Israel intensifies attacks in Gaza as conflict enters fifth day
Israel has intensified its assault on Gaza, as Palestinian militants continue to fire rockets into Israel on the fifth day of hostilities. Israel’s military said air and ground forces were involved in attacks on Friday but had not entered Gaza. Video from Gaza City showed the night sky lit up by explosions from Israeli artillery, […]
May 14, 2021
The Daily Graphic commends Muslims for going through the Ramadan fast successfully. It however urges the youth to be measured in their celebrations because of Covid and observe all the safety protocols. The Paper reiterates the need for Muslims to reflect on the lessons learnt from the 30days fasting and strive to imbibe such virtues in […]
Special report: Poverty – A Woman’s Tiny Little Wish
Living in the worst conditions imaginable, and unable to afford a square meal a day, seventy-year-old Afua Akoto is not captured on the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty Program (LEAP), for survival. She has two grandchildren who are gifted with the ability to create, but poverty has shut the door to their dreams for now. And […]
Works and Housing Ministry encourages use of locally manufactured building materials
The Ministry of Works and Housing is to collaborate with Health and Education ministries to encourage the use of indigenous local materials such as burnt clay bricks and tiles. The initiative seeks to ensure judicious and economic use of scarce resources and reduce costs in the building and construction industry. The Minister of Works and […]
Final concrete works laid to complete Pokuase interchange
It has been the bone of contention over cost and size in political discourse for months, but on Wednesday, May 12, a ceremony has taken place to lay the final concrete works at the Pokuase interchange. Roads and Highways Minister, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah performed the ceremony. The 48 Engineers Regiment were at the project site […]
Farmers sensitised on 2021 subsidised fertiliser implementation modalities
The Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana (PFAG), has sensitised smallholder farmers on the 2021 Fertiliser Subsidy Programme (FSP) implementation guidelines being rolled out by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) to increase farmers’ interest and enhance their participation in the programme. The FSP is an initiative under the government’s flagship, Planting for Food and […]
Healthy Cities for Adolescents’ holds sensitisation workshop
The Healthy Cities for Adolescents Project Ghana (HCA), has organized a forum to build the capacity of parents and teachers to prepare them to adequately guide teenagers as they transit to adulthood. The project is expected to deal with critical issues affecting the adolescent by reaching out to them through the home and schools where […]
Jospong Group of Companies donate to National Chief Imam, Ahmadiyyah Muslims towards Eid-ul-Fitr
The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Mr. Joseph Siaw-Agyepong has donated 20 bags of rice, 10 boxes of oil and an undisclosed amount of cash to the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osumanu Nuhu Sharubutu. The donation which is done annually by Mr. Agyepong was to support the Chief Imam to put a […]
Israel-Gaza: Fears of war as violence escalates
The deadly exchange of fire between Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military has escalated significantly, with the UN fearing a “full-scale war”. More than 1,000 rockets have now been fired by Palestinian militants over 38 hours, Israel said, most at Tel Aviv. Israel has carried out deadly airstrikes, bringing down two […]
May 12, 2021
The Ghanaian Times lauds the Minister of Roads and Highways Kwesi Amoako-Atta, for directing the Ghana Highways Authority to remove all illegal speed humps mounted by communities along highways. The paper however brings to the attention of the Minister that community members do not construct such “illegal’’ humps out of pleasure but due to the […]
Kpone Katamanso residents decry bad state of roads
Residents of the Kpone Katamanso Municipality are unhappy about the deterioration of their major roads, coupled with poor drainage systems. They say several attempts to draw attention to the authorities to fix the road and other infrastructure challenges in the municipality have not been successful. Commercial drivers and motorists, especially, are calling on the government […]
SHS student appeals for support to undergo hip replacement surgery
An 18-year-old SHS student is appealing for financial support to raise ¢35,000 to enable him undergo a total Hip Replacement Surgery, at the St. Joseph Orthopaedic Hospital, in Koforidua. Damien has been suffering from Perthes disease since he was in class four. Madam Nisuni Kanose, the mother of Damien Kanose, says her son developed the […]
Government to remove all physical barriers in all public sector facilities
Government will soon remove all physical barriers in all public sector facilities that inhibit the free movement of Persons Living with Disabilities in the country. At a ceremony in Accra, 20,000 manual and electronic wheelchairs were presented to Persons Living with Disabilities, to help make them a bit more mobile. Being immobile is very difficult […]
AAG to pull down unauthorized billboards, gives 2wks to remove or face sanctions
The Advertising Association of Ghana in conjunction with the Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council has launched a campaign to rid the City of the indiscriminate citing of billboards. Companies that have mounted billboards with no authorization or permit have two weeks to remove them or face sanctions. This exercise to rid the city of wrongly […]
