Telecom Engineers in Ghana to strike over poor conditions of service
Ghana’s telecommunications system faces a shutdown as workers are set to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday, September 5th, 2022. The strike, declared by the Telecom and IT Professionals Union, TIP, is to press home demands for a number of conditions of service. The Union members are mostly outsourced engineers, technicians, IT professionals and other […]
Professor Agyeman Duah decries apathy in Ghana
Former UN Senior Governance Advisor, Professor Baffuor Agyemang Duah, says apathy towards nationalism is fast gaining ground among Ghanaians. This situation has seen the citizenry being more negligent in discharging their responsibilities. Speaking to George Sappor, on the GBC’s Uniiq Breakfast Drive, Professor Agyemang Duah, said the ”majority of Ghanaians have lost core social values […]
Ghana beat Nigeria 2-0 to take 1st leg advantage in CHAN qualifiers
Ghana’s Black Galaxies edged another step further towards their qualification bid for the African Nations Championships, CHAN 2023, with a two-nil win against the Super Eagles’ B of Nigeria at the Cape Coast Sports Stadium. The Ghanaians defended their home grounds by dominating the game, generally forcing their way into the goal area of their […]
Don’t use children as justification for remaining in abusive marriages – Social Welfare Department
The Akuapim South Director of the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development, Angelina Nagertey, has advised victims of marital abuse not to use their children as a reason to remain in violent relationships. She noted that most victims of abuse, particularly women, often abandon the process of finding justice during the final stages with […]
HIV still real : 23,495 test positive in 6 months
A total of 23,495 people tested positive for HIV in the first half of this year (January to June). The figure is two per cent of the 948,094 people who undertook HIV testing from January to June 2022. They were from different segments of the population, namely: men, pregnant women, non-pregnant women, homosexuals and female […]
Ghana to host one of UNDP’s Pan-African Timbuktoo Hubs
Story: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Timbuktoo Project Head and Chief Innovation Officer of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Regional Bureau for Africa, Dr. Eleni Gabre-Madhin, has announced that Ghana has been selected as one of the African countries to host one of the eight Timbuktoo Hubs. The eight Timbuktoo Hubs to be established in some […]
Ghana face off with Brazil in pre-world cup friendly
The Black Stars of Ghana will play against Brazil in an international friendly next month as part of the build-up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 finals. This follows the decision of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to postpone matches in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. The games will take place […]
Ghana’s vaccine production roadmap sets sail
By Yvonne Atilego A €2.84 million project for the institutional and technical strengthening of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), towards Vaccine production has been launched in Accra. The project to be implemented over a 27-month-period is aimed at supporting the FDA in regulating vaccine manufacturing, and ensure that the FDA has enhanced capacity with […]
Fitch downgrades Ghana to ‘CCC’
Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, downgraded Ghana’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘CCC’ from ‘B-‘, citing a deterioration in public finances. In a statement, Fitch said the downgrade reflects the deterioration has contributed to a “prolonged lack of access to Eurobond markets, in turn leading to a significant decline […]
Ghana records another Marburg death
SOURCE: BBC Ghana has recorded one more death from the Marburg virus bringing to three the number of deaths since the outbreak of the virus began here. The victim is a relative of one of the first two cases. Marburg is a highly infectious disease in the same family as Ebola and is transmitted from […]
