GENERAL NEWS

Government’s ambitious hospitals initiative dubbed Agenda 111 is set to commence in August 2021. Presenting the 2021 mid-year budget review in Parliament on Thursday, July 29, 2021, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, disclosed that the government has decided to execute the initiative in two phases with the first phase …

The Finance Minister has announced the setting up of a scheme to help the youth set up businesses across the country.   To be referred to as ‘YouBanc’, the scheme will be championed by the Enterprise and Youth Support Fund (EYSF). Addressing members of Parliament (MPs) on Thursday, July 29 …

The Minister of Finance, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, will today lay before Parliament, the 2021 mid-year budget review for its consideration and adoption. The budget review, which is in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution and the Public Financial Management Act 921, will give the fiscal authority an opportunity …

The Greater Accra Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, has cautioned drivers and transport operators who use bus stops as lorry stations to desist from the practise since it contributes to vehicular traffic in the city.       This follows an operation by Accra Metropolitan Assembly task force on Wednesday to …

Sunday, July 9th 1972. Footage of the burial of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, in his hometown of Nkroful, 240 miles (384 kms) southwest of Accra. Nkrumah died in a clinic in Bucharest, Romania, three months earlier in April after six years in exile in Guinea following his overthrow …

The Director General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Prof. Benjamin Jabez Botwe Nyarko, has been appointed as the chairman for the newly constituted board of the Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG). Other members of the board are Ing Emmanuel Antwi Darkwa, CEO of VRA, William Owuraku Aidoo, Deputy Minister …

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  The Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced to recruit Allied Health Professionals and Pharmacy Cadres who completed various public and private training institutions and wrote their licensure examination in 2019. In a statement copied to MyGhanaMedia.com, the Ministry said the recruitment portal from Tuesday, August 3, 2021, will be …

A man in his 30s has been lynched to death for attempting to steal at Abountem in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti region. The deceased, yet-to-be-identified was lynched by a mob on, Tuesday, July 27, 2021.     The victim together with two other suspects, currently on the run …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has approved two more COVID-19 vaccines for importation, distribution and use in Ghana. The two new vaccine4s are Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer-BioNtech (Cominaty).             This brings the total number of approved COVID-19 vaccines for the use in Ghana to …