The Accra High Court (Commercial Division) has awarded GH¢326,456 in damages against the Sam-J Specialist Hospital in Accra for medical negligence that led to a baby suffering paralysis in the right arm. The amount includes general damages of GH¢200,000 and costs of GH¢20,000 against the hospital and its owner, Dr Amoo Mensah, who the court […]
Journalist, politician and former Minister of State in the John Kufuor administration Elizabeth Akua Ohene has been appointed the chairperson of the board of directors of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT). Ms Ohene, during the first term administration of President Akufo-Addo, served as a speechwriter, contributing a great deal to most of the major speeches […]
The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum says government intends to institute measures to reduce the elective subjects of Junior High School students who cannot read or write. The intervention, he explained, is aimed at ensuring that students at Junior High Schools are able to, at least, read and write by the time they complete […]
The Ministry of Health says Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum has agreed to refund an amount of $2,470,000 paid by the Republic of Ghana for the supply of 300,000 doses of Sputnik Covid-19 vaccines. This was contained in a letter sighted by JoyNews and signed by Chief Director, Kwabena Boadu Oku-Afari, to the Finance Ministry dated […]
The Senior Staff Association – Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association (FUSSAG) have, with immediate effect, suspended their industrial strike action which was declared on August 2, 2021. This follows the National Labour Commission’s ruling on August 6, 2021, and various interventions made by the Minister of Education, Minister […]
Ghana’s visa waiver agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is yet to take effect, Ghana’s Embassy in the UAE has said. Although Parliament on Thursday, August 5, approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Ghana and the UAE on mutual exemption of entry visa requirements in respect of diplomatic, service/special and ordinary passport holders, […]
The contractor working on the Tamale Interchange has indicated that the project is about 80% complete. The project will be fully completed by the end of the year. Project Site Manager, Engineer Degbotde explained that they are working on 19 spans, moving at three spans at a time. He said on the southern part of […]
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has commended members of the Central Regional branch of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON) of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for their grassroots party mobilisation. For him, their commitment is without inducement. In a Facebook post on Sunday, August 8, 2021, the Vice President said: “I joined some national, regional and […]
The suspected murder of police Lance Corporal Sarah Adjei at Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region last week is yielding new twists, with the police now reporting they have two suspects in custody, including her boyfriend, and the need to arrest another person who answered the dead woman’s phone. The person who answered the phone: a male voice […]
The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, has made changes at the top hierarchy of the Police Administration, with two women officers elevated to higher positions. The Central Regional Police Commander, DCOP Mrs Habiba Twumasi Sarpong, has been elevated to the position of Director-General in charge of Welfare, while the Head […]
The General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, Pastor Mensa Otabil says the Covid 19 Pandemic presents the finest moment for Third World Countries in Africa to become industrialized. Speaking at the first night of Greater Works Conference 2021, Pastor Otabil explained that it takes disruptions for opportunities to be created, urging African countries […]
The government has released GH¢260.4 million to settle the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’s (MoFA’s) indebtedness to 71 fertiliser companies to bolster the government’s flagship Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) programme. The release of the funds formed part of MoFA’s efforts to address the shortage of subsidised fertiliser facing smallholder farmers in the country. […]
