President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced a special package for the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to aid in the country’s COVID-19 fight. He said, his government will on Monday, May 11, provide the NCCE with 10,000 locally produced nose masks and cash to enable it effectively carry out its responsibilities as a …
Read More »Coronavirus could increase child marriages – Plan Ghana
The Plan International Ghana has observed that the CoronavirusDisease (COVID-19) pandemic in the country could have dire influence on teenage pregnancy and child marriage in the rural areas. It said the economic hardship that the pandemic has exerted on the people coupled with the closure of schools in the country could …
Read More »Full text: Akufo-Addo’s 9th address to the nation on Covid-19 crisis
Fellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been eight (8) weeks since our nation embarked on a co-ordinated, enhanced response towards combating the Coronavirus pandemic, after we recorded our first two (2) confirmed cases. We have taken the necessary measures of aggressively tracing, testing, isolating and treating infected persons and their …
Read More »Ban On Public Gatherings Extended To 31st May
President Akufo-Addo has extended the ban on public gathering to 31st March. He made mention of the extension during his 9th speech to the nation, on sunday, May 10th. The President stated that social gatherings such as societal funerals, church gatherings, parties, etc are still banned till 31st March.
Read More »[WATCH Videos] Another Turkish lady narrates how a Nigerian impregnated and abandoned her
Another Turkish lady has shared her experience with a Nigerian man who impregnated her and disappeared. In an Instalive live chat with popular comedian Michael Blackson, the lady disclosed that she used to work with the 42-year-old Ondo man who owns a business in Turkey. However after she got …
Read More »Plans for home-based carrier alive despite coronavirus setback – Minister
Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the aviation sector, the Aviation Ministry has indicated that it will continue engaging investors to reach an agreement soon for the establishment of a national carrier. “On the home-based carrier, it is my intention to push on with the initiative and to engage investors, …
Read More »Panic at Ghana Manganese as community officer dies of coronavirus
There is growing fear among workers of Tarkwa-Nsuta-based company, Ghana Manganese after a principal community officer died of COVID-19. The Deputy Health Director in charge of clinical services in the Western Region, Dr Atsu Dordor who confirmed the news said sample of the deceased was taken last week but she died …
Read More »COVID-19: How prostitutes are helping in contact tracing
It has come to light that prostitutes or commercial sex workers, known in Ghanaian local parlance as ‘ashawos’ are key in helping find persons that have been possibly infected with the novel coronavirus. When there is a confirmed case of the virus, health workers try to trace persons who have come …
Read More »W/R: 14 new COVID-19 cases confirmed; regional tally now 52
The Western region has recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19 raising the regional figure from 38 to 52 as of Sunday. The regional tally stood at 38 as of the last update on Saturday evening. The Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis leads with 16 positive cases while Tarkwa comes second with 15 …
Read More »Afrancho: Armed robbers flee and abandon booty of GHS195K, weapons
About four suspected armed robbers who were sharing their booty in an uncompleted factory fled and left cash scattered and other weapons used in their operation, MyNewsGh.com reports MyNewsGh.com gathered that the robbers converged at an uncompleted gari factory at Afrancho- Mankranso near Akomadan in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti region …
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