Новости за 11.10.2019

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has directed the military high command to immediately come up with a regulation for social media use among military personnel. He said the move will help prevent officers from being drawn into the negative use of social media. Dr. Bawumia, who was speaking at the Sekondi Naval Base to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Ghana Navy said the negative use of social media could threaten the security of the country hence officers, especially ...

World Mental Health Day was first celebrated on October 10, 1992 at the initiative of Deputy Secretary-General, Richard Hunter. It is celebrated with the objective to mobilize efforts in support of mental health and provides an opportunity for everyone to talk and discuss mental health issues and what more needs to be done. As part of this year rsquo;s celebration of world mental health day, Mensah Mental Health Rehabilitation Project, MEMHREP a UK based non-governmental organization fou ...

The Director-General for Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, has said drone services introduced by the Akufo-Addo led government will create more job opportunities for the Ghanaian youth. According to him, the drones services will be delivering critical vaccines, blood, and other life-saving medicines to remote parts of Ghana via a startup through Zipline. Drones will then fly in from four distribution centers, hover over health posts and drop deliveries using tiny parachutes. ...

Beneficiaries of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) in the East Gonja Municipality have donated ceiling fans to the Salaga Government Hospital. The donation comes at the back of their one-year anniversary celebration. Presenting the fans to management of the hospital Friday, October 11, the Municipal NABCO Coordinator Lucas Alhassan Abilla said the gesture forms part of their social responsibility to the community. He indicated, the beneficiaries who hitherto were languishing in p ...

The Akyem Abuakwa Presbytery Chairperson of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Seth Kissi has challenged Christians to see their Profession as well as their roles as parents, community leaders and traditional authorities as a calling. He explained that, those who see these as their calling demonstrate faithfulness in fulfilling the purpose of what they do. Rev. Dr. Seth Kissi said this during the dedication of an ultra-modern church building at Kyebi Odumase Bethel Congregation in ...

The Greater Accra Coordinator for Nations Builders Corps (NABCO), Alhaji Mohammed Baba Darison has stated that all outstanding arrears owed trainees in the region have been paid. He noted that they have been able to clear all the arrears that were owed the trainees previously and there are no issues pertaining to salary arrears of trainees. He was speaking at the meet the press series of the Ministry of Information in Accra to mark the one year anniversary of NABCO and outline program acti ...

Violence in Mali has increased despite an international military operation. Greman Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer visits the German Armed Forces at their most dangerous location. She pleads for a strong commitment. At the Armed Forces Training Centre in the town Koulikoro The German Defence Minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer wants an extension of the deployment of German soldiers in the West African crisis state of Mali. I think this makes a lot of sense and I also ...

The Ghana branch of 1985 Year Group of Wesley Girls Senior High School in Cape Coast in the Central Region have donated educational materials to Accra Wesley Girls Senior High School. Among the items donated were two filing cabinets, a printer and photocopier machine, to support the administrative work of the school. A member of the group, Mrs Tena Dadson, told the media in an interview that the support was important because God had done a lot for each member of the group. ...

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Petroleum Commission Ghana, Mr. Egbert Faibille Jnr has urged policy makers to focus on rolling out sector policies that are sustainability. Represented by Mr. Prince Benjamin Aboagye, Deputy CEO of the Commission at the 3rd Africa Oil and Gas Local Content (ALC) Sustainability Summit indicated that sustainable policy framework should be a long term in approach, undergo an extensive consultative process, be risk-based and research-dr ...

The Executive Director of the Henry Djaba Memorial Foundation, Dr. Otiko Afisah Djaba has called for an end to the numerous challenges militating against the sustainable development of the Ghanaian girl child. According to the former Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, it was time to address all the challenges and abuses such as child marriage, sexual harassment, stereotyping, violence against the girl child, girls still not in school or dropping out of school, l ...

The leader of the Liberal Party of Ghana, Kofi Akpaloo, has revealed that not a single police officer in Ghana does not belong to one political party and insists many officers do their job based on political affiliations. He argued that if they do not belong to political parties how come they are allowed to vote which is part of their civic responsibility describing it as disgusting and unfortunate. However, Kofi Akpaloo condemned the treatment meted out to protesting law students by ...

The people of Osu and its environs on Thursday heaved a sigh of relief following the commissioning of the newly renovated and refurbished Osu Government Maternity Home by the First lady of the Republic of Ghana, Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo. The renovation and refurbishment of the facility a project of The Rebecca Foundation comes after eighty-nine years of near maintenance-abandon, with only touches of artisanal work to keep it operational. Addressing a gathering of distinguished i ...

Maverick Ghanaian road contractor Akoa Kofi Owusu Akyaw has described Ghana President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuff-Addo as lsquo;a liar and a murderer rsquo; due to what he terms as bad treatment to the road contractors over non-payment of their several sums of monies owed them. He however accused the President of lsquo;killing rsquo; about 22 road contractors since assumption into office in 2017 adding that they died from shock and apprehension over unpaid road contracts they have executed for t ...

The African University College of Communications(AUCC) yesterday signed a Partnership Agreement with Morgan State University, Baltimore, USA. The agreement was to enable the two universities exchange faculty and students. Another objective of the MOU was to provide study abroad opportunities for both schools 39; and to encourage joint research and publications by teaching staff. The MOU, also allows AUCC to run Morgan State University 39;s Bachelor 39;s and Master 39;s progra ...

Two hundred and seventy-nine (279) students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have received a scholarship package under the Vice-Chancellor rsquo;s Scholarship Fund (VCSF). This was made known at a brief presentation ceremony held at the Registrar rsquo;s Conference Room, UEW, Winneba. The total scholarship package for the 2018/19 academic year was GHC279,000.00. Each of the recipients received GHC1,000.00 and is eligible to apply for renewal the following academic year, prov ...