The Volta Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for one Frank, who is suspected to have murdered his girlfriend and deposited her body in his refrigerator. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mrs Effia Tengey, in a brief said the police received information on Monday at about 0900 hours from Ho-Fiave that neighbours have observed … The post Police
PassionAir has become the first commercial airline to put the Ho airport to commercial use, with the announcement of scheduled flights to the Volta Regional capital starting December 2021. The announcement, shared detailed two flights per week on weekends, and a GH¢209 starting fare for tickets. The Airline has been operating in the Country for … The post Passion Air to
The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate has strengthened its Epidemic Preparedness Plan to contain a possible outbreak of Yellow Fever in the Region as more regions keep recording cases. Training and resourcing of health staff and facilities have been stepped up to ensure early detection of the disease to facilitate prompt response in the event that … The post Ashanti
The United States (US) Government on Monday donated about 1.7 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to Ghana through the COVAX facility. This brings to 4.2 million, the total number of vaccine doses Ghana has received from the US. A Deputy Minister for Health, Alhaji Mahama Seini, who received the donation, said Ghana had enough … The post US
The Malaria Vaccination Implementation Programme (MVIP) is progressing steadily in the Awutu Senya District of the Central Region with the immunisation of 10,147 children from May 2019 to date. So far, a total of 29,233 doses of the four-dose RTS,S vaccine (Mosquirix) have been administered in the district. The vaccine is being administered to children … The post Over
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says the selection of schools for students who just-ended the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will begin from Monday, November 29, 2021, to Tuesday, December 14, 2021. The GES, in a press release signed by Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo, Head, Public Relations Unit, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, … The post SHS selection begins
Ghana’s First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo Monday urged African first ladies to engage society in an effective manner to minimise violent conflicts and their effects on their people. Delivering a goodwill message at the Ninth General Assembly summit of the African First Ladies Peace Mission in Abuja, Nigeria, Mrs Akufo-Addo expressed concern that the entire … The post Lets
The Ghana Environmental Advocacy Group (GEAG) has urged the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to adopt concrete steps to halt galamsey activities in the Ankobra River, especially the Gwira side of it. According to the group, the rate at which the river Ankobra was being polluted with chemicals from galamsey activities and alluvial deposits … The post Environmental
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Disciplinary Committee (DC) will on Tuesday start deliberations on South Africa’s replay request against the Black Stars of Ghana in the World Cup qualifiers. The South African Football Association (SAFA) filed a protest asking FIFA DC to review officiating, especially the penalty decision awarded to Ghana by Senegalese … The post FIFA
Daniel Duku, a former Chief Executive Officer of Venture Capital Trust Fund (VCTF) and three others, ordered to pay about GH¢18.5 million restitution to the State, are yet to do so, a year and two months after a court’s order. Checks at the VCTF by the Ghana News Agency indicate that Duku has paid GH¢1 … The post Venture Capital
West African countries should use universal jurisdiction to prosecute those accused of the murder of over 50 migrants from Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Cote d’Ivoire in The Gambia in July 2005, a former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General on the Prevention of Genocide, Adama Dieng, has said. The Ghanaian victims, who were … The post Ex-UN
Kobina Atta has been fishing in Sekondi on the western coast of Ghana since age 20. Now at 51, he complains about the changes in the seasons, rise in sea level, and dwindling stock of fishes, having a toll on his livelihood. “These days, the seasons have changed, we cannot differentiate between the Harmattan and … The post Artisanal fishers blame
A total of 478 persons were killed in road accidents between January and October this year in the Ashanti Region, the Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) has disclosed. The figure indicates a 21 per cent increase in the number of road accident deaths recorded within the same period in 2020, which stood at … The post Some 478
Naba Roland Atogumdeya Akwara III, the Paramount Chief of the Sirigu Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, says the infiltration of foreign culture into the Ghanaian traditional system is making conflict resolution difficult. He said unlike in the past, where traditional leaders, who were the custodians of the land, wielded power and influence to … The post Foreign
The President of the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Justice Edward Amoako Asante has proposed that non-state actors be granted access to the Court in respect of matters about West Africa’s economic integration agenda. This, he said, would help refocus the Court on its primary mandate relating to the interpretation of Community texts and the facilitation … The post Grant
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