The Minority side in Parliament is unhappy with a decision by the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye to suspend the House instead of adjourning sitting. Parliamentarians were supposed to go on a recess beginning today, Saturday, April 4, 2020. Instead of adjourning sittings sine die [indefinitely], the Speaker of Parliament suspended sitting sine […] The post Minority
17 Burkinabes have been arrested by security personnel at the Babile inland checkpoint in the Upper West Region for attempting to sneak into Ghana. Their arrest was effected around 1830GMT on Saturday [April 4, 2020]. The 17 persons were on board a bus with registration number AAS 5603-C en route to Wa when the security […] The post 17 Burkinabes arrested for trying to
A group calling itself the Northern Development Forum (NDF) has among other things, asked the government to conduct a test for the novel coronavirus on all persons who returned from Accra to the regions up north prior to the partial lockdown of the capital city. President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the commencement of a partial lockdown […] The post Group
The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences has described as “helpful and resolute” the show of leadership by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in the fight against the growing threat of the COVID-19 in the country. The commendation was done when a delegation from the Academy paid a courtesy call on the President on Friday, […] The post GAAS commends Akufo-Addo’s
Executives of the New Patriotic Party in the Ellembelle Constituency have denied receiving bribes from illegal small scale miners in the area. A group of illegal small scale miners who were destroying three water bodies including River Ankobra from their activities in and around Teleku-Bokazo and Anwia in the Ellembelle District accused executives of the […] The post Ellembelle
The Ministry of Health has been asked to pay attention to the growing number of cases of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM) in the Upper West Region. The disease which has claimed some 33 lives in the last few months in the region has not grabbed national attention due to the COVID-19 scare. About 214 cases of […] The post Pay attention
A total of 33 people have died of Meningitis while some 214 others are under treatment in the Upper West Region. The Upper West Regional Director of Health Services, Dr. Osei Kuffuor Afreh who disclosed this at a media encounter in Wa today [Saturday] said the situation has become a major health problem in the […] The post 33 persons die from Meningitis in Upper West Region
The Guinean who tested positive for COVID-19 but subsequently escaped from a quarantine facility at Tamale in the Northern Region has been arrested. The patient was arrested in Accra. Deputy Health Minister, Alexander Abban on The Big Issue on Saturday said while the patient was spotted and arrested before Saturday morning, it was surprising how […] The post COVID-19
The Minority Caucus on the Health Committee is asking government to extend the partial lockdown currently in force to three other regions in the country where cases of COVID-19 have been recorded. President Nana Akufo-Addo imposed a partial lockdown on Accra, Tema, and Kumasi effective Monday, March 30, 2020, when he addressed the nation on Friday, […] The post Minority
Former President John Dramani Mahama has today, Saturday, April 4, 2020, made donations to some regional and districts hospitals in the country to aid the COVID-19 fight. The former President who made the announcement via his Facebook page said he made a total of 650 sets of Personal Protective Equipments (PPE’s) to some selected health […] The post Mahama
Residents of Bukom have accused security task force mandated to ensure compliance of the lockdown of terrorising them in the name of enforcing law and order in the area. Citi News’ Vivian Kai Lokko visited the area and put together this report. Famed Boxer, also joined calls for authorities to ensure residents in the area […] The post Bukom Banku speaks on COVID – 19 lockdown
The Generosity Club, in support of national efforts to fight COVID-19 has donated a sum of GH¢10,000 to the Ghana Association of Doctors in Residency. According to the Club, this donation “is to enable you to effectively play your role in the right against the COVID-19 pandemic.” “We are inspired by the sacrifices health sector […] The post Generosity
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) and the Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) have threatened to sue the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) over the introduction of the Cylinder Recirculation Recovery Margin which will allow LPG operators to start charging 13.5 pesewas for each kilogram of LPG. According to the NPA, the introduction of the Cylinder […] The post COPEC,
The Management of Everpure Ghana Limited has donated some items to the frontline service providers in the Tema Metropolitan and GA South Municipal Assemblies respectively. At a brief ceremony in Tema , Mr Edbert Owusu Adjah , Commercial Director of Everpure Ghana Limited said “since water is a life and a necessity commodity , it […] The post Everpure donates
The disinfection exercise organized by the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development to disinfect markets across the country is now being undertaken in the Eastern Region. It forms part of measures adopted by the government to check the spread of coronavirus in the country. The exercise is taking place in the 33 municipalities and […] The post COVID-19:
Fresh details concerning the first person to be confirmed COVID-19 positive in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region indicate that the patient had spent a week in the Western Region before moving to the Upper East. The patient, a 33-year-old woman, had no history of travel outside Ghana nor contact with any of the other […] The post COVID-19 patient in
Parliament is set to adjourn later today [Saturday] for the first recess period. Over the past week, the house has been saddled with work associated with the government’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic. The decision to go on recess puts to rest speculations that this meeting will be extended to allow the house to support […] The post Parliament set to go on recess today appeared
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has described as unfortunate calls by the LPG Marketing Companies Association of Ghana (LPGMCs) for a withdrawal of the 13.5 pesewas cylinder recovery margin. The Authority has also dismissed claims that the new levy will increase the price of LPG and other petroleum products at the pumps. The NPA on […] The post LPG markerters’
President Akufo-Addo has extended the closure of Ghana’s borders by two weeks. The extension takes effect from midnight April 5, 2020. The Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in a Tweet on Saturday said; “President @NAkufoAddo has by a new executive instrument, EI 66, extended the closure of Ghana’s borders by another two weeks effective […] The post Akufo-Addo
Fourteen individuals in Kasoa in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region have been remanded into police custody for defying the rules of the lockdown in Kasoa. The fourteen were arraigned before the Ofaakor Circuit court presided over by Justice Ebenezer Osei Darko. They are to appear in court again on April 16, […] The post COVID-19:
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