Health outreach boat grounded; Lack of fuel hampers service to more than 200...
A refurbished 32-foot fibre-glass boat to help health personnel in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District to undertake visits to the islands in the district is idling on the shores of the Volta Lake at...
View ArticleCharcoal business booms in Afram Plains
In spite of stringent measures to discourage charcoal burning in the Kwahu Afram Plains, the charcoal business continues to boom as a result of fierce resistance from the burners, dealers and...
View ArticleBarter trading, an option in Kwahu Afram Plains
Barter trading remains a viable option in the Kwahu Afram Plains for traders and some educational institutions. The practice is equally a brisk system of trading along some of the fishing communities...
View ArticlePay property rate to avert court action - LEKMA
Property owners in the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) in the Greater Accra Region who have not paid their property rates for 2015 risk being dragged to court. The assembly is reminding...
View ArticleECG mounts steel poles in Afram Plains
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is replacing all wooden electricity poles with steel tubular poles in the Kwahu Afram Plains. So far, it has secured 649 of the steel poles under the ECG-funded...
View ArticleStrive for quality education : D-G urges educational workers
The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Jacob Kor Aaworb-Nang, has urged stakeholders in the education sector to resolve to work harder for the provision of “quality education for...
View ArticleKotoka Airport Customs Division exceeds target
For the first time in seven years, the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has not only met its revenue target, but exceeded it by GH¢7,699,241. The...
View ArticleGIBA to sue NMC over Content Standards Regulations 2015
The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has described the Content Standards Regulations 2015, the new Legislative Instrument (LI 2224) passed by Parliament on December 9, 2015 to sanitise...
View ArticleBNI investigates 135 teachers for teaching with fake certificates
Eleven more teachers who submitted fake certificates to facilitate their engagement as teachers are being investigated by the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI). This brings to 135 teachers...
View Article67th New Year School opens
The 67th Annual New Year School and Conference opened at the University of Ghana Legon, yesterday, with focus on the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to improve healthcare...
View ArticleUse ICT for proper record keeping in hospitals — Bediako
A former Government Statistician, Dr Grace Bediako, has observed that healthcare delivery in the country could improve significantly, if Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was used to...
View ArticleDonkorkrom Presby Hospital appeals for ambulance
Health delivery at the Presbyterian Hospital at Donkorkrom in the Kwahu Afram Plains North District in the Eastern Region is facing challenges because the hospital does not have a reliable ambulance....
View ArticleUse ICT to develop health professionals : Prof. Akosa
A former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa, has observed that healthcare professionals who do not go for continuous training courses are dangerous to...
View ArticlePresident erred in GITMO saga: Says Joe Ghartey
A former Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Mr Joe Ghartey, has waded into the controversial GITMO detainees saga, questioning the authority under which President John Mahama had to bring the...
View ArticleChristian Community Microfinance will maintain standards
The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev Dr Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has assured that the Christian Community Microfinance Ltd (CCML) will not compromise on standards and the...
View Article‘Report unsolicited text messages from mobile network operators’
The Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Mrs Teki Akuetteh Falconer, has appealed to the public to report data collectors and processors who infringe on their privacy for...
View ArticleCHPS centres improve health care in Kwahu Afram Plains
The Community Health and Planning Services (CHPS) compounds introduced by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) are playing significant roles in antenatal care in the Kwahu Afram Plains North and South...
View ArticleMore doctors needed in SADA zone
The Executive Director of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), Mr Peter Kwame Yeboah, has bemoaned the high rate of maternal deaths in the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA)...
View ArticleEnsure peaceful election - Prof. Kuenyehia
A former Vice-President of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands, Professor Akua Kuenyehia, has advised Ghanaians to work at ensuring that the country comes out of this...
View ArticleMinistry discusses technical education with Finnish delegation
The Ministry of Education on Tuesday engaged a 27-member business delegation from Finland in a meeting to learn from them how the Finnish Government had been able to make technical education attractive...
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