The Chinese Embassy has donated learning materials and cash amounting to GH₵ 20,000.00, to help support 100 brilliant but needy girls. The beneficiaries are in the Birim North and Upper Manya Krobo Districts in the Eastern Region. The package includes the payment of school fees, school bags, notebooks, mathematical sets and other learning materials, sanitary […]
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has arrived in the Vatican City for an audience with His Holiness Pope Francis. The meeting takes place today. A statement issued by Mr Kofi Badu, the Chief of Staff at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, said the Asantehene was accompanied by a delegation of the Ashanti Royal Family, […]
South African Airways (SAA), the leading carrier on the African continent on Thursday announced the introduction of new route which would link Ghana directly to North America. Speaking at a news conference in Accra, Mr Nico Bezuidenhout, Acting Chief Executive Officer, SAA, described the introduction of the new route as a major boost for travellers […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has advised Ghana to make use of research and knowledge generated and apply them systematically to influence policy response to prevent avoidable maternal, newborn and child deaths. “There is a wealth of research and knowledge being generating …in Ghana that we can take better advantage of and learn from each […]
A Chinese official has told Ghana to take advantage of $500 billion financing that the country has set aside for international development. Mr Zhou Yuxiao, China’s Special Envoy on the forum for China-Africa Cooperation told the Vice-President of Ghana that China has earmarked $500 billion for overseas developments and Ghana should take advantage of the […]
Ghana has launched series of activities for commemoration of 2015 International Day of the United Nations Peacekeepers slated for May 29. Ms Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, who launched the activities in Accra on Tuesday, said observance of the day would afford Ghana the humbling opportunity to pay homage to […]
Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has arrived in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to participate in the Golden Jubilee celebrations and Annual General Meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB). More than 2,500 delegates, including Heads of State, Central Bank Governors and Finance Ministers are attending. Apart from reviewing the bank’s operations, the meeting would also deliberate on […]
The people of Adweso in the Koforidua Municipality, have observed African Union Day with mass sports activities and aerobics, during which over 500 residents of the area took part in a two-hour walk and aerobics to improve their health. The walk was organized by the Adehyie Keep Fit Club of the Adweso Low Cost Estates. […]
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the OECD Development Centre would on Tuesday, May 26, hold a national consultation meeting to assess the economic contribution of labour immigration in Ghana. The meeting, which would be held at the Alisa Hotel, under the project title “Assessing the Economic Contribution […]
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has estimated that globally there are at least two million women living with the obstetric fistula condition. It is also estimated that about 50,000 to 100,000 new cases of the condition develop every year among women. Obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and the rectum or bladder […]
