The World Health Organization (WHO) will resume its trial of hydroxychloroquine for potential use against the coronavirus, its chief said on Wednesday, after those running the study briefly stopped giving it to new patients over health concerns. The U.N. agency last month paused the part of its large study of treatments against COVID-19 in which […] The post WHO
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has resolved to acclaim the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as its presidential candidate for the 2020 general elections. A statement issued by the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, said, “the party has resolved to acclaim the sole candidate who had filed […] The post Nana
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has acclaimed the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as its presidential candidate for the 2020 general elections. A statement issued by the General Secretary of the party, John Boadu on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, said, “the party has resolved to acclaim the sole candidate who had filed his nomination […] The post Nana
Management of family is one of the key elements of every individual life. This has a lot of lapses ranging from home to home. Most of the efforts to maintain the structure has become a bit difficult due to westernization and exposure to western content on our local media. Children are getting comfortable with the […] The post The family: The gateway [Article] appeared first on
Derek Chauvin, the white former Minneapolis, Minnesota police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes during his fatal arrest will now face second-degree murder charges, officials announced Wednesday. State Attorney General Keith Ellison upgraded the murder charge against Chauvin from third-degree and is charging the three other former officers at the […] The post US:
The Gambia has demanded a “credible” investigation after the son of a diplomat was shot dead by US police. Thirty-nine-year-old Momodou Lamin Sisay was shot after a car chase in Georgia on Friday morning, according to the preliminary investigation by Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). He was pronounced dead on the scene. The police said […] The post Gambia
The Minority in Parliament has petitioned the Auditor-General to conduct a special audit into GHS280.3 million that was allocated by the government for the provision of food, water, and sanitation under the Coronavirus Alleviation Programme (CAP). In a letter to the Auditor-General signed by the Minority Chief Whip, Mohammed Mubarak Muntaka and the Ranking Member […] The post Minority
Eyewitness News listens to reaction to the pilot voter registration in Western Region being brought to a premature end, hears from the Cheif Imam’s office on easing of restrictions on religious gatherings and discusses the rejection the Bawku MP’s attempt to challenge the proposed voter registration requirements. Citi97.3 · Eyewitness News, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 The post Eyewitness
The Coronavirus pandemic which has caught many by surprise and has swept across the world in the past few months has not only had a significant impact on public health, society, and the economy but has also wreaked havoc on the educational systems of all the affected countries. COVID-19 has affected all levels of education […] The post Free
Participants in the first edition of the China International Publishing Corporation (CIPG) Webinar have condemned what appears to be widespread propaganda with regards to the fight against the novel Coronavirus pandemic. The Webinar codenamed, “Strengthen China-Africa cooperation and pool the media’s anti-epidemic efforts worldwide,” brought together participants from African countries including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, […] The post CIPG
The ban on foreign travels due to the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the processes of getting the Komenda Sugar Factory back to life. This is according to the Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen. The Factory has not been fully operational after it was commissioned by President John Mahama in 2016. In June 2019, […] The post Trade Minister pledges
Ghana’s borders have been closed since the 22nd of March, 2020 as part of the government’s measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the country. Some residents of communities along Ghana’s border to Burkina Faso in the Upper West Region have thus called for more stringent security measures in the area. Their call […] The post Ghanaians around
The Minority side in Parliament has challenged claims by the Public Affairs Unit of the House that it [the Minority] was yet to file a question on the expenditure returns of GHS280.3 million allocated for the coronavirus fight. Parliament’s Public Affairs Directorate in a statement on Tuesday said it had not received any notice from […] The post Parliament’s
The Speaker of Parliament has rejected a motion from Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga challenging the Electoral Commission’s (EC) move to make the Ghana card and passports the only valid identification for registering to vote. According to the Notice of Motion filed by Mr. Ayariga, he wanted Parliament to reject the Public Election (Registration of […] The post Speaker
The University of Ghana will continue with its planned online teaching and learning for the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. School authorities say, its intended online end of semester examinations scheduled for between June and July will also be conducted as earlier communicated. “The University’s ongoing Online Teaching and Learning Programme for the […] The post University
Ranking Member on the Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament, Kwame Agbodza, has asked the government to acknowledge former President John Mahama for the newly constructed Tema Motorway Interchange. In an article, the Adaklu Member of Parliament described as shameful, the “posture the President is seeking to exhibit with plans to take credit for the […] The post Credit
Commuters plying the ring road in the La community without face masks have been restricted from continuing with their journey by a joint taskforce from the Cantonments Police Station and the La Dadekotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA). The Assembly distributed over 20,000 face masks to residents within the municipality last month as part of measures to […] The post La
“So, it’s um it’s an individual thing. Some people are more private…about it. And now there’s because you are talking about um, um when you start talking about manhood um…you, men get callisthenic about it.” Mr. Hunter, a pseudo name for a survivor. Prostate cancer forms 41.2% of all prostatic diseases in Ghanaian male population […] The post Prostate
With the easing of restrictions on social and religious gatherings by the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, a virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Dr. Michael Owusu is warning of a possible hike in cases that could overwhelm their testing centre as well as others. President Akufo-Addo in his tenth address to the nation […] The post KCCR
A former Deputy Minister of Education, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says government’s decision to reopen schools without testing students, teachers and non-teaching staff for Coronavirus is dangerous and reckless. Ablakwa who is also the Member of Parliament for the North Tongu urged the various teacher unions to resist such move. “It is totally dangerous, reckless and […] The post Not
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