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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged the Ghana Education Service to establish a threshold for closure of schools in the wake of COVID-19. According to the GMA, some level of infections of the virus in schools should lead to a shutdown. The appeal comes in the wake of reports of rising cases COVID infections in some schools in the ...

Ghanaians have enjoyed stable electricity supply since 2017 as opposed to the dreaded ‘Dumsor’ they endured from 2011 to 2016. The interesting part is not only has the ingenuity of the managers of the economy kept the lights on at affordable prices, they have miraculously extended power to a segment of Ghanaians since incidence of COVID-19 till now for Free. ...

Pollster Ben Ephson says the suspension of Koku Anyidoho by the NDC is not surprising considering his recent comments about the party. According to him, parties take such decisions to ensure discipline and conformity. “I’m not too surprised. I mean, if you look at Allotey Jacobs, he was also suspended and it was the same kind of utterances that led ...

Scores of supporters of the National Democratic Congress(NDC) have been mocking former party member and General Secretary of the party Koku Anyidoho following news of his suspension from the party. His suspension came after two separate petitions from two registered members of the NDC against his conduct which is viewed to be in breach of the party’s disciplinary code for its members as ...

The minority in parliament is demanding the immediate dissolution of the Covid-19 technical team put together by the government to tackle the pandemic. According to the NDC MPs, the recent surge in cases speaks to the incompetence of the team, hence, the need for it to be dissolved. Addressing the media minority spokesperson on health Kwabena Minta Akandor argued the ...

There was chaos at Nkurakan in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region Tuesday afternoon after Police blocked a burial procession over COVID-19. Dozens of mourners mostly Okada riders were in procession to Nkurakan cemetery to bury their colleague Okada rider who died a week into starting Okada operation. However, upon reaching the Police checkpoint, they were blocked by ...

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the NPP has lashed out at Tsatsu Tsikata, the Lead Counsel for the Petitioner in the ongoing Election Petition at the Supreme Court that, he should admit that he has been outsmarted by Counsels for the 1st and 2nd Respondents. According to him, Tsatsu Tsikata does not expect the Respondents to make their case on a ...

Dr. Paa Kwasi Baidoo, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Medical Association, GMA, is concerned about the role of drinking spots, bars, and pubs in the spread of coronavirus. According to him, people who have contracted the virus have admitted that the only time they have removed their masks was to either drink or eat in public places. “One difficulty ...

Management of Victory Presbyterian Church School in Frafraha, a suburb of Accra, has taken exception to a video making rounds about one of its pupils contracting coronavirus. “While confirming that the child is a pupil of our school, reports of the pupil having contracted Covid-19 is false,” management said in a disclaimer on Monday, February 8. It explained the facts ...

Third witness for the petitioner in the ongoing election petition hearing, Mr Rojo Mettle-Nunoo, has insisted that the Chair of the 1st Respondent, the Electoral Commission (EC) Jean Mensa, is fully aware that she instructed the representatives of the petitioner in the string room to leave before the announcement of the final election results. During cross-examination by the lawyer for the EC, Mr ...