The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) says payment of pensions to members are not funded by its reserves as reported by some media houses. This follows media reports that SSNIT reserves are being depleted. In responding to the publications, SSNIT assured members that the fund can meet its benefits payment obligations beyond 20236. […] The post Pension payments are not funded
Australian police have declared Monday’s stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated “terrorist act”. A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked during mass at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church. At least four people suffered “non-life-threatening” injuries, police say. The attacker was also hurt. The incident […] The post Sydney
The parents of a Michigan teenager who shot dead four fellow students are due to be sentenced on Tuesday, marking the end of a landmark criminal case. James and Jennifer Crumbley were both found guilty of manslaughter and each face up to 15 years in prison. Jurors found they ignored their son’s mental health needs […] The post James and Jennifer
Dr. Peter Partey Anti, executive director of the Institute of Education Stidies (IES) and a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, said he was alarmed about the news of some students from Presec who staged the kidnapping of a colleague. According to the Police statement issued on April 5, six persons including two adults, […] The post Presec fake kidnap: ‘I was a bit alarmed’ – Dr. Anti first
The Ghana Police Service, through an intelligence-led operation and investigation, has arrested Six (6) persons including Four (4) Juveniles who are all Students of Presbyterian Boys Senior High School (PRESEC), Legon, Accra for staging a kidnapping incident. The two(2) adults among the six (6) are Isaac Kissi Adjei alias Kofi Black and Courage Teiko alias […] The post Police
The first man to receive a genetically modified kidney transplant from a pig has been discharged from the hospital. The 62-year-old was sent home on Wednesday, two weeks after the ground-breaking surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Organ transplants from genetically modified pigs have failed in the past. However, the success of this procedure so […] The post Pig kidney
Five plastic-wrapped packages believed to contain cocaine have washed up on beaches in Sydney, deepening a long-running drug mystery. Found by beachgoers at Freshwater and Curl Curl on Monday, the parcels – 5kg in total – were seized by police. They say it is part of a massive shipment of cocaine which has been washing […] The post Cocaine bricks: Illicit
Zoomlion Ghana Ltd., as part of its corporate social responsibility, has made a cheque donation for GHC25,000 to support the treatment of 8-year-old Akua Ankumah. Akua has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Lukemia (ALL) and is currently at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital receiving treatment. She needs urgent care of bone marrow transplant and other chemotherapy […] The post
Zoomlion Ghana Ltd., as part of its corporate social responsibility, has made a cheque donation of GHC25,000 to support the treatment of 8-year-old Akua Ankumah. Akua has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL) and is currently at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital receiving treatment. She needs urgent care for a bone marrow transplant and other […] The post Zoomlion
Cecilia Dapaah The Office of the Attorney General has withdrawn an application seeking to restrict Patience Botwe and Sarah Agyei, the two former housemaids of Cecilia Dapaah, former Minister Read More... The post Move To Freeze Dapaah’s Maids Properties
Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday. The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was also the first hospital to perform a kidney transplant in 1954. The patient, Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department […] The post Pig
Armed men have shot dead a traditional ruler, and kidnapped his wife plus one other person in south-western Nigeria, authorities say. The attackers stormed the palace of Segun Aremu – a retired army general and monarch whose official title is the Olukoro of Koro – on Thursday night. It is not clear who the gunmen […] The post Segun Aremu: Nigerian
The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, is not in the good books of chiefs and people of Ekumfi, in the Central Region. They are unhappy with the former president for failing to fulfill promises he made to the family, upon which they agreed for the late President, John […] The post Mahama has disappointed us -Ekumfi chiefs appeared first
Kidney patients undergoing treatment at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital are urgently appealing to both governmental and non-governmental institutions for assistance in acquiring additional dialysis machines and consumables for the facility. The outpatient department of the renal unit was forced to close down in May 2023 due to financial constraints, resulting in the tragic death […] The post Korle
Examiners in the Bono Region are fuming over repeated delays in receiving their compensation for marking the 2023 West African Examinations Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Despite fulfilling their duties and the subsequent release of results, they remain in limbo, waiting for their rightful remuneration. The examiners assert that this delay in payment has become a recurring […] The post Examiners
The Renal Patients Association of Ghana has renewed calls for the inclusion of renal treatment in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This follows growing concerns about the inability of many patients to afford the cost of treatment, prompting calls for tax waivers on dialysis consumables. Speaking to Citi News, the president of the association, […] The post Renal
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) is seeking help from the public to identify a patient at the 37 Military Hospital who has been there for some months now. The patient, believed to be middle-aged, was sent to the hospital by a good Samaritan on Monday, November 13, 2023, after being knocked down by a vehicle […] The post GAF requests for help to identify patient
In a heart-warming gesture of compassion and commitment to healthcare, We Care Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has made a generous donation to babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Greater Accra Regional Hospital. The contribution aims to support the wellbeing of three children in need of medical care and attention. We […] The post WE CARE Foundation Donates To
Ghanaian gospel singer, Patience Nyarko, has criticized her fellow gospel musicians and industry players for opposing Nathaniel Bassey’s recent advice to Ghanaian gospel artists. In response to the backlash from some Ghanaian gospel musicians, including Celestine Donkor, Patience Nyarko expressed her frustration with what she perceived as hypocrisy within the gospel music fraternity. She recalled […] The post Ghana’s
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