The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has presented GH¢2 million to 1,000 persons with disabilities, who are also entrepreneurs, under the Presidential Empowerment for Male Entrepreneurs with Disability (PEMED). Launching the event at the Jubilee House, on Friday, 24th July 2020, President Akufo-Addo stated that the funds would provide some …
Read More »Coronavirus: All patients in Upper East recovered and discharged
Dr Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Deputy Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in charge of Public Health, has said all 279 COVID-19 patients in the Region have been treated and discharged from the various health facilities. According to him, all COVID-19 patients had fully recovered, adding that “As we speak, we …
Read More »2020 mid-year budget ‘bold’; ‘we must succeed’ – Nana Aba Anamoah
Media personality Nana Aba Anamoah has said it will be to Ghana’s credit if government is able to achieve all initiatives spelt out in the July 2020 mid-year budget review. Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, on Thursday, 23 July 2020 presented the mid-year budget statement to parliament. As part of the …
Read More »Hawa Koomson arrested by Police
The Awutu Senya East Constituency MP, Mavis Hawa Koomson has been arrested by police in the Central Region. This follows a misunderstanding at a voters’ registration centre in Kasoa on Monday, which resulted in the Special Development Initiatives Minister firing a gun. The Special Development Initiatives Minister told JoyNews that …
Read More »Driver, passersby save fuel tanker from near-explosion
The vigilance of a tanker driver and his mate together with help from passersby prevented what could have been a deadly explosion at Anloga Junction in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The tanker, with registration number GT 4796-12, carrying 52,000 litres of petrol from Accra toward the BOST …
Read More »Rawlings visits Atta Mills’ Asomdwee Park
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has visited the final resting place of the former head of state, the late President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills. The founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) visited the Asomdwee Park, near the Osu Castle in Accra to lay a wreath to commemorate the eighth anniversary of …
Read More »CJ returns to work after 14-Day self-isolation
The Chief Justice Anin Yeboah has returned from a 14-day self-isolation in compliance with Covid-19 Protocols which he took on July 6, 2020. The CJ went on a two-week self-Isolation following advice from his doctors from July 6 and the CJ has since returned to work. On July 6, a …
Read More »E/R COVID-19: 2 more die as case count jumps to 1,161
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 …
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