Ghana achieves encouraging results in Malaria fight
Yesterday, April 25, was World Malaria Day with the theme “Zero malaria starts with me”. The United States, through the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) joined forces with the National…
Draft legal framework for Independent Police Complaints Commission ready
Civil Society Coalition advocating for the establishment of an Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) have produced a draft legal framework for the proposed Commission. Coalition, led by the Common Wealth…
Ban import of medicines produced locally — Prof Adei
The Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Professor Stephen Adei, has called for an expansion of the list of banned imported medicines to include more medicines that can…
50 Structures pulled down at La Nkwantanang
About 50 structures at the Ritz Junction, an area close to the Madina-Adentan Highway in Accra, were pulled down yesterday during a demolition exercise undertaken by the La Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal…
Ghana Card mass registration starts April 29 in Accra
The National Identification Authority (NIA) will begin the mass registration and Ghana card issuance exercise in the Greater Accra Region, from Monday, April 29, 2019. The exercise is expected to…
Time to reconsider rigid church stance on divorce
With soaring divorce rates globally, churches have been asked to reconsider its rigid stance on annulments. “I think we have gotten it a bit wrongly” Presiding Bishop and General Overseer…
Close, relocate Kpone landfill site; it’s killing us – Residents
Residents of Kpone in the Greater Accra Region have demanded the closure of the Kpone landfill site due to the health risk it poses to them.The site has exceeded its…
‘Stop treating drug addiction as spiritual disease’
The Head of the Addictive Disease Centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Mr Logosu Amegashie, has advised Ghanaians to desist from treating drug addiction as a spiritual disease and…
‘Domestic violence affects qualitative lives of victims’
Domestic violence adversely affects the qualitative lives of victims daily in terms of the victims' ability to work, school or engage in domestic work, concentrate on daily activities and diminishes…
Roads Ministry pushes for increase in road tolls
The Roads Ministry has turned to Cabinet in search of an increment in road tolls to boost revenue for the road fund. The Sector Minister, Kweku Amoako Attah, said this was…
