Corruption is one canker which is often associated with public officials. It is often assumed that public officials are able to amass wealth while in office through various illegal means to the detriment of the same people they are meant to serve and whose lives they are to improve.
To promote breastfeeding and its many benefits for the mother and child, the World Health Organisation (WHO) celebrates the week between August 1 and 7 every year as World Breastfeeding Week.
Reports of widespread protests and violent reactions by some candidates of the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) over their inability to write the examination as expected must be a cause of concern to all.
AMID the fears, panic and devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is also viral hepatitis which continues to claim thousands of lives every day, and it is a health issue that international and regional bodies, as well as governments, throughout the world need not lose sight of.
The world is sitting on a time bomb, as its youth continue to grapple with the issue of unemployment. The situation has become worse with the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Fathers Day is just tomorrow, June 21, but will likely be celebrated on a low key. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) seems to have taken the shine off most of the mega celebrations that come with this special day.
The rains have started again, with some parts of Accra being submerged after the heavy downpour that occurred at dawn last Monday and on Wednesday evening.
Yesterday (June 21) was Fathers Day, a day globally set aside to recognise the immense role our fathers play in keeping body and soul together within the family unit and by extension outside the family unit.
In 2002, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour, with the view to focusing attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it.
In Ghana, the Domestic Violence Act 2007 (Act 732) defines a whole gamut of actions, encompassing physical abuse, deprivation, subjecting another to torture or other cruel or inhuman treatment or punishment, sexual, economic, emotional, verbal or psychological abuse, as well as all forms of harassment, as abuse.
From Monday, June 15, 2020, schools and universities will be reopened to allow final-year junior high school (JHS), senior high school (SHS) and university students to resume classes ahead of the conduct of their respective exit examinations.
Today is World Environment Day (WED). The United Nations General Assembly, on December 15, 1972, designated June 5, every year as WED to highlight the fact that the protection and health of the environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of people and economic development throughout the world.
Yesterday was World Bicycle Day. The day was instituted by the United Nations in New York on June 3, 2018 to recognise the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle, which has been in use for two centuries, and to draw attention to the fact that it is a simple, affordable, reliable, clean and environmentally fit sustainable means of transport.
The Architectural and Engineering Services Limited (AESL) is credited with many public sector projects, including the construction of a 60-bed maternity block for the La General Hospital in the Greater Accra Region, the rehabilitation of the Essipon and the Baba Yara sports stadia and the construction of administration blocks and staff bungalows for many district assemblies.
