Manyo Plange promises to win IBO title on Saturday
Ghana’s Jessie Manyo-Plange, has promised to win the International Boxing Organisation (IBO) Bantamweight title, when he takes on Michael Dasmarinas, on Saturday, September 29, at the Marina Bay Sandso, in Singapore. The fight, would present Manyo Plange a perfect opportunity to win a world title, for Ghana. At a pre match press conference in Singapore, […]
VALD lauds FDA for pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs
The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), a non-governmental organisation, has commended the Food and Drugs Authority, (FDA) for the implementation of pictorial health warning on cigarette packages. It expressed gratitude to the FDA for keeping to its commitment to introducing the pictorial warnings on Ghana’s cigarette packages. The VALD, which is a non-governmental organisation into […]
Justice V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe to go home on October 4
Former Supreme Court Justice Professor Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles (V.C. R. A. C.) Crabbe will be laid to rest on Thursday, October 4, after a State Funeral Service at the Fore Court of the State House, Accra. A statement issued and signed by Mr Richard Crabbe, on behalf of Crabbe and Allied families, on […]
Centre for National Culture joins campaign against child abuse
The Centre for National Culture (CNC) in the Volta Region has joined the campaign against child abuse. Mr. Kasim Mireku, Head of Programmes, CNC, Volta Region, told the Ghana News Agency that the Centre was using culture to “see every child free from abuse” in Ghana. At a child abuse sensitisation programme in the South […]
Include child cancer in NHIS – WCC
World Child Cancer (WCC), an organization that supports children with cancer has called on the government to incorporate the diagnosis and treatment of child cancers into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). They explained that the inclusion would help early diagnoses and treatment of the disease and improve the survival rates of many children who […]
Over 3 million people killed annually by Alcohol – WHO
Three million and over people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in 2016, according to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. This represents one in 20 deaths and more than three quarters of these deaths were among men. The harmful use of alcohol, overall, causes more than […]
Fix tax stamps or face sanctions – GRA
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is to undertake a nationwide full enforcement and compliance exercise on the excise tax stamp, beginning next week. Mr Emmanuel Kofi Nti, the Commissioner-General of GRA, who announced this, said after an appreciable public education effort to raise the awareness of the public on the excise tax, the time had […]
41 percent of parents accept child marriage – WVG
A research conducted by World Vision Ghana (WVG) has revealed that about 41 per cent of parents who give their children out for early marriage see nothing wrong with the practice. Mr. Richard Okai, Programme Effectiveness Director of WVG, said the situation required sustained and strategic campaign to tackle the menace, which continued to hinder […]
“Ghana Beyond Aid” conference held in Bolgatanga
A two-day development forum has been organised in Bolgatanga to give multi-stakeholders the opportunity to appreciate northern Ghana’s development in light of the President’s vision of “Ghana Beyond Aid”. The conference was convened at the instance of STAR-Ghana, a multi-donor funded voice and accountability programme that supports collective civil society engagement, in collaboration with the […]
Koforidua Regional Hospital to host free cataract surgery project
The Head of the Eye Care Unit of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr James Addy, has appealed to family heads, community leaders and opinion leaders to mobilise persons with cataract in their eyes for free treatment at the Koforidua Regional Hospital. The treatment, which would begin from Monday September 17, 2018 is absolutely free […]
