The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has called on public sector workers to accept the seven per cent salary increment while the National Tripartite Committee looks into their concerns.
Some workers have raised concerns over th…
The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has assured the public that notwithstanding its operational challenges, including the inadequate supply of oxygen and fuel, its services are absolutely free.
It said the public perception that NAS de…
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has hosted a national capacity-building workshop in Ghana to support the country to develop SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely) poli…
The Manhyia Palace has disclosed to Citi News that it is set to begin phase one of the Kumasi Children’s Park redevelopment project this year, which will be known as Ashanti World of Wonder.
This comes after some residen…
Subscribers to various telecommunication networks are calling on the government to extend the deadline for the re-registration of the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards.
The March 31, 2022deadline by the government to end th…
A taskforce has been constituted to look into the encroachment on the lands belonging to the Department of Parks and Gardens, the Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development, Mr Daniel Botwe, has said.
The mov…
Academic work did not commence at Colleges of Education (CoEs) in the country yesterday as scheduled due to the strike by Colleges of Education Teachers Association (CETAG).
Students who reported to their resp…
The Ghana Federation of Disability (GFD) has advised Ghanaians not to frown on the vulnerable, marginalised and persons with disability.
PWDs constitute about 10 per cent of the total population of Ghana, but are the most marginalised a…
The Bawku Municpal Chief Executve for Bawku, Amadu Hamza has assured of some leniency in the enforcement of the ban on male pillion riders in the Bawku Municipality because of recent tensions.
Speaking on Eyewitness News…
A one-stop centre to provide comprehensive support for survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) across the country was inaugurated in Accra on Tuesday.
The state-of-the-art facility is expected to enhance access to justice, psycho-soc…
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, on Tuesday inaugurated the Quarter Master Block at the Artillery Training School at Akoefe, near Ho.
“This marks an important milestone in the quest by the Military High Co…
A total of 2,924 persons died in 2021 through road crashes, theNational Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has revealed.
Additionally, 15,972 road crashes were recorded within the same period, resulting in 13,048injuries.
To this end, th…
What if girls and women who are at risk of or have survived female genital mutilation (FGM) could receive the right services and support right when they need them? This challenge led to a Ugandan team creating a mobile app to link FGM surv…
The gap between where we are now – the pathways for decarbonization that nations have submitted and the pathways that science is telling us are required if we are going to stick to the 1.5 degree target planetary warming ceiling – is vast.…
First global platform for key world leaders to share their visions for 2022
The Davos Agenda 2022 will convene on 'The State of the World'
Heads of state and government will join CEOs and other leaders for a virtual week-lo…
Millions of workers in coastal Africa—most of them women—spend their days preserving fish by smoking them in rudimentary, wood-fired mud ovens.
University of Michigan researchers and their colleagues looked at the air pollutant exp…
Responding to yesterday’s decision –announced today– by Egypt’s Court of Cassation to confirm its conviction against Amal Fathy, a women’s rights defender who criticised the Egyptian authorities’ failure to protect women from sexual harass…
The gradual implementation of digital services across Ghana's capital markets and the part that tech-led solutions are poised to play in increasing financial inclusivity are among the topical issues set to be explored in a 10th-anniversary…
The City of Cape Town has been awarded a Medal of Honour in the fifth Guangzhou International Awards for Urban Innovation for its partnership with the Western Cape Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP), delivered by GreenCape. The awards r…
Senior Partner at AB and David Africa, David Ofosu-Dorte, is predicting that the continued COVID-19 induced closure of land borders in African countries, if not immediately reviewed, will heavily hamper trade activities on the continent.
…
Public Relations and Communications practitioners in Ghana will from January 19 to 22, 2022, hold their 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) at Akosombo in the Eastern Region.
The summit, which will be held on theme: “truth Well Told and S…
State Prosecutors have urged the Accra High Court to opt for a trial in absentia for a former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Mrs Sedina Tamakloe Attionu.
Mrs Attionu, who is on trial f…
Scientists have discovered a way to treat Covid-19 infections and the answer seems to be an unusual one — marijuana.
Researchers have found that cannabis contains compounds that can prevent infection from the Covid-19 virus by blocking …
The National Labour Commission (NLC), has invited the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), to a meeting today, Thursday, over the ongoing strike by the teacher …
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has stated that COVID-19 vaccines in the country are potent and efficacious.
It said data available to it supports the efficacy and safety of all the COVID-19 vaccines used in Ghana.
These were con…
The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has asked the government to be bold and maintain its decision to reverse the discount policy placed on benchmark values.
It said the government must ensure that it followed through with its inte…
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has resorted to rationing water to meet demand in the wake of the dry season which has led to fall in water supply.
The GWCL has described the move as a water demand management which, it says, will…
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) has honoured 19 of its longest serving members of staff for their loyalty and contributions to the operations of the hospital.
In addition, 16 other category winners, independently assessed by …
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) has urged private universities and colleges to move towards specialisation.
This, according to the Deputy Director General of GTEC, Dr Ahmed Jinapor, would help equip students with the re…
The leadership of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) says a meeting with its National Council later this evening, Tuesday, January 11, 2022, will determine whether its ongoing strike action ove…
The Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region remains a hotshot for HIV infection, health experts have said.
Sulemana Majeed, Regional HIV Coordinator, who disclosed this at a media briefing, said, “Bolgatanga has always been abo…
The Ministry of Interior has published a list of 13 statutory public holidays and two commemorative holidays that will be observed in the country in the year2022.
Two of the statutory public holidays, New Year's Day (January 1, 2022) an…
The Ghana Police Service has warned its personnel against any form of misconduct in their line of duty.
The Service says it has instituted pragmatic steps to curb every misconduct behaviour.
According to the Inspecto…
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has dissociated itself from the decision taken by the Concerned Drivers Association to increase transport fares by 40% from next week.
The Concerned Drivers say, the decisio…
The government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has extended the temporary travel restriction on non-Ghanaians travellers from South Korea.
The Ministry in December 2021 placed a travel ban on travellers …
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) says it has put in place measures to address consumer complaints on coagulated milk products from Nestle Ghana Limited.
The authority had indicated that it has in receipt of consumer complaints, and …
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-FORIG) has identified citronella oil/extract as highly potent to fight fungus that causes black pods disease in cocoa.
Several trials had b…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has expressed appreciation on behalf of the government of Ghana to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria for supporting the West African Country in her bid for …
An Adentan Circuit Court will on January 18, 2022, conclude Case Management Conference and commence the trial of Mark Okraku-Mantey, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, for allegedly forcibly entering the land of one. Alhaji …
The case in which Blessed Godsbrain Smart, aka Captain Smart, a broadcaster, is accused of making "unsavoury comment" has been adjourned to February 15, 2022.
This is because the substantive judge presiding over the case is on leave.
…
The Board Chairman of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Mr Paul Adom-Otchere has disclosed that the GH?128,366 that was spent on Christmas Inspirations last December at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) had a GH?50,000 cash s…
Recent years have seen increasing efforts, all over the world, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions towards the realization of a carbon neutral society. 123 countries and one region including Japan have already announced the goal of …
With a staggering death toll of nearly 8 million people each year, around twice as many as COVID-19 has claimed since its discovery, cigarette smoking is considered the leading cause of preventable deaths in the world today.
The overall…
Journalists and filmmakers from around the world invited to send their best stories focused on the global south; Women's solutions reporting award sponsored by the EIB (www.EIB.org); Awards now open for entries until 10 February 2022
Fo…
The North East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has held a stakeholders’ forum at Yagaba in the Mamprugu/Moaduri district to find a lasting solution to the growing incidents of kidnap-for-ransom which have become a major security threat …
The Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD) has begun the process of revamping the Department of Parks and Gardens to enable it to carry out its programmes effectively.
In line with that, the minist…
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) has directed the Tree Crops Development Authority (TCDA) to distribute five million seedlings of tree crops to farmers across the country this year.
The crops are shea nut, cashew nut, mango, …
The Lighthouse Chapel International (LCI) has filed three applications asking the High Court to enter judgment against Manasseh Azure, Edwin Appiah, Sulemana Braimah and Media Foundation for West Africa for failing to file their defence in…
An initial batch of 500 youth farmers, processors and agricultural technology (agritech) developers across the country are being supported to use technology and other innovative ways to engage in smart farming.
Under the National Entrep…
The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) sayts it will, thisyear, commence processes to review the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP).
The Head of Public Affairs at the FWSC, Mr Earl Ankrah who made this known said the Commission was p…
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