Participants at a day’s stakeholders meeting has expressed the need for the government to increase taxes on tobacco, alcohol and sugar-sweetened products to raise revenue and to protect the lives of the citizenry. It was attended by representatives of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), the Ghana Police Service, the Customs Division of the Ghana … The post Stakeholders
A Cape Coast Circuit Court Judge, Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith, wished a convict she sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour, died in prison for defiling his two-year old granddaughter. Mrs Smith described the act as “vicious” saying the convict could not show sympathy to the survivor at that tender age. The convict, Kofi … The post I
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the launch of the Cocoa Management System (CMS) will play a significant role in the implementation and efficient management of the soon to be launched Cocoa Farmers’ Pension Scheme. The CMS is an online portal, which will capture the database of cocoa farmers digitally, and was launched by Vice … The post Cocoa
Mr Samson Lardy Anyenini, a broadcast journalist with The Multimedia Group, Saturday won the coveted PAV Ansah Journalist of the Year Award at the 25th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Media Awards. Mr Anyenini, also a legal practitioner and the host of Newsfile on Joy News, also won the Democracy and Peacebuilding Award. The event, organised … The post Multimedia
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has asked traditional medicine practitioners to use only medical devices approved by the Authority in their health institutions for operations. Mr Martin Kusi, the Northern Regional Head, FDA, who gave the advice said for the FDA to ensure public safety, practitioners that used medical devices were to ensure that … The post Traditional
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