Government warns fertilizer suppliers against smuggling PFJ inputs
Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih has warned that government will withdraw the license of any agricultural input dealer caught in the smuggling of government’s subsidized fertilizers meant for Planting for Food and Jobs. Addressing a Regional Coordinating Council meeting at Wa, Dr Bin Salih said security personnel who are also found to […]
New biometric voters registration kits are efficient – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) has insisted that the kits being used for the ongoing voter registration are more robust and efficient than the previous one. Addressing the media in Accra, a Deputy Chairman of the EC, Samuel Tettey, said the frequent breakdowns and malfunctioning of equipment and devices that characterized previous registration exercises since 2012 […]
Stay away from work if you show coronavirus symptoms- GHS
The Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye has advised organisations and institutions to reduce workplace congestion to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Speaking at the weekly media briefing on Ghana’s case count and management, Dr. Aboagye entreated staff who show symptoms of the virus to stay away from work […]
Javicia Leslie will be TV’s first black Batwoman
Batwoman has found a new lead actress, with Javicia Leslie stepping up to wear the cape and cowl on the TV show’s second season. Leslie will play Ryan Wilder, a new “likable, messy, a little goofy and untamed” character who will take over from Kate Kane, alias Batwoman. Kane was played by Ruby Rose, who […]
UCC supports its international students with GH¢ 57,000
The University of Cape Coast (UCC) has presented GH ¢1,000 each to 57 international students who could not travel back to their home countries due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent closure of the country’s borders. The intervention from the university, was to cushion the students and make their stay on […]
Forum on using virtual campaign for election 2020 held in Accra
The use of virtual public space has become the norm to get messages across to target audience due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent imposition of limited restrictions on all forms of public gathering. With just five months to the general election in Ghana, it is likely campaigning through large political rallies […]
Ghana to conduct mobile testing for COVID-19 – Prof. Ampofo
Ghanaian health authorities are putting measures in place for the mobile testing of COVID-19 infections in due course, Professor William Kwabena Ampofo, Head of Virology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, has said. The equipment, he said, had arrived while the training of personnel to undertake the testing had started. The Customs Division of […]
Over 779 health workers contract covid-19 in line of duty across Ghana
More than 779 health workers have contracted coronavirus in line of duty across the country. A number of them are also currently in isolation awaiting their test results after being exposed to the virus. Speaking at a press briefing by the Health Sector Unions and Professional Associations in Accra, President of the Ghana Medical Association, […]
Accra recorded 87 cases of accidents during lockdown
The Accra Central Motor Traffic and Transport Department recorded 87 cases in car accidents in a period of three weeks in the region during the partial lockdown. These were contained in June, 2020 edition of Police Diary which focuses on Accra Region. In his report, the MTTD Commander, Accra, ACP Martin Ayiih said the accidents […]
Hunger could kill more than Covid-19, Oxfam warns
More people could die from hunger as a result of the coronavirus pandemic than from the disease itself, an international charity warns. Oxfam says the crisis has disrupted harvests, food supplies and remittances in the poorest countries. It says middle-income countries such as South Africa, India and Brazil, have also been badly hit, with many […]
