Tag: April 7
Koforidua GPRTU urges drivers to remain calm over fuel adjustment
Alhaji Alhassan, Industrial Relations Officer of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) in Eastern Region, has advised drivers to exercise restraints over the...
Coca-Cola Ghana supports Royal Seed Orphanage
The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Limited has presented food items and some household essentials to the Royal Seed Orphanage at Papaase on the...
Plight of the Imprisoned Worsens in the United States
Political detainees are contracting COVID-19 and dying due to the pervasive injustices among incarcerated people
Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald was a member of the Black Panther...
Minister asks transport union executives to assist in decongesting Accra
Mr Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister has directed transport union executives in the Region to help move commercial drivers to their designated...
Germany looking into divisive deep-sea mining of manganese in Pacific
(dpa) - Germany is testing the mining of the metal manganese in the deep seas as part of a European research project, the Institute...
Five former soldiers handed life sentences in Turkey coup trial
(dpa) - A court in Ankara on Wednesday sentenced five former senior soldiers to life in prison over their links to the failed 2016...
Iranian ship slightly damaged in Red Sea after explosion
(dpa) – Authorities are looking into an explosion that left an Iranian ship used to secure shipping routes slightly damaged in the Red Sea,...
Germany threatened by skilled labour shortage – study finds
(dpa) - Germany is facing an increasing shortage of skilled workers in the coming decades, according to a study by the German Economic Institute...
Indian coronavirus cases surge, experts see critical four weeks ahead
(dpa) - India reported 115,736 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday – a record spike for a second day this week – as a new...
Poland extends anti-virus measures amid high pressure on hospitals
(dpa) - Poland will extend the anti-coronavirus measures in place until April 18, as pressure on the health care system remains high, the country's...
Gaza Strip’s daily coronavirus cases reach all-time high
(dpa/) - The Gaza Strip has registered its highest daily number of coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic, the Health Ministry said...
Ghanaian beaches sing the tale of isolation
A GNA feature by Alexander Nyarko Yeboah
The waves of the sea roar endlessly with its waters smashing against the lonely sandy beach christened the...
It’s World Health Day: Let’s Invest in Health Care
A GNA news feature by Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey
Health is said to be a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not...
Black Bombers to camp at Sogakope ahead of Tokyo 2020
Mr. Paul Atchoe 1st Vice President of the Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has said the national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers will...
Ghana Badminton Association holds U-35 National Open
The Ghana Badminton Association (BAG) has held its National Badminton Doubles U-35 tournament at the DG Hathramani Hall of the Accra Sports Stadium, with...
John Hasford wins first Accra Chess Classics
FM John Hasford, Ghana’s highest-rated chess player emerged the overall winner of the maiden Accra Chess Classics tournament after amassing seven points out of...
Kotoko hammer Bechem United 4-0 in an outstanding GPL game
Asante Kotoko recorded their highest scoreline in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) by beating Bechem United 4-0 in an outstanding league game at the...
YEA signs MOU with NSA to support 1000 athletes
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Sports Authority (NSA) to extend the monthly stimulus packages...
Life expectancy falls across European Union amid Covid-19 pandemic
(dpa) - Life expectancy across the European Union dropped last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic, interrupting a decades-long trend upward, official figures show.
The starkest...
US emergency use authorization granted for Symbiotica COVID-19 test
(dpa-AFX) - The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization, or EUA, for the Covid-19 Self-Collected Antibody Test System developed...
Germany books largest budget deficit since reunification
(dpa) - The coronavirus pandemic plunged Germany into a massive deficit in 2020, the largest since the country was reunited in 1991, according to...
Asian shares mostly higher on global growth hopes
(dpa-AFX) - Asian stocks ended broadly higher on Wednesday as the International Monetary Fund raised this year's global economic growth forecast to 6 per...
Singapore unemployment falls for fourth month in latest recovery sign
(dpa) - Unemployment in Singapore fell for the fourth month in a row in February, dropping to 3 per cent in the latest indication...
G20 finance ministers meet amid hopes for global digital tax deal
(dpa) - Signs are growing that the finance ministers of the G20 nations have worked out a deal for taxing businesses that trade across...
Japan Leading Index Highest Since June 2018
(dpa-AFX) - Japan's leading index increased to the highest level in nearly three years in February, preliminary data from the Cabinet Office showed on...
LG Electronics reports climbing sales with first quarter data
(dpa-AFX) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc (LGEPF.OB, LGEJY.OB, LGEIY.OB, LGEAF.OB) reported on Wednesday that its first quarter consolidated operating income increased 39.2 per...
Britain begins rollout of Moderna vaccine for first time
(dpa) - Wales has become the first British nation to begin using the Moderna coronavirus vaccine.
Elle Taylor, a caregiver, was the first in Briton...
Multi-functional team needed to support retail outlet fuel monitoring system
Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Duah, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Oil Marketing Companies, has called for a cross cutting and multi- functional monitoring team to implement...
Deforestation-Who bears the brunt
GNA Feature by Fatima Anafu-Astanga
Local community participation in forestry management and the availability of forests user rights in Ghana, supported by legal and political...
Shell cuts first quarter production view, ups integrated gas outlook
(dpa-AFX) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDS-B, RDSB.L, RDSA.L, RDS-A) on Wednesday reduced first quarter upstream production outlook, hurt by the Texas winter storm,...