Новости за 15.12.2019

The High Commissioner of Ghana to South Africa, His Excellency George Ayisi ndash;Boateng on Wednesday, 11th December 2019 booked an emergency flight for a 45-year-old Ghanaian woman living in South Africa who was suffering from mental illness to repatriate. Juliet Nyarko arrived in Accra Ghana, on Thursday, 12th December 2019 and reunited with her family. The Standerton Police of the South Africa Police Service in the Mpumalanga province quarantined Juliet Nyarko, a 45- ...

The Omanhene of Sefwi Bekwai Traditional Council Oyeadieyie Basape Kojo Armah III over the weekend donated 12 brand new computers and accessories, two large printers, a projector, and other communication gadgets to Sefwi Bekwai Senior High School (SEBESS) on behalf of the Sefwi Bekwai Association of North America. This is the second time the association is donating to the school in honour of Oyeadieyie Basape Kojo Armah III who was visiting the school for the first time after his coronation ...

The National AIDS Commission in collaboration with UNAIDS and OHCHR hosted a one-day consultative forum on HIV and Human Rights. Stakeholders made recommendations for the development of the National Strategic Plan ll on HIV/AIDS for Liberia which will inform the new Global Fund Grant application for 2020. The USAID Fast Track targets on repealing of Laws and policies that discriminate those most affected by HIV are clear yet we are far from attaining them. The strategic p ...

Chief Executive Officer (C. E. O) of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO), Dr. Ibrahim Anyars Imoro has offered free medical care to thousands of his constituents at his second Free Medical Outreach in the Tamale Central Constituency. The medical outreach in all the 18 Electoral areas in the Tamale Central Constituency recorded thousands of the aged, children, women and the youth among others checking their health status and being offered with drugs for various health conditions ranging from Mal ...

Police have arrested two 8216;fake 8217; Fetish priests who allegedly use social media especially Facebook to defraud inspecting members of the public under the guise of providing them spiritual assistance. A four-minutes-forty-eight seconds video that has gone viral on social media show the two men in handcuffs while police raided their 8216;shrine 8217; at a yet to be known location. The two are believed to be notorious fraudsters who present themselves as fetish priests. They a ...

The Private Health Facilities Association of Ghana has rescinded its decision to reintroduce the co-payment system. Last week, private health institutions on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) threatened to revert to the 'cash and carry' system of healthcare if the government did not address their reimbursement concerns. They gave the government up to December 16, ultimatum in demand for outstanding payments dating as far back as 2018. But a few days after the threats, t ...

The Chamber for Local Governance (ChaLoG), wants the Electoral Commission (EC) to postpone the upcoming December 17, District Assembly elections over its plans to compile a new biometric voters' register ahead of the 2020 general elections. According to the group, if the current register is not fit for use in the general elections then it cannot also be considered in the district assembly elections either. In a statement, ChaLoG argued that both the district assembly elections and the gene ...

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2020 Parliamentary Candidate for the Tamale Central Constituency, Dr. Ibrahim Anyars Imoro has on December 14, 2019, offered free medical services to thousands of his constituents at his second Free Medical Outreach. The medical outreach in all the 18 Electoral Areas in the Tamale Central Constituency recorded hundreds of the aged, children, women and the youth among others checking their health status and being offered with drugs for various health ...

Police in the Northern Region have arrested one Lukeman Sanchi accused of raping a pregnant woman pasturing her animals in the fields Mion District. According to the police, husband of the woman called at the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) office to report that Lukeman had allegedly forced himself on his wife. He told the police Lukeman Sanchi allegedly came out from a nearby bush, pounced on his wife and forcibly had sex with her. http://cdn.modernghana.com/images/cont ...

THE MINISTER of Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, says it is not enough for healthcare delivery in the country to be affordable. According to him, improving the quality of care and patient safety are also critical in the quest to achieve universal health coverage in the country. It was in this direction, he indicated, that the Ministry of Health (MoH) was collaborating with health training institutions and agencies to recruit highly qualified health professionals for the health training institut ...

Teachers who called a strike earlier this week, have conceded that the action they embarked on was contrary to the labour law. The Head Salaries and Working Conditions for the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), Kwamena Ahenakwa-Quarshie, who spoke on Newfile on JoyNews/Joy FM Saturday said they were compelled to take the action to force their employers, the Ghana Education Service (GES) to address their concerns. https://www.youtube.com/embed/pefufb oTVw The GNA ...

As part of the mandate of the National Peace Council to facilitate measures to prevent, manage and resolve issues that threaten the development and peace of the country, the council in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has urged its members to be sensitive to roles men and women play in governance and peacebuilding. At a training programme organized to well equip its members, the council reiterated the need to critically look at what both genders play during c ...

Government through the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development has earmarked some principal streets in Accra and Kumasi for hawking during the yuletide. The move dubbed 8216;Street Hawking Markets 8217; is also in partnership with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) and the Motor Traffic and Transport Division(MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, to make trading activities this Christmas incident-free. In a memo signed by Local Government Minister, Hajia ...