Two more persons have died of COVID -19 in the Eastern Region while 41 new confirmed cases have been recorded increasing the regional case count to 1,161, according to the Eastern Regional Health Directorate. The two deaths bring to 12 the death toll in the region. The new cases and …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Koku Anyidoho, NDC hold separate ceremonies to commemorate Atta Mills
As today marks exactly 8 years since the passing of the late former president Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, it was expected that members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), friends, family members and sympathisers will gather together to mark the anniversary. However, this was not the case for this …
Read More »Speeding bus runs over policeman at duty checkpoint; driver on the run
A speeding DAF bus with registration number GT 1089 F with 13 passengers onboard from Bolgatanga direction towards Tamale has crashed to death a policeman at a checkpoint at Savelugu in the Northern Region. MyNewsGh.com gathered that incident occurred at about 12:30 am on Friday when the suspect driver on reaching …
Read More »Paramount Chief of Nyankpala Traditional area passes away
The Paramount Chief of the Nyankpala Traditional Area in the Tolon District of the Northern Region, Alhaji Abdulai Yakubu is dead. Sources revealed that he died at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was on admission responding to treatment after falling ill in the course of last weekend. He …
Read More »Lands Bill approved by Parliament
The Lands Bill 2019, the Bill seeks to consolidate reforms made so far in Ghana’s land sector following the implementation of the National Land Policy (NLP) in 1999 has been approved by Ghana’s parliament on Thursday July 23, 2020. Chairman of the Lands and Forestry Committee in Parliament, Francis Adabor …
Read More »COVID-19: Dep. Minister Ahomka-Lindsay goes into isolation
Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Robert Ahomka-Lindsay says he is going into 14-day isolation after feeling unwell for some time now. According to him, the decision is in compliance with COVID-19 protocol. Some government officials have recovered after contracting the virus. Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Regional Integration …
Read More »34 year old illegal miner drowns in mining pit
A 34-year-old illegal miner has drowned in Akateng, a Community in West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region. The deceased, identified as Kofi Bantful and other illegal miners sneaked to mine but was trapped and later died in a mining pit filled with water. He was retrieved dead by his …
Read More »Hand Sanitizers Training Organized By WACOMP Ghana And GSA For SMEs
The West-Africa Competitiveness Programme in Ghana (WACOMP – Ghana), funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), organized, on 22 July 2020, an online training on the national standard for hand sanitizers. The training was organized in collaboration with the Ghana Standards Authority …
Read More »Bawumia to open 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre at Ga East today
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia will today commission Ghana’s first-ever 100-bed Infectious Disease Centre at the Ga-East Municipal Hospital. The project which was undertaken by the Ghana Private Sector Fund at the National COVID-19 Treatment Centre commenced on April 17, 2020. The project which was expected to be completed …
Read More »VIDEO+PHOTOS: Outrage as deceased gets buried in penis-shaped coffin
A group of mourners somewhere in Accra have taken their treatment given to the dead to bizzare levels. A video of the mourners carrying their deceased relative in a penis-shaped casket has shaken social media to its core. The funeral grounds of the yet-to-be-identified decease was filled with, not only …
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