The Ghana Health Service has expressed concern the COVID-19 pandemic is having a weighty toll on other aspects of healthcare in the country. According to the GHS, health facilities have recorded low Out Patient Attendance as well as a decline in visits for routine pregnancy and child health checkups. The …

Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has finally reacted after Sarkodie disclosed to his fans that Shatta Wale has blocked him, and he cannot comment on his posts. The feud between Shatta Wale and Sarkodie has been for a while, and this started when Shatta Wale revealed that Sarkodie stabbed in his …

Ghana has on Monday, May, 04,2020 confirmed 550 new COVID-19 cases. Data recorded on GHS portal, shows that the current case count now stands at 2,719. At least 65 new recoveries have been recorded while the number of fatalities remains 18. Regional breakdown The Greater Accra Region is still leading …

The Cocoa Health and Extension Division (CHED) of COCOBOD has embarked on a nationwide campaign to strengthen farmers’ education on the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic. The aim is to encourage and motivate cocoa farmers to strictly adhere to the preventive protocols and restrictive measures outlined by the government to contain the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the results of the teacher promotion interviews which were taken for some teaching staff in February this year. “We are pleased to inform staff of the Ghana Education Service that the results for the promotion test held on February 20 and 21. 2020, …

It has been revealed by sources that Samuel Eto’o who is a long standing friend of legendary footballer Ronaldinho paid a total of about €1.37m to get him released from prison in Paraguay. The Brazilian legend was arrested in Paraguay alongside his brother for entering the country with fake passports. …

Juventus player, Cristiano Ronaldo, was possibly left stranded on the Island of Madeira over the weekend. That was after his £30 million private was grounded in Madrid over the weekend. The jet was accordingly heading to the island to fly Ronaldo and his family to Turin, Italy. But reports say …

This year’s edition of the National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) will no longer take place between June and July. This decision comes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The production company responsible for the beloved NSMQ competition, Prime Time, will release a new date for the championship as soon as …

Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has indicated that deliberations are still ongoing to determine the best mode of assessing academic work and varied options have come up for discussion at the stakeholder meetings. According to him, “We won’t wait and be confronted with something we haven’t thought through. We …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is reminding Ghanaians that the fight against the coronavirus Disease remains unabated. This follows a sharp decline in hand washing with soap and the use of hand sanitisers. So far, the country has recorded 2,169 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 with 17 deaths and 212 recoveries. The …

Headmistress of Nsawam Senior High School (SHS), Nsawam, Eastern Region, Madam Gladys Asiedu, has made a passionate appeal to the central government to fast-track the completion of its on-going new school facility which relocation is at Okobeyeyie on the Nsawam-Aburi road.   She explained that this has become necessary because …

Ghana has scored 54 in the global ‘2019 Open Budget Survey,’ the world’s only independent, comparative and fact-based research. The research uses internationally accepted criteria to assess public access to central government budget information, formal public participation in national budget processes and oversight institutions. The survey said though budget transparency …

A request for waiver on income taxes amounting to GH¢ 288,644,003.34 submitted to the legislature by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, to help cushion health workers in both public and private health facilities, who are on the frontline fighting the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been granted. …

Kingmakers of Akuapem have started traditional processes to install Odehye Kwadwo Kesse as the next Okuapehene. The 34-year-old becomes the youngest Paramount Chief in the whole of the Eastern Region. The installation processes began on Friday morning where after introducing him to the appropriate Kingmakers, a ram was slaughtered and …

The Tamale Teaching Hospital has commenced testing of Covid-19 samples for Northern, Savannah, Upper West, Upper East and North East regions in Tamale in the Northern region. Head of the Tamale Testing Center at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Abass Abdul Karim told DGN Online that the facility can test …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Daffiama Bussie Issa in the Upper West Region, Dr. Sebastian Sandaare says the Deputy Health Minister, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye misled Parliament on his assessment of the meningitis situation in the regions of the north. On Thursday, April 30, Dr. Okoe Boye told Parliament …

The University of Ghana has been ranked as the best university in the country according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking. 2020’s ranking included almost 1,400 universities in 92 countries with the assessment on 13 performance indicators including teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook. University of Ghana was …

As part of the measures put in place by the government through the Ministry of Health(MOH)  and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to help halt the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Ghana, it’s  sanctioned that all people living in Ghana must wash their hands frequently or sanitize their …

The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Marfo was not well-informed before replacing the GCNET system at the ports with the Integrated Customs Management System (ICUMS), popularly called UNI-PASS, Sampson Awingobit, President of the Exporters and Importers Association of Ghana, has said. He said, changing of system s should been done gradually …

The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research has undertaken a total of one hundred thousand test samples of suspected COVID-19 cases especially across the southern parts of the Ghana since the outbreak of the disease some two months ago. Prof. Abraham Kwabena Annan who maintained that the cost of the …

There is uneasy calm at the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) as management is on the neck of employees to sign an oath of secrecy. Irate staff have vowed to resist any attempt that seeks to gag them. According to the staff, they will have a showdown with management if they …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is asking prepaid meters users to either swipe or insert cards into meters before topping up at various vending points. This move, by the power distribution company will enable it get accurate consumption data to ensure a smooth implementation of the Government of Ghana’s …

Did you know you had a higher risk of opening up yourself to infections and the coronavirus with a weak immune system? A weak immune system opens you up to infections that your body cannot fight. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the immune system is a network …

Management and the staff of the Ankaase Methodist hospital in the Afigya Kwabre South District of the Ashanti Region say they will lay down their tools if persistent robbery attacks on their facility and their staff continue. The incessant attacks on the hospital led to the death of one member …

The world as we know it is reeling under the effects of the global pandemic that is COVID 19. The highly contagious, still mysterious disease, has found its way into almost every single corner of the world and though it seemed to take its time, in the beginning, it has …

Domestic flights will begin operations from May 1, 2020, Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has announced.   The minister made the disclosure while monitoring a disinfection exercise carried out by Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) at the Accra Kotoka International Airport.   The exercise, which was simultaneously done in the …

Founder of Limitless Foundation, Arnav Nambiar, together with his team has donated several bags of rice and boxes of beverages to support the Accra rehabilitation centre during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 16-year-old high school student of the Lincoln Community School embarked on the gesture today April 28, 2020, where he …

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum the Deputy Education Minister says universities will continue their lessons from their online sessions when school finally resumes. He said only basic and secondary school students will have the benefit of going over everything they have learnt so far with regards to the online and TV …

Some traders at Kasoa new market have invoked curses on members of the Awutu Senya East Municipal Taskforce for forcing them to wear nose masks. According to the taskforce members, they went to the market to enforce the ‘no nose mask no business’ protocol as instructed by President Nana Akufo-Addo …

Controversy is brewing as comedian Funny Face has slammed colleagues Bismark The Joke, Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin and Kalybos for allegedly spreading falsehood about him. In a viral video, Funny Face angrily called out the trio and accused them of betraying him. “Funny Face you’ve been destroyed for too long come …