GENERAL NEWS

Sophia Fomefa Dorledzie, a teacher at Asuom Methodist Basic School in the Kwaebibirim District of Eastern region is dying for inability to mobilize Ghc53,000 for surgery. Sophia has been diagnosed of brain tumor. Her condition has been deteriorating therefore unable to teach again. According to medical doctors at Korle Bu …

Vemed Health Project Ghana Limited, the construction firm that worked on the Sefwi Akontombra District Government hospital facility has handed over the project to the Ministry of Health and the Western North Regional Health Directorate and other stakeholders for commissioning and operationalization. In the presence of the technical handing over …

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 …