July 27, 2021
The Ghanaian Times commends government for making available 25 million dollars as seed money for the establishment of a National Vaccine Institute to facilitate the development of a local vaccine manufacturing hub in the wake of scarcity of coronavirus vaccines to address the global pandemic. It believes that while Ghanaians wait for the locally-manufactured vaccine, the […]
Tokyo Olympics: U.S. swimmer Lydia Jacoby, 17, wins women’s 100m breaststroke gold
The USA’s Lydia Jacoby has won a shock gold medal in the women’s 100m breaststroke final at only 17 years old. The swimmer became the first Alaskan swimmer ever to win an Olympic swimming gold medal, as she beat South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker (silver) and pre-race favourite Lilly King – the Rio 2016 Olympic champion […]
Speaker Bagbin receives Millennium Excellence Award, pledges to serve with integrity
Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin on Monday received the prestigious Millennium Excellence Award and pledged that he would continue to serve Ghanaians with integrity. “I seize this opportunity to encourage all Ghanaians to strive for excellence with integrity,” the Speaker said at the conferment ceremony, at the Parliament House, in Accra; and added, […]
Tighten supervision on School Feeding Programme – Stakeholders
Stakeholders in Nutrition intervention have called for tight supervision on the Ghana School Feeding Programme to ensure food served to school children are done in a safe environment and also address the nutritional needs of the children. The call followed complaints by stakeholders at a meeting in Koforidua that food served to school children in […]
National Service Personnel call for allowance increment
National President of the National Service Personnel Association (NASPA), Mr. Emmanuel Brimpong Akosah has appealed to the Government to consider increasing the allowance paid to Service Personnel to enable them make a meaningful living. He noted that the minimum wage has been increased and looking at the fact that service personnel have to pay high […]
GHS receives medical equipment from Nilex Company to fight COVID-19 in schools
Nilex Company Limited, a company that produces and supplies medical equipment, has donated 10,000 test kits and 10 analyzers to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to tackle the uptick of COVID-19 cases, especially in some Senior High Schools (SHSs). The donation, which cost $150,000 would help GHS undertake the testing and detection of the virus […]
Tokyo Olympics: Naomi Osaka crashes out of Tokyo 2020 Olympic games
Marketa Vondrousova stunned Naomi Osaka to reach the quarter-finals of the women’s singles at Tokyo 2020. The 2019 French Open runner-up won 6-1 6-4 in an hour and eight minutes and will now face either Spain’s Paula Badosa or Nadia Podoroska of Argentina. With heavy rain suspending play on the outside courts, the roof was […]
