Ghana is to send 375 qualified nurses to the carribean nation of Barbados to work in a number of their country's government medical facilities to address the acute shortage of skilled caregivers.
Two people have been confirmed dead following a bloody clash that occurred last Friday evening between some woodworkers of Ayomso and Akrodie, farming communities in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region.
A Senior Social Development Officer at the Department of Social Welfare, Mr Christopher Komla, has called for close collaboration among stakeholders to clear mentally challenged people from the streets.
The poor handling of agro chemicals by some cocoa farmers is exposing them to danger and also putting the lives of people and animals in their communities at risk through the pollution of water bodies from which they drink.
The National House of Chiefs (NHC) has called on all traditional rulers to help the national security agencies to ensure peace and security in the country, following the recent kidnappings and the ethnic conflict at Chereponi in the North East Region.
Fire has destroyed assorted hair and body products at a warehouse belonging to the General Secretary of the Kasoa New Market Traders Association, Alhaji Haroun Tetteh Mensah, at Walatu, Kasoa, in the Central Region.
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has called for a review of the contribution rate of workers to enable it to sustain the pension scheme and to pay workers higher pensions.
The Auditor General, Mr Daniel Domelevo, is calling for internal auditors to be de-linked from institutions such as the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), to assert their independence and to absolve them from manipulation and control.
The Judicial Service of Ghana has closed down the Adjabeng District Court ‘2’ in Accra on the directive of the Chief Justice, Ms Justice Sophia Akuffo.
A High Court in Tamale, presided over by Mr Justice Edward Apenkwa, has sentenced one Abdul Salaam Tijani to 12 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for defrauding 10,185 people in the metropolis.
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has carried through its plan to make the production of cocoa all year round, with the inauguration of solar-powered irrigation schemes for two cocoa farms in the Eastern Region.
Kid Aid Society, a non-governmental organization (NGO) has marked its one year anniversary by addressing some challenges confronting the Weep Not Child Orphanage at Ahwerease Damang in the Eastern Region of Ghana by donating various items to the orphanage.
The Alliance for WASH Advocacy (A4WA), a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) and networks in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene sector has paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources concerning the review of key national WASH policies to the Government in Accra.
Delegates at the 2019 Congress of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have, for the first time in history, elected an African as President of the IFJ.
A 14-year-old primary three pupil of the St Anne's Primary School at Damongo in the Savannah Region has been released on bail after he threatened a teacher of the school with a pistol.
It has emerged that the suspected kidnappers who held two Canadian women captive in Kumasi demanded $800,000 from their families as ransom for their release.
