Mr Samuel Nartey George, Member of Parliament, Nungo- Prampram Constituency, said unfortunately some of the chiefs and leaders have abandoned their traditional custodial role of protection of the culture of the people.
"Now they have as…
Residents of Gbetsile near Tema on Wednesday lauded the government for the massive education on the COVID-19 vaccination.
The arrival of COVID-19 vaccine and the roadmap for the nationwide vaccination exercise was met with mixed reactio…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered immediate decommissioning of obsolete and inoperative machineries at the PSC Tema Shipyard Limited.
Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu, EPA Executive Director, gave the orders during a working …
The Economic Community for West Africa States (ECOWAS) Commission has been urged to pay particular attention to issues related to the expansion of agriculture and agribusiness in the development of its Vision 2050.
In a communique dubbe…
Dr Andrew Ayim, Deputy Director of Policy, Ghana Health Service (GHS), says the formation and support for Primary Care Provider networks will enhance access to equitable and high quality Primary Health Care (PHC) services.
He said the n…
The Director of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) of the University of Ghana, Professor Abraham Kwabena Annan, has called on the government to intensify the coverage of hepatitis B vaccination in the country as pa…
The Ghana Publishers Association (GPA) on Wednesday launched its 45th anniversary with a call on the government, financial institutions and lovers of literacy development to invest in the publishing industry.
Mr Asare Konadu Yamoah, the…
Deputy Commissioner of Immigration (DCI) Dr Prosper Price Delali Asima, Western Regional Commander of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), has paid an unannounced working visit to the Elubo Sector to acquaint himself with the prevailing Bo…
Dr Enoch Havorh, a Gynecologist at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, has advised pregnant women to eat nutritious foods to boost their immune system against COVID-19.
He said it was important for pregnant women to eat well-balanced diets in…
Mr Abebe Haile-Gabriel, Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) Regional Representative for Africa, has disclosed that Africa is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030.
He said this in a meeting reviewing progress made by the con…
Dr. Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Programme Manager, Expanded Programme on Immunization, Ghana Health Service, has said 30,500 Ghanaians have been vaccinated against the Coronavirus as of March 3, 2021.
“Out of this, about 16,990 of them are m…
The Western Regional Director of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), Nana Akua Ansah, has announced that 20 persons died in January 2021 through road crashes in the Western Region.
According to her, in 2020 during the same period…
Community Health Management Committees (CHMCs), have been trained to mobilise resources and advocate for health delivery at the community-based planning services (CHPS) level.
The CHMCs were drawn from three communities in Nkwanta South…
The health sector in the Upper West Region performed better in 2020 despite the dire impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dr. Damien Punguyire, the Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, has observed.
He said some in…
The Upper East Region has recorded an increase in newborn and maternal deaths in 2020 as against 2019, Dr Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsi, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service has said.
"Our maternal deaths situation worsened as it sh…
Dr Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsi, the Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, has said medical doctors and other critical health staff posted to the Region were refusing to assume work.
He said all efforts to convince them to r…
Ghana has taken the delivery of 50,000 more COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by India.
A ceremony was again held to welcome this batch of vaccines at the Kotoka International Airport.
The Foreign Affairs And Regional Integration Minist…
The Bolgatanga Technical University in the Upper East Region has increased its admission for the 2020/2021 academic year by 35.
7 percent as compared to the previous academic year, Professor Samuel Erasmus Alnaa, the Interim Vice Chance…
In early 2020, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) formalized a partnership to catalyze women’s entrepreneurship through gender lens impact inv…
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX), home of the world’s largest cargo airline, announced today an ambitious goal to achieve carbon-neutral operations globally by 2040.
To help reach this goal, FedEx is designating more than $2 billion of initial …
The first batch of Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education Training (ATVET) leaners in oil palm have graduated from the University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (UCAES) at Bunso in the Eastern Region.
The 10…
Dr Kwame Amponsa-Achiano, Programme Manager, Expanded Programme on Immunization, Ghana Health Service, has hailed Ghanaians for showing interest and commitment in the on-going COVID-19 mass vaccination exercise.
He said the Service was …
The Savelugu Municipal Hospital has reopened and resumed full operations to provide healthcare services to people in the area and surrounding communities.
The hospital had for the past eight days been temporarily closed down but provide…
The government has signed an interim Trade Partnership Agreement (TPA) with the United Kingdom (UK) to sustain trade relations between the two countries as Britain and Northern Ireland exit the European Union (EU).
The agreement, which …
The Sekondi High Court will today decide the fate of two Nigerian nationals, Samuel Udoetuk Wills and John Oji, who are standing trial for the murder of four girls in Takoradi.
The High Court presided over by Justice Richard Adjei-Frimp…
Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP), an NGO, has donated quantities of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) to support the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The items were mobilized…
Mr John Allotey, the Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, has asked chiefs and community leaders to revive and revise taboos and totemic systems to protect forests and wildlife species.
This is because the immense value of forest…
Chief Mallam Zaaki, Shana Naa Sakpacha of Dayile in the Tamale Metropolis, has called for adequate funding support for the Legal Aid Commission.
He said a well-resourced Commission would benefit the poor who were the majority of the cli…
Dr. Fred Adomako-Boateng Bono East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Services on Tuesday entreated the people in the Region to do away with all fear surrounding the Covid 19 vaccine and get vaccinated to help check the spread of …
The coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has killed 26 people in the Bono Region from January to March this year.
One death was recorded in December 2020, bringing the regional death toll to 27, Dr Kofi Amo-Kodieh, the Bono Regional Director …
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has started vaccinating all frontline staff at the Kotoka International Airport.
A statement copied to the Ghana News Agency said members of the GACL Board, led by the Chairperson, Madam Oboshie…
Ghana's COVID-19 vaccination rollout has seen encouraging patronage from the residents of Kumasi, the country's second-largest city, with the Mayor, Mr Osei Assibey-Antwi, and some key personalities receiving a shot of the AstraZeneca vacc…
Mr Ambrose Dery, the Minister Designate for the Interior, has advised police commanders to pay attention to the grievances of junior officers to curb suicidal cases among personnel.
"Exhibit true leadership at various levels. When an of…
Mr Livingstone Dravie, Nkwanta North District CHPS Coordinator, has lauded the role of Community Health Management Committees' (CHMCs) in health service delivery.
"CHMCs are major partners in health service delivery in our zones and wha…
The Economic Commission for Africa has launched the 'Building Forward for an African Green Recovery' report, highlighting the continent's bold post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery strategy.
The report seeks to bolster the continent's valiant…
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called on Ghanaians to ignore conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 Vaccine and prepare for the nationwide vaccination exercise.
Dr Kofi Amo-Kodieh, the Bono Regional Director of the GHS, who made the…
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi has unveiled a neo-natal hearing screening programme aimed at identifying hearing defects in newborn babies and providing immediate remedies.
The screening programme involves the use o…
The analysis found that although women account for around 41% of COVID-19 cases, this ranges from 31% in Niger to over 57% in South Africa
Women account for a slightly smaller proportion of COVID-19 infections and deaths compared with m…
Seventeen departments at African universities can claim to be among the world’s 100 best places to study their subject, according to the eleventh edition of the?QS World University Rankings by Subject. The continent’s best-performing unive…
Gender inequities challenge entrepreneurs in accessing viable credit for their businesses across the globe. WOCCU is developing a Gender Lens Investing (GLI) Toolkit to address these inequities so everyone, especially women entrepreneurs, …
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (“AIIM”), one of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers, together with the management team of the new Onix Data Centres Limited (“Onix DC”) platform, have acquired a …
AGCO (NYSE: AGCO), a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery and precision ag technology, today announced its farmer-first strategy designed to maximize value creation for its key stakeholders.
…
For International Women’s Day 2021, the theme is ‘Choose to Challenge?’. Why is this year’s theme so important? Because, from great challenges come great changes. And this idea of change is very noticeable for all people today, thanks to t…
The entire globe is currently undergoing one of the largest and most complex vaccination campaigns in history, and, not surprisingly, scammers and sellers on the dark market have been eager to make a profit off the process.
Kaspersky (a…
COVID-19 could reverse important gains in education attainment and future life chances for young people in developing countries - particularly the poorest and most vulnerable, according to Oxford-led research out today.
Despite many yo…
Stakeholders at the end of a consultative meeting with traditional and religious leaders on ECOWAS Vision 2050, has called on the ECOWAS Commission to establish a permanent Consultative Forum for Traditional and Religious Leaders of member…
The Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA) has launched the KoKMA COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the municipality to educate the public about the vaccine.
The Municpal Chief Executive (MCE) of the assembly, Mr Samuel Nii Adjei Tawia…
The National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu on Wednesday took the COVID-19 vaccine.
Sheikh Sharubutu was joined by his two wives, as well as other Islamic leaders at his residence Fadama in Accra for the injection.
After tak…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has retired , the Auditor - General from Audit Service following information from the Board of the Audit Service that he reached the compulsory retirement age of 60 on Ist June 2020.
A statement iss…
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has described as untrue the alleged falsification of COVID-19 test results by the Institute.
One Kofi Acheampong alleged on social media in January this year that the Institute…
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