Don’t engage non-professionals as statistical officers — Association
The Ghana Statistical Association (GSA) is raising red flags about the employment of non-statistical staff at various district assemblies as district statisticians. The association warned that the practice posed great…
Violence against children is unjustifiable: Let’s prevent it
National statistics indicate that more than 90 per cent of children in the country have reportedly experienced some form of violence, either in their residence or in the school environment.…
85,000 Children May Have Died Of Hunger In Yemen
A leading international aid group said Wednesday that an estimated 85,000 Yemeni children under the age of 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of the…
Codeine cough syrups banned; access to Tramadol restricted
The Health Ministry has banned the manufacture, distribution and sale of cough syrups containing codeine and has restricted access to Tramadol in the country. The Food and Drugs Authority in…
Melcom makes case for employment of Persons with Disability
There is a general perception that employing Persons with Disability means reduction in productivity. As a result of this discernment, every year, an appreciable number of Persons with Disability (PWDs)…
Nana SKB Foundation to donate educational materials to schools in Asokore traditional area
The Nana SKB Foundation in collaboration with the John A. Kufour Foundation are scheduled to donate about 6000 customized exercise books, Pens, Chalks and other educational materials to some selected…
Japan gives $5 million grant for nutrition programme in Ashanti, Northern regions
More than 600,000 people, including pregnant and nursing mothers, in the Northern and the Ashanti regions are to benefit from a programme under which they will be provided with nutritious…
Diplomats commend Ghana’s shift from aid to trade
Three envoys Tuesday lauded Ghana's resolve to transition from foreign assistance to trade with her development partners, stressing that the move would put the country on the path to rapid…
‘Manufacturers Must Be Responsible For Management Of Plastic Waste’ – Steve Amoaning-Yankson
Manufacturers of plastic products must be responsible for the management of plastic waste across the country, the President of the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), Mr Steve Amoaning-Yankson, has stated.…
Free SHS: The rich must pay
Speakers and participants at the Graphic Business/Stanbic Breakfast Forum in Accra Monday unanimously agreed that rich parents must be made to pay for the education of their children under the…
