Denkyira East: Two health facilities get mechanized boreholes
Two health facilities at Denyase and Achiase in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the central region have been provided with mechanized boreholes. The project will improve upon sanitation and hygiene in the two facilities The USAID in partnership with the Rotary Club of Accra Airport handed over the Mechanized Boreholes to Denyase and Achiase […]
Birim Central GES unveils reading and spelling competition
The Ghana Education Service (GES) in Birim Central Municipality in an effort to improve cognitive skills of school children, has started a reading and spelling contest with a call for support to help regularise it. The Ghana Library Authority is supporting the on-going week-long exercise in circuits A, B, C and D, covering six public […]
Green Ghana Project receives massive support
The government’s plan to green the country is keeping up with its pace. Under the campaign, many are still being mobilized to plant trees and nurture them to maturity. It is a way to preserve the environment while restoring the lost forest cover. The initiative is still open to receive donations to push forward this […]
Students cautioned against persons parading as WAEC officials to change their results
Head of Maths, Science and Technical department, John Appiah has sent a strong warning to students to be careful of people parading as officials of WAEC who can change their results. According to Mr. Appiah, WAEC has a strong database that cannot be altered. He emphasized that any student who falls prey to any of […]
Ghanaians urged to be cautious when consuming poultry products
A staff at the Upper East Regional Office of the Veterinary Services Department, Robert Bayoo, has allayed the fears of poultry farmers and consumers in the region following the outbreak of Avian Influenza in the Greater Accra, Volta and Central Regions. Speaking with Correspondent, Emmanuel Akayeti, in Bolgatanga, Mr. Bayoo said measures have been put […]
Youth unemployment in Ghana described as a security threat
Youth unemployment in Ghana has been described as a security threat. A Security Analyst, Adib Saani who said this in an interview with GBC News on the recent long queues of young people who turned out to be recruited into the military noted, that the numbers are a reflection of the dark truth about the […]
China floods: 12 dead in Zhengzhou train and thousands evacuated in Henan
Twelve people have died after record-breaking rainfall flooded underground railway tunnels in China, leaving passengers trapped in rising waters. Video shared on social media shows evening commuters just managing to keep their heads above water. Water is seen rushing onto platforms. More than 500 people were eventually rescued from the tunnels in Henan province, officials […]
NPRA raises alarm over majority of informal sector workers without pension plan
Eleven million of the estimated 32 million Ghanaian population are workers. Over nine million are in the informal sector with less than two million in the formal sector. Majority of workers in the informal sector, do not have financial support in their old age. This is because most people think pension schemes are only for […]
GPRTU rejects plans to integrate road tolls into fuel prices
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union, GPRTU of TUC has kicked against plans to integrate road tolls into fuel prices. The unions say the move intended to do away with toll booths will in effect lead to an increase in the price of the commodity. This follows similar reactions from the Commercial Road Operators as […]
Nurse shot dead on the Tilli- Zebilla Road
Mr. Ishmael Bashiru Pumi, popularly known as Prince, a 31-year-old nurse at the Zebilla Hospital in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region has died after a gunshot by suspected armed robbers at about 0200hours on Tuesday. The Ghana News Agency (GNA) gathered that the Nurse, who was driving from Bolgatanga to Zebilla, […]
