Stop building on waterways -NADMO cautions
The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Keta Municipality of the Volta Region has cautioned residents to avoid building on waterways. This, according to them, would safeguard lives and property and protect the environment against natural disasters such as floods. Mr Godknows Blebu, the NADMO Director at Keta who made the call in an […]
Tokor Circuit Court remands four officials of Somé SHS
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A Circuit Court at Tokor in the Volta region of Ghana has remanded into police custody four staff members of the Somé Senior High School (SHS) in the Ketu South Municipality for allegedly stealing food stuffs meant for students. The Assistant Headmistress in charge of academics, the Bursar, Mr. Richard Ametorxe, the […]
Driver of Anlo Traditional Council in police grip for attempted smuggling of cocoa beans to Togo
Driver of a Toyota Hiace Van belonging to the Anlo Traditional Council has been arrested by the police for transporting bags of smuggled cocoa beans. Mr. Abraham Senyaglo, a native of Keta in the Anlo Municipality of of the Volta region was apprehended on Saturday night with 26 bags of smuggled cocoa beans parked in […]
Afenyo-Markin admonishes SSNIT to release documents on sale of hotels
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Majority Leader and Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu constituency in the central region, Mr. Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, has admonished management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), to release very single document related to the proposed sale of its shares in four hotels to the Minister for Food […]
Bank of Ghana sets up taskforce to sanitise market for Cedi stability
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has set up a task force to boost regulatory compliance by monitoring all the foreign exchange bureaus in a bid to contain the depreciation of the Cedi. The bank said it was fully aware of the operations of illegal operators in the foreign exchange market and was working with the […]
24 million people live with diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
More than 24 million people are living with diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa, Dr Gloria Ani-Asamoah, a Family Physician, Korle-Bu Polyclinic, and Merck Foundation alumni, has disclosed. Dr Ani-Asamoah, speaking at a day’s training workshop for journalists, said out of the 24 million, type 2 diabetes (caused by insufficient production of insulin or the inability of […]
SOS Ghana calls for financial support to touch more lives
By Michael Kofi Kenetey The Chairman of the National Planning Committee of the 50th Anniversary of the SOS Children’s Villages Ghana, Godknows Kwaku Kporha has called on philanthropists, corporate donors, NGOs and benevolent organizations among others to come on board to support the SOS Children’s Villages Ghana so they can get enough financial muscle to […]
Two fishermen drown in lagoon at Vui-Keta
Two fishermen were found dead in the lagoon in Vui, a suburb of Keta in the Keta Municipality, throwing residents into fear and sorrow. The tragic incident occurred on Saturday, May 25 at about 0200 hours. Mr Klu Wisdom Agbeko, the Assembly Member for the area, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA), […]
2024 Hajj: First batch of pilgrims depart from Tamale Int. Airport today
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The first batch of pilgrims for the 2024 edition of Hajj is set to depart from Tamale International Airport to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia today, Tuesday, May 28 2024. According to the organizers, the Hall Board, over 4,000 pilgrims are expected to participate in this year’s Hajj. Speaking […]
30 percent of voters remain not interested in the upcoming election- Opinion Polls
An opinion poll by a data analytics consulting and research company indicates that healthcare is among the least issues of concern for sampled voters in the upcoming general election. The polls, conducted by the Data Insight Group of JOB Group Limited and Chartered Media Consult, indicate that about one-third of eligible voters are neutral in […]
