The Western Regional Health Director, Dr. Jacob Mahama, has expressed no knowledge of GHS 300 per day purportedly charged 13 quarantined Ghanaians who were evacuated from Ivory Coast to Takoradi on June 25. The evacuees earlier told Citi News that their handlers started demanding $150 per day for stay at the Takoradi Beach Hotel but […] The post W/R Health Directorate
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has rejected claims that military persons deployed to the Volta Region are assaulting and intimidating residents. Military personnel have been sent to some border towns in the country, one of which is the Volta Region. Even though the Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul has stated that the deployment is to secure […] The post No
CalBank Limited has changed its name to CalBank PLC effective July 1, 2020. The name change is pursuant to provisions of the Companies Act, 2019 (Act 992). The ACT requires that all public companies limited by shares must have the words Public Limited Company or the abbreviation PLC as a suffix to their registered name. […] The post CalBank Limited changes name to CalBank PLC
The Institute of Public Relations, Ghana (IPR), has appointed Peter Martey Agbeko, Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Standards Authority to serve on its Governing Council, as a member without portfolio. The Council is the highest decision-making unit of the Institute, which is the sole professional body for Public Relations practitioners in the country. […] The post GSA
The Sissala West District Police Command in the Upper West Region is on a manhunt for about five members of the Gbal community who allegedly unleashed mayhem on three health workers of the Sissala West District Hospital. This follows the arrest of the assemblyman for the Gbal electoral area, Abass Babin who was last week […] The post Police
The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei Owusu has called for a probe into the circumstances under which absentee Members of Parliament (MPs) find their names in the House’s attendance book. The issue came up this morning [Thursday] after it was discovered that some MPs whose names were in the votes and proceedings were […] The post First
President Akufo-Addo says the country’s private sector has a major role to play in reviving the economy which has suffered some setbacks following the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. The President believes the active participation of entrepreneurs is critical to achieving this objective. Speaking at the 3rd Presidential Pitch Event where an amount of GH¢1 […] The post Entrepreneurs
The Chairman of Parliament’s Legal Committee, Ben Abdallah Banda, says he disagrees with calls by the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) for a review of sanctions for persons who flout the wearing of face masks directive. Persons who flout the Executive Instrument (E.I.) on face masks currently risk a prison sentence of four to 10 years […] The post Non-wearing
The Chairman of Parliament’s Legal Committee, Ben Abdallah Banda, says he disagrees with calls by the Ghana Bar Association (GBA) for a review of sanctions for persons who flout the wearing of face masks directive. Persons who flout the Executive Instrument (E.I.) on face masks currently risk a prison sentence of four to 10 years […] The post Non-wearing
The Coalition for Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), has called on electoral stakeholders to collectivize efforts towards ensuring the compliance of COVID-19 safety protocols in the ongoing nationwide mass new voter registration exercise. Its National Coordinator, Albert Arhin believes commitment on the side of the Electoral Commission, political actors, security agencies, among others, will go a […] The post Adherence
Beauty Queen Stephanie Karikari is of the view that children from a very tender age must be introduced to speaking up when they sense that they are being violated in certain ways. Stephanie in a new episode of her SK Diaries vlog that touches on social issues dubbed ‘Rape in Households’ suggested children be given […] The post Children must be taught to speak
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has expressed shock over the sudden demise of the former General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie – affectionately called Sir John. Nana Akufo-Addo in an elaborate Facebook post to eulogize the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Forestry Commission described the deceased as […] The post ‘I’m
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye says there is no need making public names of government officials who have contracted the novel Coronavirus in the country. Dr. Kuma-Aboagye made the remark today, Thursday, July 2, 2020, at a press briefing organised by the Ministry of Information to update Ghanaians on the […] The post No
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it is hopeful that in the coming days, the ongoing voter registration exercise will see a greater level of compliance to COVID-19 preventive measures. There have been growing concerns about the lack of adherence to COVID-19 prevention protocols such as social distancing and proper wearing of face masks at some […] The post Social
The Young Educators Foundation has warned of a man fraudulently representing The Spelling Bee-GH programme, which it is the sole organiser of. In a statement, it notes one Majid Abdallah-Williams, “who lists his place of work as Accra Digital Centre and Main Events Companies, is passing off The Spelling Bee-GH programme as his company’s.” The […] The post Young
Seven persons in the Zebilla Constituency of the Upper East Region have sued the regional directorate of the Electoral Commission for changing the voter registration date for some 13 centres to August 2020. According to them, although the area was billed to take part in the voter registration exercise from June 30 to July 5, […] The post U/E: Seven
Ghana has recorded 496 new cases of COVID-19. This pushes the national tally to 18,630. This was announced by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye on Thursday, July 2, 2020, at a press conference organized by the Information Ministry. Meanwhile, the numbers of persons who have clinically recovered from the novel […] The post 496 new
About 50 Ghanaians who were evacuated from the United Kingdom (UK) and placed in quarantine have checked out of their hotel rooms without knowing their COVID-19 status. This was done following what they describe as abandonment by the state. After arriving at the airport, their samples were taken and were told to expect the results […] The post Ghanaians
The Bureau of Public Safety (BPS) wants President Nana Akufo-Addo to order the Electoral Commission (EC) and the police service to execute their duties judiciously during the ongoing new voters’ registration exercise. BPS said the non-compliance to social distancing and other COVID-19 preventive measures are as a result of the failure of the EC and […] The post Nana
The Electoral Commission has registered over five hundred thousand voters two days after the commencement of the voter registration exercise. According to the Evans Nimako, the Director of Research and Elections of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), the said figure is from the party’s own collation of the number of voters’ captured in the […] The post Over
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