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US Embassy in Accra opens thousands of new visa slots; urges World Cup travellers to apply early
Posted on with No CommentThe United States Embassy in Accra has announced an expansion of visa processing capacity, opening “thousands of additional non-immigrant visa appointment slots,” with many said to be immediately available. The move is a direct effort to manage anticipated high demand … Read more →
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COVID-19 deaths in Latin America race past 100,00
Posted on | CommentSummary: More than 100,000 people have now died in Latin American and the Caribbean as the pandemic accelerates Health experts are saying infection rates still haven’t peaked in many countries Covid-19 has “brought this nation to its knees” said the … Read more →
Chinese Company to supply Ghana $243m worth of trains
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Railways Development has signed an agreement with DongFang Electric International Corporation for the supply of rolling stock and 35 standard gauge trains. Total value of the standard gauge trains is estimated at $243,600,000. Minister of Railways Development, … Read more →
Saudi Arabia closes borders to hajj attendees
Posted on | CommentSaudi Arabia said on Monday it will bar arrivals from abroad to attend the hajj this year due to the coronavirus, allowing only a limited number of Saudi citizens and residents to make the pilgrimage with social distancing measures enforced. … Read more →
Trump targets foreign workers with new visa freeze
Posted on | CommentUS President Donald Trump has extended a pause on some green cards and suspended visas for other foreign workers until the end of 2020. High-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers, au pairs and top executives will be affected. The White … Read more →
Security man gets 1 year for kissing, removing girl’s pants
Posted on | CommentWilliam Adomako, a 24-year-old security man, who kissed the cheeks of an eight-year-old girl and removed her pant at East Legon, has been sentenced to a year’s imprisonment by an Accra circuit court. Adomako pleaded not guilty to his charge … Read more →
$219m for education improvement in low-performing basic schools – Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | Comment-In 10,000 low-performing basic schools – President President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the Ghana Accountability and Learning Outcomes Project (GALOP), an initiative aimed at improving the quality of education in low-performing basic schools in the country. The project … Read more →
WHO’s revised recovery policy enables more persons to be discharged
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has beem explaining why more Covid-19 treated persons are being discharged.The President says more persons are being discharged from COVID-19 isolation and treatment centres due to the adoption of the revised patient discharge and recovery policy of the … Read more →
VIDEO: Ken Agyapong responds to his daughter’s apology
Posted on | CommentGhanaian legislator Kennedy Agyapong says he has no intentions of taking back his daughter despite a much-publicised apology for her waywardness on Father’s Day. Anell Agyapong in a post on Facebook said she was sorry for being a source of … Read more →
Autopsy report on murdered Ofankor tenant ready
Posted on | CommentThe autopsy report on Benjamin Okyere, the musician and a tenant allegedly murdered by his landlord over rent at Ofankor, is ready, the police said on Monday. Prosecuting, Chief Inspector Stephen Ahialey, told the Abeka District Court that the Police … Read more →
Gov’t gives 1000 vehicles to SHSs
Posted on | CommentGovernment has made available 350 buses and 840 pickup vehicles to Senior High Schools (SHSs) that could not receive vehicles in 2016, President Akufo-Addo announced Sunday. Government had also absorbed GHC 75.4 million WASSCE examination fees of the 313,837 SHS … Read more →
More than 5,000 fraudsters apply for COVID-19 stimulus fund
Posted on | CommentIt has been detected that applicants with fictitious data, documents and personal details were among those who applied for the special fund, set up by the government to cushion small and medium scale businesses from the impact of the coronavirus … Read more →
Ghana’s COVID-19 cases now 14,154
Posted on | CommentGhana’s Covid-19 cases have risen to 14,154. This follows the announcement of 147 news cases by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday evening. The number of recoveries and deaths has however remained at 10,473 and 85 respectively. Active cases are … Read more →
Full text: Prez. Akufo-Addo’s 12th update on COVID-19
Posted on | CommentFellow Ghanaians, good evening. It has been three and a half months since we begun our fight to defeat the Coronavirus pandemic in the country. It has, so far, been a co-ordinated and enhanced response, with tracing, testing, isolating, treating, … Read more →
Coronavirus: Quarantine rules for some countries set to be relaxed
Posted on | CommentThe government is planning to relax its travel quarantine rules in early July for some countries. UK officials are talking to their counterparts in Portugal, France, Italy, Greece and Spain. However, the UK hopes to make an announcement on 29 … Read more →
Coronavirus was already in Italy by December, waste water study finds
Posted on | CommentItalian scientists say sewage water from two cities contained coronavirus traces in December, long before the country’s first confirmed cases. The National Institute of Health (ISS) said water from Milan and Turin showed genetic virus traces on 18 December. It … Read more →
Ghana’s COVID-19 cases now 13,203
Posted on | CommentGhana’s COVID-19 case count now stands at 13, 203 after 274 new cases were recorded according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday after 263,725 tests. Four new deaths have been confirmed as the number of fatalities hit 70 from 66. … Read more →
211 Ghanaians return from Lebanon, 1 dead
Posted on | CommentSome 211 stranded Ghanaians have returned home from Lebanon. However, one arrived dead. The Ghanaians were those stranded in Lebanon due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. They arrived on Friday at the Kotoka International Airport. The victim is said … Read more →
FDA cautions against abuse of Dexameihasone as treatment for COVID-19
Posted on | CommentThe Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public about the use of Dexamethasone as a drug for the treatment of Covid-19. “Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid medicine that can only be prescribed by a licensed medical practitioner for specific … Read more →
Peace FM’s Nana Adjei Sikapa has died
Posted on | CommentPeace FM’s Daniel Adjei Peprah popularly known as Nana Adjei Sikapa is dead. Reports say the popular broadcaster who in the past hosted shows such as Wo gyedie ne s3n and Wo bu b3 a me te b3 has been sick for some time. His colleague … Read more →
Gary Al-Smith and 4 Multimedia staff test positive for COVID-19
Posted on | CommentThe Multimedia Group Limited, operators of Joy FM, Joy News, Adom FM, Asempa FM and other affiliated stations has confirmed that 5 of their staff have tested positive for COVID-19. Amongst the 5 who tested positive is ace Sports Journalist … Read more →
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