In two months’ time, Qatar will be hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup with the small Gulf state becoming the centre of football’s biggest global gathering for one month.
Whenever one runs into smoke billowing from burning refuse or a vehicle on the road, the natural tendency is to duck, cover the nose and eyes and move quickly away from its effect.
One major health problem in Ghana which has become a leading cause of hospital admissions and death is hypertension. In fact, the statistics are grim and health authorities are very worried.
One of the strong points of a liberal western democratic political system is the prevalence of freedom of leadership and programmes within the context of a multi-party political dispensation.
Last week, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), the Rt Rev. Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, advised the youth at the dedication of the Mount Moriah Presbyterian Church at Adiebeba, a suburb of Kumasi, to use social media responsibly.
Varied factors culminate in the development of nations, with the foremost being the development of the citizen, with literacy as the means to promote individual well-being. The cascading effect is the contribution of the individual to national development.
In 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo launched the Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme to increase food production and ensure food security in the country.
The Coalition for Democratic Accountability and Inclusive Governance last Monday embarked on a protest march to compel the Auditor-General to exercise his powers of surcharge.
THE Bank of Ghana (BoG) is seeking the support of the Judiciary and law enforcement agencies in its quest to bring lasting sanity into the informal foreign exchange (forex) market.
In 2019, the Governing Body of the International Labour Office, at its 108th (Centenary) Session on June 10, introduced an international convention titled: Violence and Harassment Convention 2019 (No 190).
The Minerals Development Fund (MDF), now fully in place, is to provide a steady stream of funds for the accelerated development of the mining communities.
The country’s civil aviation regulator, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has announced that it is banning aircraft that are above 20 years from using the country’s airspace.
DISTRESSED stated-owned investment firm, the National Trust Holding Company (NTHC), has requested an urgent bailout from the government to enable it to meet its indebtedness to ailing rural and community banks (RCBs) across the country.
Health financing is a core function of health systems that can enable progress towards universal health coverage by improving effective service coverage and financial protection.