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In February this year, 26-year old Jennifer Kapuri lost her week-old baby due to the non-availability of an incubator at the St Martin’s Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum in the Ashanti region. Jennifer was delivered of her baby boy after carrying the pregnancy for 29 weeks. But the baby was born premature, weighing one kilo and needed to be incubated. The hospital was compelled to refer the baby to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi for incubation. Unfortunately, Jennifer’s baby could not survive for more than 5 days on arrival at KATH. “We went to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital…

The road has now been cleared for Ghana to begin a nationwide national identification registration exercise in November 2017 following the passage of the National Identity Register Amendment Bill 2017. The law was amended do away with the use of voters identity cards, drivers’ licence and baptismal certificates as proof of citizenship in registering for a national identity card, known as Ghana Card. Under the current law, only birth certificates and passports will be accepted as proof of citizenship in registering for the Ghana Card. It has further introduced Residence Permits and other documents evidencing acquired citizenship. READ: ‘Ghana Card’…

The Parliament of Ghana has approved an amount of 45.7 million dollars to improve water and sanitation issues in the  country.  Moving the motion in Parliament on Thursday, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, Dr Mark Assibey Yeboah said the amount will go a long way to solve most of the challenges facing the country in terms of water and sanitation. He urged the house to adopt the report of the joint committee on Finance, Works and Housing on the financing agreement between the government of the Republic of Ghana and the International Development Association of the World Bank Group for…

The Zimbabwe coup has taken a bizarre turn after ousted leader Robert Mugabe, believed to be under house arrest, made a shock public appearance at a university graduation ceremony. The unusual appearance is currently taking place at Zimbabwe Open University, where Robert Mugabe is Chancellor. Mugabe has been ordered to resign or face impeachment but this dire ultimatum has not stopped him visiting the university to congratulate graduates today. A red carpet has been laid out at the ceremony, with security present to protect the 93-year-old. Wearing a blue and yellow academic gown and mortar board hat, Mugabe sat in…

Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid has lauded the Media General Group for its contribution towards strengthening of Ghana’s democracy through news reports. He made these comments when management of the Media General Group paid a courtesy call on him in Accra. “I commend Media General for standing as the leading English station in Ghana and contributing to strengthening the country’s democracy.” The Media General group is the parent company of Ghana’s leading English television channel TV3, Onua 95.1 FM, 3FM 92.7, Akoma 87.9FM, Connect 97.1FM, 3news.com and Adesa Productions Limited. Media General platforms pride themselves in the provision of unbiased,…

Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning, Director of Academic Affairs and Research at the Kofi Annan International Peace-Keeping and Training Centre, has said manifestos of political parties should be made legally binding to ensure that they fulfil their promises. He said experiences in the Fourth Republic have shown that political parties made wild unattainable promises just to woo people to vote for them only for the parties to disappoint them by not fulfilling the promises. He said such disappointment tended to breed the lawless acts ( including vigilantism), committed by especially the youth when a new government assumes power because they want…

Government has said it will be turning its attention to the Eurobond market as it seeks to raise a billion cedis to finance its budget deficit for the 2018 fiscal year, Finance Minister Ken Ofori- Atta has said. Presenting this year’s Budget Statement and Economic Policy to Parliament on Wednesday, the minister revealed that government is to record a GH¢10.9 billion budget deficit, equivalent of 4.5 percent of GDP, which will be financed from both domestic and external sources including the Eurobond market. Giving a breakdown of how the deficit will be financed, Mr. Ofori-Atta explained that: “Net foreign financing…

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has been criticised for virtually giving the youth of the country a raw deal in its 2018 budget statement and financial policy. According to Gideon Tetteh, a  law student at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), government cannot profess to create jobs for the youth in the budget when it is dismissing same youth at the various state institutions. The GIMPA law student made the observation on TV3’s Special Edition of the New Day on Friday hosted by the four finalists of the 2017 Ghana’s Most Beautiful. “This government has not…

Zimbabwe’s long-time President Robert Mugabe is reportedly refusing to step down immediately, despite growing calls for his resignation. The 93-year-old was put under house arrest during a military takeover on Wednesday, amid a power struggle over who would succeed him. The military said on Friday it was “engaging” with Mr Mugabe. It also said it had been arresting “criminals” around the president, but gave no names. Several senior officials are said to have been detained since Wednesday. “Others are still at large,” the military said. In a televised statement, the military said it would advise the nation on the outcome…

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