Cannabis consumption is on the rise globally, despite it being classified in many jurisdictions, as narcotic- this is according to the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) drug report 2018. Notwithstanding its classification as a narcotic drug in Ghana and many parts of the world, 192 million people across the globe admitted to … The post Cannabis
Cannabis consumption is on the rise globally, despite it being classified in many jurisdictions, as narcotic- this is according to the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) drug report 2018. Notwithstanding its classification as a narcotic drug in Ghana and many parts of the world, 192 million people across the globe admitted to … The post Cannabis
Mr Rockson Ayine Bukari, the Upper East Regional Minister, has expressed worry about the dwindling doctor-patient ratio in the region saying it has compelled patients to seek health care services outside the region. The call follows the unwillingness of doctors, especially people from the region who refuse postings to the area to augment the few … The post Doctor
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) would be celebrating the 2018 Emancipation celebration from July 25 to August 1, 2018 in Accra, Assin Praso, Cape Coast and Assin Manso. The celebration, which is the 20th in the series is being organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture under the theme’ “Emancipation: our heritage, our … The post GTA
The family of late Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has announced his funeral arrangements, which starts on Thursday July 26. The body would be laid in state at the foyer of the Accra International Conference Centre (AIC) for mourners pay their last respects from 0800 hours to 1800 hours, that day. A statement issued … The post Family
The family of late Vice President Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has announced his funeral arrangements, which starts on Thursday July 26. The body would be laid in state at the foyer of the Accra International Conference Centre (AIC) for mourners pay their last respects from 0800 hours to 1800 hours, that day. A statement issued … The post Family outlines
Mr Joel M. Kpodo, Chairman of the Society for Nurses in Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery- Ghana (SNEMIS), has called for the formalisation of the specialised training for nurses in the fields of gastroenterology, endoscopy (Nurse Endoscopists), and minimally invasive surgery. He said a formal training for nurses would enable them acquire the requisite knowledge, … The post Endoscopy
Government is working on a plan to ensure that the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital would go paperless by the end of the year. This means that payments would be done electronically and the printing of folders and cards would be done away with. Mr Kweku Agyeman Manu, Minister of Health, said under the initiative Regional hospitals … The post Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital to go
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said that the government would find imaginative ways to efficiently manage the increasing senior high school (SHS) admissions due to the introduction of the fee-free policy, The number of student beneficiaries is expected to double to 180,000, this coming academic year. The intervention has brought huge relief to parents … The post Free
Mr George Swanzy Winful, Deputy Auditor-General, in-charge of Central Government Audit Department, has asked government employees payroll to see the on-going payroll audit as a collective responsibility toward effective national development. He said they must fully cooperate with the audit service personnel by providing all documents and information required for the exercise to minimise the … The post Clean
Scientists at the University of Birmingham are one step closer to developing an eye drop that could revolutionise treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). AMD is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world. Its prevalence is increasing dramatically as the population ages and it is estimated that, by 2020, there will be about … The post Scientists
The World Bank Group announced Thursday that in 2018 fiscal year (FY), 32.1 percent of its financing had climate co-benefits. It said the Group has already exceeded the target set in 2015 that 28 percent of its lending volume would be climate-related by 2020. This amounted to a record-setting $20.5 billion in climate-related finance delivered in the … The post World
The absence of e-waste recycling centres in the country as well as systems for the collection, transportation, treatment, storage, recovery and disposal of obsolete electronic devices is hampering sustainable and environmentally sound e-waste management. Mr Alhasan Kassim, Deputy Central Regional Chairman of the Ghana Electronic Service Technicians Association (GESTA), made an appeal to government to … The post HESAG
About 17,000 new applicants will be admitted as first year students to the various nursing training institutions in October this year. Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, the Minister of Finance, who announced this, said sufficient funds allocation had been made in the 2018 budget to accommodate the new entrants. Mr Ofori-Atta said this in his mid-year fiscal … The post About
About seventy thousand farmers have been registered under the ‘Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ)’ programme in the Garu and Tempane Districts in the Upper East Region for this year’s farming season. The farmers would cultivate various crops including maize, rice, soya bean and groundnuts among others. About 6,500 farmers have called for fertilizers for … The post Thousands
Police Superintendent Asare Bediako, the Sekyere East District Commander, has appealed to the people in the area to do away with the perceived police mistrust and continue providing the police with credible information that would assist in the prevention of crime in the area. He said the notion that the police officer was not friendly … The post Do away with
SEND-Ghana has organized a workshop for civil society groups in Wa on the Right to Information (RTI) Bill as part of GII Consortium district level campaign activities to deepen the knowledge of citizens on the Bill. The exercise sought to sensitize the public on the provisions of the Bill and revive communal spirit at the … The post RTI action campaign hits Upper West appeared
An investigator at the Upper West Regional Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called for swift passage of Ghana’s Right to Information Bill into law to enhance public recordkeeping. An information law would enhance probity and accountability as well as facilitate proper recordkeeping in the country’s public sector to boost efficiency in … The post RTI
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in Upper West met on Thursday to discuss ways of strengthening advocacy on child protection and economic empowerment of girls. The meeting was prompted by reports of increasing rates of early and forced marriages, teenage pregnancies and commercial sexual exploitation among others which stakeholders say it is inimical to the growth and development … The post Upper
The Krachi East Municipal Assembly in the Volta Region has launched the Ghana Against Child Abuse (GACA), a child protection social drive campaign seeking to eradicate child abuses. The objective of the initiative is to use theatre as a social drive to spread the need for child protection, and thus to protect the Ghanaian child … The post Krachi
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