Monday May 25 is a public holiday
The Ministry of Interior has declared Monday, May 25, 2020, as a public holiday to mark “Eid-Al-Fitr.” According to a press release signed by the Minister of Interior, Ambrose Dery, Sunday, May 24, 2020 marks EID-AL-FITR which is a Statutory Public Holiday. However, 24th May, 2020 falls on a Sunday and by Executive Instrument (EI), His […]
8 health facilities benefit from Zongo Development Fund
Eight health centres in the Greater Accra region have benefited from the benevolence of the Zongo Development Fund. The gesture is intended to help these facilities to sustain protocols adopted against COVID-19. The fund which is under the auspices of the Ministry of Inner Cities and Zongo Development is to augment government’s effort in fighting […]
Ghanaians urged to stop stigmatising against recovered Covid-19 patients
The Ashanti Regional Health Director, Dr. Emmanuel Tenkorang, has appealed to Ghanaians to refrain from stigmatising against Covid-19 patients. Giving a regional update of Covid-19 at a media briefing in Kumasi, he expressed concerned about the section of Ghanaians stigmatizing against Covid-19 patients. This he noted has the tendency of drawing back efforts in the […]
Coronavirus: Man Utd say pandemic has cost them £28m so far
Manchester United say the coronavirus pandemic has cost them an initial £28m – and expect the final figure to be far higher. United revealed their third-quarter results to 31 March on Thursday. Chief financial officer Cliff Baty said they are set to hand back £20m in TV revenue to broadcasters even if the Premier League […]
Rebecca Foundation, CBI Ghana ltd donate 1000 bags of cement to Hairdressers & Beauticians Association
The Rebecca Foundation in collaboration with CBI Ghana Limited has donated a thousand (1000 )bags of Cement to the Hairdressers and Beauticians Association to help build a Hairdressing school at Ashalaja Denhyira in the Greater Accra Region. The donation was in response to a request made by the Association to the Executive Director of the […]
Government says no decision has been taken to re-open schools
The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, says government has not taken any decision to open schools. He noted that what was relayed was a consultation meeting on what it takes to re-open schools. Mr. Oppong Nkrumah made this known at a media briefing in Accra. Mr. Oppong Nkrumah also added that Ghanaians need to […]
Colleges and sport to restart in Tanzania in June
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has announced that university students and final-year secondary students will return to class on 1 June. Sporting events, which have also been halted for at least two months to stop the spread of coronavirus, will also resume then. But other secondary school and primary school pupils will not be returning yet. […]
COVID-19: Abiriw, Akropong receive free nose masks from Rebekah Awuah Foundation
The Akuapem North District is one of the twenty-one districts of the Eastern Region of Ghana. Akropong – the Municipal capital of the Akuapem North district and Abiriw has benefitted from a free nose masks distribution and sensitization on the novel coronavirus and the need to adhere to the WHO’s safety protocols. The Rebekah Awuah […]
Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom
A man has been sentenced to death via a Zoom video call in Singapore, as the country remains on lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 cases. Punithan Genasan, 37, received the sentence on Friday for his role in a drug deal that took place in 2011. It marks the city’s first case where such a […]
Don’t rush in re-opening schools- Assistant Headmaster tells gov’t
Assistant Headmaster in charge of Academic, Apostle Safo School of Arts and Sciences at Awoshie Last Stop, Accra, Hughes Lartey, has cautioned the government against the re-opening of schools in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In his firm estimation, school children, especially those in the lower primary, will find it extremely difficult to […]
Police Commander clears air on COVID-19 cases at Dansoman Divisional Headquaters
District Commander, Dansoman Divisional Police Headquarters, Accra, Chief Superintendent Jeffrey Darko, has discounted claims that his outfit has recorded two COVID-19 cases. Instead, he explained that blood samples of both police personnel and inmates have been taken of which they were waiting for the results. “I am the District Commander of Dansoman, and I am […]
Fee waiver for digital banking transactions extended to June 20
The Ghana Association of Bankers (GAB) and the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhlPSS) have agreed to extend the waiver of fees on digital banking platforms to June 20, 2020. The waiver of fees, which took effect on March 23, 2020 was part of measures put in place to encourage customers to use digital […]
Don’t Stigmatise COVID-19 Patients- N/R Coordinating Director
The Northern Regional Coordinating Director, Alhaji Alhassan Issahaku, has appealed to Ghanaians to refrain from stigmatising against COVID-19 patients. He said stigmatising against COVID-19 patients, has the tendency of drawing back efforts towards the fight against the virus. According to him, stigmatisation has been identified by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the World Health […]
UK begins hydroxychloroquine trial
A trial to see whether two anti-malarial drugs could prevent Covid-19 has begun in Brighton and Oxford. Chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine or a placebo will be given to more than 40,000 healthcare workers from Europe, Africa, Asia and South America. All the participants are staff who are in contact with Covid-19 patients. “We really do not know […]
