Новости за 03.10.2019

Dr Mrs Juliana Oye Ameh has been appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Trust Hospital in Accra. The appointment comes after the hospital was hived off from its parent company ndash; Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) in January 2013. Dr Ameh is a Senior Specialist Paediatrician and had her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in Nigeria in 2000. She later pursued a post graduate training in paediatrics ...

Bacterial Black Spot (BBS) disease is dealing a hefty blow to Ghana 39;s mango industry. According to Blue Skies, a leading fruit processing company, if the situation is not treated as a national agriculture emergency, the mango industry would collapse in the next five years. The company issued the warning on the back of a severe drop in mango exports to the European Union (EU) market since 2016. Head of Public Affairs at Blue Skies, Alistair Djimatey, who disclosed this ...

For the first time in many years, the female recruits who completed their training at the Police Public Safety Training School in Pwalugu in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region far outnumbered their male counterparts yesterday. Out of the 173 recruits that passed out from training, a total of 120 of the recruits were females, with only 53 males for the Ghana Police Service (GPS). In 2017, the Upper East Regional Police Training School at Pwalugu was upgraded into a P ...

The US Ambassador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan, has cautioned against complacency in the fight against the deadly HIV/AIDS disease in the country. She said stigmatization and discrimination have remained significant barriers in the fight against the pandemic and called on health authorities to step up their game. Launching the new HIV/AIDS Joint Strategy in the Western Region yesterday towards achieving control by September 2020, the Ambassador called on health facilities ldq ...

The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has called for a total review of the training structure used for teaching law school students. According to him, the review will produce the required number of quality lawyers to replace the current system. He said that the need for more practitioners within the legal profession doesn 39;t call for a cancellation of mass education within the field. ldquo;There is a crying need for us to have certified practit ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa in the Ashanti Region has said there is no way the Akufo-Addo government can introduce the widely criticised Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in basic schools. Outspoken Kobina Tahir Hammond stressed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration is full of men and women who are too mentally sound to promote teachings on abominable and deviant sexual lifestyles subtly promoted through CSE. ldquo;If this CSE is brought ...

The government through the National Youth Authority(YEA), on Wednesday, October 2 launched a new online portal called Job center and three other supporting initiatives to provide employment opportunities for the teaming unemployed youth. The job center, and the other three initiatives, Artisan Directory, Regional Flagship Project and Work Abroad Programme is designed to create opportunities for job seekers to job opportunities both inside and outside the country rsquo;s shores. ...

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah has conferred a chief patron status on the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Dr. Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, pending a presentation of an official citation. This was revealed during an interaction at the premises of the National Chief Imam at Fadama when the Minister and her team paid a courtesy call on his eminence as part of her tour of the Greater Accra Municipalities to check how the public is adhering to keeping ...

Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu is unhappy that the Supreme Court removed him as a defendant in a case challenging his eligibility for the position of Special Prosecutor. The decision of the Supreme Court was based on an application by the Attorney General who argued that Mr Amidu by his position is regarded as a public officer hence it will be inappropriate to defend himself in court. According to Mr. Amidu, he will do a better job in defending himself in the case than the At ...

Pressure group Occupy Ghana is asking government to clarify what it says are ldquo;apparent contradictions rdquo; in statements and actions of its officials regarding Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) curriculum. The groups want government to be definite ldquo;on whether such a curriculum is to be implemented at all, and if so what the content would be, is at the heart of the confusion that is festering. rdquo; In a statement Thursday, OccupyGhana specifically wanted a de ...