Accra, May 4, GNA – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday tasked patients and family members to join health workers to observe “On Hand Hygiene Day,” slated for May 5.

A citation attached to the award said: "Brother J.A. Osei played a key role in the initial mobilisation of communities affected by the operations of multinational mining companies in the early 1990s, with the aim of fighting for the protection of the environment and the rights of the affected communities.

Accra, May 4, GNA – The Greater Accra Regional Coordinating Council and the Accra Metropolitan Authority (AMA) on Saturday launched its Operation Clear Choked Drains in the Metropolis, as a preventive mechanism against flooding.

Garu (U/E), May 4, GNA - The Garu-Tempane District Assembly at its General Assembly Meeting failed to elect a Presiding Member (PM) for the Assembly, on Friday.

The Regional Minister, who was accompanied by Nii Lamptey Vanderpuiye, Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo Constituency empathized with the victims and assured them of government support through the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO).

Since the Zoomlion Bui Disinfestation team started the control of the Onchocercaisis vectors (black flies), at the Bui hydro electric dam and its environs, resident have admitted that apart from the reduction of the black flies they have also learned about its control.

He explained though many of the casual workers who were engaged during the construction phase of the dam were laid-off, most of them had become master masons, carpenters and craftsmen who had established their own shops.

The World Bank in 2011 supported the AMA MCP with 3,860,000.00 US dollars ; the AMA has projected 7.5, 000,000 us dollars for the completion of the entire project aimed at making life comfortable for the people in Ghana’s largest metropolis.

“The place of GNA in the Ghanaian media landscape is unchallenged. With a new sense of direction, we can give stories to media houses and individuals, which they cannot, ordinarily get and re-position ourselves comparable to other news agencies such as AP and Reuters,” he said.

This was contained in a press release issued by the coalition in Sekondi to mark this year’s May Day celebration, which was under the theme “Pensions: It is your Right and Responsibility.”

The forum was organized by the Rural Initiatives for Self-Empowerment-Ghana (RISE), a Non-Governmental Organization.

It is the first synod to be held by the Methodist Church in the region since Methodism “spread to some parts of the Volta; Peki and Awudome, over 100 years ago,” the Right Reverend Winfred H.Y. Ametefe, Bishop of the Diocese has disclosed.

They are to sell their produce; beans, maize, rice and groundnuts to the caterers at the current market prices of these commodities, with an addition of 10% margin for credit sales.

The agreement was signed on Friday at a meeting with the Regional Minister, Mr Samuel Sarpong and his Deputy Madam Queenster Opokuwa Sawyer and the Effutu Municipal Chief Executive, Nii Ephraim.

Accra, May 4, GNA – Members of the National House of Chiefs (NHC) have joined in the call on doctors to end their strike, while also appealing to government to expedite action in resolving the impasse.

Koforidua, May 4, GNA - A Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on Female Genital Mutilation/Cut (FGM/C), has revealed that 94 per cent of women between the ages of 15-49 years want the practice stopped.

Takoradi, May 4, GNA - Stanbic Bank Ghana has expressed its readiness to train journalists to specialize in financial reporting to enable them report accurately.

Accra, May 4, GNA – Samsung electronics has officially introduced the fourth generation GALAXY S, the GALAXY S4, designed to get consumers closer to what matters in life and bring their world together.

Accra, May 4, GNA - The United Nations (UN) has issued a call to action to guarantee the safety of journalists in every country.

Accra, May 4, GNA - The Goethe Institute together with the Ghanaian Association of Teachers of German and the German Academic Exchange Service on Friday celebrated the 6th National German Cultural Festival in Accra.