Parliament passes Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill to make corruption felony
Parliament has passed the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Bill 2020, categorising the offence of corruption as a felony. The move is to introduce stiffer punishment to deter public officers from engaging in corrupt practices. Following the amendment, subject to presidential assent, a person found guilty of engaging in any form of corrupt act could go to […]
Coronavirus: Belgium facing ‘tsunami’ of new infections
Belgium could soon be overwhelmed by new coronavirus infections, the health minister has warned, amid soaring case numbers across the country. Frank Vandenbroucke said new cases were close to a “tsunami” where authorities “no longer control what is happening”. New measures to try to halt the spread came into force on Monday. All bars and […]
Beware! Kaneshie-Odorkor highway becoming dangerous
Portions of the Kaneshie-Odorkor highway in Accra have become dangerous, making life unbearable for motorists, pedestrians and residents along the road. This is because torrential rains have created potholes on the road, some of which have turned into pools with gutters on that stretch becoming choked. Aside from that, there is also a burst sewerage […]
WaterAid calls on government to increase investment in water and hygiene
WaterAid Ghana has called on the government to increase investment in the provision of clean water and hygiene to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. It noted that frequent hand washing with soap under running water was one of the effective ways of preventing COVID-19, however, in Ghana, 59 per cent of people – nearly […]
