Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, with funding from the US President’s emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has donated computers and hospital equipment worth Gh¢100, 000 to the Ghana Armed Forces of the 37 Military Hospital. The items are to support the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) to provide quality HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care […]
BBC’s coverage of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony next week is set to be disrupted by strike action in a dispute over staff pay. The industrial action, which will run from midday to midnight on Wednesday 23 July, will affect news production for the opening of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, as well as newsgathering and […]
The Ministry of Interior has revealed about 817 Ghanaians renounced their Citizenship in the year 2013 as against 39 foreigners who applied to be Ghanaians. This was disclosed at the Meet-the-Press series addressed by the Minister in charge of Interior, Kwesi Ahwoi in Accra on Monday, July 14, 2014. According to the Ministry, 538 applied […]
Zenith Hygiene Systems Ghana Limited, a private owned independent chemical company in the United Kingdom, on July 8, 2014 announced its presence in the country. Mr. Lord Stanley Fink, Chairman of Zenith Hygiene Group, said the chemical product to be launched in September 2014, would supply over 700 top-notch chemical products for hotels, public houses, […]
The United Nations has requested member states and other stakeholders to invest in the current generation of young people who are at the center of the new Post-2015 Development Agenda. We now recognize that we need to invest in young people in order to secure our future. Let us remember that only by partnering with […]
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E Sun Baohong, has pledged her country’s support of Ghana’s efforts to generate adequate electricity to accelerate economic growth. According to her, government’s target of achieving 10 percent renewable component of its electricity generation mix by the year 2020 would receive the full support of her country through capacity building […]
Germany has become the first European team to ever win a World Cup in the Americas, beating Argentina in Sunday’s final in extra time, 1-0. German substitute Mario Goetze scored in the 113th minute to account for the win before a capacity crowd of about 75,000 fans at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. […]
The Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Ms Sun Baohong, on July 11, 2014, paid a courtesy call on the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Hon. Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey-Agbo. Ambassador Baohong noted that Ghana was one of the first sub-Saharan African countries to establish diplomatic relations with China. She said the two countries still enjoyed profound […]
President John Mahama says the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority has taken firm and major decisions to address the present danger of Ebola outbreak in the sub-region. He said a Solidarity Fund for Ebola to support the affected nations has already received immediate financial pledges and commitments from member-states. President Mahama said […]
The Australian High Commission in Ghana, through its Direct Aid Programme, has supported the Coalition for Change (C4C), a non-governmental organization, to empower communities through capacity building. The 6,500 Australian-dollar project would be used to build capacity of community members including parent, teachers associations and school management committees, women farmers and women farmer-based organisations as […]
