KATH sets up COVID-19 testing laboratory
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana’s second largest health referral facility, has completed the setting up of a COVID-19 (coronavirus) disease testing laboratory. This follows over three weeks of preparation with all the necessary physical infrastructure, equipment and consumables, as well as good test runs validated by the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR). […]
Stigmatization not needed in COVID-19 war
NEWS COMMENTARY ON COVID-19 BY DZANDU STANLEY ABORA, A SOUND ENGINEER AT GBC. The Coronavirus has affected millions of people and killed thousands across the globe. Since its detection in Wuhan city of China, little did the world know that the virus was going to spread to the most powerful countries with sophisticated health systems […]
Tema facing water shortage as GWCL embark on unannounced maintenance work
Some residents of Tema have bared their teeth at the Ghana Water Company Limited for making their taps run dry for four days. The Tema metropolis and its environs from Wednesday had interruptions in their water supply as the GWCL embarked on an unannounced emergency maintenance work schedule. The residents speaking to the Ghana News […]
Parliament: President submits Annual Report on 2019 Presidential Office Staff
President Akufo-Addo has presented the Annual Report on Presidential Office Staff for 2019 to Parliament in line with the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463). According to sections of the list, the number of Ministers at the Presidency stands at five, Presidential Staffers 36, and 270 Junior Political Appointees.This brings to 311 the number of political appointees […]
NIA refutes NDC 2020 elections rigging allegations
The National Identification Authority , NIA has challenged allegations by the NDC that it is conspiring with the Electoral Commission to rig the 2020 General Elections for the NPP. In a statement, the NIA stated categorically that it is not part of the Election Management Architecture in Ghana and cannot in any way rig elections. The NDC at […]
BOG extends Minimum Capital requirement deadline for Microfinance Institutions
The Bank of Ghana has extended the deadline for Microfinance Institutions and Rural Banks to meet the BOG’s Minimum Capital requirement, to December, next year. The Bank of Ghana in 2015 announced an upward revision of the minimum capital to One million cedis to be met by December 31, 2017.But this was reviewed to February ,this year. The Governor […]
Coronavirus: Trump says US reopening, ‘vaccine or no vaccine’
President Donald Trump says the US will reopen, “vaccine or no vaccine”, as he announced an objective to deliver a coronavirus jab by year end. He likened the vaccine project, dubbed “Operation Warp Speed”, to the World War Two effort to produce the world’s first nuclear weapons. But Mr Trump made clear that even without […]
NDC bent on tarnishing our image – EC reacts to rigging allegations
The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Commission is plotting to rig the 2020 elections in favour of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). In a press statement signed by its acting Director of Public Affiars, Mrs Sylvia Annor on Friday, May 15, 2020, the EC […]
Coronavirus: Italy to lift travel restrictions as lockdown eases
Italy’s government has signed a decree that will allow travel to and from the country from 3 June, as it moves to ease its coronavirus lockdown measures. It will also allow travel between the regions – which has so far been tightly restricted – from the same day. The move marks a major step in […]
Jomoro MCE express quarantine facility acquisition difficulty for COVID-19 cases
Municipal Chief Executive for Jomoro, Ernest Kofie, has bemoaned the difficulty the Assembly is encountering to get places within the community to quarantine 20 suspected COVID-19 cases whose samples have been sent for testing. According to him people were afraid to allow the suspected COVID-19 patients to be quarantined in their communities. Mr. Kofie therefore […]
Coronavirus: Volta region records first death
The Volta Region yesterday recorded its first COVID-19 death at the local Treatment Centre in HO. The deceased, a 60-year-old woman who returned from Accra two weeks ago, visited the Ho Teaching Hospital with difficulty in breathing, fever for three days and reduced level of consciousness. She was noticed to have been progressively getting weak […]
National Film Authority inaugurates Film Classification Committee
The National Film Authority (NFA) has inaugurated the Film Classification Committee (FCC), which will be responsible for benchmarking the categorisation, classification, standardization, and preview of film content intended for viewership. Mr. Socrate Sarfo, an astute filmmaker, would head the newly inaugurated 12-member committee with other members including a representative each from the Information Services Department, […]
Eastern Region: VIVO Energy supports fight against coronavirus
VIVO Energy, a subsidiary of Shell Company has mounted four water tanks fitted with foot operated hand washing machines with flowing water system at three locations in Koforidua. The areas are the Koforidua Central Market, Juaben Serwah Market and the Kumasi Station at Koforidua in the Eastern Region to fight the spread of the coronavirus. […]
KATH appeals to President Akufo Addo to help secure hospital land
The Chief Executive Officer of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Dr. Oheneba Danso has appealed to government to as a matter of urgency secure the Hospital land and also relocate the military residence to enable the Hospital to address its infrastructure deficits. Dr. Oheneba Danso made this appeal at the sod cutting ceremony for the continuation […]
