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Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
Posted on with No CommentDonald Trump has said King Charles III will “be very safe” during his state visit to the US, which is due to begin later on Monday. Further security talks took place between the White House and Buckingham Palace after a … Read more →
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Ashesi University staff, GIS Teacher die from COVID-19
Posted on | CommentA senior female staff of the Asheshi University, Frances Awua-Kyerematen, has reportedly died from Coronavirus. Tributes are being poured in for her on social media from loved ones and friends. She was the Associate Director of Students Life and Engagement … Read more →
Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital records 30 new cases of COVID-19 in a week
Posted on | CommentThe Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi in the Western Region has recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases within a week. The Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Joseph Kojo Tambil who disclosed this during the launch of the hospital’s new website … Read more →
BoG to inject $775 million into the economy
Posted on | CommentThe Bank of Ghana (BoG) plans to inject a whopping US$775million through its FX forward auction programme to achieve this objective. The move forms part of measures to ensure the economy has a stable local currency for the year especially in the … Read more →
National security boss dies
Posted on | CommentJoshua Kyeremeh died on Monday at the Ga East Municipal Hospital following a short illness. National Security Coordinator, Joshua Kyeremeh, died this morning following a short illness at the Ga East Municipal Hospital, a leading member of the National Security Secretariat … Read more →
Post-COVID lungs are far worse than ‘any type of terrible smoker’s lungs’
Posted on | CommentA trauma surgeon says lungs of recovered COVID-19 patients look far worse than even those of smokers. Dr Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, an assistant professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, has been treating thousand of people ill with the disease since the … Read more →
Uganda restores internet but not social media
Posted on | CommentThe internet shutdown in Uganda that had entered its fifth day on Monday has ended. Social media is however still blocked and only accessible through VPN, the BBC’s Patience Atuhaire says. The internet was shut down on Wednesday night with … Read more →
Ghana’s active Coronavirus cases now 1,776
Posted on | CommentGhana has recorded 297 new COVID-19 cases. This brings the country’s total active case count to 1,776 as of Sunday, January 17, 2021. Five more persons have succumbed to the virus pushing the death toll to 346. The Greater Accra … Read more →
Full text: Prez. Akufo-Addo’s 22nd update on Coronavirus
Posted on | CommentOn Sunday, January 17, 2020, the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo provided the 22nd updates on the government’s enhanced responsive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic. President Akufo-Addo also disclosed that the new variant of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the … Read more →
Transport fares to go up
Posted on | CommentTransport operators are likely, in the coming weeks, to push for an increase in transport fares. The likely price increment in fares comes on the back of a review of prices of petroleum products sold to Oil Marketing Companies by … Read more →
My focus this year is to empower female entrepreneurs and employers – Oil and gas professional Yaa Amoako-Adu
Posted on | CommentOil and Gas professional and Philanthropist Yaa Amoako-Adu says empowering the next generation of women entrepreneurs and employers is her greatest priority this year. Yaa Amoako-Adu who became a local partner to an International third-party inspection company in the Oil … Read more →
Ghana Medical Association alarmed by Ghana’s current COVID-19 situation
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Medical Association (GMA) says the COVID-19 situation in the country is dire and alarming with a potential of an exponential rise in cases. The Association said most of the designated facilities for isolation and treatment of COVID-19 cases … Read more →
Court grants Mahama’s motion to amend errors
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has given the National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Mahama, the opportunity to amend some errors in his petition challenging the outcome of the 2020 general election. His motion in this regard was granted after a Supreme … Read more →
Mustapha Hamid appointment as CEO of National Petroleum Authority
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Mustapha Abdul Hamid as Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). Dr. Abdul Hamid will be replacing Hassan Tampuli who is now Member of Parliament for Gushegu. Until his appointment, … Read more →
Gunmen attack Water Company at Anlo-Afiadenyigba Junction
Posted on | Comment“Yra Dziakpe,” a water producing Company belonging to Reverend D.W.K Deynu, the Southern Presbytery Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian (E.P) Church in the Volta region have been attacked. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered the suspected robbers numbering about eight … Read more →
Parliament approves $162.9m Barclays loan
Posted on | CommentParliament on Wednesday approved a $162, 931,563.27 Barclays Bank PLC loan to finance the design, construction and furnishing of seven district hospitals and provide an integrated IT systems by NMS Infrastructure Limited. The money is part of the amendment agreements … Read more →
Bosomtwe’s engineers of the future: Yaw Adutwum’s initiative to produce 100 engineers in 10yrs
Posted on | CommentAmbition they say is made up of sterner stuff and that is the dream of Bosomtwe in the Ashanti Region to produce hundred engineers in 10 years. That’s the ambitious goal former Deputy Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Adutwum has set … Read more →
TEWU to strike on Wednesday
Posted on | CommentThe Teachers Educational Workers Union (TEWU) has declared its intention to embark on a nationwide strike beginning Wednesday, January 13, 2021, over conditions of service. According to the Local Chairman at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Charles … Read more →
J.J. Rawlings to be buried January 27
Posted on | CommentA January 27, 2021 date has been set for the burial of the late former President Jerry John Rawlings. This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in a letter dated January 8, 2021. The letter … Read more →
Trump allowed back onto Twitter
Posted on | CommentUS President Donald Trump has been allowed to Tweet again, after being locked out of his account for 12 hours. Posting a more conciliatory message, he refrained from reiterating false claims of voter fraud. Twitter said that it would ban … Read more →
Ghana’s ‘apio’ can compete on international market – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo says he is confident Ghana’s locally brewed gin, popularly called ‘apio’ is one of the high export commodities the nation can leverage in growing the economy. The President said this in his second-term inauguration address on Thursday, January 7, … Read more →
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