Amidst the COVID-19 scare ravaging throughout the world, many people are holding various views on the cause of the outbreak. To some, it is a normal pandemic like the previous ones that demands the pooling of expertise together to help curb it. However, some people belong to the school of …
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LIVESTREAMING: Information Ministry’s press conference ahead of partial lockdown
The Ministry of Information is holding a press conference to clarify lockdown orders. On Saturday, the Ministry of Information in its resolve to ensure effectiveness of the lockdown directive urged all to reach out to the outfit for a clarification on the orders. “If you have a specific question that …
Read More »Coronavirus is an opportunity to resolve some outstanding national issues – Mensa Otabil
Founder and General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), says the threat of Covid-19 poses an opportunity for the country to resolve some of its outstanding national issues. Mensa Otabil speaking in a televised sermon on Joy News dubbed “In the Presence of My Enemies”; said the fast-spreading …
Read More »Covid-19: The World Could Be Running Out of Condoms
The world’s biggest maker of condoms warned of a global shortage as supply falls by almost 50% while its stockpile is set to last for just another two months. Malaysia-based Karex Bhd., which makes one out of every five condoms worldwide, only restarted its factories on Friday after a week-long closure, working …
Read More »COVID-19 cases in Ghana jump to 152
Ghana’s COVID-19 cases have jumped to 152 with 10 new confirmation in Tamale as at Sunday, March 29, The death toll still stands at five. “Ten (10) of the new cases were among persons who were under mandatory quarantine in Tamale under the direction of the Regional Security Committee of …
Read More »Consider Designing A One-Year Top-Up For Diploma Teachers
I guess I have to add my voice to the call. Over the years, efforts have been made to transform teacher education to align with the changing educational demands and improve learning outcomes at the basic schools. Teacher Training Colleges now colleges of education are institutions established to meet the …
Read More »Coronavirus: Massive vehicular and human traffic, food shortages, price hikes hit Kumasi
There is massive vehicular, human traffic, food shortages as well as astronomical increases of price of goods and services in the streets of Kumasi; the capital of Ashanti Region as the people living in the metropolis prepares for a COVID-19 14-day lockdown which comes to the effect on Monday. Social …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Kumasi Asafo ‘Killers’ Vow To Clash With Military Men Patrolling Lockdown Places In Kumasi
‘Wee guys’ in Kumasi Asafo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana have pledge to defy the Government of Ghana’s directives in places under lockdown in the region. In a viral video, Soldiers have landed in Kumasi to monitor lockdown places. Well-trained Ghanaian military men have been already assigned to make …
Read More »Coronavirus: Globalisation – Double Edge Sward – Dr Adams Suleman Achanso
In the latter part of the 19th Century, there were debates among analysts of the international political economy as to whether or not the world was not experiencing a new phenomenon. This was because some of them argued that there were dramatic increasing economic, political, social and cultural activities across …
Read More »Coronavirus: 11 more cases recorded, case count now 152
Ghana has recorded eleven (11) new cases of Coronavirus, confirms the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This makes the total number of cases in the country 152. “As of 29th March 2020, at 10:30 hrs, 11 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ghana. Ten (10) of the new cases were …
Read More »Usage of “Greater Kumasi” by president Akuffo Addo
It is said that for lack of knowledge my people perish. I want to believe this assertion was in the contemplation of H. E Nana Addo Danquah for boldly introducing the Free SHS policy despite its glaring challenges. Greater Kumasi is an extension of the KMA (Bantama, Nhyiaeso, Subin, Manhyia …
Read More »Reconsider decision to bring back retired Health Professionals to fight Covid-19 -NPP Medical Team to Nana Addo
A group known as NPP Medical Team has raised serious concern about the government commitment to include Retired Health Professionals to combat covid-19 pandemic. According to them the commitment by the president of Ghana His.Excellence Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo is very applauding and for that matter there is the …
Read More »Ejurahene supports the fight against COVID-19 in Ejura (Photos)
BARIMAH OSEI HWEDIE II Divisional of Ejura who is also the Adontehene of Asante Manpong Stool Lands of the Asante Mampong Traditional Council, he called on the public to observe and abide by the precautionary outlined by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) as well as the World Health Organization(WHO) . …
Read More »Former NUGS President mourns death of Obour’s Father
An aspiring Parliamentary candidate for the New Patriotic Party in the Asante Akyem South Constituency and a former NUGS President, William Yamoah, on Saturday expressed his sympathy to former MUSIGA President Bice Osei Kuffour following the death of his Father. Mr Osei Kuffour known in Showbiz circles as Obour lost …
Read More »Breaking: Queen Elizabeth Tested Positive For Covid-19 – Buckingham Palace Confirms
News of the Queen testing positive for COVID-19 does not come as a surprise since there was a possibility that she could have been exposed by the virus during one of her weekly meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson who tested positive an hour ago, according to UCR. Royal Palace confirms Queen Elizabeth tests …
Read More »Mali goes to the polls despite coronavirus fears
Malians are voting in long-delayed parliamentary elections a day after the country’s first coronavirus death. The poll has also been overshadowed by Wednesday’s kidnapping of opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé by suspected Islamist militants. The elections were supposed to have taken place in 2018, but have been put off a number …
Read More »Hospital suspends non-emergency surgeries over coronavirus
The Management of the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua has indefinitely suspended all non-emergency surgeries due to coronavirus outbreak in the Country. Management of the facility says it will attend to only emergency surgeries. A statement issued by the Hospital and signed by the Acting Medical Director, Dr Cardinal Newton …
Read More »Seven-year-old boy drowns in river
A seven-year-old class two pupil has drowned in a river at Akyem Kwabeng in the Eastern Region. The incident occurred on March 27, 2020. The deceased went to river Taasu in the company of his younger siblings to wash their clothes at the river bank but got drowned in an …
Read More »Commuters stranded as transport, business activities halt in Kumasi
Many commuters found it difficult getting to their destinations as transport activities came to a virtual halt in the Kumasi metropolis on Friday, March 27. This was as a result of the ‘National Disinfection Exercise’, a programme spearheaded by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) and …
Read More »South Africa struggles with lockdown as it records first coronavirus death
Bustling streets and long queues at supermarkets highlighted South Africa’s struggle to adapt to a new lockdown on Friday, as the country recorded its first Coronavirus death. In the poor township of Alexandra near Johannesburg’s financial district, a group of men drank openly in the street until police intervened and ordered …
Read More »Rwanda: Govt begins distribution of essential goods to citizens affected by coronavirus lockdown
The Government has on Saturday, March 28, inaugurated a support initiative to vulnerable families who have been affected by the lockdown aimed to curb the spread of COVID-19. The move is in line with what President Paul Kagame had highlighted in his address to the nation on Friday, March 27, …
Read More »Uproar over police brutality during virus curfew in Kenya
Uproar has greeted the manner in which police officers executed curfew orders on Friday, with some rights groups calling for civic education for them and the public. In Nyanza, lobbies said the government must protect civilians’ rights in effecting the indefinite 7pm-5am curfew aimed at curbing spread of the deadly …
Read More »VIDEO: Kayaye runaway from Accra over CONVID-19 lock down
Many female head porters generally called Kayayei have trooped major lorry stations in Accra with their belongings in an attempt to run away to other cities to avoid the lock down. Photos and videos tendered in on Saturday evening by reporters on from the Mallam Atta market, Neoplan station in Circle, …
Read More »CONFIRM: Queen Elizabeth tested positive for CONVID-19
News of the Queen testing positive for COVID-19 does not come as a surprise since there was a possibility that she could have been exposed by the virus during one of her weekly meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson who tested positive an hour ago, according to UCR. Royal Palace …
Read More »Fire Ravages Dagombaline
More than 500 slum dwellers at Dagombaline in the Ashanti Region have been rendered homeless after fire destroyed wooden structures that served as homes for head porters and scrap dealers. It is barely a month after fire gutted other parts of the slum, displacing about 13,000 persons, according to the National Disaster …
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