Новости за 11.03.2024

Global efforts to promote breastfeeding in the workplace and enable nursing mothers to effectively combine work schedules with optimum care for their kids are starting to pay off now. Mining giant AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine has initiated a move to bring relief to employee nursing mothers by constructing a baby care center which will provide an opportunity for breastfeeding mothers to concentrate on their jobs while they provide optimum care for their newly born babies.

Hundreds of participants drawn from the various women groups in Obuasi participated in a day 39;s symposium organized for women in Obuasi. The program which was organized by AngloGold Ashanti, Obuasi Mine brought together Queen Mothers, Female Assembly members, Female Heads of Department and management of AngloGold Ashanti to sensitize participants on the need to invest in women.

The National Democratic Congress can put in all the effort needed to win the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections but without vigilance, it will all be in vain, flagbearer John Mahama has warned.

The Ashanti Regional Caucus of Constituency Chairmen for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has issued a statement expressing concern over recent allegations made by media personalities, particularly Oheneba Nana Asiedu of Wontumi TV/FM, regarding the death of Lawyer John Ampontuah Kumah, the Deputy Minister of Finance and Member of Parliament for Ejisu.

Professor Charles Teye Amoatey, Director, Academy of Leadership and Executive Training at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has called for the enforcement of environmental laws across the continent.

As Muslims across the world commence the Holy Month of Ramadan, Nigeria rsquo;s opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the country 39;s Muslims to use the period to seek divine intervention for the various challenges facing the country.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has attributed the frequent power outages reported across many parts of the country to overloaded distribution transformers. In a statement issued on Monday, March 11, ECG revealed that 630 transformers within its operational areas have exceeded full capacity due to rising electricity demand.

Ghanaian athletes competing at the ongoing 13th African Games in Ghana have encountered inadequate facilities and support, prompting criticism of the government 39;s spending priorities. Founding President of policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, blasted authorities for their failure to provide basic facilities for athletes despite over $200 million being spent to host the event.

The Minister of Roads and Highways, Francis Asenso Boakye, has donated GHc100,000 to support renovation works at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi. In a Facebook post on Monday, March 11, Asenso Boakye who is the MP for Bantama said he fulfilled his pledge by handing over the funds to the CEO of KATH, Professor Otchere Addai-Mensah.

WASHINGTON, March 8, 2024 mdash; The World Bank Board of Directors today approved an additional $40 million in IDA grants to the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa project (AICCRA), a significant step towards advancing climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and addressing critical gaps in climate resilience and food security in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Senegal, and Zambia.

A divastating fire has swept through a compound house destroying 69 bedrooms at Atonsu-Gyinyaase in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. The fire which ravaged several properties is said to have burnt Gh cent;30,000 belonging to one of the victims The cause of the fire is yet to be established.

Fire has razed over 108 container shops at the Racecourse Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region. The fire according to traders destroyed wares worth millions of Ghana cedis. The cause of the fire outbreak is not yet known as fire officials have taken over the scene to conduct investigation.

Ghana hosting the 13th African Games is the next big scandal Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has said. The MP rsquo;s comment comes on the back of alleged reports by some athletes competing in the ongoing games about official neglect, buying their own kits, arriving to games in buckets of rickety pick-up trucks etc.

New Patriotic Party (NPP) Flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is gaining huge support in constituencies crucial to securing electoral victory in Ghana, according to the latest report from Outcomes International on Ten Swing Constituencies.

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said his honesty with Ghanaians about the difficulties the country went through while he was president, did not help his electoral fortunes. Speaking at a gathering in Sissala West, as part of his ldquo;Building the Ghana We Want rdquo; Tour in the Upper West region, Mr Mahama said: I was brought up to tell the truth at all times, so, when I was president, if things were not going well, I told the people of Ghana and what we were trying to do about i .

The Medical Association (GMA) at the weekend reiterated its stance of a non-partisanship, indicating that it cannot be in bed with government and at the same time fight for the welfare of the members.

Women have been reminded to shun all forms of discouragements and pursue their ambitions through determination to achieve your dreams. Speaking to the media at Odomase near Sunyani to commemorate this year rsquo;s International Women rsquo;s Day, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of G2 Foundation, Ms Gifty Nyarko also noted that the theme for the occasion has the potential to reduce poverty.

All is set for Sunyani Technical University (STU) to start apprenticeship programmes. It will be under the Phase IV of the Ghana TVET Voucher Project, being implemented through the Kreditanstalt f uuml;r Wiederaufbau (KfW), an international organisation that works together with its partners in developing countries to identify projects and programmes which promote sustainable development.

The National Commission for Civic Education Eastern Regional Office, in collaboration with the 67th Independence Local Planning Committee, the Centre for National Culture, and the Eastern Star Choral, held its 2nd edition of the Independence Choral Concert, dubbed Patriotic Songs 39; and Their Significance to Youth Development .

The Ministry of Finance rsquo;s recent letter purportedly advising President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo against assenting to the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Act is part of the government rsquo;s clandestine agenda not to sign and bow to international dictators who have stood against the bill over the past three years with their Ghanaian collaborators.

Reverend Dr Stephen Wengam, the General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, Ghana, has called on political parties to refrain from promoting violence and to respect the perspectives of Ghanaians in the lead-up to the 2024 elections.