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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has warned that doctors in Public Health facilities across the country will be forced to reject laboratory results without authorization by qualified Laboratory physicians if the impasse in the laboratory space is not addressed immediately. Addressing the media in Koforidua Sunday, May 30, 2021, the GMA said attempts by the laboratory scientists in public health ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Ministry of the Interior, the Ghana Police Service, the Ghana Fire Service and the national office of the Electoral Commission (EC) to speed up the investigations into the fire outbreak at the EC office in Tano South and bring the perpetrators to book. “We hold the view that this case of ...

The destruction caused by mining activities in water bodies and forest reserves is bad enough to require “pretty tough” measures to contain the situation, a former Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has said. In his view, although the destruction of mining equipment by the military ...

A fuel tanker explosion at Onyina Nofo in the Ahafo Ano South West District in the Ashanti Region has led to the death of three people. The incident which took place on Monday, May 24, 2021, was said to have burnt almost half the houses of the farming community. Victims of the unfortunate accident were said to be the driver ...

The Ghana Ambulance Service needs a minimum of about five air ambulances to combat emergencies in remote areas of the country, the Public Relations Officer of the service, Simmons Yussif Kewura has said. In an interview on the Morning Starr, Mr Kewura said the Service has been requesting air ambulances for several years but the government is yet to respond ...

Some immigration officers deployed to entry points of the country are frustrated with what they say are attempts by the government to reduce their daily stipends by fifty percent. The officers are part of Operation Calm Life, which is a government effort to clamp down on criminal activities in areas such as Elubo, Akanu, Laklebi, Saboba, and Hamile. Some officers, ...

The soldier who was on secondment at the National Security and led the assault on Citi FM’s Caleb Kudah has landed a top military appointment a few days after he was released by the security outfit. Lt. Col. Frank Agyeman and three policemen were removed from the National Security after preliminary investigations established that their conduct was inappropriate and contravened ...

The Minerals Commission, as part of efforts to restructure its hierarchy, has undertaken a massive reshuffling of its staff in various parts of the country. The Commission has also created more regional, districts and satellite offices to decentralize the licensing regime and enhance monitoring of mining operations. According to the Commission, many of its officers have been transferred and reassigned ...

The Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry (GhCCI) has blamed what it calls the sale of contracts to ‘political contractors’ as the cause of shoddy roads in the country. According to the Chamber, these contractors do not have any expertise in construction but are given the job because of political affiliation. Speaking on the Morning Starr with Francis Abban, CEO of ...

Some galamsey operatives arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Atewa Forest went berserk on Monday, May 24, 2021, at the premises of Koforidua Circuit Court’ B’ after the court refused them bail. The prosecution led by Dickson Donkor and Helen Samlafo both state Attorneys, and Silvester Asare – Police Prosecutor prayed the court to remand the accused persons ...