This year’s Ghana Garden and Flower Show (GGFS) opened in Accra, on Friday. The sixth edition of the event organised by Stratcomm Africa, a communications firm, in partnership with the GGFS Movement is on the theme, ‘Enriching Ghana, a garden at a time’. The event that attracted 150 exhibitors have products on display include flowers, herbs and spices, ornamental [...] The post 6th
Kidney related diseases are assuming epidemic proportions in Ghana, as more than 12,000 cases are reported annually, says Dr. Solomon Kotey, President of the Ghana Association of Doctors in-Residence (GADOR). In addition it is estimated that about 30,000 patients are living with kidney related ailments and have the potential to increase beyond manageable proportions, if the trend continues. He has, [...] The post Danger:
A Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Professor Dzodzi Tsikata, has advocated the adoption of a transformative social policy that will effectively tackle the growing menace of youth unemployment in the country. According to her the reliance on the informal sector as the main employer of the economy is unsustainable and also renders economic growth less efficient. [...] The post Ghana
The Child Health Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has observed an increase in cases of jaundice among babies between zero and one year old. According to Head of the Unit, Dr. Ebenezer Badoe, his outfit records about four to ten cases of jaundice in newborns every week at its emergency wards, out of which at least one [...] The post KBTH records high rate of jaundice appeared first
A 23-year old student of Bluecrest University College in Accra, Bright Morkli, has appealed to the public to support him with GH?16,000 to enable him complete a four-year programme at the school. Sharing his challenges with the Ghanaian Times yesterday in Accra, he said he was forced to defer the final two years of the Bachelor of Science in Information [...] The post Master
The Northern Regional branch of the Ghana Agri-Input Dealers Association (GAIDA) has appealed to Agriculture Science researchers to investigative the potency of the fertilisers imported into the country. The appeal followed several complaints by some farmers in the northern sector that the current fertilisers being sold in the area are fake and do not increase crop yield. Mr. Mohammed [...] The post GAIDA
The Maldives has voted in a heavily-criticised presidential election, closely watched by India and China. President Abdulla Yameen, who favours closer ties to China, is seeking a second term. His rival, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, leans closer towards India. Officials say they had to extend voting by three hours due to long queues. The Indian Ocean archipelago is best-known overseas for [...] The post Voting
The Goaso District Police Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Richard Hornuro, has observed that people who fall prey to mobile money fraudsters are mostly ‘greedy’ and those in the haste to make wealth. He questioned why people who had not entered into any promotion or lottery of telecommunication companies, easily give their consent to fraudsters who contact them for [...] The post Victims
The woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault has agreed to testify against him next week. Lawyers for Dr Christine Blasey Ford said she had accepted the Senate Judiciary Committee’s request to appear before them to be questioned about the alleged attack at a party in 1982. A “tentative” deal has been reached for Thursday, US media [...] The post Kavanaugh
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has criticised the US following a deadly attack on a military parade. Gunmen opened fire at Revolutionary Guard troops in the south-western city of Ahvaz on Saturday, in an attack claimed by both an anti-government Arab group, and Islamic State militants. Mr Rouhani said the “bully” US and the Gulf States it backed had enabled the [...] The post Iran
THE Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng has hailed Ho as the cleanest regional capital in the country and urged the media to constantly help the municipality to maintain that repute by constantly reporting on its ornamental status. “Even early in the morning you do not see plastics thrown about as in other regional capitals,” he [...] The post Ho hailed
Aduana Stars midfielder Elvis Opoku has questioned the decision of the club’s top hierarchy to sack former coach of Yussif Abuabakar. The midfielder vented his frustrations at the club, insisting the decision to sack Abubakar made no sense and went ahead to criticize the appointment of Kenichi Yatsuhashi. “What was the point in the sacking of Yusif.” Elvis quizzed speaking [...] The post Aduana
The youth must show keen interest in land administration, especially customary lands’ management, Noel Tuotir, a senior lands officer at the Lands Commission, has urged. He said land was a very critical asset for future developments, and it was, therefore, imperative for the youth, who are future leaders to be abreast with the management of lands by the current custodians. [...] The post Show
The Producer Price Inflation rate for the country year-on-year has dropped marginally from 8.2 in July to 7.0 per cent in August, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), has announced. This represents a 1.2 percentage point decrease in the producer inflation and a monthly change rate of -0.1 per cent. The Producer Price Index (PPI) measures the average change over time [...] The post August Producer
The 2013/14 Premier League champions Kumasi Asante Kotoko will soon appoint a local coach after Paa Kwesi Fabian handed in his resignation letter. Lawyer Sarfo Duku, the Communication Director of the club, in an interview told the Ghana News Agency (GNA), said ‘’we will appoint a new coach at the end of this month and he is going to be [...] The post Kotoko to appoint a local coach appeared
Production has commenced at the Potato Processing Factory at Gomoa Bewadze in the Gomoa West District of the Central Region to address the unemployment situation as well as ensuring food security in the country. The company, Casa De Ropa Company Limited, a wholly-owned Ghanaian private agribusiness institution, spearheading the path, is under the One-District-One-Factory initiative. Financed by the Ghana Export-Import (EXIM) [...] The post Potato
ANTHONY Joshua defended his world heavyweight titles with a devastating knockout of Alexander Povetkin after overcoming an early onslaught from the Russian at Wembley. The British star blasted Povetkin to the canvas with a brutal assault in the seventh round and then floored the WBA mandatory challenger again to signal a sudden and dramatic ending to his 22nd professional victory. [...] The post Joshua
LIVERPOOL and Manchester City’s shootout for the Premier League title intensified on Saturday with comfortable wins over Southampton and Cardiff. Jurgen Klopp could afford the luxury of handing Xherdan Shaqiri his first Liverpool start for a 3-0 victory at Anfield and Wesley Hoedt turned the Swiss international’s deflected shot in for the opener before Joel Matip and Mohamed Salah’s first [...] The post Liverpool,
Effective November 1 this year, certain imported goods will not be allowed to be warehoused by traders and importers, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has said. They are ethanol, lead and batteries, canned fish, canned drinks, tomato paste, cement, grease, chalk, paints and oil, and lime. The Principal Revenue Officer (PRO) of the GRA at the Kotoka International Airport, Ernest [...] The post New
Lack of bridges in some communities in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region have been identified as one of the major factors threatening government’s Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJs), programme. The situation, apart from making it very difficult for Agriculture Extension Agents (AEAs) to reach out to rural communities to offer extension services to the farmers, [...] The post Lack
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