Month: September 2022

Accra, Sept.30, GNA — The Police have arrested sixteen persons in connection with a shooting incident at Asaman Tamfoe in the Eastern Region. A statement signed by Police Superintendent Ebenezer Tetteh of the Public Affairs, Eastern Region, said the incident occurred between some persons believed to be illegal miners and a community anti-galamsey taskforce on […]

Koforidua, Sept 30, GNA – The Office of the Head of the Local Government Service (OHLGS) has proposed a new health insurance scheme to help reduce the number of deaths among Local Government Service (LGS) workers. This followed an OHLGS inquiry that showed several deceased staff members were unable to obtain funds to cover their medical […]

Koforidua, Sept 30, GNA-In ensuring that no one is left behind in the covid-19 vaccination campaign and all other vaccinations, the Eastern Regional Health Directorate has deployed effective strategies to reach out to every community, hamlet and cottage to offer vaccines to eligible persons. The health directorate has instituted adequate pre-vaccination activities aimed at assessing […]

  Koforidua, Sept 30, The Ghana Health Service together with the Ghana Education Service (GES) has rolled out the Nutrition Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI) a school-based health and nutrition intervention to address the burden of malnutrition among school children through the promotion intake of nutritious meals. A Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) in a study […]

Accra, Sept. 30, GNA-The Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations has described as “fruitful” its meeting with officials of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the inclusion of persons with disabilities climate change policies and programmes in Ghana.   The meeting was held at the behest of the EPA following a Ghana News Agency (GNA) story […]

Ho, Sept. 30, GNA – Professor Fred Newton Binka, Foundation Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) has called for the renaming of the University after late President John Evans Atta Mills. He said the unfading legacy of the late President, who died in office in July 2012, should be cemented […]

Kumasi, Sept. 30, GNA – Beneficiaries of the Competency-based Training (CBT) programme, have been urged to maximise the skills and opportunities offered by the programme to impact positively on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the country. As facilitators who have received the needed competencies through the CBT programme, which is being implemented […]

  Bolgatanga, Sept. 30, GNA – The Teaching Islam (T.I) Ahmadiyya Junior High School (JHS) in the Bolgatanga Municipality has consistently topped all public schools in the Municipality in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for the past four years. The School recorded 91.4 and 97 per cent passes in 2018 and 2019 respectively in […]