The Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Alban S.K. Bagbin, has charged the government to develop and promote indigenous languages and values to help preserve the country’s cultural heritage. He stressed that no country had been able to develop while relying on another country’s cultural identity. Mr. Bagbin noted that African countries had over the years, followed […] The post Bagbin
The Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban S.K. Bagbin has charged the government to develop and promote indigenous language and values to help preserve the country’s cultural heritage. He stressed that, no country had developed relying on another country’s cultural identity. Mr. Bagbin noted that African countries had over the years followed the ideas and value […] The post Bagbin
The Ghana Medical Association has warned that it will be forced to take action if the management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and the Ministry of Health give in to the demands of laboratory scientists at the hospital for two specialists who were posted to the department two years ago. The association in […] The post Don’t yield to lab scientists’
United Bank for Africa Ghana Ltd. has contributed over US$100,000 to the Ghanaian creative arts industry, through the production of a 13-episode Ghanaian series titled ‘The Public Figure’. The bank’s Lifestyle and Entertainment channel, RED TV is set to premiere the Ghanaian series on its YouTube channel on the 19th of May, 2021. The official premiere […] The post UBA
The controversies surrounding what appears to be the questionable removal of the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator from office may not be ending anytime soon. The latest twist to the vacillating impasse between the acting National Security Coordinator and the Ashanti Regional Security Coordinator, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Kwaku Ayesu Opare-Addo, is that the latter […] The post ‘I’ve
The Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum has reiterated the government’s commitment to making Ghana the hub of Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) in Africa. According to the minister, various interventions by the government through the provision of infrastructure, equipment and the reformations in the country’s technical institutions from the senior high technical schools to […] The post We’re
In an increasingly globalized economy, a country’s most precious resources are not extracted from deep within its bowels. It is not the oil, gold or cocoa that will, in the end, lead to Ghana’s economic prosperity. Our greatest and most critical resources are the men and women who lead our industrialisation efforts, turn the wheels […] The post Ghana’s
The Parents of the 15-year-old student of the Miracle Preparatory and Junior High School at Sunyani in the Bono Region, who is suspected to have committed suicide by hanging, say they suspect foul play in the death of their daughter. The final-year female student was seen hanging from the ceiling in the school’s dining hall […] The post Sunyani:
The Ministry of Finance and the European Investment Bank have signed an agreement for the provision of a one hundred- and seventy-million-euro (€170 million) facility for the establishment of a new national bank, the Development Bank Ghana (DBG). DBG is an integral feature of the GH¢100 billion Ghana Cares ‘Obaatampa’ Project, which is seeing to […] The post Akufo-Addo
Members of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Chapter of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS-KATH), have declared a one-week sit-down strike starting Thursday 20th May 2021. The strike, according to the leadership of the association, is to protest the decision of the hospital’s management to keep two medical specialists in key positions at […] The post Laboratory
The Savannah Regional branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has suspended its Chairman for the Salaga South Consituency, Haruna Salifu, after violence erupted at the constituency office on May 16, 2021. The constituency’s Organizer, Murtala Falalu, and the Communications Officer, Abubakari Abu Omega, have also been suspended. The suspensions come after a preliminary […] The post Salaga
The Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah, says the low incidence of cholera outbreaks in the region over the last few years is proof of the progress made in the sanitation sector. According to him, a lot of interventions instituted since 2016 have resulted in this feat. He said this […] The post Reduction in cholera
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has joined a number of organizations in condemning the brutality meted to Citi FM/Citi TV journalist, Caleb Kudah by national security operatives. In a statement to express concern over the attack on the journalist and other media personnel, the NCCE said such an assault is in contravention of […] The post NCCE
The Upper East Regional Office of the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), as part of efforts to ensure discipline on the road and reduce the increasing trend of road crashes, has begun conducting pre-departure checks on intercity vehicles in some major lorry terminals in the region. The exercise, led by the Regulatory, Inspection, and Compliance […] The post NRSA
The second phase of Ghana’ss COVID-19 vaccination exercise has started across the country but with incidents of undue delays at various centers. Citi News‘ checks at some centers revealed that although many people turned up very early in the morning, as early as 4:00 am, they had not been served as at 10:00am. Some of […] The post COVID-19:
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has been formally notified of the assault on Caleb Kudah by National Security operatives and the invasion of the premises of CITI FM and Citi TV. The Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), which has already been petitioned, says it has taken a keen interest in the matter. Management of the […] The post Catholic
The AMA, in collaboration with the Bloomberg Philanthropists for Road Safety and National Road Safety Authority (NRSA), has commemorated the 6th UN Global Road Safety Week. The event, which was held at the Omanye Aba Hall of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly under the theme “Streets for life, love 30”, was aimed at strengthening the efforts […] The post AMA,
Plans are far advanced by the government to dredge the Owabi and Barekese rivers in the Atwima Nwabiagya South District of the Ashanti Region. This assurance was given by the Sanitation Minister, Mrs Cecilia Abena Dapaah. “What was left was the feasibility studies, and fortunately for us, the studies are ready. The report will be […] The post We’ll soon
The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has issued a warning to illegal miners working at night, saying that they do so at their own risk. At a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday morning, Mr. Nitiwul noted that the military has been equipped to deal with such recalcitrant miners. “We know that they do that from […] The post ‘You do so
The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, has warned illegal miners working at night that they do so at their own risk. He noted that, during the different phases of ‘Operation Halt’, some miners were found to be carrying out their activities at night. At a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, Dominic Nitiwul said the military […] The post ‘We’ll
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