The third annual Global Health Council Board meeting has opened in Accra with a call for improvement of the health status of people to help stop the spread of diseases. Dr Leo Zekeng, Country Coordinator of UNAIDS, stressed the need for a correlation between AIDS and tuberculosis and other diseases to keep the [...]
Read the rest of this story »Dr. Eric Acolatse, Asunafo South District Director of Health Service, has expressed worry about the rate at which HIV/AIDS is spreading among the youth in the area. He noted that stigmatization and discrimination of victims by society is a major contributory factor to the rapid spread of the pandemic. Dr. Acolatse appealed [...]
Read the rest of this story »Fear and misinformation about the untapped oil dominated the last in a series of public hearings held at Esiama near Nkroful at the weekend. Most of the individuals who attended the sixth hearing expressed concern about a possible oil spillage, disruption of the normal lives of fishermen and fishmongers, displacement of inhabitants along [...]
Read the rest of this story »The Ministry of Trade and Industry, on Tuesday, organized a workshop to educate stakeholders on the advantages of Ghana’s bilateral trading arrangements to Ghanaian exporters. Addressing a stakeholders’ meeting in Accra, Mr. Appiah Donyina, Acting Director of Import and Export Division of Ministry of Trade and Industry, expressed worry that though the country [...]
Read the rest of this story »GNA – President John Evans Atta Mills, on an investment drive in the US said it was time Africans in the Diaspora invested their capital and expertise on the Continent to make it an economic power. He said Ghana was the preferred investment destination in Africa, considering her political stability, sound democratic credentials, friendly [...]
Read the rest of this story »Chief Justice (CJ), Mrs Georgina Theodora Wood, has urged the Judicial Service to create a more transparent and friendly environment for people seeking justice. She asked employees of the Service not to make it difficult for those who have been wronged to have access to legal protection. The Chief Justice was addressing a [...]
Read the rest of this story »From Benjamin Mensah, GNA Special Correspondent, Washington DC – President John Atta Mills has secured South American support for Ghana’s agricultural, health and energy sectors and initiated steps for Argentina to support Ghanaians in their study of Spanish. This followed President Mills’ participation in the second Africa-South America Summit at the week-end at [...]
Read the rest of this story »Vice President John Mahama has appealed to stakeholders to use the Financial Literacy Week to raise awareness about the need for savings by citizens. He said in a speech read on his behalf that there was the need for a strong savings culture to promote investment and growth in the economy. Ghana’s savings [...]
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