Mothers are always considered the beginning of everything. They play critical roles in the family by not only ensuring the provision of the needs of the home but by also helping to nurture particularly children.
In his last address to the nation on the spread of COVID-19 in the country, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo pledged the resolve of his government to build an additional 88 district hospitals within a year in the quest to augment the number of health facilities in the country.
Since the first reported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ghana, the ingenuity and capability of the Ghanaian have been brought to the fore through major scientific breakthroughs and inventions.
The industriousness of the Ghanaian has been tested during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many Ghanaians have come up with innovations following the call by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for Ghanaians to rise to the occasion.
The fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) does not only require the right healthcare and social intervention policies; it also requires the dissemination of credible information. Misinformation about the pandemic is as deadly as the virus itself. “Our common enemy is COVID-19, but our enemy is also an “infodemic” of misinformation,” the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Antonio Guterres, rightly stated.
Last Saturday, the timely intervention of the police averted what could have generated into an unpleasant scene at the Airport branch of the City Escape Hotel, where some members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had assembled to disrupt a meeting of the Electoral Commission (EC).
Ghana is regarded as a beacon of democracy in Africa and one of the few success stories on a continent with a history of political instability, totalitarianism and oppression of journalists.
The World Health Organisation (WHO’s) publication: Advice on the use of masks in the context of COVID-19, states that the wearing of a medical mask is one of the preventive measures that can limit the spread of certain viral diseases, including COVID-19.
When the Town and Country Planning Department was established in 1945 with the mandate to plan and manage the growth and development of cities, towns and villages in the country, the expectation was that the department would become a unique, technically capable and proactive entity capable of contributing effectively to the rational development of sustainable human settlements.
The leadership of six political parties last Friday met President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to discuss further measures to deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
All over the world, people are dying in their hundreds. The clock is ticking and desperation has set in. The COVID-19 pandemic is getting worse, bringing many nations, mostly the so-called mighty, to their knees.
Currently, all universities, senior and junior high schools, as well primary schools and kindergartens both public and private, have been closed down, effective Monday, March 16, 2020, with even Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) candidates who were initially asked to continue to attend school being dispatched home as part of enhanced measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The world now faces an existential threat, and in this very trying moment of the COVID-19 scare, one critical way for all to stay safe and alive is to avoid non-essential contacts or simply stay at home.
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