Pope John Old Boys Association holds career clinic for students
The Pope John Old Boys Association (POJOBA) has organised a career clinic and mentorship programme for students of the School. It was to prepare the final year students for this year’s West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. The Old Students spent days in the School to encourage and challenge the students to deliver excellent results […]
Lack of risk management cause of business collapse – IoD-Gh
Mr Rockson Kwesi Dogbegah, President of Institute of Directors-Ghana (IoD-Gh) says the lack of appetite towards risk management is the cause of the collapse of some businesses over the years. He observed that others, who had developed the appropriate architecture to dealing with risks had survived. Mr Dogbegah said this in a virtual seminar on […]
Government urged to ensure registration of motorbikes
The government has been advised to adopt strict measures to ensure the registration of all motorbikes. “It is a necessity, particularly, for the Ghana Police Service to make sure that no motorbike gets on the road without its identity being known,” Mr Kwadwo Bamba, a youth activist, has said. A comprehensive licensing system capturing the […]
Global Green-Grant Fund partners GLOMeF for climate change project
The Global Media Foundation (GLOMeF), a human rights and media advocacy non-governmental organisation has secured US$3,500 grant from the Global Green-Grant Fund to implement climate change mitigation project in the Bono and Ahafo Regions. The seven-month environmental sustainability campaign project seeks to sensitise women and young people in forest fringe communities about the contributory factors […]
Council of State member calls for unity in Regional House of Chiefs
A member of the Council of State, Ms Eunice Jacqueline Buah, says real development may be an illusion if traditional leadership continues to stay fragmented in the Western Region. She noted that traditional leadership had always driven development as owners of the land and any of such actions, contributed significantly to the lack of development, […]
KMA, Bloomberg and stakeholder institutions discuss road safety issues
Superintendent Emmanuel Adu Boahen, Ashanti Regional Commander of the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), has advised road safety stakeholder institutions to be committed to duty. He urged them to shun lukewarm attitudes to work given the critical nature of road safety issues, especially their correlation with life and death. The Police MTTD estimates […]
Interior Minister advises Ghanaians against shielding of criminals
The Minister of the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, has advised Ghanaians not to shield criminals but expose them and provide the police with information that would lead to their arrest and prosecution. He said harbouring criminals was dangerous because those criminals would continue to make life uncomfortable for inhabitants. Mr Dery said this at the […]
Ghana to receive over 18 million COVID-19 vaccines – President Akufo-Addo
Ghana will by mid-August receive millions of COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX facility to ramp up the availability of vaccines, to inoculate all adult population of the country by the end of 2021. About one million Pfizer vaccines from the United States of America, 229,670 Pfizer vaccines from the African Union, and 249,000 AstraZeneca vaccines […]
COVID-19: Wedding and funeral receptions banned
Government has banned post-funeral and wedding receptions in the country to contain the spread of COVID-19. The President, Nana Ado Dankwa Akufo-Addo has also directed that all events associated with funerals and weddings be held in open air spaces with strict adherence to the COVID-19 health protocols. He said this when he addressed the nation […]
Police investigate alleged murder of 34-year-old man at Tantra Hill
Police have commenced investigation into the murder of Stephen Akowuah, a 34-year-old man, who was shot dead at Tantra Hill in Accra on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs. Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, said the deceased, believed to be a physical instructor, […]
Project to deal stigma against Persons with disabilities rolls out
Stigma and discrimination related to disabilities and mental health are widespread in the country, lowering the self-esteem of persons with disabilities, a new study has indicated. The study also revealed that stigma and discrimination being experienced by persons with disabilities and mental health were being perpetuated at home, workplaces, public places, and places of worship. […]
Huawei trains 1,500 students, certifies 800 in first half of the year
Huawei Ghana, through its Ambassadors and Instructors, have trained 1,500 students and certified 800 of them in HCIA-Security and HCIA-Routing and Switching. In 2019, Huawei introduced the Huawei Student Ambassadors Programme to groom Information Communication Technology talents across the various Huawei Authorized academies in Ghana. It also shares acquired knowledge with students and assists instructors […]
Outbreak of Bird Flu: We are working hard to contain disease – MoFA
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture says it is working assiduously to minimise and contain the outbreak of the Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) in the country. Already, more than seven poultry farms in three regions in the country have been affected by the virus with over 10,000 birds dead since it was first detected on […]
Appointments Committee unanimously recommends Kissi Agyebeng as Special Prosecutor
The Appointments Committee of Parliament Thursday unanimously recommended the Special Prosecutor (SP) Nominee, Kissi Agyebeng, vetted earlier in the day, to be approved by the House to take up the position. “The committee unanimously agreed to recommend him to the House for approval,” Mr Osei-Owusu, the Chairman of the Committee, said, adding that the members […]
