The Director General of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye has warned of the rapid upsurge in Coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in the Greater Accra region, with children and schools being those at risk. According to him, 18.1% of the 400 new active cases recorded in the last few weeks are children between the ages of 0-15 years, with the youngest affected a six month old baby. He continued that schools and work places are the two places where the new cases are prevalent. He also noted

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said that government was taking deliberate steps and efforts to refocus the investment priorities of the country, adding that it was also taking action to mobilise the resources necessary for the growth of those priority sectors. “This is because we are determined to transform Ghana, from a mere producer and exporter of raw material, to a value added industralised economy, which can provide opportunity, jobs and prosperity for all, especially the

The New Juaben North Constituency Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Samuel Osei Sarkodie, has called on Ghanaians, particularly students in the country, to wholeheartedly embrace Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). According to the Youth Organiser, affectionately known in the political community as SOS, entrepreneurship in any society was a sign of progress, hence, the need to prioritise TVET in Ghana. He was of the conviction that TVET is the only solution

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor has appealed to Ghanaians to see the Green Ghana Project, which comes on tomorrow as a national issue that must be divorced from politics. He has, therefore, commended Ex-President John Dramani Mahama for accepting to join the tree planting exercise tomorrow. “We have a serious crises on our hands and we must come together to make this work. The point where we are required that we stop global warming or else within a short time

Myjoyonline.com reported yesterday that one of the Rastafarian students, who was initially denied enrollment into Achimota School because of his dreadlocks, Tyron Marghuy, has allegedly stabbed his father in the hand. This was reported by the father, who indicated that this was not the first time Tyron has done this to him. Rooting the story in a video published on social media by the father of Tyron, Mr. Tereo Marghuy, the website quoted the latter as saying, “this is what Tyron has done to

Nana Dr. Kofi Antwi II, Assistant Director of Manhyia Local Prisons in Kumasi, last Friday June 3, 2022, retired. Nana Kofi Antwi II, who doubles as the Chief of Odumase in the Asante Akim Central Municipality and Nifahene of Asante Juaben Traditional Council, retires after a 20-year term of service. He is replaced by ADP Joseph Asabere. A Thanksgiving Service has, therefore, been held in his honour at the De-Graft Methodist Church at Asawase in the Asokore-Mampong Municipality. The Director of Prisons,

The people of Donkoase with a population of 1,200 and other 25 farming communities in the Amansie Central District, as well as six other districts, can now heave a sigh of relief after years of engaging in open defecation and enduring lack of access to clean water. The beneficiary communities would now have access to household micro-flush toilets to replace the old dilapidated pit latrine, following an intervention by Rotary Club International. The World Bank report of 2020 indicates that 17.78%

The Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference (GITFiC) has organised its 6th Trade and Finance Conference, which seeks to promote and ensure commitment to pragmatic, effective, and holistic solutions given to issues of Trade, Finance, Trade-Finance, and Logistics. The conference was held under the theme,” Towards an Effective and Efficient Mobile Money Transactional Penetrations in Africa” Addressing the 2- day conference held on 23rd and 24th of May in Accra, the Chief Executive Officer

The Chief Director at the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoTI), Mr. Patrick Nimo, has disclosed that agro-based industrialisation was a high priority on the government’s job creation project. This, he said, was reflected in key policies, including, but not limited to, the National Export Development Strategy and the National Policy Framework and Action Plan for Micro Investments. He made this known yesterday, when the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), in collaboration

The presence of a nuclear plant in the country will not cause people to contract cancer, Dr Seth Debrah, Director, Nuclear Power Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (NPI-GAEC) has said. Currently there is no nuclear power plant in Ghana but there are many people who have been diagnosed to be living with cancer. Also note that it is the same radiation that is used to cure cancer,” he said. He explained that the processes leading to the building, operation and decommissioning of nuclear plants

The Minority in Parliament has sworn not to allow the House to work on any other bill if the committee working on the anti-gay bill does not speed up its work. The Minority, led by its Chief Whip, Alhaji Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak accused the Chairman of the Committee of Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Mr Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, of deliberately delaying work on the bill so that it does not get passed. Speaking on the floor of Parliament yesterday, Mr Mubarak said there is an easy way

The Volta Region branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has started putting in place measures to attract more members and supporters into the party and help ‘break the 8’. In pursuit of this agenda, the regional executives have appointed deputies to the various executives that have been elected. The elected regional officers, as directed by Article 9 (8) of the NPP Constitution, held a meeting at Keta on June 5, 2022, and appointed seven persons as regional officers, as stipulated in Article

The former Deputy Minister for Roads and  Highways, Kwabena Owusu-Aduomi, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot count on the Ashanti Region to “break the 8” in the 2024 General Elections if the roads in the region remain unfixed. He explained that this situation was irrespective of whoever the party elected as its flagbearer. According to the defeated Ashanti Regional Chairman-hopeful, the electorate in the region, particularly NPP sympathisers, were not impressed with the performance

The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana has launched the Retail Finance Distribution (ReFinD) Research Initiative on deepening digital financial inclusion among the vulnerable. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the five-year project which started in November 2021, will also focus on women’s access to financial services in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), poor households, Small and Medium Enterprises and other retail businesses.

The Peasant Farmers Association has warned that the food prices are likely to keep increasing unless the government intervenes. The World Bank has also raised alarm. There is “unavailability” of agro-inputs – synthetic fertilizer, “certified” seeds, herbicides etc. As a consequence, it is imagined there will be shortage of food. The Chamber of Agribusiness recently called for the formation of a food security council. A misdiagnosis of the problem can lead you to think symptom is cause.

Two persons arrested over the Zamramaline Shooting incident have been granted bail when they appeared before an Accra Circuit Court. The two are: Godfred Amegbor, a 29-year-old mobile money vendor and Offei Darko, a 28-year-old musician. They are jointly being held for abetment of crime and trespass.  Darko is, however, facing three counts of causing harm and use of offensive weapons. They have pleaded not guilty. The two accused persons have been granted a bail in the sum of GHS100,000.00 each

A cross-section of the public who participated in the Public Hearing on the 2022-2027 multi-year major utility tariff review have expressed resentment about the proposals by the companies. The public was not enthused by the level of service delivery in terms of quality, efficiency and effectiveness, as well as prompt response to concerns or challenges encountered by customers of both the Ghana Water Company and the Electricity Company of Ghana. The Public Hearing was organised by the Public Utilities

The immediate past Minister of State for Education and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has revealed the reasons behind his absence from the party’s ongoing presidential primary. Aside from being among 28 presidential aspirants who bought the presidential nomination form, he was also the first cabinet member to resign his position in pursuing his ambition. Giving his reasons on Wednesday in a statement he personally signed and titled,

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned those violating international labour standards in different countries and workplaces. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, said this while making a presentation at the ongoing 110th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILO) on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland. This year’s conference had:” Social Justice, decent work” as its theme. Wabba was reacting to the report of the Director-General of International Labour Organisation (ILO), Mr Guy

A collapsed two storey building in Kanti Kwari textile market in Kano State on Tuesday claimed the life of one construction worker, Abdulkadir Nasiru, 20-year-old. It was gathered that Nasiru’s co-worker, Naziru Shafiu survived from the incident after he was rescued alive from the building which was under construction. Confirming the incident to Vanguard, the spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Yusif attributed the cause of the incident to the use of substandard building materials.