Cape Coast, March 25, GNA- The Central Regional Office of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has safely destroyed three tones of unwholesome goods gathered between the last quarter of 2021 and the first quarter of 2022. The products, included drugs, food, cosmetics, household chemical substances, were either bloated, expired, dented or had defaced date […]
Continue ReadingAfrican countries must renegotiate debt owed international institutions and development partners to be redirected into adaptation and mitigation infrastructure to build climate resilience. Under such arrangements, the creditor institutions would allow debt owed to them to be redirected by the indebted countries as an investment in climate-related infrastructure. Professor Patrick Verkooijen, the Chief Executive Officer […]
Continue ReadingAccra, March 25, GNA- The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have developed a working tool for health workers to facilitate community involvement and participation in healthcare. The tool named Community Health Volunteer (CHV) and Community Health Management Committee (CHMC) flipchart was developed under the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) […]
Continue ReadingKoforidua, March 25, GNA – Dr Halidu Musah, the Principal of Gbewaa College of Education, has launched an appeal to revive GETFund funded projects in the college to create a conducive environment for effective teaching and learning. He said the campus was littered with stalled GETFund projects, including an administration block, a new female hostel, […]
Continue ReadingKwabena Ampomah, a 52-year-old farmer, who allegedly murdered his cousin Madam Adwoa Badu, aged 63 was on Thursday granted GHC100,000 bail with two sureties to be justified by Sunyani High Court Two. The incident occurred on Thursday, April 1, 2021, at Mim in the Asunafo North Municipality of the Ahafo Region but Madam Badu died […]
Continue ReadingKumasi, March 25, GNA – The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) will focus its investment this year on industrial salt production. The move is to help boost the supply of industrial salt to feed the booming oil and gas industry. Mr Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng, MIIF Chief Executive Officer, who announced this, said Ghana had […]
Continue ReadingTakoradi, March 25, GNA – Formal and informal sector employees have been advised to take advantage of the tax incentives to increase their contribution to the pension scheme. Mr. Stanley Ogoe, the Western Regional Director of the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA), who gave the advice, noted that the informal sector, contributions were more voluntary. […]
Continue ReadingWa, March 25, GNA – Clergymen from the Islamic and Christian religions have dismissed the notion that the two religions forbid females from taking up leadership positions and that those biases against women and girls were not supported by scripture. They said women played significant roles in leadership and decision-making and if society would move […]
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