Fish processing company, Pioneer Food Cannery has confirmed that a member of its staff tested positive for coronavirus following government’s announcement that over 500 workers in a factory at Tema had been infected after one worker contracted the disease. The Tema-based company in a statement said, as soon as the first case was confirmed, it […] The post COVID-19:
Dear Kuuku, Hmmm… What do I even call you now; my friend, my colleague – or more absurdly, my ex-lover? You are one of the most amazing acquaintances that I have ever had the pleasure to know. It is sad that things are awkward between us now, but I do not regret for a second […] The post Asor Letters: My jealous ‘Friend with Benefits’ appeared first on
The dead body of a 25-year-old National Service (NSS) personnel has been recovered from an abandoned well at Mfensi in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region. The deceased, Angela Gossou who was offering her service at the Cocoa Health and Extension Division of the Ghana Cocoa Board in the Ahafo Ano South […] The post A/R: 25-year-old NSS personnel
Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Ireland, Papa Owusu Ankomah has recovered after being infected with the novel Coronavirus. Making the announcement today, Tuesday, May 12, 2020, Mr. Ankomah described his recovery as a blessing from the “horrific effects” of COVID-19. Papa Owusu Ankomah was in April 2020 diagnosed with the virus and […] The post Papa
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the New Douala Barracks at Burma Camp in Accra. The construction of the barracks commenced in 2017, as part of the Barracks Regeneration Project. It will be recalled that upon his assumption of office, and in the Asempa Budget, President Akufo-Addo announced the institution of the ‘Barracks […] The post Akufo-Addo
The Private University Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG) has among other things, asked the government to support private tertiary institutions as they are also facing financial challenges due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. In a statement, it asked the government to “create and give a stimulus relief package for private universities in terms […] The post Coronavirus:
Supreme Court Justice nominee, Yonny Kulendi is advocating for the eventual scrapping of the death penalty from Ghana’s laws. He believes that to the extent that humans are fallible and prone to wrong judgments, it will be best to do away with the death penalty. Answering questions during his vetting before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on […] The post Yonny
Supreme Court Justice nominee, Yonny Kulendi is advocating for the eventual scrapping of the death penalty from Ghana’s laws. He believes that to the extent that humans are fallible and prone to wrong judgments, it will be best to do away with the death penalty. Answering questions during his vetting before Parliament’s Appointments Committee on […] The post Yonny
The Jirapa Municipality in the Upper West Region has recorded five new cases of meningitis, bringing the case count to 90 with nine deaths. This is according to the Jirapa Municipal Director of Health Services, Florence Ansongwmine. She told Citi News the current case included a three-year-old child. “Currently, our district is having 50 suspected […] The post U/W: Jirapa
The Jirapa Municipality in the Upper West Region has recorded five new cases of meningitis, bringing the case count to 60 with nine deaths. This is according to the Jirapa Municipal Director of Health Services, Florence Ansongwmine. She told Citi News the current case included a three-year-old child. “Currently, our district is having 60 suspected […] The post U/W: Jirapa
Life insurance company, Hollard Life Assurance, a subsidiary of Hollard Ghana, has announced a free COVID-19 cover for all its existing and new customers on individual and group policies. This is to help ease the burden of the pandemic on Ghanaians. At no additional cost, the complimentary COVID-19 cover will provide policyholders and their beneficiaries […] The post Hollard
Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu has rejected reports that she was offered the chance to become the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission when the position became vacant in 2018. The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo removed the then Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, and her two deputies, Amadu Sulley and Georgina Opoku Amankwaa from office […] The post Prof.
A Supreme Court Justice Nominee, Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu has broken her silence on the work that was done by the Justice Emile Short Commission that probed the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence. The government through its White Paper rejected most of the recommendations made by the fact-finding commission. Government argued that the report failed to […] The post Short
“In an era of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become more urgent to integrate the informal waste pickers – mostly women, ensure their safety and acknowledge their contribution to the overall environmental quality of many urban and peri-urban areas.” – Joshua Amponsem, Green Africa Youth Organization. In Ghana, informal waste pickers (sometimes referred to as […] The post Betty
I never thought that I would be able to put the dreadful word COVID-19 and the amazing word Blessing in the same sentence, but this may just be the case and I ask that you hear me out. For those of us who lived in Ghana in the late 80s and early 90s, we have […] The post COVID-19: A blessing for Africa? appeared first on Citinewsroom
The Ghana Health Service has named 10 areas it described as hotspots for the coronavirus in the Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions. In a presentation at the Ministry of Information’s media briefings, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye, said Tema, in the Greater Accra Region, was currently the main hotspot. […] The post GHS
The Obuasi township in the Ashanti Region has recorded an alarming jump in COVID-19 cases with 272 new infections. This accounted for the Ashanti Region almost doubling its number of infections which rose from 355 to 667. Though a detailed breakdown was not given, indications are that most of the cases were from the Obuasi Central […] The post A/R COVID-19
The Northern Region is the latest to confirm its first COVID-19 death. The deceased is an 80-year-old woman who reported to the Tamale Central Hospital over the weekend with symptoms of COVID-19. Citi News’ Northern Regional correspondent, Diana Ngon said samples were taken to the Tamale Public Health and Reference Laboratory where she was confirmed […] The post Northern Region
Security personnel have been deployed to Obuasi in the Ashanti Region to maintain order following attempts by residents to resist the siting of a COVID-19 isolation centre there. The security deployment comes after persistent protests by the residents of Abusco and Akaporiso, both suburbs of the community, who wanted the isolation centre to be relocated […] The post Security
Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, today launched the Integrated ICT System, which automates all the operations of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) in the country at the Jubilee House. He said the system is an information technology solution that would address payment and settlement challenges of MASLOC and bring an air of efficiency into […] The post Bawumia
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