Provide basic needs of the Girl Child- Parents urged
The Wa Municipal Adolescent Coordinator, Shirley Pearl Guribie, has encouraged parents to endeavour to provide the basic needs of the girl-child, especially sanitary pads for their menstrual hygiene. She observed that failure of parents to honour their responsibilities to their adolescent girls can lead to dire consequences including teenage pregnancy. Madam Guribie was speaking at […]
Labour Commission and University Teachers to slug it out in court Today over contempt charges
The National Labour Commission is heading to Court today to seek contempt of Court charges against the leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana, UTAG. This follows the refusal of the University Teachers to return to the classroom after the Commission secured a Court injunction against their strike which began a week ago. Speaking to GBC […]
Ghana, UAE visa-free agreement not yet in force – Embassy
Ghana’s Embassy in the United Arab Emirates, UAE, says the visa waiver agreement with the UAE is yet to take effect. In a statement, the Embassy explained that although Parliament approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ghana and the UAE on mutual exemption of entry visa requirements in respect of diplomatic service, special and […]
AstraZeneca supports Ghanaian health facilities in asthma care and management
AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical company, is supporting some selected Ghanaian health facilities to improve paediatric and adult asthma care and management, Mr. Emmanuel Atiemo Mawuli, the Country Manager, has stated. He said this was being done under the AstraZeneca Africa PUMUA Initiative, which sought to redefine asthma care in Ghana. The Ghana Health Services (GHS), […]
Alternative settlement for Buduburam Camp Dwellers- Refugee Board assures
BY: EUGIENIA ASUMEDU-SEKYI. The Ghana Refugee Board has allayed the fears of homelessness of some refugees at the Buduburam Camp at Gomoa in the Central Region should the planned demolition scheduled for September 2021, is carried out. Speaking to GBC News, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Board, Tetteh Padi, gave assurance of the provision […]
Chief of Nkoranza appeals for establishment of Teaching and Nursing colleges
The chief of Nkoranza in the Bono East Region, Nana Kwame Baffoe IV, has appealed to President Akufo-Addo to consider upgrading some educational facilities in the Nkoranza Municipality to tertiary status. According to him, the Nkoranza Technical Institute already has some advanced infrastructure in place which will make its conversion to a technical University easy. […]
‘I can’t breathe’: Indonesia detains Nigeria diplomat
The Nigerian government has condemned an assault on one of its diplomats in Indonesia. It wrote a protest letter to the Indonesian government after a video began circulating on social media showing the man shouting and being held down in a vehicle by several men. Those manhandling the diplomat were Indonesian immigration officials, Nigeria’s foreign […]
OccupyGhana demands resignation or dismissal of Health Minister
Pressure group OccupyGhana has also called for the resignation or dismissal of the Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman Manu over fallouts from government’s failed attempt to procure quantities of the Sputnik-V vaccines through a middlemen, Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum and S. L. Global. It has since been established that the procurement processes, even though involved […]
Editorials: August 10, 2021
GHANAIAN TIMES: says the only way to resolve the impasse between UTAG and government is sacrifice. The paper says each party should pawn in some demands for them to reach a consensus to resolve the issue because even though they are the only two parties in the impasse, other stakeholders are affected. The paper urges […]
Lionel Messi agrees PSG deal
Lionel Messi has agreed to join Paris Saint-Germain on a two-year contract. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner had two other options after leaving Barcelona last week, but has chosen to move to the French club on a deal worth £25m per year after tax, plus bonuses. PSG and Messi will have the option of extending […]
