Новости за 20.09.2019

The Ghana Scholarships Secretariat has met with the leadership of the Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG) to discuss issues of research funding and how best a sustainable means of support can be made available to the members of the association. The meeting, which took place, last week, is part of a broad stakeholders 39; consultation ndash; the secretariat has started embarking on, in its effort to address problems associated with research funding in the country. The co ...

The government has abrogated the contract awarded to Great Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL) in 2011 to mine diamonds at Akwatia for breach of contract. The company failed to fulfil its core mandate of paying $17 million to the Divestiture Implementation Committee (DIC), as well as rehabilitating and refurbishing facilities at the mines to enhance production. A nine-member interim management committee (IMC) has been formed, with Mr Samuel Bonsu Attakorah, a former employee ...

Management of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has taken notice of publications on classfmonline.com, ghanaweb.com and other media platforms on the above caption and categorically denies the content of the said publications. SSNIT therefore wishes to inform its cherished members and the general public that there is no truth whatsoever in the said publications. It is worthy of note that SSNIT is a law abiding corporate institution and a place of equal o ...

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has said the throne he occupies puts him miles above partisan politics. He said he would continue to contribute his quota to the peace, unity and growth of the country. Addressing a durbar during an Akwasidae festival in the United States of America (US) on Wednesday, he said he doesn 39;t have special preference for any political party in the country, adding that his only interest is to see Ghana become prosperous. He also promised ...

The former Member of Parliament (MP) for Garu-Tempane in the Upper East Region Hon. David Adakudugu has died. He died last night 19th September, 2019 at the Tamale Teaching Hospital after a short illness. Sources say the former lawmaker was travelling from Accra to Tempane when he felt some sharp stomach pains. According to sources, he was rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital and was treated and discharged but felt the pains again during his journey to Tempane. He was rushe ...

The Seventh-Day Adventist Hospital at Asamang Ashanti Region attends, averagely, to seven cases of premature births and neonatal jaundice every week. Regrettably, however, majority of the babies die due to lack of incubators and phototherapy equipment for proper care. Medical Superintendent, Dr. Kizito Kakra Vormawor, said many cases are referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), a distance of about 50 kilometres away. Lack of incubators means doctors have to improvis ...