Parliamentary Select Committee on Health satisfied with COVID-19 procedures at KIA
The Parliamentary Select Committee on Health has expressed satisfaction with the COVID-19 operational procedures for arriving passengers at the Kotoka International Airport. It said any other observations would be discussed privately with the Airport authorities for solutions. Members of the Committee, on Wednesday, toured the Airport COVID-19 Testing Centre to have first-hand information about the […]
ECG Tema Region replaces 82,000 meters
The Tema Regional Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has installed 82,000 Clou Smart Meters in a project aimed at replacing existing residential and commercial prepaid meters. Announcing this on Tuesday, Mr Mawudefia Dotse Hlorlewu, Tema Regional ECG Commercial Manager, indicated that the project was piloted in December 2019 and rolled out from […]
AGI commends government for revamping Astek fruits processing company
The Eastern, Volta and Oti branch of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has commended the government for resuscitating distressed Astek fruits processing company limited. Mr Dela Gadzanku, Chairman of the Eastern, Volta and Oti branch, who made the commendation in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said the factory would help boost […]
Central University confers honorary Doctorate on former council members
The Central University has conferred honorary doctorate degrees on three former members of the university council for their dedicated service that has tremendously transformed the fortunes of the university. The Reverend Dr Rosalind Aryee was decorated with the honorary doctorate in Communication Arts; Dr Fred Kofi Asare Yeboah was awarded the with Engineering and Dr […]
Volta Medical Laboratory Scientists unhappy over labour issues at KATH
The Volta Regional branch of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists has observed with disbelief, the unhealthy labour issues festering at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). A statement issued on Tuesday, and signed by Mr Kenneth Owusu Agyemang, the Volta Regional Chairman of the Association, expressed utmost discomfort towards the imposition of Medical […]
Woman assault another woman over boyfriend
Priscilla Konya, 22, has been wounded by one Maame Nyarkoa for allegedly going out with her boyfriend. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, told the Ghana News Agency that, last week, a woman who alleged to be the mother of a victim of […]
MPs must brace themselves for long sitting Hours -Speaker Bagbin
Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has told Members of Parliament (MPs) to psyche themselves for hard work and long sitting hours. According to him the second meeting of the eighth Parliament promises to be very busy since the House is expected to consider and pass into law some important Bills “It is true, Like, medical […]
Business Executive’s spousal murder trial adjourned to June 4
The Madina District Court has adjourned to June 4, the case of Prince Charles Dedjoe, a Business Executive accused of spousal murder at East Legon, Accra. Dedjoe’s lawyer was expected to move an application for the Court to order the police to furnish the accused with the investigative statements of kids of the accused and […]
Three Policemen and three others remanded over farmer’s death in Seikwa
A Sunyani District Court has again remanded three Policemen and three other suspects concerning the death and secret burial of a 48-year-old farmer at Seikwa in the Tain District of the Bono Region. General Constable Ebenezer Akuffo, General Corporal Williams Akussung and Chief Inspector Eric Aforo, the Station Officer at the Seikwa Police Station were […]
Let’s work to make Africa strong– Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Africans to work together towards fulfilling the pan-African dream of a strong, united, resilient and influential global player. In a message to mark Africa Day on Tuesday, President Akufo Addo said: “Africa is capable of unleashing the considerable energies and huge potential of her peoples, so that we […]
85,000 census field officers and supervisors to receive COVID-19 vaccination
Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, the Government Statistician and Chief Census Officer, says plans are underway to vaccinate 85,000 census field officers and supervisors with COVID-19 vaccines from Monday, May 31 to Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Prof. Annim, who announced this during the Minister’s press briefing in Accra, said the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) had already […]
Striking Medical Laboratory Scientists ready to work if demands are met -GAMLS
Medical Laboratory Scientists at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Ghana’s second-largest health referral facility, who are currently on strike, says they are ready to work if the authorities resolve to meet their demands. The laboratory scientists had since Thursday, May 20, been on a sit-down strike to register their protest against what they described […]
ECOWAS urges acceleration towards making region’s electricity market operational
ECOWAS energy institutions and agencies have held a two-day coordination meeting in Accra to consider the status of energy delivery in West Africa. The meeting, which is the seventh coordination meeting of ECOWAS energy agencies and institutions, was hosted by the ECOWAS Regional Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERERA). It received updates on the status of the […]
Weapons cannot protect mankind from dangers- UN Women
Ms Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, has revealed that COVID-19 pandemic is a reminder that traditional notions of “security” which fuels the weapons industry cannot protect mankind from dangers and challenges of everyday life She said before the pandemic, women were already over-represented in vulnerable economic sectors and bore the brunt of unpaid […]
