Coronavirus: Spain begins to ease lockdown to revive economy
Spain, one of the countries worst hit by the coronavirus, is beginning to ease strict lockdown measures that have brought its economy to a standstill. People in manufacturing, construction and some services are being allowed to return to work, but must stick to strict safety guidelines. The rest of the population must still remain at […]
Record deal to cut oil output ends price war
Oil-producing countries around the world, have agreed to a record cutting output in an effort to end the price war sparked by Russia and Saudi Arabia. OPEC and other major exporters will slash out both by about a tenth of global supplies. According to the new agreement, the oil cartel known as OPEC Plus will […]
Tema confirms 2 new COVID-19 cases
The Tema Metropolis has confirmed two new COVID-19 cases bringing to four the total number of cases seen in the harbour cum industrial city. The Metropolis initially confirmed two cases out of which one had fully recovered leaving one active case with 43 out of 46 contacts traced and tested negative. The Tema Metropolitan Director […]
COVID-19: Today marks Easter Monday with no picnics
Today is Easter Monday. However, unlike previous years, this year’s Easter Monday is being observed without the usual flurry of activities such as fanfares and picnics, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the public is being urged to stay at home, observe all health protocols in place while keeping to the social distancing rule, to […]
COVID-19: Bureau of Public Safety calls for total lockdown
The Bureau of Public Safety is calling on the government to as a matter of urgency, to lockdown the entire country in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus in ten regions. A statement signed by its Director of Research and Advocacy, Etornam Korda, observed with concern, that any delay in a total lockdown […]
Ghana’s coronavirus cases hit 566
Ghana’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 now stand at 566. This is the highest daily confirmed number of cases. The Ghana Health Service attributes the significant rise in confirmed cases to enhanced surveillance and intensive contact tracing and testing, among other measures introduced recently. The cases recorded are in the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Northern, Central, Upper […]
COVID-19: Stay away from all the beaches – Police
The Ghana Police Service on Sunday warned henceforth any person found at any beach in Ghana will be arrested as part of measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus. A statement signed by Superintendent of Police Mrs Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman, Director of Public Affairs, explained: “In accordance with the Imposition of Restrictions Act, […]
Ghanaian scientists find the sequenced genomes of COVID-19
Ghanaian scientists at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) at the University of Ghana have successfully found the sequenced genomes of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the global COVID-19 pandemic. This is a major contribution to science in the fight against COVID-19 which […]
Ban on public gathering extended for two weeks
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo by Executive Instrument (EI) under EI 64 has extended the duration of the restrictions imposed on public gatherings for another two weeks with effect from Monday, 13th April, 2020. The ban was to be lifted on Monday 13th April; but according to a statement issued on Sunday 12th April, the President […]
Faith Mission Hospital sets up COVID-19 Fund
Faith Evangelical Mission (FEM) Hospital, located at Bubuashie in Accra, has set up a Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease Emergency Fund to support the fight against the pandemic. The Fund, which was inaugurated Friday, April 10, 2020, would thrive on donations from members of the Faith Evangelical Mission Worldwide (FEMW); corporate institutions and benevolent individuals. The FEWM […]
Harlequin Oil and Gas adjudged 2020 Local Content Achievement Company
A fully-owned Ghanaian Fabrication, Hydraulics and General Engineering Services Company, Harlequin Oil and GAS has been adjudged “Local Content Achievement Company of the Year 2020” by The Oil and Gas Year (TOGY), the most prestigious oil & gas journal with global footprints. The award is in recognition of the importance of the recent acquisition of […]
Gold Fields Ghana supports government’s drive towards fighting COVID-19
Gold Fields Ghana has committed more than US$830,000 to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in its operating areas in the Western Region and other parts of Ghana. The Company, through the Ghana Chamber of Mines, has contributed US$433,891 to support the efforts by the Ghana Government to reduce the spread of the coronavirus and assist the […]
Report reveals Ghana’s fisheries collapsing as trawlers take young fish
Ghana’s sardinella fishery is under severe threat from illegal targeting by industrial trawlers in an illegal transshipment trade known locally as “saiko”. According to a new report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), an international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) working to protect the environment, 99 per cent of “saiko” sardinella were found to be juveniles. This, […]
Mother and two children die in New Takoradi house fire
Three persons lost their lives Friday, April 10, at New Takoradi, a fishing community in Takoradi in the Western Region, when fire engulfed their residence. Eye witness account has it that the fire started around 9 a.m. when premix fuel which has been kept in the courtyard of the compound house, caught fire, trapping a […]
