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The latest suspected coronavirus [COVID-19] case at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) on Thursday has turned out to be negative. The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Badu Sarkodie confirmed this to Graphic Online Friday afternoon. He said the test from Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) has turned out to be negative. This brings to 34 the total number of suspected cases in Ghana that have all tested negative. In the latest case, a patient reported at Korle Bu on Thursday afternoon with symptoms of the disease. The patient traveled into Ghana…

President Nana Akufo-Addo says Ghanaians have squandered the many opportunities that would have given the country economic breakthrough, stating a considerable number of people still live in poverty after 63 years of independence. The President observed the country has been plagued with infrastructure deficit in all sectors of the economy. “At 63, we know that we have squandered many opportunities that, properly utilised, would have brought us to the economic breakthrough to which we aspire,” he said while at the 63rd Independence celebration in Kumasi on March 6. Nana Akufo-Addo said Ghanaians have experienced difficulties since independence and stumbled in…

The 3Foundation has on Ghana’s 63rd Independence Day celebration across the country on March 6 organised a blood donation exercise in Accra to restock the National Blood Bank of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. At least 500 pints of blood are expected to be donated by the large crowd that gathered at the TV3 premises at Kanda in Accra for the exercise that forms part of the corporate social responsibility of the Media General, a media conglomerate in Ghana. It was in partnership with the National Blood Bank of Korle-Bu, the Christian Youth Builders which is a youth group within the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says the bonds of friendship and ties of co-operation existing between Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago have been strengthened following the visit to Ghana of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley. Holding bilateral talks with the Prime Minister Rowley at Jubilee House, on Thursday, 5th March, 2020, President Akufo-Addo stated that the visit has highlighted areas of co-operation in sectors such as health, energy and education, in which the two countries can have meaningful exchanges. “What we have already is a major link, which is provided by the Republic Bank,…

France has granted permission to extradite François Compaoré – the brother of a former president of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré – who is wanted at home over the murder of a journalist in 1998. François Compaoré is accused of involvement in the 1998 killing of Norbert Zongo who was investigating the death of Mr Compaoré’s driver and the charred remains of three other people. Mr Zongo’s murder sparked mass protests in Burkina Faso. Mr Compaoré’s French lawyers had argued against his extradition because he could face the death penalty if convicted back home, a sentence that does not exist in…

Private legal practitioner, Mr Anthony Akoto Ampaw, has activated the Right to Information Act by requesting the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service to provide him with answers on the Coronavirus, Covid-19. Providing background to his request in a letter dated March 5, 2020, Mr Ampaw said while the health and other relevant authorities in other countries, with far more robust healthcare systems, provided daily information to their citizens on the virus, imposing bans on air travel to and from specified countries where the virus had broken out, with others banning large gatherings and cancelling events likely to…

A research and advocacy group, Center for Ethical Governance and Administration (CEGA), has asked Appeal’s Court judge, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga to resign for “grave misconduct” that violated judges’ code of conduct. The call follows Justice Honyenuga’s recent endorsement of Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo for a second term in office. “It is our hope that with your vision and special gains you have made in the economy in your first term, Ghanaians may consider giving you another four years,” the judge speaking in his capacity as the Paramount Chief of Nyagbo Traditional Area with the stool name Torgbui Ashui Nyagasi…

The Ghana Police Service, other security services and stakeholders, have outlined various measures ahead of the national commemoration of Ghana’s 63rd independence anniversary, to be hosted at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi, on Friday, March 06. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will address the anniversary parade and in attendance are going to be high profile personalities including Dr Keith Rowley, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. It is the first time the national event would be hosted in Kumasi, Ghana’s second-largest city and this has already sparked a lot of excitement among…

Three workers of the Twifo Oil Palm Plantation (TOPP) and  a motor rider have been confirmed dead after their vehicle and the motor bike got involved in an accident in the early hours of Thursday at Twifo Praso. Fourteen others, three of whom are in critical condition, sustained various degrees of injuries and are receiving treatment at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) where they were referred to. Mr Abdul Wasiu Hudu, Central Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana National Fire Service who confirmed the tragic incident to the Ghana News Agency said two persons died on the spot…