnel and employing the services of 70,000 enumerat…
The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has led Ghana’s delegation to take part in the three-day CyberTech Global 2020 conference which took place last week in Tel Aviv, Israel from 28-30 January 2020.
The delegation …
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) have arrested two persons including an Ethiopian national for allegedly possessing forged Ghana Residents' Permit.
The two Tsege Abera Tamaru a 29-year-old Ethiopian and Godwin Plange, his Ghanaian co…
Ghana has marked the World Wetlands Day with a call on the youth to play active roles in the protection of wetlands and keeping the environment clean for the benefit of mankind.
Mr Dickson Yaw Agyeman, Wetlands Operations Manager, Wildl…
The Office of former President Jerry John Rawlings, Tuesday, cautioned the public to reject statements, purportedly authored by him, which has been published both locally and internationally by 'certain unscrupulous persons'.
"We wish t…
A two-day capacity building workshop to strengthen competencies of personnel of the Ghana Police Service for effective child policing strategies is underway in Cape Coast.
The training forms an integral part of the rebranding efforts b…
The Director-General (DG) of the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Professor Alex Dodoo, has paid a courtesy call on the Oti Regional Minister, Mr Kwesi Owusu-Yeboa to discuss issues of deepening the presence of the Authority in the newly-f…
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), as part of efforts to protect public health and facilitate trade, has visited the Oti Region to educate the general public on its mandate.
The visit took the GSA team to markets in Dambai, the Oti re…
Ms Thuli Makama, the Senior Advisor for Africa Oil Change International, says mining companies are busily calculating their business profits at the detriment of protecting the environment and communities within their extraction zones.
S…
Snapchat still isn’t profitable nearly two years after its IPO. In Q4 2019, Snap lost $241 million on 560.8 million in revenue that’s up 44% year-over-year and an EPS of $0.03. That comes from adding 8 million daily users to reach a total …
Grantees of the Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund, a public service project promoting Inclusive Education, has partnered the Ghana Federation of Disability Organizations (GFD) to implement the Universal Design for Learning component of Ghana's…
Government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake educational infrastructure projects in all public senior high schools (SHSs) for successful implementation and sustenance of the Free SHS Policy.
Madam Gifty …
Ms Rose Eduful, Principal Nursing Officer, Korle-Bu Reproductive Health Centre, has urged parents to vaccinate their adolescent girls against cervical cancer for 100 per cent protection against the disease.
That, she said, was necessa…
The African Cancer Organisation, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), has called for support to establish a Ghana National Population-Based Cancer Registry (GPCR) to enhance control of the disease in the country.
The Registry seeks to…
Elrano, a Real Estate Consulting Firm, in partnership with Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), has launched a housing fair in Accra to harness the opportunities available to reduce the housing deficit in the country.
The f…
Madam Stephanie Sullivan, United States Ambassador to Ghana on Tuesday handed over two fully equipped state of the art African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership (APRRP) United Nations Level II Deployable Hospitals to the Ghana Armed …
Ghana requires strategic interventions and innovative policies to scale up its current 40 per cent internet penetration in order to make it more accessible and affordable to the ordinary Ghanaian.
"So clearly 40 per cent internet penetr…
A total of 32,000 households in the Upper West Region will benefit from the construction of a 17 megawatt solar power project at the cost of 22.8 million Euros by end of 2020.
The project, when completed will not only increase the geogr…
The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley, would be the Special Guest for Ghana's 63rd independence anniversary celebration, Mr. Laud Commey, Chairman for the National Planning Committee, has hinted.
The ev…
The Bono, Bono East and Ahafo Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has heightened surveillance to check and prevent possible outbreak of poliovirus in the three regions.
The Directorate has therefore called on the Muni…
In a country where access to cellular phones far exceeds that of flush toilets, it is surprising to know that alarm bells ring as soon as there is a hint that donors will not be doling out cash for programmes. I wonder the thoughts that go…
Ghana has been endowed with a number of Montessori schools located and spread all over the country.
These schools focus on hands-on, collaborative and a child-cantered learning as oppose to the traditional method of learning.
Kids le…
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