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Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa
Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, Volta Regional Minister

Volta Region to get 600-bed health facility - Minister

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa, has revealed that government is in the process of securing grants for the construction of a 600-bed tertiary health facility in the region.

Michael Addo
Michael Addo, Deputy Director-General of SSNIT in charge of Finance and Administration

SSNIT to support more SMEs to join informal scheme

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has intensified its efforts to attract the informal sector economy into the pension scheme.

Dr John A. Kumah
The late Dr John A. Kumah, former Deputy Minister for Finance

John Kumah to be buried on May 18, 2024

The final funeral rites of the former Deputy Minister for Finance and Member of Parliament for Ejisu, the late Dr John A. Kumah, will take place on May 18 and 19, 2024 at Onwe in the Ejisu Municipality.

Rachel Jacintha Pyne,(4th left) President of Tema Customs Ladies handing over the items to ADP Joyce Annor-Owusu, the officer in charge of the Female section of Akuse Local Prison. Pix Benjamin Xornam Glover
Rachel Jacintha Pyne,(4th left) President of Tema Customs Ladies handing over the items to ADP Joyce Annor-Owusu, the officer in charge of the Female section of Akuse Local Prison. Pix Benjamin Xornam Glover

Review feeding grant for prisoners - Prisons Service

The Ghana Prisons Service has reiterated an upward adjustment in the feeding fee from GH¢1.80 pesewas a day per prisoner to enable the Service to give inmates balanced and nutritious meals.

ECG points to GRIDCo for power outages in parts of Tema, Eastern Region
ECG points to GRIDCo for power outages in parts of Tema, Eastern Region

ECG points to GRIDCo for power outages in parts of Tema, Eastern Region

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has reduced its power supply to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), impacting electricity supply to consumers in parts of Tema, Kpone, Kpong and some areas in the Eastern Region.

Fiifi Boafo
Fiifi Boafo, Public Affairs Manager of COCOBOD

Weather conditions affecting Ghana's cocoa production - Fiifi Boafo

The Public Affairs Manager of COCOBOD, Fiifi Boafo, has attributed the decrease in production of cocoa beans to adverse weather conditions.

Dr Eric Asuman (right), Director-General of GMet, interacting with Prof. Leonard K. Amekudzi, Provost of the College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Dr Eric Asuman (right), Director-General of GMet, interacting with Prof. Leonard K. Amekudzi, Provost of the College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Process to enforce climate services standards in the offing

The Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) has started the process of developing a Legislative Instrument (L.I) to operationalise the country’s National Framework for Climate Services. 

Dr Mohammed Amin Adam — Finance Minister
Dr Mohammed Amin Adam — Finance Minister

$300m World Bank funds arrive

The first tranche of the $300 million World Bank funds has hit the accounts of the Bank of Ghana, sources close to the arrangement have told the Daily Graphic.

File Photo: Police car involved in an accident
File Photo: Police car involved in an accident

Police Management visits families of three deceased officers in Kyekyewere accident

The Police Management Board (POMAB) has visited the families of the three deceased officers who died in an accident at Kyekyewere near Suhum along the Accra-Kumasi Highway while on their way for police operational duties.

John Kapi (3rd from left), Head, Public Affairs at the West African Examinations Council, addressing the media at the conference. With him are Rev. Victor Brew (left), Head, Legal Department; Cornelius Azumah (right), Director of Finance,  with other executives.  Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI
John Kapi (3rd from left), Head, Public Affairs at the West African Examinations Council, addressing the media at the conference. With him are Rev. Victor Brew (left), Head, Legal Department; Cornelius Azumah (right), Director of Finance, with other executives. Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI

School, private candidates to be examined differently — WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that school candidates for Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and private candidates will, for the first time, be examined differently as a result of the introduction of the common core curriculum.

From Left: Rev. Dr Stephen Yenusom Wengam, Rev. Dr Kwadwo Boateng Bempah, Bishop Eddy Addy and Bishop Boniface Keelson praying over the book to unveil it
From Left: Rev. Dr Stephen Yenusom Wengam, Rev. Dr Kwadwo Boateng Bempah, Bishop Eddy Addy and Bishop Boniface Keelson praying over the book to unveil it

God factor diminishing in today’s churches — Rev. Dr Wengam

The General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, Rev. Dr Stephen Wengam, has said the God factor is gradually diminishing in today’s churches.

Ofosu Asamoah — Executive Secretary, NLC
Ofosu Asamoah — Executive Secretary, NLC

NLC directs teacher unions to end strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed teacher unions to call off their strike immediately and return to the classroom.

Apostle Eric Nyamekye — Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Most Rev. Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo — Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, Most Rev. Matthew K. Gyamfi, President, Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference
Apostle Eric Nyamekye — Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Most Rev. Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo — Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, Most Rev. Matthew K. Gyamfi, President, Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference

Make sacrifices to impact lives - Clergy to Ghanaians

Christian leaders have called on Ghanaians to resolve to use the Easter festivities to make the needed sacrifices to make the country and the world a better place. 

Fight against TB - Let’s educate public in local languages

A Senior Medical Officer at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital (GARH), Dr Emmanuel Addipa-Adapoe, has called for more education on Tuberculosis (TB) in languages that people understand other than English. 

Felix Appiah
Felix Appiah, CEO of Agricgate Edutech Ltd

Agricgate Edutech Ltd launches agricultural website

Agricgate Edutech Limited has launched a website to provide learning materials on agriculture to farmers and prospective farmers in Ghana.

Prof. J. Saa Dittoh (inset), Agricultural Development and Food Systems Economist, University for Development Studies, addressing participants on Chemical Usage in Farming and Food Safety in Ghana. Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI
Prof. J. Saa Dittoh (inset), Agricultural Development and Food Systems Economist, University for Development Studies, addressing participants on Chemical Usage in Farming and Food Safety in Ghana. Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI

Review Public Health Act to promote food safety

An agricultural development and food systems economist has called for a comprehensive review of the Public Health Act to help address concerns of food safety and quality in food production in the country.

Michael Balinga (left), Team Lead for Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade,  and Claire Beastall (right), a consultant, USAID Funded WABILED Programme, with some participants. Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI
Michael Balinga (left), Team Lead for Combating Illegal Wildlife Trade, and Claire Beastall (right), a consultant, USAID Funded WABILED Programme, with some participants. Picture: ESTHER ADJORKOR ADJEI

Develop legislation to combat illegal wildlife trade - Biodiversity specialist urges nations

Ghana and other countries in West Africa have been urged to put in place measures at the policy and legislative levels to combat the illegal trade in wildlife.

Dr Irene Stella Agyenim-Boateng (middle), HF-GhIE, displaying her honorary fellow certificate after receiving it from Kwabena Bempong, GhIE President
Dr Irene Stella Agyenim-Boateng (middle), HF-GhIE, displaying her honorary fellow certificate after receiving it from Kwabena Bempong, GhIE President

Africans must take destiny into own hands — WFEO president

The President of the World Federation of Engineering Organisations (WFEO), Mustafa Shehu, has called on African engineering practitioners to influence policymakers to accept that everything developmental is engineering. 

Philomina Woolley — Acting Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council
Philomina Woolley — Acting Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council

Nursing and Midwifery Council suspends new foreign verification, other fees

The Nursing and Midwifery Council has suspended newly approved fees that took effect from March 1, this year.

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