For over a year the ravaging pandemic has put policymakers worldwide under the same but unprecedented test: how to manage the intricate balance between safeguarding public health and mitigating the economic impacts. — Once the worst hit by the coronavirus but now one of the very first to have contained the epidemic and restarted the … The post The Chinese way
EVERTON’S hero Andros Townsend produced Cristiano Ronaldo’s trademark celebration after scoring, but speaking to BT Sport after the game, he claimed it was out of respect for the five-time Balon d’Or winner. “This guy is my idol. I grew up watching him, hours on the training pitch trying to execute his techniques, maybe need to … The post Celebration
WATFORD have sacked head coach Xisco Munoz after less than 10 months in charge, with the club 14th in the Premier League. The Spaniard replaced Vladimir Ivic in December 2020 and guided the club to automatic promotion from the Championship last season. Watford have won seven points from their opening seven league games, with Munoz’s … The post Watford sack head coach appeared first on
AUSTRALIA’S Victoria state has mandated that professional athletes must be fully vaccinated by the end of November, ahead of The Ashes and The Australian Open. The order, issued on Friday, included “professional or high-performance sportsperson, workers that support the safe running of that person’s professional sport.” In reference to the Ashes which begins on December … The post Australian
LUIS Suarez piled more misery on Barcelona by scoring in a 2-0 victory for Atletico Madrid on Saturday but Ronald Koeman insists he has the club’s support to continue as coach. Barca president Joan Laporta had said a few hours before kick-off that Koeman would continue as coach “regardless of the result” at the Wanda … The post Suarez deepens Barca crisis appeared first on
PARIS Saint-Germain suffered their first defeat of the Ligue 1 season on Sunday, after losing 2-0 at Rennes, putting an end to their perfect start following eight consecutive wins. Lionel Messi smacked the crossbar with a free-kick in the first half at Roazhon Park and Gaetan Laborde volleyed Rennes ahead just before the break with … The post PSG slump to shock 2-0 defeat appeared first on
VACCINATED fans will get free entry into the forthcoming Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup match between South Africa and Ethiopia that is scheduled to take place at FNB Stadium on October 12. In the same breath, SAFA’s Special Member, the NSL has resolved to use the Soweto Derby to also encourage mass vaccination. The more … The post SA v Ethiopia:Free gate for vaccinated fans appeared
The Benso Oil Palm Plantation (BOPP) Plc last year recorded a profit of GH¢24.6 million, relative to the GH¢9.8 million recorded the previous. This represent a 256 per cent growth of the figure recorded in 2019. The Director and General Manager of BOPP Plc, Samuel Avaala, who disclosed this during the company’s turn of the … The post BOPP records GH¢ 24.6m profit last year
The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) at the weekend launched its new initiative which is meant to bring pension services closer to clients and members of the scheme. Dubbed SSNIT Saturday Service, the new innovation, launched at the Airport City branch of the Trust, attracted members of the Trust, clients, pensioners, pension trustee … The post SSNIT
FBNBank Ghana has been adjudged “Best Bank of the Year” at the 2nd Ghana Credit Excellence Awards organised by the Chartered Institute of Credit Management Ghana. It was held in Accra under the theme “Leveraging AfCFTA to boost Ghana’s Socio-Economic Development – The Role of the Financial Services Sector.” According to the citation for the … The post FBNBank Ghana adjudged
Enterprise Insurance last year paid a total of GH¢69 million as motor insurance claims, Michael Otu-Larbi, Senior Manager, Quality Assurance said. Mr Otu-Larbi disclosed this during a webinar on the theme Insurance Claims Processes; a focus on Motor Insurance held last week Friday. He explained that Enterprise Insurance had been rated AA+ from AA, which … The post Enterprise
Agribusiness offers a great opportunity for the youth to create their own businesses and the country to create jobs to address the growing unemployment, Head of Programme at GIZ, Dr ElkeStumpf, has said. Particularly, she said agro processing and value addition were some of the areas the country could create a lot of jobs and … The post Agribusiness holds the key
The total assets of the banking sector as of the end of December 2020, stood at GH¢149.3 billion, representing a growth of 15.7 per cent compared to 22.8 per cent at end-December 2019. This is against GH¢128.98 billion recorded at end-December 2019 with the slower growth in assets in 2020 reflecting the adverse effects of … The post Total assets of banking
Indians in Ghana on Saturday, embarked on a 40 minute walk through some principal streets in Accra to commemorate the 152 birthday of the late Mahatma Gandhi, considered the leader of India’s independence movement. The India High Commissioner in Accra, Mr Sugandh Rajaram led the walk, which began at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of … The post Indians in Ghana commemorate
AfriKids Ghana, a Child Rights NGO, has donated school uniforms and learning materials valued at GH?100,000.00 to 182 needy pupils in the Upper East Region. The beneficiaries who were from the Kassena-Nankana and Bolgatanga Municipalities, Bongo, Talensi, Nabdam, Builsa South and Builsa North districts received school uniforms and learning materials such as exercise books, pens … The post NGO
New executives of the University Teachers Association (UTAG) have been sworn in during the 20th biennial delegates conference of the association held at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa in the Western Region. The ceremony took place on Friday and the executives would serve a two-year term. They are Associate Professor Solomon Nunoo, … The post New executives of UTAG sworn
The Builsa South District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), Alhaji Alhassan Bukari, has entreated the youth in the area to play a watchdog role by exposing people with suspicious character. The District Director made the call at a day’s workshop organised by the Commission on the theme; “Youth activist forum on … The post NCCE urges youth
As part of efforts to encourage Ghanaian youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), Karpowership Ghana has held a mentorship programme for students at the Sekondi College in the Western Region. The mentorship project dubbed “Girl Power”particularly targets female students who are in the first year of their senior high school … The post Karpowership
The founder of the NGO, Mr Markus Dake made the call when the group donated rice, cooking oil and blankets to the Cured Lepers Village at Ho-Donokodzi last Saturday. The recent event coincided with his 50th birthday celebration. He said that the world had enough to cater for everyone, but the resources were not equitably distributed … The post NGO donates
The Director of Engage Now Africa , an NGO, Komla Afazi, has urged the government to support vulnerable communities with livelihood empowerment programmes to enable them to become financial independent. That, he explained, would prevent them from giving out their children to traffickers who enslaved them for their own selfish interests Mr Afazi said this … The post ‘Support
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