The Cuban government has announced a five-fold increase in fuel prices as it struggles with shortages and a deepening economic crisis. It said that from February the price of a litre of petrol would rise from from 25 pesos ($0.20; £0.16) to 132 pesos. The government, which subsidises many goods, hopes this will help to […]
Former President John Dramani Mahama has been badly exposed over claims that he deliberately selected female Muslim students to be sent to Cuba and trained in gynaecology in order to be able to review their fellow Muslim women who have difficulty to consult male gynaecologists when they have to go and consult medically for their […]
The Government of Cuba has accepted to train forty (40) brilliant but needy medical students a year from Zongo, inner city and other deprived communities in Ghana. This follows a proposal by the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, to the Government of Cuba to extend the special arrangement between the two countries […]
As part of measures to bridge the Doctor-Patient ratio in the country, the Ghana National Petroleum Cooperation (GNPC) Foundation together with the Ministry of Health has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Cuba to train 170 Medical students and 30 specialists in Cuba. The Ministries of Health for the two countries […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the prospects for scaling-up economic relations between Ghana and Cuba are considerable, and is calling for the two countries to continually search for ways to co-operate. According to President Akufo-Addo, “I have no doubt, that, together, we can forge a new, strong partnership for co-operation […]
The Scholarship Secretariat is cautioning the general public to treat with contempt, news making the rounds on social media about an on-going scholarship package for people to be trained as medical doctors in Cuba. According to a statement issued by the Scholarship Secretariat, the said message is fake and does not emanate from the secretariat, […]
