Aveme Dra gets potable water
The Aveme Dra community in the North Dayi District of the Volta Region has received a potable water system to ease water challenges in the area. The project is a joint initiative of Madam Joycelyn Tetteh, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi Constituency, and Togbe Tornu Yao V, Chief of the Aveme Dra Traditional […]
National draft Aflatoxin Policy ready for Cabinet approval
The draft National Policy for Aflatoxin Control in Food and Feed will soon be given Cabinet approval for its full implementation to protect human and animal health. The policy would also help increase income of food value chain actors by reducing aflatoxin contamination in food and feed. Aflatoxin contamination is said to be highly prevalent […]
July 15, 2021
The Daily Graphic says dealing with pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea requires a regional cooperative maritime security approach. This approach it says will make maritime safety and security a shared responsibility and enable regional states to conduct cross-border patrols and share law enforcement intelligence. The paper urges governments of Ghana, Togo, Benin and […]
GHS denies reports of ICU, testing facilities overwhelmed due to increase in COVID-19 cases
The Ghana Health Service has denied reports that the country’s intensive care units (ICU) and testing facilities are overstretched with the increase in COVID-19 cases. The GHS said currently, there are 13 empty ICU beds at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital of Ridge and more than 20 ICU beds at the Ga East Hospital. At […]
President Akufo-Addo promises to complete stalled projects
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says in his second term in office, there will be massive development in the road sector countrywide. At the inauguration of a Business Resource Centre at Tumu in the Sissala East Municipality of the Upper West region on day one of his visit, President Akufo-Addo said the government plans […]
Ya Na sets up educational fund to support needy but brilliant students
The Overlord of Dagbon, Ya Na Abukari Mahama, has identified education as key in achieving national development stressing that the sector is one of his priorities as the king of the Dagbon Traditional Area. He said apart from the construction of schools and other interventions to improve education, he has set up an Educational Fund […]
Ejura Ministerial Committee: Nifahene tenders empty bullet shells in evidence
The Ejura Nifahene, Nana Osei Kwadwo Ansebie, has tendered empty bullet shells as evidence of shootings during the disturbances to the Committee looking into the recent riots at Ejura. Giving testimony as a witness on Day seven of the Committee’s public hearing in Kumasi Nana Kwadwo Ansebie a representative of the Traditional Council on the […]
Vice President Bawumia launches Ghana.Gov to inject efficiency in government business
The Ghana.GOV platform has officially been outdoored with a call on stakeholders to leverage on it to ease the stress of doing business with government agencies. Ghana.GOV is a digital services and revenue collection platform hosting government agencies in addition to twenty-three commercial banks to facilitate business transactions. Vice President Bawumia said the platform will […]
A group named Concerned Persons with Disability calls for extension of Census by two weeks
A group called the Concerned Persons with Disability has called on Government to extend the just ended Population and Housing Census by two more weeks to ensure all persons are enumerated. It also urged the Government to improve on the questionnaires used for the exercise to appropriately capture all Persons Living With Disability (PWDs). The […]
38 players invited for Africa Women’s Cup of Nations qualifiers
Head Coach of the Black Queens, Mercy Tagoe-Quarcoo has invited 38 players to camp to begin preparations for the upcoming Africa Women’s Cup of Nations (AWCON) qualifiers. The Head Coach named nine foreign-based and 29 local-based players to report to camp at the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence at Prampram on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Coach […]
KoKMA to construct new fish market in Osu Alata
Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (KoKMA), Nii Adjei Tawiah says the Assembly is working towards the construction of a modern fish market in the Osu Alata Electoral area. The MCE, at a press conference, said the project was aimed at opening up the fishing community to grow the local economy. He said […]
Tema: Floating commercial drivers demand release of seized vehicles
Floating Commercial Drivers at Tema Community One, whose vehicles have been detained by the Tema Metropolitan Assembly, working in partnership with the Regional Police Command, are appealing for their vehicles to be released to them. The drivers numbering about fifteen were at GBC in Tema over the incident. They claimed they stopped at designated bus […]
Islamic State children in Syria face a lifetime in prison
Thousands of foreign children, including British Islamic kids, are facing a lifetime of imprisonment in camps and jails in north-eastern Syria, with little hope of being released. A BBC investigation has found that the children, whose parents supported the Islamic State Group, are being moved from desert camps, to secure children’s homes, and onto adult prisons, in […]
Hotel collapse in China’s Suzhou kills 17, injures five
Some seventeen people have died after a hotel collapse in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou. After 36 hours of search operations, rescue workers found 23 people buried in the rubble – six of whom were found alive. Preliminary investigation found the collapse was caused by the owner altering the structure of the building. The building […]
