Lack of access to healthcare facilities—the woes of pregnant women
Lack of vehicular transport is suppressing the potential positive impact of CHPS Compounds on maternal and child health in rural areas of Ghana. Poor road network and endemic poverty in rural areas make provision of alternative transport services for healthcare difficult. As a result, pregnant women use risky methods such as tricycles and motorbikes to […]
Embattled GPRTU Chairman vows to stop Congress
The embattled Chairman of the GPRTU, Mr Kwame Kumah has told the media he remains the chairperson of the Union despite the dissolution of his administration by the National Executive Council of the GPRTU. Mr Kumah says any national executive council meeting without the national executives constitutes illegality and therefore any decision taken at such […]
Russia’s Opposition Leader poisoned
Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said. The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where doctors said he was in a coma and they were trying to save his life. His team suspects something was […]
Next NDC government will phase out Gambaga witches camp, others – Prof Jane Opoku-Agyemang
Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has pledged that the next NDC administration will phase out all witch camps, particularly the Gambaga witch camp, to make the practice a thing of the past. According to her, the presence of witch camps was a dent on the country’s image […]
Ghana joins global condemnation of Mali coup
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WAEC publishes names of 13 suspected 2019 WASSCE cheats
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has published the names and index numbers of 13 persons suspected to have been involved in examination malpractices during the 2019 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates. The 13 suspects are to visit the Accra Office of the WAEC between August 26-28, 2020, to clear […]
CPP approves 20 aspirants for upcoming National Congress
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) vetting committee has approved 20 aspirants to contest for various positions in the upcoming national congress of the Party. This was revealed at a press briefing organised by the Party’s congress planning committee on Wednesday at the Party’s headquarters. Chairman of the Council of Elders of CPP, Felix Amoah, said […]
Six bodyguards to South Sudan’s VP shot dead
Six bodyguards of South Sudan’s Vice-President James Wani Igga have been been shot dead and another two wounded after their convoy was ambushed by rebels, his spokesman Kalisto Lado has told the BBC. Mr Wani was not in the convoy when it came under fire at his home village of Lobonok, south of the capital, […]
Security forces to remain on existing pension schemes – Oppong Nkrumah
Cabinet has excluded members of the security forces from the unification of pensions regime thus keeping them on their old pension programmes, the Minister of Information, Mr Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, has said. He said the security services would therefore not be subjected or included in the programme to unify pensions; they would instead remain on their […]
Money for pad and hunger luring Ajumako girls into early sex
The inability of parents and guardians to buy sanitary pads and properly feed young girls have been identified as key factors pushing young girls to engage in unprotected sex in the Ajumako-Enyan-Essiam District of the Central Region. Some parents have neglected their core responsibility of caring for their children’s basic needs like food, medical care, […]
