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Attempts by the Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare to project the Akufo-Addo government as having tried to save the life of the renowned physician, Prof Jacob Plange-Rhule from the crushing jaws of COVID-19, by dispatching the Presidential jet to Kenya to buy an essential drug for his treatment, has collapsed, with revelations that the trip to Kenya, was ...

Irate students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) have kicked against online examination being introduced by the management of the institute. Authorities at GIJ on Wednesday, April 15, issued guidelines informing students of the online examinations scheduled for May 25. Similar directives were also issued by the University of Professional Studies, Accra, (UPSA) informing their students of e-exams scheduled ...

The Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Ghana E.C., R.W. Bro. Isaac Owulaku Hood has issued a “Masonic call to Alms” to all his brethren to support the fight against Covid-19. In a release dated 10th April 2020, the masons have elected to resource the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in their fight against Covid-19 by channelling ...

The number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Ghana now stands at 641, according to the latest update by the Ghana Health Service on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. On Tuesday, the number of confirmed cases, according to the GHS, was 636. Meanwhile, 83 infected persons have recovered from the novel Coronavirus in Ghana. “Two weeks since the institution of enhanced surveillance, ...

Local government Minister Hajia Alima Mahama has directed officials of the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) to take food aid to homes of the vulnerable instead of sharing them on streets. The directive comes on the back of the public anger at how food distribution to the vulnerable in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown has been done. Some Ghanaians ...

The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) Asante Berko has denied claims by the US authorities that he bribed some former Ghana government officials for his client in a plant project while he worked for Goldman Sachs. The Securities and Exchange Commission said Asante Berko, a former employee at a subsidiary of the U.S. lender, arranged the bribes ...

Professional nurses under the Heal Ghana Module of Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) have petitioned the government and Ghana Health Service to enrol them as full-time staff. According to them, the exposure as health workers during this Coronavirus pandemic exposes them to the potential risk of contracting the virus. They, therefore, urged the government to appreciate their services by providing full ...

Ghana’s covid-19 case count now stands at 636, up by some 70 more cases. The figure stood at 566 as of Tuesday morning. According to the Ghana Health Service, as of 13th April 2020, at 23:00HRS, a total of 44,421 persons have been tested with 636 being positive for COVID-19. The breakdown of the 636 positive cases are as follows: ...

Ghanaian nationals living in China want the Government of Ghana to arrange for an evacuation as soon as possible following the ill-treatment from the Chinese authorities in relation to the covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has urged all Ghanaian nationals living in China, especially Guangdong Province to remain calm and stay in touch with Ghana’s ...

The Municipal Chief Executive for Assin Foso Municipal Assembly Hon Nicholas Fiifi Baako has caution some journalists within his Municipality to help government in fighting the COVID 19 Pandemic rather than Reporting False news and Creating Fear and Panic. Speaking at the 5th PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING Mr Fiifi Baako said, Some of the Media Houses and Journalists ...