The Government Statistician has expressed the need for an extension of the partial lockdown (movement of people) to further check the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Professor Samuel Kobina  Annim told the Ghanaian Times in an interview yesterday that the partial

In September 2015, the global community under the aegis of the United Nations Organisation(UN), General Assembly adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as a new holistic approach to achieving sustainable development. Under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (SDGs), which is a follow up of the Millennium Development Goals, countries of the world are expected … The post COVID-19

John Rohn, reputed to be America’s foremost business philosopher once said: “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” If you want to be successful, you have to take 100% responsibility for everything that you experience in your life. This includes the level … The post TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has suspended until June 30 the rotation and deployments of uniformed personnel, including individual officers and already-formed, police and military peacekeeping units, because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), his spokesman Stephane Dujarric, said on Tuesday. “Our priorities are to ensure the COVID-19-free status of incoming uniformed personnel and mitigate … The post UN

As cars queued up at expressway toll gates and passengers prepared to board trains to leave Wuhan, the megacity in central China started lifting outbound travel restrictions from Wednesday after almost 11 weeks of lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19. At Fuhe toll gate in northern Wuhan, cars honked horns and rushed out after … The post Wuhan lifts outbound

Hundreds of African residents and businessmen in China’s southern city of Guangzhou have been evicted from hotels and apartments as local health officials rollout a testing campaign for Covid-19, community leaders have told the BBC.

Absa Bank Ghana has announced a financial relief package to cushion its customers in the wake of the economic challenges currently being faced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Absa Bank is offering an up to six months repayment moratorium to all personal and business customers who have been hit by COVID-19. The bank … The post Absa Bank Ghana offers COVID-19 support

China must do more to help ease the debt burden of African countries facing economic calamity as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has said. Though Africa accounts for just a fraction of global cases of the disease, its countries already face the grim impacts, with the continent’s economies expected to … The post China must step up

The Togolese authorities have renewed their stance to collaborate with Ghana in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), especially in the area of surveillance along the border. The Prefect

An experienced football administrator, Jonathan Abbey Pobee has dismissed calls for government to announce an intervention for the football sector following the unexpected break occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. The media landscape has been inundated by calls from football lovers to intervene by supporting the football body with a financial package to put clubs in … The post Club

Stigmatisation coupled with mistrust in the police and the justice system have been identified as major reasons for underreporting of gender-based violence cases in Ghana. Stakeholders made the observation at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region on Monday at training programme organised for media practitioners in the region aimed at empowering them to understand sexual … The post Stigmatisation

Fifty fishmongers who refused to heed directives for social distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Tema Canoe Basin fish market have been suspended indefinitely.  This means they would only be allowed to operate after the virus has subdued. Naa Korkor Abo, Queen mother of Tema Canoe Basin, disclosed this to the … The post 50 fishmongers