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Authorities at the University of Cape Coast have announced a resumption of academic work for the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. The university, which has been closed for the past three weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country, said in a statement Thursday that lectures will begin for all students from April 22 to June 2. It however said the lectures will be conducted through the university’s online platform, the Moodle Platform, and has consequently given all heads of departments up to Tuesday to provide the details of part-time lecturers to the pro-vice chancellor to be…

The sudden invasion of the Corona virus disease has in the last four months become the topical issue on global discussion table with it impact being felt by all nations in the world. Since December, last year, when the virus first broke out in China, it has spread throughout the world and brought almost every human activity to a sudden halt. Powerful nations, including the United States of America, UK and those within the European Union have been hit hard as they continue to struggle to contain the pandemic brought by COVID-19. Global statistics currently shows that more than 1…

Dancehall artiste Stonebwoy while acknowledging that beefs are part of the music industry, he maintained that they are not something he will encourage. The ‘Kpo K3K3’ hit singer observed that beefs, while they may be necessary, will not help the industry achieve its targets. Rapper Sarkodie on April 6, got the industry buzzing after he released ‘Sub Zero’, a track some Ghanaians alleged was a jab to rapper Ball J, Asem and dancehall artiste Shatta Wale. Reacting to the song in an interview on TV3 New Day with MzGee on Tuesday, Shatta Wale said he was disappointed in Sarkodie. “Sarkodie…

Unemployed allied health professionals engaged in ongoing tracing of people who have had contacts with persons with the deadly coronavirus in the country have threatened to withdraw from the exercise if government does not employ them. They claimed in a statement that government has given financial clearance to the Health Ministry to employ some nurses and midwives on the back of the coronavirus outbreak but without them being considered. That, they indicated, “is the first time nurses and midwives are being processed for posting without allied health professionals”. Numbering 1,335, the allied health professionals who were trained with public funds…

The Korele-Klottey Municipal Assembly on Thursday announced that the Cocoa Marketing Board (CMB) Market in Accra will be closed from midnight on Thursday due to non-adherence to COVI-19 protocols especially the two-metre social distancing. “Any trader from today midnight found trading will be made to face the full rigorous of the law by paying GH¢12, 000.00 or serve a term of four years imprisonment as indicated in the law”.Mr Samuel Nii Adjei Tawiah, Municipal Chief Executive of Korke-Klottey who made the announcement said, the Assembly as a team advised and cautioned the market women to exercise a new trend of…

The Tijaniyya Muslim Movement of Ghana has supported the COVID-19 Fund with GHc11,000 to aid in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The gesture, which forms part of the social responsibility of the Muslim group is also to complement government’s move to raise more funds to tackle the virus head on. Presenting the cash, leader of the Movement, Sheikh Abdul Wadud Ciessay Haroun, said the responsibility to fight the virus cannot be left on the shoulders of government alone. “It is our duty as Muslims to support in any way we can when there is a national crisis. Government cannot…

Ghanaians are currently on a partial lockdown as a result of Covid-19. Given that some people have honoured the social distance protocols in breach, there is the fear that there may be further spread of the disease, in a manner that may accentuate calls for and actual total lockdown. But, should there be a total lockdown, when will we be certified as free from Covid-19, to warrant our opening? There are fears, (whether well-founded or illegitimate) that Covid-19 may linger and  lead to the postponement of election 2020. In some countries, there are concerns of actual or perceived politically motivated…

Twenty more people working on the Akosombo-Tema railway project have tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, bringing to 21 the total number of cases recorded in the Eastern Region within two weeks. The 20 persons contracted the virus from an Indian expatriate working with the construction firm, Afcon Construction Company, in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the region. A total of 257 people have been identified through contact tracing of which 244 are those who had contact with the Indian who tested positive for the virus on March 31. The Indian expatriate was said to be part of a…

Facebook (www.Facebook.co.za) is expanding its Coronavirus Information Center to 17 more countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The Information Centers form part of Facebook’s effort to help the global fight against COVID-19 by providing people with the latest news and information from trusted health authorities as well as resources and tips to stay healthy and support their family and community. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Center is featured at the top of News Feed, that provides a central place for people to keep informed about the Coronavirus. It includes real-time updates from national health authorities and global organisations such as the World Health…

Christians in Ghana are Friday, joining their fellows to mark Good Friday, but without the usual congregation, following the lockdown measures implemented by governments worldwide to limit the spread of COVID-19. However, the Most Reverend Dr Paul Kwabena Boafo, the Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church, Ghana, says the essence of the 2020 Easter festivities remains the same and richer, in spite of the contagious novel coronavirus, which is changing the nature of church liturgies.He explained that Easter and all Christian celebrations were best observed spiritually in the heart, “hence the season does not lose its power without the usual…