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Government has unveiled guidelines to churches and mosques as it eases restrictions on religious activities in the country. There was a ban on religious gatherings as part of efforts in controlling COVID-19 in the country. Below are details of the guidelines as announced by the Religious Affairs minister on Monday Samuel Kofi Dzamesi . I. Thermometer guns or thermal scanners ...

The Board of Directors, Management and Staff of CalBank have donated a set of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) valued at GHS 230,000.00 to four Hospitals in Ghana. The beneficiary Hospitals are the University of Ghana Medical Centre in the Greater Accra Region, the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti Region, the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in the Western Region ...

The National Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused President Akufo-Addo of easing the COVID-19 restrictions in the country to serve his own end. “The fact that church and mosque gatherings are not supposed to have more than 100 people in attendance, and are supposed to last for just an hour but the National Identification Authority (NIA) ...

Officials of the firm called Payboy Company Limited, appointed recently by the defunct Menzgold Ghana Limited to negotiate debt settlements with its numerous clients, have been arrested by the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO). EOCO confirmed the arrests in a statement signed by the Head of its Public Affairs, Jacqueline Avotri, but did not name the officials picked up. ...

The decision by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to allow final-year students at all levels to resume has been described as terrible and a recipe for disaster. Lecturer and psychologist at the University of Education, Winneba, Mr. Samuel Ziggah made the call when asked his opinion about the decision to have final year students resume. The lecturer is of the ...

The President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana Professor Charles Marfo is of the view that mass testing lecturers and students for COVID-19 would go a long way to assure community members as lectures for final year students are set to begin on June 15. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, May 31, announced that Churches and schools ...

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says its members are ready to go back to classrooms if the necessary logistics are made available for protection against COVID-19. It comes after President Akufdo-Addo announced in his address Sunday night that final year students are to resume school while observing social distancing and other safety protocols. Schools of all levels have ...

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is urging residents and persons with properties along the Weija Dam in Accra to evacuate over imminent spillage of the Dam. In a statement, the GWCL said communities that are likely to be affected include; Tetegu, Oblogo, Pambros Salt, Lower McCarthy Hill, Lower Weija, Bojo Beach, Ada Kope, Tsokome and surrounding communities. “Property owners ...

The Executive Director of Africa Education Watch Kofi Asare has said teachers need training in managing Covid-19 cases in secondary schools as restrictions on school activities will be eased from June 5. According to him, teachers also needed to be trained in providing psycho-social supports to students who may have contracted the disease, as well as managing stigma attached to ...

Thirteen (13) people infected with the COVID-19 are severely ill with three in critical conditions and one on a ventilator, President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced. Ghana has so far recorded 8,070 cases with 2,947 recoveries and 36 deaths. Addressing the nation on Sunday, President Akufo-Addo said over 5000 people are so far responding to treatment and encouraged Ghanaians to continue ...