Tag: March 16
NDPC holds consultations on medium-term national development policy
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has organised Regional consultations on the medium-term national development policy framework 2022-2025 for Municipal and District planning coordinators...
NSA-Ghana supports COVID-19 Vaccination
The Non-State Actors for Health and Development, Ghana (NSA-Ghana) has declared support for Ghana’s mass COVID-19 vaccination and asked the government to deepen collaborations...
WES7AR 22 shines on spiritual Afrobeat record ‘Holy Water’
Themes of finding purpose and peace are explored on this Afrobeat classic by WES7AR 22. The song can be described as a spiritual Afrobeat...
NDPC prepares draft Medium-Term Development Policy Framework, 2022-2025
The National Development Planning Commission has commenced a consultative process to draft the next Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework (MTNDPF, 2022-2025) for the next...
President Akufo-Addo leaves for Ivory Coast
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo left Ghana on Tuesday for Cote d’Ivoire to attend the funeral of the late Ivorian Prime minister, Hamed Bakayoko.
Bakayoko,...
GUPS swears-in new executive
Mr Joe Ghartey, the former Minister of Railway Development, has advised the newly elected executive of the Ghana Union of Professional Students (GUPS)...
Chief of Klagon and six others granted bail
The Chief of Klagon, Nii Bortey Klan I, and six others accused of causing the death of one Ibrahim Mohammed Abass over a parcel...
Speaker: Executive can’t impose ceiling on Judiciary and Parliament
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Kingsford Bagbin, Tuesday reacted again to the capping of the 2021 budget estimates of the House, saying “it’s...
Ghana Heart Initiative supports health facilities with medical equipment
The Ghana Heart Initiative (GHI), a GIZ project with funding from the Bayer AG, a Pharmaceutical company, on Tuesday, presented over 313 pieces of...
Sincerëly GH launches campaign to end “period poverty”
Sincerëly Ghana Limited, a feminine health and hygiene non-governmental organisation, has donated sanitary pads to underprivileged young women in Dzita, a fishing community in...
Refrain from practices that could abort their dreams – Chief Coordinator
Mr George Padmore Mensah, Chief Coordinator of the Bono East Regional Coordinating Council, has advised the youth to refrain from practices that could abort...
AMA lauds Olympics partnership with WaterAid to fight COVID -19
Mr. Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has lauded the newly signed partnership between Accra Great Olympics...
Introduce skating in inter-schools sports – Tema Youth
Youth in the Tema Metropolis on Tuesday appealed to the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ghana Education Service (GES) to introduce skating...
Gulf of Guinea, now world’s piracy hotspot – KAIPTC Commandant
The Gulf of Guinea (GoG), has since the late 2000s gained notoriety as the world’s leading hotspot for piracy, Major General Francis Ofori, Commandant,...
Trial of alleged MP Killers to begin on April 26
An Accra High Court has fixed April 26 to kick start the trial of two persons allegedly involved in the murder of J.B. Danquah...
Young women in politics urged to use intellectual capabilities to propel development
Young women in politics have been urged to use their intellectual capabilities to propel the development of the country.
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Accra-based Fashion Design Company congratulates Bono Regional Minister
DDL Jewellery Designs and Training Institute, an Accra-based fashion design and training company has congratulated Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister for her...
Female agricultural extension volunteers Trained in Tumu
Over 60 female agricultural extension volunteers in the Sissala East and the Wa East Districts have benefitted from a three-day zonal based sensitization on...
Africa’s growth prospects bullish despite pandemic constraints
Africa is expected to recover from its worst recession in half a century and reach 3.4 percent growth in 2021, the African Development Bank...
COVID-19: Ghana’s deaths hit 698 and 83,829 recoveries
Ghana’s COVID-19 deaths Tuesday surged to 698 following the confirmation of seven more deaths by the Ghana Health Service (GHS).
The...
I accept the verdict of the delegates – Richard Akpokavie
Mr. Richard Akpokavie, a presidential candidate of the recent Ghana Olympic Committee (GOC) has accepted the verdict of the delegates in the just ended...
Embrace Ghanaian cultural values – Marriage Counsellor
Mrs Patience Shasha Bortey, a Marriage Counsellor, Methodist Church, has called on Ghanaians to embrace the cultural values, as each traditional practice has significance...
Drivers commends contractor after bridge collapsed at Wassa Mamieso
Drivers and commuters at Wassa Mamieso have commended the authorities for the temporary access road created to aid movement in the area.
The alternative route...
Europe’s growing number of AstraZeneca pause can be damaging
CNN/GNA - A growing number of European countries have halted AstraZeneca vaccinations over reports of a small number of patients developing blood clots...
Zambia braces for third wave of COVID-19
The Zambian government said Tuesday that the country was bracing for a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, trying to do everything possible to...
South Africa’s unstable power will affect growth prospects
South Africa's economic growth would experience sluggishness as Eskom plans to continue with blackouts particularly for the next five years, said economists.
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6 killed as fuel tanker rams into tricycles in Nigeria
At least six people were killed and many others injured after a fuel tanker rammed into two tricycles in Nigeria's southern state of...
Akinwumi Adesina calls for global vaccine solidarity for Africa
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has called for the COVID-19 vaccine justice for Africa.
In a statement sent...
Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases surpass 4.04 million – Africa CDC
The number of accumulative confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,041,835 as of Tuesday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Philanthropist donates to Sefwi-Asafo rainstorm victims
Mr Pius Vincent Abakah, a Philanthropist has presented 15 packets of roofing sheets and 20 boxes of nails to persons who were affected by...