Ghana heightens border surveillance over Marburg and Ebola – GHS

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has heightened border surveillance and health screening of entrants into Ghana, following confirmed cases of Marburg and Ebola diseases in neighbouring Guinea and Cote d’Ivoire respectively. The GHS said it can diagnose both Marburg and Ebola diseases. Some symptoms of the diseases include haemorrhaging fever, nausea, jaundice, abdominal pains, vomiting, […]

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Kasoa ritual murder: We’ve killed a pregnant woman apart from Ishmael – 15-year-old tells court

The first accused person in the case of the Kasoa ritual murder has made a startling revelation that apart from killing 10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdullah, they have also killed a pregnant woman some time past. Though he did not give the exact date to the court, the 15-year-old said this was not the first time […]

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Bank of Ghana wins central bank of the year award

African Leadership Magazine has unveiled the winners in the 12 categories of the 2021 African Business Leadership Awards (ABLA) while thanking everyone who submitted nominations and participated in the voting process. The keenly contested awards attracted over 300, 000 entries on the website and across social media platforms, as well as submissions via email and […]

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GES announces vacancy of ICT coordinators

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced vacancies for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) coordinators in schools, in a press release dated 13th August 2021. GES is therefore, recruiting qualified personnels for the job. Interested applicants are supposed to submit their applications before 3rd September 2021. See the press release below for more details. Source: […]

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Seek out of court settlement – Court advises NLC, UTAG

The High Court’s Labour Division, 1, has advised the National Labour Commission (NLC), and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), to settle the stalemate over their industrial action out of Court. UTAG, since the declaration of its indefinite strike on August 2, has consistently accused the National Labour Commission of bad faith in serving […]

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Education Ministry satisfied with work on Ghana’s first Creative Arts SHS

Work on the first phase of Ghana’s first-ever Creative Arts Senior High School (SHS), being constructed at Kwadaso in the Ashanti Region, will be completed in December, 2021, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, has disclosed. Currently, about 60 percent of the project had been executed by the two main contractors, Messrs Golden Mainland […]

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Increase number of female officers in commanding positions – Police Ladies Association tells government

Female police officers are asking government to do more for them to rise through the ranks of the Police Service. COP, Maame Yaa Tiwah Addo-Danquah, the Director-General of Welfare in the Ghana Police Ladies Association (POLA), said out of 39,055 of the entire police population, women form 10,909 representing 27.93% in the entire force.    […]

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Private basic schools in Volta prospect emerging technologies in education

Coral Reef Innovation Lab, a tech hub, has brought together private schools in the Volta Region to train them on digital transformation in the education landscape. The tech hub, in line with its quest to leverage the government’s policy to accelerate development through ICT, partners with hardware and software providers to inject cutting-edge technology into […]

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