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Health authorities in the Ashanti Region say swine flu vaccines to be administered to students of Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) where an outbreak of the disease has so far claimed four lives are not yet available in the country. A total of 85 students of the Kumasi Academy were affected with the H1N1 influenza Type A virus, popularly known as swine flu virus since November 30, 2017. Eleven of the affected are currently on admission at four hospitals in Kumasi but officials say they are also in stable condition. On Tuesday, they announced at a news conference that the outbreak has…

One student of the Damongo Senior High School in the West Gonja District of the Northern Region has been confirmed dead. The student whose name is yet to be revealed, according to the District Chief Executive, Saeed Muhazu, died at about 1:00pm Tuesday while on admission at the Damongo Hospital. Nine other students are currently on admission, the chief executive told 3News. Authorities at the Hospital have not immediately been able to establish the cause of the death and diagnose those who are currently on admission. Blood samples have been taken for various laboratory tests to diagnose the disease, officials…

President of Germany, Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Ghana Monday on a three-day visit at which he on Tuesday held bilateral talks with President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Flagstaff House in Accra The bilateral talks centered on deepening and strengthening the ties of trade and investment co-operation, and the bonds of friendship that exist between Ghana and Germany. Below are photos of his visit

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged decision-makers in all sectors of country to support policies that empower women and girls. At the launch of the HeForShe platform, at the Independence Square, in Accra Tuesday, the President urged men and boys in the country to be agents of change and join the platform; a campaign for the advancement of women. “I invite lawmakers to continue their work in advancing progress for women’s and girls’ rights across the nation. I invite traditional leaders, as gatekeepers of our moral and cultural values, to work in helping to tear down the cultural barriers,…

Female students of senior high schools within the Assin area in the Central Region have made damning allegations against their male teachers, claiming they are being sexually harassed by their teachers in exchange for grades and money. According to the students, the teachers mostly coerce them into having sexual relationship with them in exchange for favours such as good grades in their end of term exams and money. They claim female students who fail to give in to the demands of the male teachers are usually abused, hated, sacked from class and or failed in examinations. At the climax of this…

There is no reason why Ghana should not be refining her own bauxite, and Government is putting in place the necessary legislation and infrastructure to establish a bauxite refinery in the next two to three years, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. A bill seeking to set up a Bauxite Development Authority to facilitate the establishment of an Integrated Aluminium Industry will be submitted to Parliament early next year after broad consultations, with the private sector expected to play a key role as part of Government’s quest to create jobs and foster greater inclusion in national development. The Vice…

Government will partner the private sector to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and make the life of the ordinary Ghanaian better, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated. According to Dr Bawumia, achieving the SDGs would benefit both the private sector, who would have a healthy, skilled work force, and Government which would have fulfilled its obligation to the citizenry to provide a safe, healthy and economically sound environment for growth. “At the end of the day we have to ask the question: what is the opportunity cost of us not achieving the SDGs? We will have…

Eleven students of Kumasi Academy SHS are still on admission at four hospitals in the Ashanti region after being diagnosed with the Influenza type A pandemic strain (swine flu), the regional health directorate has said. The Regional Health Director, Dr Emmanuel Kojo Tenkorang, updating the media about the outbreak on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, said three are on admission at the KNUST Hospital, one at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, five at the Kumasi South Hospital and two at the Manhyia Government Hospital. According to him, 85 cases were recorded in the outbreak which had claimed four lives so far.…

Sewerage Systems Ghana Limited (SSGL), a subsidiary company of the Jospong Group has paid the tuition fees of 10 university students from James Town in Accra. The gesture was part of the Company’s community outreach programme under its Corporate Social Responsibility. James Town is a fishing community where the company has established its biggest facility called the Lavender Hill and Mudor Faecal Treatment Plant. The facility has the capacity to treat about 80 per cent of liquid waste generated in Accra. Packaged announced The Managing Director of SSGL, Mr. Haidar Said, made the announcement at the company’s annual thanksgiving ceremony…

Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has in a tribute to the late Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong, popularly known as KABA, stated that journalists with a fair-minded approach to issues and with a good sense of balance in terms of objectivity are becoming rare. He said, “a few too many media personnel are serving one purpose or another which seems to undermine the integrity of the profession. And indeed when somebody like this (KABA) dies then we must consider it a serious loss. The former President made the assertions when a delegation comprising the family of the late…