The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says it has received confirmation of seven cases with three fatalities of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Guinea. The Service has, therefore, informed all Regional Directors, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of Teaching Hospitals and all stakeholders in the health sector to be on high alert. The Director-General …
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Fire razed-down 3-unit JHS block, office and storeroom at Tarsor
A 3-unit Junior High School block together with a storeroom and teachers’ office has been razed down by fire at Tarsor/Kulfuo Basic School in the Sissala East Constituency. It was one of the newly commissioned facilities in the last adminstration. The incident, according to sources, happened in the early hours …
Read More »Peugeot to open car assembling plant in Ghana
Ghana will soon see popular car manufacturer, Peugeot, open a vehicle assembly facility in the country. This is according to the CEO of Silver Star Auto, the sole authorized distributor of Peugeot in Ghana. Mr. Asad Nazir says that talks with relevant authorities are far advanced and an official announcement …
Read More »Abandoned 44-yr-old KATH maternity block to be demolished
A 44-year-old abandoned maternity block at the Komfo Anokye Hospital is set to be demolished to pave way for construction of a new building. This follows a test report from Contracta, a construction firm responsible for the completion of the project saying the structure must be pulled down. According to …
Read More »We will increase fares with or without your approval – Drivers to GRTCC
The National Concerned Drivers Association of Ghana has taken a swipe at the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council, (GRTCC) for its failure to deal decisively with the low transport fares in Ghana. The concerned drivers are demanding a 10% increase in transport fares effective next week. The concerned drivers in …
Read More »Rearing for food and jobs to boost economy of Obuasi
Elijah Adansi-Bonah, Obuasi Municipal Chief Executive, says the introduction of the government’s flagship programme; Rearing for Food and Jobs will boost the agricultural economy of Obuasi. Speaking at a ceremony to present 100 pigs to 20 beneficiary farmers as part of the Rearing for Food and Jobs programme, he said …
Read More »Unblocking of mobile phones to be made impossible soon – Communications Minister-designate
The Minister-designate of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has hinted that a legislation will soon be passed to make unblocking of imported mobile phones impossible. She indicated that there will be a central mobile phones identity register “and so if your phone is stolen from outside and sold here, it cannot be …
Read More »“Cash and carry system” back at Eastern regional hospital
The Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua is reintroducing the abolished cash and carry system of healthcare services. The Hospital has directed that all patients going on admission must make upfront payment of their medical bills before being admitted except elective cases. Management of the hospital has directed that effective February …
Read More »STEM Education priority to gov’t – Adutwum
The Minister-designate for Education says the Akufo-Addo government will improve Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs to better prepare students for the job market. Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum said the initiative will be a priority in Ghana’s education in the second term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to help all students …
Read More »Alpha Lotto Management Assures Public Its No Illegal Or Fraudulent Lottery Business
The Management of Alpha Lotto Limited, A Licensed lottery operating firm in Ghana has issued a press statement stating emphatically that its lottery deals are legal and have no fraudulent attributes. That, Their Customers should trust their dealings with them and their authorized operators. Alpha lotto has been …
Read More »ECG retrieves over GH¢7 million from power theft
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Tema Regional office has recouped close to GH¢8 million from power theft in the year 2020. The recovery has been realised through a stepped-up routine operational surveillance by the power distributor to breach the surging loss of revenue due to power siphoning. The Tema …
Read More »Teacher Professionalism: GNACOPS And NTC jointly issue Certificate to Private School Teachers
The Ghana National Council of private Schools (GNACOPS)in collaboration with the Ministry of Education through the National teaching council has launched a nationwide training programme to prepare private school teachers to become professional teachers. To implement this nationwide programme, the Ministry of Education through the National Council for Curriculum …
Read More »Sex coach talks about the difference between sex and love
Sex coach Dzifa Sweetness has talked about love and sex and she elucidates that, sex can’t create love but love can create sex. Speaking with Justice Boakye Danquah (Adwen) on e.TV Ghana’s In Bed With Adwen, She explained love as a special kind of feeling which you feel for someone …
Read More »Drivers to increase transport fares by 10 percent from February 22
Members of the National Drivers Association of Ghana have announced that there will be 10 percent increment of transport fares on February 22, 2021. This decision, according to the drivers, was informed by the increment of some taxes at the DVLA and the ports. “As we speak, the service charge …
Read More »New data indicates 4th quarter 2020 economic rebound
New data released by the Bank of Ghana suggests that Ghana’s economy may have begun a rebound from the contractions it suffered during the second and third quarters of 2020 as a result of the adverse impact of COVID-19 and the requisite socio-economic restrictions imposed by government to curb the spread of infection. The …
Read More »VIDEO: Ampenkro/Asratoa pupils study under trees as contractor locks completed class
Pupils of Ampenkro/Asratoa M/A Primary School in the Jaman South Municipality of the Bono Region have been forced to study under trees due to the unavailability of classrooms. The pupils numbering over 160 have classes under trees on the school’s compound as the school building built in the 1960s has …
Read More »Over 11,000 students refuse admission to UDS
Out of the 16,763 applications offered by the University for Development Studies (UDS) to applicants to study various undergraduate programs in the 2020-2021 academic year, only 5,518 honoured the admission to study in the university. This was disclosed by the Vice-Chancellor of the UDS, Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye at the …
Read More »Scientist develops innovative method to prepare banku, akple
“One day my wife travelled and I decided to prepare banku for myself, I suffered due to the process of kneading. “I saw that it was very difficult and it motivated me to look for a simpler and easier way of preparing banku, akple and kokonte. “That’s why I came out with …
Read More »PHOTOS: Students beg for water as shortage hits Damango
Students of Damango Senior High School (SHS) in the Savannah Region are calling on the authorities to help with water supply after an acute water shortage hit the community. The students now have to pay GHS1.50 to get a jerrycan of water or spend about two days searching for water …
Read More »Fuel to go up marginally – IES
The price of fuel on the local market remained largely stable within the first pricing window, the Institute of Energy Security has said. In a statement, IES said the price of petroleum products within the first pricing-window of February 2021 saw few Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) increasing their figures marginally …
Read More »IGP orders police protection for tomato traders on K’si-Bolga-B. Faso road
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, has promised to provide police escorts for members of the Ghana National Tomato Traders and Transporters Association to protect them against armed robbery attacks on the Kumasi-Bolgatanga-Burkina Faso highway. This follows a petition presented to the IGP by the tomato importers and …
Read More »Banks Start Closing Customers Accounts For This Shocking Reason; Check Out
Some people are so sad that their accounts have been closed by some banks following their involvement in cryptocurrency. This has attracted mixed reactions from some customers, having them talking unceasingly. In more detail, the report available has it that Access Bank, GTBank and UBA begin closing customer accounts that …
Read More »Agyapa deal: Timing of Databank’s withdrawal questionable, bid-rigging issues unresolved – CSOs
Civil Society Organizations critical of the Agyapa Royalties deal say Databank’s withdrawal of its services as transaction advisors does not resolve issues of bid-rigging and other alleged improprieties. According to the group, the timing for the development smacks of an attempt to “preempt the discussions” to be possibly put before …
Read More »COVID-19: Akosombo Int’l School begins shift system
Akosombo International School is set to begin a shift system to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the school. This comes on the back of about 80 positive cases recorded in the school after three weeks of reopening. The Volta River Authority (VRA) announced the development in a press statement …
Read More »KNUST Student arrested Over Threat To Burn Down Supreme Court
The Police have reportedly arrested An Emergency Nursing student of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Simon Awini Ayamga. Simon Awini’s arrest comes after he reportedly threatened to burn down the Supreme Court of Ghana. According to a report by GhanaXtra, Simon while commenting on WhatsApp group warned …
Read More »Top American universities chase 2020 best WASSCE candidate from Mfantsipim School
Cecil Tetteh Kumah, a 16-year-old student of Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast, who emerged overall best candidate in the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) 2020 has made history as one of the few people in the world to have the luxury of ‘bouncing’ offers from IVY League institutions. The …
Read More »Delay in post Brexit Ghana-UK Agreement threatens jobs and livelihoods
More than 15,000 direct and indirect jobs are currently being affected negatively due to the failure of Ghana and UK to sign a post-Brexit trade agreement that allows Ghanaian fruit producers’ tariff-free access to the UK market as exists under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Ghana and UK failed to …
Read More »Menzgold saga: Forget about your locked-up cash – Ken Thompson to customers
The Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson, has said there is no way customers of the defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, will recoup their lost investments. Unless out of sympathy the government decides to pay them their locked-up funds, they should not think of being able to recover their …
Read More »T-Bills oversubscribed 96%; interest rates fall
Rates of Treasury securities have fallen as government recorded 96% oversubscription of its latest Treasury bills sale, figures from the Bank of Ghana have revealed. The figures further indicated that investor interest in the government’s short term securities continues to soar, particularly the three-month T-Bills. However, the government’s decision to …
Read More »Universities’ Senior Staff suspend strike
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UOG) has suspended its industrial action. Members of the association have been on strike for close to three weeks in protest of delay by the government to pay outstanding Tier-2 contributions of their retired members. The suspension follows an interlocutory injunction secured …
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