Coronavirus: Fast and Furious 9 film release put back by 11 months
The release of the new Fast and Furious film has been pushed back by almost a year as the impact of the coronavirus outbreak hits Hollywood. F9 was due out in May, but will now not reach cinemas until April 2021. “It’s become clear that it won’t be possible for all of our fans around […]
Uefa suspends its football competitions
All Uefa competitions, including Champions League and Europa League matches due to be played next week, have been postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak. The draws for the next rounds, set for 20 March, have also been postponed. In the Champions League, Manchester City v Real Madrid, Juventus v Lyon, Barcelona v Napoli and Bayern […]
Greater Accra Regional Tourism Awards slated for March 27
The 2019 Greater Accra Regional Tourism Awards has been slated for March 27 to honour stakeholders in the hospitality industry who have distinguished themselves, Mr Charles Obeng, the Regional Manager of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has said. The theme for the award is: “Growing Tourism Beyond the Return”. A five-member jury chaired by Mr. […]
Dr. Frimpong resigns as Ashgold president
Dr. Kwaku Frimpong, President of Ghana Premier League (GPL) side, AshantiGold Sporting Club has resigned from his position, with immediate effect. Dr. Frimpong, also known as “Champion” resigned on Thursday, due to a misunderstanding between him and some supporters of the club. This was after the supporters allegedly rained insults on the bank roller, after […]
Ghana marks Culture Day
The ninth edition of the Ghana Culture Day has been marked in Accra on Thursday with a cultural symposium on the theme: “Culture-translating values into economic opportunities”. The symposium organised by the Ghana Culture Forum (GCF) was to set the stage to attempt to explore the vast economic potential in the cultural space of Ghana. […]
Tema And Ashaiman To Get Decentralised Sewage System
The World Bank is assisting with the construction of decentralised sewerage systems for Ashaiman New Town and Bankuman in the Tema Municipality. Under this project, Septic tanks in both communities will be connected to a decentralised waste treatment plant instead of the use of cesspit tanks which then produces treated waste water for irrigation purposes […]
Police to conduct mass burial for 120 unidentified bodies
A mass burial for 120 unidentified and unclaimed bodies is to be carried out by the Ghana Police Hospital. This, the Hospital says is part of routine measures to relieve congestion at the hospital mortuary. The Head of the Hospital’s Public Affairs, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Yaw Nketia-Yeboah who disclosed this in a press […]
GHS launches gel for effective management of umbilical cords
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says a major contributory factor to neonatal mortality in the country is infections resulting from poor management of umbilical cords of new borns. To take away the stress families go through in managing umbilical cords of new borns, the Service, has launched a gel, effective for the management of umbilical […]
Government to distribute 12 million LED bulbs
The Ministry of Energy has started a project to improve energy efficiency and manage demand to drive down the amount households pay for electricity. The project, dubbed the Energy Conservation and Demand-side Management (EDSM), involves the distribution of light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs to metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) for onward distribution to households, at […]
Ghana Meteorological Agency warns of intermittent rains
The Ghana Meteorological Agency says there will be intermittent rains for some time. For this reason, it has urged the public to get daily updates on weather forecasts which the Agency is ready to provide. A Senior Meteorologist of the Agency, Felicity Ahafianyo, who spoke to GBC Radio Ghana’s Priscilla Owusu-Ansah, said it is about […]
