Today marks 6 years of June 3rd disaster
Today marks exactly six years since a fire and flood disaster claimed more than 150 lives at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. What started as a normal rain, saw people seek refuge in various places including the Goil Fuel Station which later exploded killing almost everyone within that area and around. Many including children […]
Tokyo 2020: Olympics ‘100%’ going ahead – Games president Seiko Hashimoto
Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto is “100%” certain the Olympics will go ahead, but warned the Games “must be prepared” to proceed without spectators in the event of a coronavirus outbreak. There are 50 days until the delayed Tokyo Games begin on 23 July. Japan is dealing with the fourth wave of coronavirus cases, with […]
June 3, 2021
The Daily Graphic supports efforts being made by government to make the country green. The paper says citizens must be part of this, emphasizing that greening Ghana should be a collective responsibility. It says one of the initiatives under the Green Ghana Project, which was inaugurated by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, which […]
Government hospitals’ labs in Kumasi open for work
Laboratory Units within the various government hospitals in Kumasi have commenced work following the decision by the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) to call off its strike. The Association recently declared a nationwide strike in solidarity with its members at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), who started the industrial action on May […]
KNM calls on residents to cooperate with census officials
The Municipal Chief Executive of the Kassena Nankana Municipal (KNM) in the Upper East Region, Mr. William Adum has called on stakeholders and residents of the Municipality, to cooperate with the census officials during the population and housing census (PHC) exercise. He said it would be the first fully digital census to be conducted in […]
AGL distributes agro inputs to 360 farmers
The Abosso Goldfields Limited (AGL), under the cocoa farmers support programme, has distributed agro inputs to 360 farmers from its nine host communities in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality of the Western Region. Each farmer received six bags of fertilizers, 48 sachets of fungicides and two bottles of insecticides. The General Manager of AGL, Mr. Michiel […]
Police place GHC10,000 on killers of Karaga DCE’s driver
The Northern Regional Police Command is offering GHC10,000 cash reward to anyone with credible information that would lead to the arrest of persons who shot and killed the Karaga District Chief Executive’s driver, Issah Ziblim. Commissioner of Police (COP) Timothy Yoosa Bonga, the Northern Regional Police Commander, announced this at a press briefing in Tamale. […]
GSE and Stanford Seed Transformation Network sign MoU to boost listings
The Ghana Stock Exchange has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Stanford Seed Transformation Network Ghana (STN). This in line with its strategy to groom and prepare the next pool of companies to list on the Exchange. STN Ghana is a network of graduates of the Stanford Seed Transformation Programme, an initiative of […]
U/ER: Small-Scale Miners trapped in mining pits by floodwaters
Some Small-Scale Miners at Gbane in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region are reported trapped in their mining pits by floodwaters. Colleague miners at the site have positioned more than nine water pumping machines at vantage points to pump the floodwaters out of the more than 20 pits in the area to enable […]
Cargo ship sinks off Sri Lanka amid fears of environmental disaster
A chemical-laden cargo ship is sinking off the coast of Sri Lanka amid fears of a major environmental disaster. The Singapore-registered X-Press Pearl has been on fire for almost two weeks. Some hundreds of tonnes of engine oil could leak into the sea if the ship sinks, with devastating impact on marine life. The Sri […]
June 2, 2021
The Daily Graphic urges the Ghana Education Service to properly structure the double track system to ensure students receive the best of education under current circumstances. The paper suggests the service works with parameters to have either one of the tracks at a particular period to prevent confusion. It calls for publication of dates for reopening, […]
Religious groups, others push for law to ban homosexuality
A coalition of religious groups and other organisations are pushing for the enactment of a specific legislation to proscribe the practice and promotion of homosexuality in any of its forms in the country. The group says the government must stop the flow of funds to finance the promotion and implementation of programmes of the LGBT+ […]
Children parliament outdoored in Upper West
The Upper West Regional Department of Children, together with Pollie Kids and Plan International Ghana have out-doored Children’s Parliament in the region. The initiative aims at providing a platform for children to express their views on matters that affect them, while catching the eye of relevant authorities for solutions.
“Needles for Girls” launched, 2nd lady to empower girls economically
As part of efforts to fill the skills gap in Ghana’s fashion and textiles industries and also empower girls economically, a project known as Needles for Girls (N4G) has been launched in Tamale. At the launch, wife of the Vice President, Madam Samira Bawumia encouraged young girls to seize the opportunity to be economically independent […]
