The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has taken steps to boost patient care by deactivating its computer systems to prohibit the use of social media by staff during working hours. The hospital’s CEO, Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah, stressed that the lives of patients who rely on the facility as a referral hospital …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has taken delivery of an additional 500,000 doses of the Measles-Rubella vaccine, one of the three routine childhood vaccines that were in short supply. The MoH said by the close of the month, it would receive varying quantities of the Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine (OPV) and …

Ms. Abena Osei-Asare, the Deputy Minister of Finance, has defended the new tax bills being presented to Parliament today. She argued that these bills are urgently needed to support the government’s revenue mobilization efforts and to revive the struggling economy. Ms. Osei-Asare stated that the passing of these bills will …

Sanitary products such as pads, tampons and menstrual cups are essential for maintaining good menstrual hygiene. However, the high cost of these products in Ghana has led to many adolescent girls and women being unable to afford them, which can have negative effects on their reproductive health, primary health care …

The management of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi has banned the use of social media during contact hours. According to the hospital, they have taken this step as a measure to curb the rising spate of nurses spending more time on TikTok and other platforms. The management of …

The Twifo Praso District Police Command has arrested the chief of Twifu Anyinase, Nana Nkwantabisa who also doubles as the Krontihene for Twifo Traditional Area, for allegedly stealing railway metals. The Queen mother, Nana Amoanimaa Brago III, the Abakomahene, Zongo Chief, Sariki Tahiru, and two others were all arrested for …

The Police in the Suaman Dadieso District have intercepted 336 bags of cocoa beans supposedly being smuggled to the neighboring Ivory Coast for sale. Cocoa beans smuggling has been a common norm among some residents in the Suaman Dadieso District over the years. Due to that, the COCOBOD Chief Executive …

Mr. Frank Awuah, a member of the Manso Akwasiso District in the Ashanti Bekwai Area of The Church of Pentecost, has donated a 23-seater Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibus and a generator, worth GHS 205,500.00, to the District. The vehicle (GHS 200,000.00) and the generator (GHS 5,500.00) were both handed over to …

Lotto agent in Court for GH?253,680.00 theft A 32-year-old agent of Alpha Lotto Company, who allegedly stole GH?253,680.00 from the firm has been put before an Accra Circuit Court. Ernest Larbi is facing a charge of falsification of accounts and stealing. His accomplices, Belinda Afful, a 20-year-old, and Madam Theresa …

5 Western Togoland secessionists jailed 25 years Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra jailed the Western Togoland secessionists to a total of 25 years in prison The five members convicted in connection with the Western Togoland Secessionist case have each been sentenced to a maximum of five years …