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‘If I am lucky, I get tap water once a week’ – First Deputy Speaker of Parliament

First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has disclosed the hassle he goes through to get a key public utility, water. According to Joseph Osei-Owusu, in the suburb of Accra where he lives, water flows through the pipes once a week. The Bekwai MP in prefacing a question to minister-designate for Sanitation, Cecilia Dapaah, on Tuesday, February 23, 2021; said: “I live ...

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Ghana receives free COVID-19 vaccines

Ghana has received an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccine at the Kotoka International Airport. The first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccines from Covax, a World Health Organization-backed effort to procure and distribute inoculations for free to poor countries. “These 600,000 Covax vaccines are part of an initial tranche of deliveries of the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine ...

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How CNN reported the arrival of coronavirus vaccines in Ghana

Ghana has become the first country to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization’s COVAX program on Wednesday, a joint statement issued by UNICEF Ghana and WHO Ghana said. The shipment, consisting of 600,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccines, arrived at 7 am GMT Wednesday on an Emirates flight at Kotoka International Airport, in Ghana’s capital Accra. The Minister ...

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How Gabby Otchere Darko, Frank Davies helped Ayine escape contempt charge

When Dr Dominic Ayine mounted the podium during the usual post-Supreme Court sitting address on Monday, 23, 2021 there were two unfamiliar faces among the people who stood with him. Ordinarily Ayine during these press briefings which have become a feature of the ongoing Election Petition will answer questions from the media from the perspective of the petitioner’s legal team, ...

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Don’t do business with Wiseling Online Investment Company – SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cautioned the public against doing business with Wiseling Online Investment Company, a Finnish-based company operating in Ghana A statement by SEC stated that it has not licensed the company to carry out any Capital Market activity including investing or trading for returns as mandated by Section 3 of the Securities Industry Act, 2016 ...

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Scrap law school entrance exam – MountCrest Rector

MountCrest University College (MountCrest) has held its 10th matriculation ceremony with a call for an overhaul of Ghana’s legal education system, and the immediate scrapping of the entrance examination for the Ghana School of Law. Addressing the fresh students at the ceremony which was held online (virtual), Mrs. Irene Ansa-Asare Horsham, the Rector of MountCrest, the first private university in ...

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LIVESTREAMED: Government receives coronavirus vaccine consignment

Government of Ghana is receiving the first batch of 600,000 AstraZeneca Coronavirus vaccine at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. The Minister for Health Designate, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, is leading the government delegation to receive the vaccines. Ghana is among the 145 countries listed to receive vaccines from a number of suppliers through the COVAX Facility according to the World Health Organisation ...

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