In this edition of About Town, Caleb Kudah visits Bortianor Aplaku and its environs to look at how things look like during the lockdown. The post How does Bortianor Aplaku look like during the lockdown? appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports,

The Northern Regional Crime Investigation Department in a dawn raid today [Saturday] arrested some 134 suspects in Changli a suburb of Tamale for allegedly attacking a police officer in the line of duty. The police officer in the company of two other officers was said to have gone to the neighbourhood to effect an arrest […] The post Tamale: 134 suspects arrested

Health Economist, Dr. Gordon Abeka-Nkrumah is cautioning against calls for the government not to extend the lockdown in parts of the country. Dr. Gordon Abeka-Nkrumah says Ghana is at its critical stage in the fight against the novel coronavirus and any move to remove the current restriction of movements will affect the progress made so […] The post COVID-19:

The Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Health Directorate’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic has received a boost of Personal Protective Equipment and assorted disinfectants. The COVID-19 prevention readiness supplies include 70 handheld infra-red thermometers, 50 Veronica Buckets, 35 thousand hand gloves, 80 thousand surgical masks, 20 thousand pocket size and thousand 200 large bottles of hand sanitizers, 180 […] The post Tarkwa-Nsuaem

The management of Fabrimetal Ghana Limited has donated several items worth thousands of Ghana cedis to some deprived communities within the Ningo Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region. This is part of the company’s efforts to help ease the pressure on the poor and vulnerable amidst the Coronavirus enforced lockdown. The items which include […] The post Fabrimetal

The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has denied reports about its involvement in the demolition of structures at Old Fadama to pave way for the dredging of the Korle Lagoon ahead of the rainy season. The demolition has rendered squatters homeless amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. In a statement, the Ministry said:  “The demolition of […] The post We

The Safety Professional’s Role in the planning process for a COVID-19 Pandemic fight as a country. The whole world, nation-state have been subjected to a battlefield against the invisible enemy called COVID-19. And every country is trying its possible best to match up boot-to-boot with this enemy. Some countries have defined their battlefield marshals to […] The post Jonathan

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has disclosed that the current outbreak of Meningitis in the Upper West Region is caused by a new strain of bacteria that has no vaccine. This was contained in a press release issued by the Service dated Friday, April 17, 2020. “The current outbreak in the Upper West Region is […] The post No known vaccine for new strain

Contractors working on the Marine Drive Project in Accra, Attachy Construction Limited say they will in the next couple of weeks employ some of the squatters who have been evicted from the Art Centre for the ongoing project. Hundreds of structures along the beaches behind the Black Star Square were in 2019 pulled down to […] The post Coronavirus: Contractors

Like World War I (Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918) and World War II (Sept 1, 1939 to Sept 2, 1945), the year 2020 will go down in history as the year in which nations of the world went on their knees at the complete mercy of an almost invincible enemy called Coronavirus (COVID […] The post Smart Sarpong writes: COVID-19 food distribution: The reality

A report by policy and advocacy think tank, AfroChampions shows that the rollout of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) may hit a snag because of the global outbreak of the novel Coronavirus pandemic. It said the preliminary assessment conducted so far suggests that the continent as a whole had a commitment and readiness […] The post Coronavirus

Ghana’s death toll of the novel Coronavirus has increased to nine. The Ghana Health Service confirmed this on Saturday, April 18, 2020. Meanwhile, the total COVID-19 cases in the country have shot up from 641 to 834. “The Ghana Health Service is supervising the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples which have been picked […] The post COVID-19 death toll in Ghana rises

16 more people have recovered from the novel Coronavirus infection in Ghana. The total recoveries now stand at 99. Meanwhile, the total COVID-19 cases in the country have shot up from 641 to 834. “The Ghana Health Service is supervising the completion of a backlog of laboratory samples which have been picked for testing as […] The post 16 more people recover

Ghana’s Coronavirus case count has increased to 834. This comes after 193 new cases were recorded from various parts of the country. This is the highest jump in the recording of new cases by the Ghana Health Service. In its routine updates, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said the new development was mainly due to […] The post COVID-19: Ghana’s case count now 834 appeared first

In this edition of About Town, Caleb Kudah visits the Kasoa enclave to find out how things look like during the lockdown. The post How does Kasoa look like during the lockdown? appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles,

The Director-General of Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Prof. Alexander Dodoo has assured young innovators of the authority’s continuous support. Prof. Dodoo gave the assurance on the back of the GSA’s certification of a solar-powered handwashing device designed by a young Ghanaian innovator, Richard Kwarteng. The GSA Director-General said his outfit supported Mr. Kwarteng to go […] The post GSA

Former president and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama is calling on the Akufo-Addo government to place a moratorium on the ejection of tenants who are unable to pay their rents due to challenges caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 in Ghana. John Mahama said the government can also consider a […] The post COVID-19:

In this edition of the Point of View, Bernard Avle and his guests look at how Ghana’s economy and system will look like after the COVID-19 pandemic passes. The post Point of View: ‘Ghana beyond COVID-19’ with Akoto Ampaw and H Kwesi Prempeh appeared first on Citinewsroom - Comprehensive

Online exams, is it that bad? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Having read through the documents sent round about the Online Exams in GIJ, UPSA and UCC and despite being privy to a lot of arguments against it, I have come to the understanding that students stand to gain more than lose, for which […] The post Efo Korku Mawutor

Doctors in Japan have warned that the country’s medical system could collapse amid a wave of new coronavirus cases. Emergency rooms have been unable to treat some patients with serious health conditions due to the extra burden caused by the virus, officials say. One ambulance carrying a patient with coronavirus symptoms was turned away by […] The post Coronavirus: