Following the swell in COVID-19 cases in India, Ghana has provided 150 oxygen concentrators to support hospitals in that country as a token to help India in its fight against the pandemic. The oxygen concentrators, which come with free after-sales and warranty support for a year, have been dispatched to …
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Police storm Gowrie Senior High/Technical School, allegedly brutalise female students
A midnight outbreak of campus riot at the Gowrie Senior High/Technical School, a second-cycle institution in the Upper East Region, is reported to have left several female boarding students brutalised by police officers. The police officers, believed to have been dispatched from the Bongo District, where the school is …
Read More »Minority threatens to oppose attempts to increase road tolls
The NDC Minority in parliament has threatened to oppose any increment in road tolls by the NPP government. “We agree with government that we must get more resources to the road ministry to improve our roads. We’ll support government in that endeavour but we shall not support government to increase …
Read More »C/R: Headmistress prevents five pregnant pupils from writing BECE
The headmistress of Efutu M/A Basic school has prevented five final year pupils from writing Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) because they are pregnant. According to the students, the headmistress, Evelyn Efua Panyin, does not allow final year students who are pregnant to write their final exams. One of the …
Read More »These are the five bills Ghana’s 8th Parliament will consider as it resumes after recess
• Ghana 8th Parliament will resume on Tuesday May 25, 2021 • The House is expected to consider number of Bills • The Bills when passed will be of key interest to businesses and consumers Ghana’s Parliament will resume after an almost 2-month long recess, a statement released by the Public Affairs Department …
Read More »Video of woman fighting health worker for not speaking Ewe causes stir on social media
• The incident reportedly occurred at the Sogakope Hospital • According to the patient’s relative she does not understand why her mother who does not speak the Twi language was being addressed by a worker who could not speak their native Ewe language in the Volta Region • The …
Read More »Government releases funds for SHS Feeding
The Ministry of Education (MOE) has released an amount of Gh¢125,998,145.00 to the Buffer Stock Company and Headmasters of Senior High Schools for the payment of perishable food items for the school feeding programme across the country. Out of the total amount paid on May 14, 2021, Gh¢83, 184,673.00 was …
Read More »Central University Kumasi Law Faculty shut down by National Accreditation Board
• The Kumasi Law Faculty of the Central University College was closed down for operating without authorisation from NAB • Affected students for the 2020/2021 academic year are being sorted out by the university • The main campus of the Central University College remains a top tier accredited tertiary institution …
Read More »Kejetia market to close at 7pm from June 2021
Kumasi City Markets Limited, Managers of the Kejetia Market, one of the landmark trading centres in the West-African sub-region, has announced that the facility will close at 7pm from June 1, this year. Managing Director, Kofi Dufour Addai, said the decision was to reduce the cost of operation, and also …
Read More »9 Ghanaian celebrities who married unknown partners
• The listed celebrities chose to settle down with unknown women • Their respective marriages have been serene at least without any public controversies • Members of the public expressed surprise at how the celebrities managed to marry such previously non-famous wives One might expect that with all the …
Read More »National Accreditation Board closes down Central University Kumasi Law Faculty
The National Accreditation Board (NAB) has closed down the Kumasi Law Faculty of the Central University. The Kumasi Faculty was running the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) program without proper accreditation from the NAB, MyNewsGh.com confirmed. This development affected the law students enrolled for the 2020/2021 academic year who are currently …
Read More »IMF disputes govt’s economic performance data again
A new dispute over Ghana’s macroeconomic performance foe 2020 and its standing into this year may be brewing as the International Monetary Fund, in its latest staff mission report on the country has computed the government’s fiscal deficit for last year at 15.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product, which …
Read More »United Airlines resumes flights to Accra
United Airlines has restored its services to the country after nine years of absence. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner from the airline made its first non-stop trip from Dulles International Airport in Washington DC to the Kotoka International Airport recently. The restoration was propelled by the government’s resolve to make Ghana …
Read More »NIB investigates SDA SHS headmistress for feeding students in private hostel with boarding food
The Headmistress of Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Senior High School in Koforidua -Asokore in the Eastern Region is being investigated by the National Intelligent Bureau (NIB) for administrative infractions. The Headmistress, Naomi Abena Nyarkoa Yeboah Abasi has been accused of collecting feeding fees from students at her private hostel …
Read More »KGL Partners Ministry of Youth and Sports ahead of AFCON and World Cup Campaigns
As part of its corporate social responsibility to improving its consumer connection and supporting socially relevant causes, the Board and Management of KGL Group responded to a call on corporate Ghana by President Akufo-Addo to lend support to sports development. The sponsorship package from KGL Group forms part of a …
Read More »Ghana misses out on US$558.1 million G20 debt relief
Government has missed out on the opportunity to save nearly US$560m in debt servicing costs after it elected not to take part in a debt relief initiative for lower income countries badly hit by the pandemic. The Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), championed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and …
Read More »This 5 Drugs Can Damage Your Kidney- Medical Doctor Warns
Kidney In as much as we feed you with news, we also concern about feeding you with content on health as this will help you keep your health on check. Today, we convened from a medical doctor who made a shocking revelations about some drugs excessive intake. While going through …
Read More »Take your nose out of our business – GFAHP to GMA on posting of physicians to labs
The Ghana Federation of Allied Health Professionals (GFAHP) has described the posting of physicians to work in medical laboratories as an attempt to disturb the peace and tranquillity in the country. In a statement signed by eleven executives of the Federation, it stated that “This attempt to forcefully post uncertified …
Read More »Naval team searches for pirates
The Ghana Navy and Air Force have started a search operation for the arrest of eight pirates, who have kidnapped five expatriate crew members of a Ghanaian Tuna-Fishing Vessel; Atlantic Princess. The pirates, suspected to be Nigerians, abducted the Captain, a Korean, three Chinese – the Chief Officer, Second Chief …
Read More »Colleges of Education to shut down over lack of funds to feed students
Colleges of Education Facebook WhatsAppTwitterShare • Mr Emmanuel Nyamekye notes that the situation has led the suppliers ceasing their supplies to the Colleges. • He notes that Principals of the Colleges will be compelled to shutdown their schools after a week if government does not disburse funds. Principals of the …
Read More »TOR workers worried over huge debts; call for Akufo-Addo’s intervention
The Tema Oil Refinery is on the verge of total collapse due to an array of debts owed to some utility service providers in the country. Key among them is the Ghana Water Company Limited GWCL; which has cut water supply to the refinery for close to one month now …
Read More »Headmistress takes JHS students to shrine over missing capitation grant cash
An investigation by the Human Rights Reporters Ghana (HRRG) has revealed that the headmistress of the Mt. Sinai Methodist JHS located at Kumasi in the Dompoase Circuit of Asokwa Municipality in the Ashanti Region, Madam Akyaa Kusi, has taken her students to a Deity known as Obosom in the …
Read More »VRA pushes to make Ghana sub-regional power supply chain hub
The Volta River Authority (VRA) is advocating for the creation of a sub-regional power sector supply chain hub in Ghana, to serve as a reservoir for critical machinery and equipment needed for power production and distribution. “When the borders were closed, we had to struggle to get some people in …
Read More »List of prices of commodities as of May 20
On the commodities market today May 20, 2021, the price of Crude Oil is sixty-two dollars, seventy-eight cents ($62.78) as compared to yesterday’s trading of sixty-four dollars, thirty-nine cents ($64.39). Gold is trading at one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven dollars, thirty-six cents ($1,877.36) as compared to yesterday’s trading of …
Read More »Hospitals now depend on cylinders for oxygen – Dr Abdullah
• Dr Abdullah says hospitals in Ghana now depend on cylinders for oxygen • He indicated that this situation will make Kwame Nkrumah turn in his grave Dr Hadi Mohammed Abdullah, a renowned Neurosurgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has said hospitals in the country now depend on cylinders …
Read More »Ridge, 37 and Police Hospital reject sick prison officer over ‘no bed’ syndrome
A Prison Officer based at Kete-Krachie in the Oti region had a close shave with death Wednesday night after he was hit with hypertensive emergency but could not find a bed in some major public hospitals in Accra. The Second Class officer Stephen Nyarko, who was carried by an …
Read More »Kate Gyamfua is not the owner of Xtra Gold – Interior Minister
•Minister Nitiwul says the NPP National Women’s Organizer is not the owner of embattled Xtra Gold Mining Company •Madam Kate Gyamfua is rather an employee of the company. •His revelation comes in response to allegations of government and ruling party officials being neck-deep in illegal mining activities. Over the …
Read More »Korle Bu Neurosurgeon shares harrowing details of Ghana’s healthcare system
• Dr Abdullah says for four years ICU at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital was under “lock and key” • He indicated that the young 13-year-old Michael Asiamah looked into his eyes before the surgery and said, “I have confidence in you” but they had to lose him to post-surgery …
Read More »SAD: JHS Graduate Dies In Search Of Network To Check School Placement
A snake has bitten a 14-year old girl to death at Assin Mmaa-Nye-Na. A girl by the name, Shakur Yusif has met her untimely death following a snake bite in an attempt to search for a network to check her school placement in the bush. The student of …
Read More »Akufo-Addo secures €170m to setup new Bank
The Ministry of Finance and the European Investment Bank have signed an agreement for the provision of a one hundred- and seventy-million-euro (€170 million) facility for the establishment of a new national bank, the Development Bank Ghana (DBG). DBG is an integral feature of the GH¢100 billion Ghana Cares ‘Obaatampa’ …
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