The Ghana Health Service [GHS] says there is no need for panic over the confirmation of four cases of yellow fever in the Brong Ahafo and Volta regions. Head of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service, Dr Badu Sarkodie, noted initial assessment indicates the risk for mass transmission is very low, assuring that the […]
The British High Commissioner to Ghana Jon Benjamin has said professional footballers who are earning well in their clubs should not be expecting high bonuses when called for national duties.“…For example, I bet everyone in this room could hazard a guess at Avram Grant’s starting eleven for the next Black Stars fixture against Mauritius tomorrow.
A pediatric kidney doctor at the Department of Child Health, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital,(KATH) Mr Sampson Antwi says his outfit receives 220 cases of kidney infections every year. These cases, he said were prevalent in children who were between 4 and 10 years with some reaching their terminal stages at the time of visit. this
Government has hit back at the New Patriotic Party Presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over claims that President Mahama and his administration are confused. Nana Addo told a group of Ghanaians in Italy that the NDC government is confused over reports of the imposition of pension tax. Finance Minister Seth Terkper reportedly hinted of
With just a few months to this year’s general elections, the various political parties are employing different strategies to win the elections. For the ruling NDC in the Sissala West Constituency in the Upper West Region, they are employing what they call “win your polling station” strategy. Disclosing this to ghnewsnow.com, the upper west regional
A Public Interest Advocate, Dr Ernest Kwarko, has called for the possible relocation of the National Capital from Accra, to a higher ground. This, he believes, could immediately reduce the impact of the perennial Accra floods by about 50%. He made this proposition in an interview, on the sideline of a radio programme on NyansapO,OTEC
The case in which a young man of the Kumasi suburb of Krofrom was said to have been brutally assaulted by some police personnel resulting in his death has been transferred to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in Accra. This is to ensure that the police administration conduct meticulous investigations into the matter. A statement
Ghana’s former President Jerry John Rawlings has described a publication in the May edition of Africawatch Magazine that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease as a complete falsehood. The story published in the May edition of the controversial Africawatch magazine is titled “Now This Man needs your prayers, Parkinson’s disease eats Rawlings’ strength away.”
The Manhyia palace has waded into the ensuing impasse between irate residents of Krofrom in Kumasi and the regional Police command, urging calm among the two parties.The locals of the Ashanti region town have been on rampage over the death of 22-year-old Richmond Osei aka Tawiah following alleged police brutality. Family members and town folks
A New Patriotic Party (NPP) Polling Station Chairman for Apotuogya DA Primary in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers. Baah Tweneboah popularly known as Agya Baah was shot in his house around 9pm after returning from work. Agya Baah who worked as an Agricultural Extension Officer
