Like clockwork, diarrhea among children spikes sharply during Cape Town’s long summer. The city tends to blame the heat and people’s poor hygiene practices, but its own sewage infrastructure may be the real culprit By Steve Kretzmann CAPE TOWN — With her 18-month-old daughter suffering from acute diarrhea in mid-February, Novangele Nyikana left the one-room … The post Child
The Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) lacks a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner (MRI), a situation, which is affecting health care delivery. Mr Emmanuel Donkor, Director of Administration of TTH, who announced this, said, “According to experts, the MRI we have now is out of date and it is better to replace it.” He was speaking … The post No functional
Mrs Richlove Amamoo, the Central Regional Director of Gender under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) says incidents of child marriage threaten national development and growth. She said the act deprived young girls from achieving their full potentials and objectives which undermined their growth and development. “This robs the nation of productive … The post Child
The government is currently engaging with Toll and Route Management Limited to develop other employment modules for the re-engagement of toll workers, Mr Bright Wireko-Brobbey, the Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, has announced. He said as part of plans to restore the workers and cushion them, the government paid their salaries for the … The post Minister
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) and the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) have agreed to improve collaboration and timely information flow to facilitate incident reporting and information sharing on cybersecurity. The two institutions also agreed to collaborate to interrogate and review the existing Cyber and Information Security Directive (CISD) 2018 to align with Cybersecurity Act, 2020 … The post Bank
Mrs Sheila Minka-Premo, Convener of the Affirmative Action Bill Coalition (AABill Coalition), has appealed for the appointment of a Substantive Minister to help speed up the passage of the Affirmative Action Bill into law. Making the appeal at a roundtable discussion on the Bill in Accra, she explained that the Bill had unduly delayed and … The post Ghana
The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS has mandated City Gate Company Limited, a Travel and Tour outfit to mobilize supporters for the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica. This follows the decision of the Ministry to streamline activities of travel agents and football as well as boost sports … The post Ministry
Residents at New Dormaa in the Sunyani Municipality are living in fear following alleged attacks by a strange beast invading the enclave. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) learnt the beast suspected to be a tiger, roamed the neighbourhoods at night, attacked and killed stray animals, ate the intestines and left the carcass. For the past … The post Residents
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