Actress Rosemond Brown, aka Akuapem Poloo, released on bail
Convicted actress Rosemond Brown popularly called Akuapem Poloo has been released from Prison three days after she was granted bail by an Accra High Court. She was convicted to serve a 90-day jail term by an Accra Circuit Court after pleading guilty to three charges including publication of obscene materials involving her seven year old […]
Kenya Airways signs partnership agreement with Congo Airways
The national carriers of Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo – Kenya Airways and Congo Airways – signed a two-year partnership agreement on Thursday with the overall objectives of viability and sustainability of the two airlines. The agreement was signed by Kenya Airways Group CEO Allan Kilavuka and Congo Airways’ Desire Balazire Bantu on […]
African Union set to boost intra-African agricultural trade
The African Union (AU) has set out plans to construct industrial parks that will improve the manufacturing of agricultural products as well as the supply chain. The AU Commission (AUC) made this known during a forum it organized with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Fund (FAO) recently where it launched the framework to boost […]
Greater Accra Minister, Security Services embark on massive clean-up exercise in Accra
The Greater Accra Regional Minister and the Security Services have embarked on a massive clean-up exercise aimed at encouraging residents to help make the city clean. They essentially cleaned up the big drain from Kaukudi around Nima/Maamobi slums to Paloma on the Ring road Central. Mr Henry Quartey, the Minister, speaking at the event, said he […]
30 residents of Keri community displaced after rainstorm
A rainstorm that hit Keri community in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region has rendered 30 people homeless and destroyed properties worth thousands of cedis. An Assemblyman for the electoral area, Mr. Jonas Gbedenyo told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that most of the victims had their monies blown away. He appealed to […]
Awutu Senya District implement Malaria vaccine
The Awutu Senya Health Centre in Awutu Bereku in the Awutu Senya District of the Central region, is implementing the Malaria Vaccine RTS,S, or Mosquirix. The health centre serves over 30 communities in the Awutu Bereku catchment area in the Central Region. In 2019, the Centre recorded 603 under five malaria cases, 710 cases in […]
Let’s introduce public funding of political parties — IDEG
The time is right for public financing of political parties in the country, a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Mr. Kwesi Jonah, has stated. That, he explained, would help strengthen smaller parties and deepen the democratic credentials of the country. In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra Thursday, […]
The impact of threats to ban importation of cocoa from Ghana by EU
COMMENTARY ON THE THREATS BY EUROPEAN UNION TO BAN IMPORTATION OF COCOA FROM GHANA AND COTE D’IVOIRE AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON THE ECONOMY. The European Union (EU) has threatened to ban the importation of cocoa from Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire due to massive illegal small-scale mining activities in cocoa-growing areas within the two countries. The […]
Digital media can reduce unemployment rate
Mr Issahaque M. Serekpera Naa, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Yison Tech Hub, an Information Technology (IT) organisation, says digital media have the potential to reduce the country’s unemployment rate. He said digital media, which comprised videography, photography and graphic design, among others, was driving the world today, adding that it was key to […]
Subsidize Mental health drugs – patients send SOS to Government
Mental health patients have called on Government to subsidise the prices of antipsychotic drugs to make them affordable. They also suggested that the drugs be enlisted under the National Health Insurance Scheme “so that even the poorest” could have access to them. The appeal was made at a day’s training on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights […]
