Covid red list: Ugandans to be barred from UK travel
Uganda will be added to the UK’s travel “red list” of high-risk Covid countries from 30 June. This means travellers from Uganda will not be able to enter the UK unless they are returning nationals or residents – and they would have to first test negative and then isolate for 10 days on entry. This […]
Buhari to make second health trip to London this year
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is due to travel to London “for a scheduled medical follow-up”, a statement from his office says. This is the second time this year that he will have travelled to see doctors in the UK’s capital. He was in London for a fortnight in April. The 78-year-old has made several trips […]
Ketu South MP receives donation for sea erosion victims
Ketu South Member of Parliament has received hundreds of second-hand clothes and foot wears from the Greater Accra chapter of the Ghana Moslem Mission on behalf of her constituents affected by sea erosion. The MP, Abla Dzifa Gomashie who received the items at the forecourt of Parliament, Accra on Thursday, 24th June, 2021 expressed her […]
Fresh harvests drive tuber price fluctuations
Prices of yam, cassava, and cocoyam have been fluctuating in the markets of West Akyem, East Akyem, and New Juaben South due to the new harvests for the 2021 crop season. The prices of tubers in key towns of the Eastern Region remained unstable this June, though there had been some increases in fuel prices […]
June 25, 2021
The Ghanaian Times lauds the decision by the Ghanaian Health authorities to agree to the trial of the new “Sputnik Light” vaccine in the country from June 28 to January next year. According to the paper, the vaccine is expected to be tested on one thousand community members from the Shai OsuDoku and Ningo Prampram Municipalities […]
GSS takes steps to address safety concerns of enumerators
Some Enumerators in the ongoing Population and Housing Census have raised concerns about challenges they faced during the first phase of the listing of houses and structures which will officially end tomorrow. The Enumerators hinted that, they have been confronted by many challenges which might impede the second phase of the counting expected to begin […]
GMA warns of heavy rains this month
The Ghana Meteorological Agency is advising the general public to prepare adequately as heavy rains are expected at the end of June this year. The agency says there is the need for precautions to forestall any disaster. Residents living in flood- prone areas have been urged to relocate to safer places. A Senior Meteorologist at the […]
Pantang Hospital Staff threaten strike over safety issues
Staff of the Pantang Hospital in Accra have threatened to lay down their tools on Monday. Workers of the mental health facility say the move is in protest of the neglect of their safety by government. According to the workers’ association of over 700 people at the facility, their safety has been jeopardized, and that […]
Seven arrested for abducting and killing a 12-year-old boy at Akatsi North
Seven persons suspected to have abducted and killed a 12-year-old boy, Cornelius Negble at Nornyikpor, a farming community in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region, are in the grips of the Volta Regional Police Command. The deceased was said to have gone missing on Saturday, May 22, at about 7am. He was subsequently […]
Prof Donkor appointed President of West African College of Surgeons
Professor Peter Donkor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has been inducted into office as the 31st President of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS). The event took place during WACS’ just-ended Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Scientific Conference held in Cotonou, Benin from 14th to 16th, June. A statement […]
