The Ministry of Health (MoH) has appealed to the striking laboratory scientists at the Konfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) to resume work as their issues are addressed. A statement signed by the Chief Director of the MoH, Mr Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari said “A stakeholder meeting will be convened by the …
Read More »All 46 Colleges Of Education Threaten To Shut Down By End Of May Over Lack Of Funds
Principals of Colleges of Education across Ghana have threatened to shut down the schools by the end of May if the government does not release funds for the maintenance of students’ stay on campus. All 46 Colleges of Education in Ghana could be affected as management of the schools says …
Read More »ECG Publishes Another ‘Dumsor’ Timetable, Effective May 27 To June 11
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has published a schedule for the disruption in power supply in parts of the Greater Accra Region. In a press statement dated May 20, the company indicated that the power interruption is to enable ongoing system improvement at the Kasoa Bulk Supply Point (BSP). …
Read More »E/R: 37 Chiefs In Birim North Pass Vote of No Confidence In DCE
Thirty -Seven (37) chiefs in Birim North District in the Eastern Region have passed a vote of no confidence in the District Chief Executive for the area, Raymond Nana Damptey. The votes of no confidence by the Chiefs were passed Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at Abirim. Out of the 42 …
Read More »C/R: Teacher, 27, Commits Suicide At Assin Fosu
A female teacher has allegedly committed suicide at Assin Foso in the Assin Central Municipality in the Central Region. The deceased, Catherine Ansah, 27 years of age is said to be a newly posted teacher teaching at Mankessim Nkwanta but visited her sisters and grandmother at Assin Foso. Grandmother of …
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Read More »Africa’s Poverty Not Wealth But Poverty Of The Mind – 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 …
Read More »ECG Undertakes Emergency Maintenance In Accra Today
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has served notice to undertake an emergency maintenance in some parts of Accra on Thursday, May 20. The exercise will begin at 10:00am and end at 4:00pm. This comes after a firm assurance by the Company to end the recent loadshedding programme in some …
Read More »KATH Laboratory Workers Declare Strike
Laboratory professionals at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) have announced a sit-down strike beginning Thursday, May 20, 2021. They are angry over a decision by the management of KATH to post two medical officers to the laboratory Services Directorate as Clinical Haematologists. Announcing the industrial action to the media, …
Read More »Petroleum Commission To Introduce SSA Framework To Protect Oil Exploration Infrastructure
Petroleum Commission, Ghana, the statutory body established to regulate and manage the utilization of petroleum resources and, coordinate policies in the upstream petroleum sector of the country has begun stakeholder consultations aimed at introducing a Safe Sea Access (SSA) Framework to regulate all users of the nation’s marine resources and …
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