The Ministry of Aviation will spearhead the revamping of three airstrips in Yendi, Navrongo and Mole in October 2020 after securing funds, as part of the 34 airstrips and airports it has identified to need refurbishment.
The three airst…
The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) is urging media practitioners not to use their medium to promote secessionism in Ghana.
According to the association, “Whilst respecting the rights of all Ghanaians to express their inalienable ri…
Sekondi-Takoradi, adjoining districts and municipalities in the Western Region are experiencing erratic water supply due to growing demand and limited rainfall this year.
The situation has resulted in low inflow of raw water into river …
Some people believed to be members of the Western Togoland secessionist group, Tuesday early morning burnt down an Intercity STC mini bus in Ho in the Volta Region amid firing of gun shots.
They reportedly also attacked some drivers who…
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Euroget De-Invest, an Egyptian capital investment company constructing the new 500-bed military hospital at Afari in Kumasi, Dr Said Deraz says works on the project are 85 per cent complete.
A…
The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has notified the government that its members will withdraw their services from Thursday, October 1, 2020 if their poor conditions of service were not enhanced.
According to them, their m…
Dr Emmanuel Kwao Pecku, Tema Metropolitan Veterinary Officer, has called on residents of Tema, and its environs to take advantage of the local anti-rabies campaign to vaccinate their pets from 28 September to 7 October 2020.
Rabies is a…
Basic Foundation for Women Empowerment (BFWE) a non-governmental organization has launched a project in Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, to support women aspiring for leadership roles and enhance skills in young girls.
The project dubbed,…
Mr Charles Buabin, Tema Regional Director, Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), says tourism plays a crucial role in promoting and fostering sustainable rural development.
He said rural tourism could be stimulated and enhanced further to con…
Mr Hilarius Kofi Gockel, Hohoe Municipal Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), has said the Organisation was embarking on a tree planting exercise throughout the Municipality to protect life and property.
…
The GrassRoots Hub, and the Ghana Tech Lab after a six- week intensive Web Development Training Pogramme for 30 participants, have held a start - up summit in Sunyani to identify youth groups ready to pitch their technological innovations…
Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah, Minister for Employment and Labor Relations has said Government would ensure job security for workers of the communication sector.
He said the communication sector workers continued to endure unstable jobs and…
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has cut the sod for the construction of a 10-kilometer Berekum town roads.
It formed part of several roads in the country being funded under Phase One of government's Sinohydro Infrastructure for Bauxi…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo-Addo has cut the sod for the construction of the Mile 4-Elubo road in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region.
The 71.25-kilometer project, which cost $116, 106, 269.09, is being funded by th…
According to researchers at Johns Hopkins University, there have been almost one million confirmed deaths from Covid-19 in the world. That is nearly 10 months after news of the new virus began to emerge in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
But…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will on Wednesday, September 30, cut the sod for work to begin on Phase One of the Kumasi-Obuasi new standard gauge railway line at 0900 hours at Kaase, Kumasi.
This was in a statement issued by the…
Hennessy is pleased to unveil a masterpiece decanter designed by world-renowned architect Frank Gehry in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Hennessy X.O. Using his signature sculptural style to reinterpret Hennessy X.O's iconic bottl…
After the tremendous success of the inaugural Pan-African edition of Student Entrepreneurship Week, Stars From All Nations (SFAN) is taking the youth entrepreneurship initiative global with an online edition set for September 28-29.
SF…
The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper refuting earlier claims that feathers were also found on dinosaurs’ relatives, the flying reptiles called pterosaurs.
Pterosaur expert Dr David Unwin f…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development of the United Nations (IFAD) announced today a US$59.9 million investment to fund a six-year extension of the successful Commodity Value Chain Development Support Project (PADFA). Gilbert…
* Freedom Jacob Caesar has donated a 2-Bedroom fully furnished home to 95-year-old Ghanaian WWII veteran, Private Joseph Hammond.
NEW AFRICA FOUNDATION GIFTS A HOME TO 95-YEAR OLD GHANAIAN WWII VETERAN
As part of a sustainable frame…
Government has refuted claims that there was intelligence failure on its part in containing last Friday’s attack in some parts of the Volta Region by separatist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF).
Rather, government says the …
Government has called on the citizenry, to continue the strict observance of all the preventive etiquette of COVID-19, to prevent a new wave of infections.
Mr Kwadwo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information, who was addressing a News…
A new COVID-19 mutation appears to be even more contagious, according to a study — and experts say it could be a response by the virus to defeat masks and other social-distancing efforts.
Scientists in a paper published Wednesday identi…
Measures to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on HIV, TB, and malaria should involve a combination of intensive community engagement, Mrs Cecelia Senoo Executive Director, Hope for Future Generations has said.
Mrs Senoo, who is also the F…
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has intercepted 152kg of cocaine (15 slabs) in Tema in the Greater Accra Region.
The joint operation by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and the National Security Council Secretariat (…
The Council of Indigenous Business Associations (CIBA), has appealed to Parliament to pass the new Rent Bill, 2020, to replace the existing, moribund Rent Act of Ghana (Act 220), which was passed in 1963 before the current Parliament is di…
Two more persons have succumbed to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana.
This brings the cumulative number of deaths to 299.
Ghana has also recorded 131 new cases, making the total number of positive cases 46,353.
This was …
The Sekondi -Takoradi Metropolitan office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), with the support of Oxfam, an international donor organization has educated over 1000 citizens on the harmful effects on ignoring the COVID-19…
Mr George Oduro, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, says the government will continue to work to open more factories in local communities to create jobs for the youth.
He said the government through the planting for food and jobs…
News Editors from key media institutions across the country, have declared their support for the "Zero Malaria Start with Me Now" campaign to champion the fight in eliminating the disease in Ghana by 2030.
The editors pledged to be proa…
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is at the final stage of the processes to gazette its sanitation bye-laws.
Mr Osei Assibey-Antwi, the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), said the Assembly's Waste Management Department was playing…
Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), said despite technological advancement man still depends on nature for survival.
"We are completely dependent on a healthy and vibr…
It's more bad news for America's growing waistline: Excess belly fat is associated with a higher risk of early death from any cause, regardless of how much overall body fat you have, a new study finds.
In women, each 10-centimeter incre…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Covid-19 outbreak in Africa may have passed its peak, but warns governments not to be complacent as countries relax their restrictions.
The number of new daily confirmed cases overall has…
Dr Ibrahim Atokple, a former Breeder at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (CSIR-SARI) has said Ghanaians are already eating Genetically Modified foods (GMOs).
He said for about si…
Coronavirus - Africa: Conflict, climate crisis and COVID-19 pose great threats to the health of women and children
COVID-19 crisis, in particular, is exacerbating existing inequities, with reported disruptions in essential health interv…
Dr. Richard Leakey’s plans for a new museum dedicated to the story of humankind aims to revolutionize travel to Kenya in the post pandemic world.
Ngaren: The Museum of Humankind, being built in Kenya’s Rift Valley, a region synonymous …
The floods mean extra barriers to education, in areas where rising hunger, ongoing conflict, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have already affected children's learning
Tens of thousands of children in Sub-Saharan Africa have bee…
Although the influenza jab would not protect people from coronavirus - a new disease for which there is so far no cure - “it keeps you out of hospital”
Amid a potential global shortage in influenza vaccines and the ongoing COVID-19 pand…
Partners lay out investment needed to speed up access to COVID-19 diagnostics, vaccines and treatments
The ACT-Accelerator is the only global initiative offering a solution to speed up the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Launched on 24 Ap…
An agreement has been reached between Market Management Committee and the Ghana Private Transport Union (GPRTU)to construct Oda Nkwantanum new Market.
That means businesses would have to be relocated to allow the construction of the pro…
?r Aaron Ad?na, the Upper East Regional Director of the Water Resources Commission has urged road contractors to professionaly build roads on major rivers in order to prevent damage from floods.
He said the experience of the recent floo…
MTN Ghana Foundation, through its "Bright Scholarship Programme," has offered 100 brilliant but needy students scholarship to further their education from the 2020/2021 academic year in 21 tertiary institutions across the country.
The s…
Mr Charles Wereko, the Director of the Information Services Department (ISD), has appealed to government to fast-track processes at formalising details of the ISD Transformation Programme to address departmental challenges.
That, he sai…
There's a lot of information about eggs out there that isn't actually true.
Brown eggs aren't healthier than white ones and drinking raw eggs can be dangerous, not a super efficient way to consume protein.
The sell-by date on an egg car…
Most African states swiftly implemented public health and social measures (PHSMs) to contain COVID-19 and limited the spread of the virus, with caseloads in Africa remaining lower than projected. As governments now loosen restrictions, new…
Three communities in the Lawra Municipality have passed the Open Defecation Free (ODF) verification conducted by the Upper West Regional Inter-agency Coordinating Committee on Sanitation (RICCS), awaiting certification by the Ministry of W…
Mr George Nkrumah Ansere, the Western Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has announced that Bogoso and Takoradi in the Western Region will jointly host this year's national celebration of the UNWTO World Tourism Day (…
Mr Godwin Agbenyo, the Anloga District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has called on citizens to work for the development of their communities.
He said it was important for people to understand that they c…
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