St Paul Catholic Church at Kpehe marks 75th anniversary
The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Accra, Most Rev John Bonaventure Kwofie has urged Christians to show love to all people irrespective of their religious beliefs and also exhibit the tenets of Jesus Christ. By so doing they can win more souls for the Kingdom of God. Most Rev Kwofie said this at the climax of […]
Brazil: Heavy rains cause floods and mudslide in Sao Paulo
A man has captured dramatic video of houses in Brazil being covered by a mudslide. Gabriel França, a 27-year-old engineer living in the community in the outskirts of São Paulo, said he heard his neighbours screaming. He walked outside and filmed the mudslide as it was taking place. Screams could be heard on the video […]
Coronavirus prankster faces five-years’ jail for Moscow metro stunt
Police in Moscow have arrested a man suspected of imitating a coronavirus victim and collapsing on a metro train as a prank, officials say. In footage posted online, passengers are seen trying to assist a man in a mask as he stumbles and falls to the floor of a busy train carriage. They then rush […]
VIDEO: VEEP Bawumia speaks on economy at Town Hall Meeting in Kumasi
Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia is addressing Ghanaians at a Town Hall meeting in Kumasi. Watch here:
UPSA launches project to mentor La Nkwantanang M/A Basic Schools
The University of Professional Studies, Accra, UPSA, has offered to be mentor of the JHS Department of La Nkwantanang Basic School Cluster 7 and 8 at Madina. This forms part of UPSA’s Community Academic Project to mark its 55th Anniversary. The Vice Chancellor, Professor Abednego Amartey, said the initiative is to motivate the pupils to […]
Pharmaceutical companies cut supplies to hospitals over delayed NHIS payments
The Chamber of Pharmacy, Ghana (CoPG) has served notice that its members will no longer provide medicines to hospitals that have delayed in paying for drugs offered, for more than three months. This, it said, is to anticipate any potential effects on the companies under the Chamber, from the delayed reimbursement by the National Health […]
Thousands gather to bid farewell to Kenya’s longest serving leader Moi
Tens of thousands of Kenyans are gathered at an open air stadium on Tuesday for the state funeral of Daniel Arap Moi, the country’s longest serving president, who died last week aged 95. Moi’s coffin, draped in the Kenyan flag, was carried on a gun carriage from the State House, the official seat of the […]
Plight Of Unemployed Nurses In Ghana
COMMENTARY ON “THE YEAR OF THE NURSE AND MIDWIFE”; EXPERIENCES OF THE UNEMPLOYED NURSE. The globally acclaimed organization, the World Health Organization (WHO) has chosen 2020 as the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”, in honour of the 200-birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale born on the 12th of May 1820. This among other things is […]
Ghana earns $378 million from raw cashew nuts exports
Ghana earned $378 million from the sale of 110 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2018. The amount represented 43 per cent of the total revenue obtained from non-traditional export commodities in the country. The Director of Crop Services of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Mr Seth Osei-Akoto, announced this at the opening […]
Government to ban importation of accident and overaged vehicles into Ghana
Government has initiated processes to pass the Customs Amendments Bill into law to regulate the importation of vehicles into Ghana. Mr Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs disclosed this in a radio interview on Okay FM, an Accra based Radio Station Tuesday morning. He said the decision to ban importation of […]
National ID card to be used as tax ID card- VEEP Bawumia
Government through its digitisation agenda is seeking to widen the tax net to cover about 16 million people by the end of next year as opposed to the current 2 million who pay tax. The national ID card will be used as a ‘tax identification’ card to rope in more tax payers. Vice President Mahamudu […]
Coronavirus latest: Death toll in China surpasses 1,000
The death toll for the novel coronavirus outbreak centred in China surpassed 1,000 people as some countries ramped up efforts to contain the virus. Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam asked members of the public to stay at home and avoid crowded places. Meanwhile, South Korea urged citizens not to travel to Japan, Taiwan, Malaysia, […]
Oscars 2020: Number of TV viewers falls to all-time low
The US live TV audience for the Oscars fell to an all-time low on Sunday. Roughly 23.6 million viewers tuned into the awards ceremony, according to the US broadcaster ABC, citing Nielsen. The ratings fell sharply from last year when 29.5 million people watched, amid an industry-wide decline in linear TV viewing. South Korea’s Parasite […]
China launches coronavirus ‘close contact detector’ app
China has launched an app that allows people to check whether they have been at risk of catching the coronavirus. The ‘close contact detector’ tells users if they have been near a person who has been confirmed or suspected of having the virus. People identified as being at risk are advised to stay at home […]
