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Midwives at the Salaga Government Hospital in the Savannah Region are appealing for support for a 28-year-old woman who successfully delivered quadruplets. According to them, Lydia Grumah is unable to produce enough breast milk to feed the four babies, forcing them to contribute cash on daily basis to buy baby food supplement to feed the newborns. Lydia was rushed to the Salaga Government Hospital on August 31 at about 3:00 a.m. She was brought to the facility with two babies who were delivered at the St. Joseph’s Clinic at Chamba. On arrival, a third baby who had a transverse lie…

Sixty officers of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) will from Monday, September 9 begin a three-week counter-terrorism training at Huhunya in the Eastern Region. The officers are expected to undergo advanced specialized training in anti-terrorism, crowd control and weapon handling, among others. The training forms part of the national counter-terrorism strategy to tackle head-on any, threats of terrorism likely to befall the country. At a pre-briefing at the GIS headquarters in Accra, the Head of Border Management, Commissioner of Immigration (COI) Isaac Owusu Mensah, explained that with the rise of terrorism and terrorist-related activities in neighbouring countries, it was appropriate…

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the public particularly the youth against smoking of Shisha. Head of tobacco and substances of abuse department at the FDA Dr. Olivia Agyekumwaa Boateng stated that although shisha is one of the substances regulated by the FDA, it has numerous risk factors that are detrimental to the health of smokers The public thus ought to desist from smoking it, she advised. Shisha is a mixture of fruit or molasses sugar, through a bowl and hose or tube and identified as the single greatest cause of preventable premature death globally according to research,…

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Friday paid official visit to the World Bank in Washington DC. The Asantehene was accompanied by Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah. The two leaders were received by the President of World Bank, David Malpass, and Shahid Ashraf Tarar, an Executive Director representing the constituency of Afghanistan, Algeria, Ghana, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan and Tunisia. By 3news.com|Ghana

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, on Friday paid official visit to the World Bank in Washington DC. The Asantehene was accompanied by Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Barfuor Adjei-Barwuah. The two leaders were received by the President of World Bank, David Malpass, and Shahid Ashraf Tarar, an Executive Director representing the constituency of Afghanistan, Algeria, Ghana, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan and Tunisia. By 3news.com|Ghana

A new 40-bed maternity block for the Zebilla District Hospital has been commissioned to help improve maternal healthcare delivery in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region. The new maternity ward boasts of washrooms, neonatal care unit, delivery ward, as well as doctor and nurses changing rooms. It was funded by the Bawku West District Assembly under the District Development Fund (DDF). Upper East Regional Minister Madam Tangoba Abayage who commissioned the new block underscored the need for maternal and child health needs to be prioritized to reduce the current high rate of maternal mortality in the country.…

Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of six, who sells used clothing after school hours, is a first-year General Arts Student of the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region. She is part of the Gold Track and told the Ghana News Agency that she went back to school at Kopeyia Bloomfield Basic School in the Ketu South Municipality and completed in 2018. “I remember I sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) with my fifth born and had…

Comfort Nutsugah, a 51-year old trader, has taken advantage of government’s Free Senior High School Policy to further her education. Ms. Nutsugah, a mother of six, who sells used clothing after school hours, is a first-year General Arts Student of the Keta Senior High Technical School in the Volta Region. She is part of the Gold Track and told the Ghana News Agency that she went back to school at Kopeyia Bloomfield Basic School in the Ketu South Municipality and completed in 2018. “I remember I sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) with my fifth born and had…

The Zongo Youth Association in Kumasi has appealed to the Ashanti Regional Police to remain resolute in the fight against drug peddling in Zongo communities.​ They observed the influx of illicit drugs in zongo communities has led to acts of terrorism and violent activities among the youth.​ Addressing the media in Kumasi, the association condemned a violent clash among some youth gangs that led to the death of one person in Aboabo, last week.​ Secretary of the group, Mohammed Habib, attributed the violent act to the growing trend of drug abuse among the youth.​ “The influx of illicit drugs and…

Successive South African governments have been described as weak, for failing to find lasting solution to end the recurring xenophobic attacks in the southern African nation. According to international relations expert, Dr. Vladmir Antwi-Danso, the current South African government has failed to empower institutions to crack the whip on perpetrators of the xenophobic attacks. “South African governments are weak; the systems are not working, and institutions are failing. Something is wrong, and government is failing,” he said while speaking on TV3 news analysis programme ‘The Key Points” on Saturday. He wondered why attacks on foreign nationals, especially Africans have been…