Tag: BEGINS
Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam: VRA Begins Aggressive Stakeholders Engagement
The Volta River Authority (VRA) is currently undertaken an aggressive Stakeholder and Community Sensitization in the Upper East and North East Regions as part...
Household Registry begins emergency data collection
The Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR) has commenced an emergency data collection on poor and vulnerable persons in the Greater Accra Region.
Dr Prosper Laari,...
Cameroon begins cleanup of payroll to remove ghost workers
Cameroon has embarked on a cleanup of the payroll system in order to remove ghost workers, said Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reform...
Italy’s hard-hit region of Lombardy begins COVID-19 antibody testing
The Italian region of Lombardy, the part of the country hardest hit by the global coronavirus outbreak, began antibody testing on Thursday as part...
Nigeria begins sterilization of railway facilities to curb COVID-19 spread
Nigerian authorities on Sunday said the disinfection of all railway facilities had commenced as part of measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19...
UN begins solidarity flights in Africa to boost COVID-19 response
The first UN "solidarity flight" is scheduled to leave Ethiopia shortly to bring medical supplies and protective equipment to boost COVID-19 response on the...
Curfew begins in Kenya to help curb spread of COVID-19
A countrywide curfew came into effect in Kenya on Friday evening as the country intensifies measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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Nigeria begins contact tracing of COVID-19 confirmed case
Nigerian health authorities on Friday began contact tracing of the first confirmed case of the COVID-19, a measure taken to monitor the health of...
Global stock trading platform begins operation in Nigeria
A global trading platform that allows users to invest in stocks listed on foreign stock exchanges has launched its products in Nigeria.
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Ghanaian Energy Company begins drilling in WCTP block 2
Springfield Exploration and Production Limited (SEP), an Independent Ghanaian energy company drilling in Deepwater offshore Ghana, on Monday October 7th spudded its Afina-1x well...
Volkswagen begins pilot production of battery cells in Germany
Volkswagen has opened a pilot production line for the manufacturing of automotive battery cells, Germany's largest car manufacturer announced on Monday.
According...
Trial of 14 soldiers begins in Nigerian state
A trial of 14 soldiers accused of kidnapping, murder and desertion, among other offences, began Saturday in Nigeria's Rivers State.
General Officer...
LEAP Beneficiaries Empowerment Project Begins
A project to economically empower beneficiaries of the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme by putting them into commercial activities thereby enabling them to...
Zimbabwean power utility begins load shedding to manage power shortfall
Power utility Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) began load shedding Monday to manage a power shortfall caused by limited generation and reduced...
Family health hospital begins infrastructural expansion
Family Health Hospital is embarking on a massive infrastructural expansion work on the Eye, Dental and Dialysis centres for patient care and for teaching...
![Naruhito faces the delicate balancing act of continuing his father's legacy of bringing the monarchy closer to the people while upholding the centuries-old traditions of the Chrysanthemum Throne. [Japan Pool/Reuters]](https://i2.wp.com/newsghana.com.gh/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/e-b-d-c-a-a-.jpg?resize=218%2C150&ssl=1 "Emperor Naruhito Begins A New Era in Japan")
Emperor Naruhito Begins A New Era in Japan
Emperor Naruhito's reign began Wednesday as he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne marking the beginning of a new imperial era in Japan.
Emperor Naruhito, 59, following...
President Akufo-Addo Starts 2-day Visit to Western North Region
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will, on Wednesday, commence a two-day working visit to the newly created Western North Region to engage and cut...
GSA Starts Handing District Assemblies Building Code
The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has kick-started distribution of the first comprehensive Ghana Building Code to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) across the...
President Akufo-Addo to Tour New Regions
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will start a five-day tour of some of the new regions on Wednesday, April 10, to gain first-hand knowledge...
Mfantseman Assembly Starts Biometric Data Collection for PFJ
The Department of Agriculture of the Mfantseman Municipal Assembly has begun the biometric registration of farmers under the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ)...
ECOWAS Health Meeting Opens in Accra
The Second ECOWAS Best Practices Forum in Health opened in Accra on Monday to review Good Practices identified by Ghana after the Grand-Bassam, Ivory...
Work Starts on Volta GJA Press Centre
Madam Elizabeth Ohene, a veteran journalist and a former Minister of State Tuesday cut the sod for commencement of work on a state-of-the-art press...
Koforidua Zongo Market construction Work Commences
Mr Isaac Appau-Gyesi, the New Juaben South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), has cut the sod for the construction of fencing and 80 lockable stores...
Ghana cedi begins to chase the U.S. dollar
Government’s announcement of fresh dollars into the economy to arrest the unbridled appreciation of the United States dollar has succeeded in redeeming some value...
Switzerland Hosts 2nd Round Table on Western Sahara
A two-day roundtable on Western Sahara organized in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolution 2440 on Thursday officially kicked off in an undisclosed...
Ghana Black Stars Camp Today
Ghana’s senior national team, the Black Stars will begin camping in Accra, at the Tang Palace Hotel, ahead of an Africa Cup of Nations...
Forestry Commission Starts Counting Mole Park Animals
The Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission has begun an exercise to count all animals in the Mole National Park as part of efforts...
Pioneering Research Begins in the Indian Ocean
Pioneering scientific research to explore and conserve the world’s least known and least protected ocean, the Indian Ocean, is underway off the coast of...
Ghana Begins Cross Country Digital Property Address System Implementation
Government has started the implementation of the Digital Property Address System (DPAS) with about 12,750 Nation Builders Corp (NABCO) personnel posted nationwide to Metropolitan,...
Oxfam Ghana Commences Education Campaign on Ghana’s Tax Dialogue
Oxfam In Ghana, an organization committed to promoting the welfare of the poor and vulnerable in society by advocating for increased pro-poor spending, has...