George Mensah Okley, an energy expert, who, until a year ago, was the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) company, has been confirmed dead yesterday. Very reliable sources in executive management position at the company and its Senior Staff Association confirmed to the B&FT that he passed on after a short […]
Biological brother of the Kwadaso SDA Hospital Medical Doctor who died of COVID-19, is rumoured to have also died of the virus, on Sunday, June 21. The sad incident comes barely a week after it was confirmed his younger brother, Dr Harry Owusu Boateng, died of COVID-19. The 48-year-old Medical Doctor died at home on Saturday, June […]
Ghana has recorded over 10,000 Covid-19 recoveries while 15 more people have lost the battle against the virus, the Ghana Health Service has reported. According to the Service, 5,526 people have recovered bringing the national total to 10,074. The country has recorded 514 new cases leaving the total number of confirmed cases at 13,717. The […]
I read a piece attributed to Prof Stephen B. Kendie who signed off as Chairman, Progressive Intellectuals. My first reaction was to reach out to the dancing shoes, hoping that academics have finally arrived, and as it is often said in Ghana lately, ready to speak truth to power. Following from this preliminary hope I […]
The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) has described as “unfortunate” recent statements made by the Minority Leader of Parliament following a meeting of the Chair of the Commission with the Special Budget Committee. Haruna Iddrisu on Tuesday told journalists that after meeting the Committee, Jean Mensa had suggested that the number of polling centres to be used for the upcoming […]
A recovered COVID-19 patient, Fred Drah, has called for the intensification of public education on the virus to quell the stigma increasingly associated with the disease. Drah, who is 51 years old, bemoaned the way in which people who, like himself, have recovered from the virus, is being treated. He says if this trend is […]
The Volta Regional Director of Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr Solomon Denyo, has assured the Ministry of Education (MoE), the Ghana Education Service (GES), teachers, parents and all stakeholders in the education space in the Volta and Oti Regions that his outfit will complete the disinfection of private and public schools in the two regions before […]
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has disclosed that Ghana has so far evacuated 856 stranded Ghanaians and brought them back to Ghana. The minister made this disclosure on Tuesday 16 June at a media briefing organised by the Ministry of Information. Ms Botchwey wasanswering a question on how many […]
The Ajumako Campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), in the Central Region, has put in place a standby medical team to attend and manage any case of Covid-19. The Dean, Faculty of Ghanaian Languages, UEW, Ajumako Campus, Professor Charles Owu-Ewie, made the revelation when Zoomlion Ghana Limited disinfected the campus on Friday, (June […]
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Mrs Jean Mensa, has defended the compilation of a new biometric voters register (BVR), saying it is the surest way to deliver free, fair, credible and transparent elections. She said the EC’s decision was in the interest of all political parties and that it was committed to delivering […]
Officials of the Scholarship Secretariat led by the Registrar of Scholarships, Mr. Kingsley Agyemang have paid a working visit to former President Jerry John Rawlings. BestNewsGH.com is told the visit which took place on Wednesday June 10, 2020 was to inform the former president about new policies and initiative rolled out by the secretariat since […]
The top US military officer says he was wrong to have joined President Donald Trump during his controversial walk to a damaged church near the White House. The 1 June event created “a perception of the military involved in domestic politics”, Gen Mark Milley said. Mr Trump walked to the church and held up a […]
