Parliament unanimously approves Imposition of Restrictions Bill 2020
Parliament has by a unanimous decision, passed the Imposition of Restrictions Bill 2020. The law empowers the President to provide for restrictions in accordance with C, D and E of Article 21(4) of the Constitution. By this, the President may by Executive Instrument, acting in accordance with relevant authorities, impose restrictions for a period not […]
Coronavirus: Generosity is infectious for those on COVID-19 frontline
As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to sweep the United Kingdom, an initiative has begun to support doctors, nurses and other frontline hospital workers. At the centre of the efforts to rally behind health workers, businesses within the food and hospitality sector are offering up their services to provide sustenance to exhausted caregivers. Fresh Fitness Food […]
NIA suspends mass registration in Eastern Region
The National Identification Authority (NIA) is today suspending the Mass Registration of residents in the Eastern region. This comes at the back of an Interlocutory Injunction restraining the NIA from the continuing exercise following the outbreak of COVID-19. A statement signed by the Head of Corporate Affairs, Francis Palm Deti urges all field officers to […]
Ghana Bar Association adopts measures to prevent coronavirus infection
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has spelt out a number of measures with regards to court procedures, to help prevent the spread of coronavirus infections. A release signed by the National Secretary of the GBA, Yaw Acheampong Boafo and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said the measures were to decongest the courts and also […]
WHO launches COVID-19 Health Alert via WhatsApp
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday, launched a messaging service with WhatsApp and Facebook partners, to keep people safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. It said the easy-to-use messaging service had the potential to reach two billion people and enable WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that needed it. It […]
Singer, actor, ‘The Gambler’: Kenny Rogers dies at 81
Actor-singer Kenny Rogers, the smooth, Grammy-winning balladeer who spanned jazz, folk, country and pop with such hits as “Lucille,” “Lady” and “Islands in the Stream” and embraced his persona as “The Gambler” on record and on TV died Friday night. He was 81. He died at home in Sandy Springs, Georgia, representative Keith Hagan told […]
GJA invites inputs to review constitution
The Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) on Friday (March 20) invited individuals and groups to send in inputs to aid the review of the Association’s constitution. The Committee set up with a mandate to review the GJA Constitution is soliciting for inputs, proposals, memoranda for a robust and enduring constitution. […]
Ketu South NPP Parliamentary candidate donates veronica buckets to ‘okada’ unions
The Ketu South New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the December 2020 general elections, David Tianho Kwashie Geli, has donated ‘veronica’ buckets and liquid soaps to unions of commercial motorcycle riders to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic. He said the gesture was to ensure the Constituency did not record and Coronavirus case and […]
President’s directives on COVID-19 is in our own interest – Reverend Yirenkyi
Chairman of the Bibiani Local Council of Churches, Reverend Patrick Kwabena Yirenkyi, has called on Christians and the public to co-operate with the implementation of the President’s directives in the fight against the coronavirus. He said instead of seeing the move as a form of persecution and defying it, all hands must be on deck […]
GEOTECH supports Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping with training tools
The Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping (GSSM) has received assorted training equipment amounting to over One Hundred Thousand Cedis (GH¢ 100,000.00) from GEOTECH Systems Limited. The items donated include Sokkia Total Station CX 105, aluminium measuring rod, drawing boards, drawing protractors, levelling staff, camping tents, field compass, Auto level among others. The gesture is […]
Ghana joins to mark World Forest Day
Today March 21 is World Forest Day, set aside by the UN to sensitize the public on the need to conserve the forest, since it contributes to the survival of the human race, as well as other living creatures including the fauna and flaura. The global theme for this year’s celebration is ”Forest and Biodiversity”, […]
Police arrest man over shots fired at NIA registration centre
A 35-year old man, Stephen Tetteh, has been arrested by the Asesewa Police for possessing firearm without authority and offensive conduct after he allegedly fired a gun at a National Identification Authority (NIA) registration center in the Easter Region. The Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Ebenezer Tetteh, said on […]
Ashanti Regional Health Directorate cautions media over COVID-19 reports
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has called on the Media to rely solely on information put out by the Ghana Health Service on its portal, ghanahealthservice.org/covid19/ to avoid panic and public unrest. COVID-19 Updates | Ghana WHO statement on cases of COVID-19 surpassing 100 000 – 7th March 2020. WHO calls on all countries to […]
Ada: Kasseh residents appeal for potable water
Residents of Kasseh in the Ada East District, have appealed to government to provide the Community with potable water. According to them, the Town presently depends heavily on water tanker supply services, even though the source of the water supplied is not known. In an interview with GBC Radio Ghana in Tema, a resident, Godwin […]
