Participants in a West African Health Organisation (WAHO) regional conference on the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have called on governments of member countries to tighten regulations on tobacco, alcohol, food and sweetened drinks to accelerate efforts towards the reduction of the diseases.
Ghanaian journalists’ demand for punishment of people who assault them in the line of duty may soon be realised with the establishment of a national coordinating mechanism on safe and responsible journalism.
The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMA) has been certified with the ISO9001: 2015 by the Certification Group in the United Kingdom (UK), making it the best weather forecast institution in West Africa.
A cartographer has been fined GH¢600 by the Madina District Court for forging the official seal of the Survey and Mapping Division of the Lands Commission and the signatures of some of its officials to prepare a concession map for a mining company.
The Methodist Church Ghana has disassociated itself from its analogous church in the United Kingdom (UK) over a decision by the latter to consider legalising same-sex marriage by 2020.
Forty-one per cent of Ghanaians have some form of mental disorders, particularly psychological distress, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, has said.
The Management and the Academic Board of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) has postponed indefinitely its 2018/2019 students graduation ceremony due to the absence of a Governing Council.
The Ministry of Special Development Initiatives (MSDI) says the sector Minister, Ms Mavis Hawa Koomson has been taken out of context when she recently granted an interview to Ghanaweb concerning the types of dams the ministry was constructing in the five regions of northern Ghana.
Former First Lady, Lordina Dramani Mahama has been awarded a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in Business Law/International Business Law from the De Montfort University in the United Kingdom.
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has launched a forum to engage political leaders and diplomats to deliberate on deepening peace and security in Africa.
The University of Ghana (UG) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ghana Air Force to build capacity in the engineering sectors of the two institutions.
A legal practitioner, Mr Yaw Oppong, has offered to provide legal services to the soldier, who has been convicted and sentenced to 90 days in military guardroom for flouting military regulations.
Senior Management of Barclays Bank Ghana and selected Ghanaian scholars at the African Leadership University (ALU) have paid a courtesy call on the South African Deputy High Commissioner to Ghana, Mr Thapelo Madumane, to mark this year’s Nelson Mandela Day.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has asked the government to give “special attention” to the wages of public sector workers in the Mid-Year Review (MYR) of the 2019 Budget that is due to be presented to Parliament next week.
Smoked fish sellers at the Agbogbloshie Market in Accra have turned to frozen fish from cold stores for their business because of inadequate catch from the sea.
The Ministry of the Interior says it will not recognise the role of the Ghana Institute of Auctioneers (GhIA) until its members go through the right procedures to formalise its existence.
