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A public health specialist, Dr. Ismael Norman, has underscored the need for Ghana to use local languages in creating awareness on the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Speaking a public forum organised by Media General on the global scourge of coronavirus Tuesday, Dr Norman said it would be more purposeful to use local dialects to raise awareness and educate the masses on the symptoms, mode of transmission and prevention of the virus. Dr Norman who is President of the Institute for Security, Disaster and Emergency Studies believes that local dialects like Ga, Dagaare, Twi, Ewe, Kasena Nankane and other languages…

China has ordered three foreign journalists of the Wall Street Journal to leave the country over an opinion piece it said was “racist”. The article published on 3 February criticised the country’s response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The Chinese foreign ministry said it had asked the newspaper to apologise several times but it had declined. The newspaper said the journalists – who had not written the opinion piece – were given five days to leave China. China’s decision came a day after the US State Department tightened rules on Chinese state media organisations operating in the US, classifying them…

Vice chairman of community mining in the Amenfi East District of the Western Region, Nana Badu Asafoakye, has called for the disbandment of Operation Vanguard and Galamstop Taskforce. The government set up the Galamstop to support the Operation Vanguard team in fighting illegal mining popularly known as ‘galamsey’ which has desecrated large portions of the country’s rich vegetation cover and polluted water bodies. But in his view, the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) should be given the mandate to check galamsey activities, because the two groups are undermining the president’s efforts to stop illegal mining. Speaking at a…

Waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana limited, has displayed its integrated waste management solutions to world leaders at the 10th session of the World Urban Forum organized in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The company which has been lauded for its sustainable approach to urban sanitation management, demonstrated to the world leaders and participants   how technologies are being deployed to provide sustainable total waste management solutions in Ghana and beyond. Head of Laboratory and Research of Sewerage Systems Ghana limited, Zoomlion, Engineer Ahmed Issahaku,  who in his presentation, highlighted the various compost and recycling plants, faecal treatment plants,…

One of South Africa’s premium wine brands, Boschkloof, has officially launched onto the Ghanaian market with a call for responsible alcohol consumption. The Chief Executive Officer of Boschkloof Wines, Jacques Borman, made a strong case for responsible drinking during a wine-tasting session held at Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra on Tuesday. He said the company was not only concerned about consumption of its products but also the health of the people, indicating that is the best way to ensuring continuous patronage. “As a leading wine company interested in growth, we are also concerned about the consumption of our products to…

Sekondi-Takoradi is a beautiful city, so wonderful a place to be that many desire.  A land area of 219km2 with several beaches and other recreational centers. It is indeed a home for many. From the sweet tasting coconuts of her beaches, the ever great fancy clubs, magnificent restaurants, hotels and pubs, the very friendly and easy going indigenes down to the amazing view of her harbor, Sekondi–Takoradi is indeed exceptional. Seated right in the heart of the city is the Market Circle, a one of a kind with numerous wholesalers and retailers. Should one begin shopping at a particular spot,…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commended his deputy Chief of Staff and Political Assistant, Francis Asenso-Boakye, for his contribution in the formation of the Tertiary Students’ Confederacy of the NPP (TESCON) and to the development of the NPP. He was speaking at a durbar organized by the National Youth Wing of the NPP to commemorate 20 years of TESCON’s inauguration, under the theme, “20 YEARS OF COMMITMENT WITHOUT INDUCEMENT: TESCON OUR GENERATIONAL PILLAR”, which took place at Ho in the Volta region, on the 18th of February, 2020. President Akufo-Addo said, “I have the force also to mention…

The Ghana Rugby Football Union (Ghana Rugby) will be having its 2020 Ghana Rugby Stakeholder Congress (GRSC) on 22 February 2020 in Accra, Ghana. Representatives of all stakeholders including Regional Associations and their members, the Clubs, GRUPA (Ghana Rugby Union Players Association), officials, administrators and others have been invited to the GRSC that follows the Special General Meeting (SGM) on 4 February 2020 where a new Board was elected. According to the President and Board Chairman of Ghana Rugby, Mr Herbert Mensah, the SGM was an important event in light of a dramatically changed and continuously changing environment that will…

Health authorities at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi are alarmed at the upsurge in stroke cases among young people. Neurologist, Dr. Fred Stephen Sarfo says those as young as 13 are now developing the condition. One suffers a stroke when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood it requires, leading to the death of the brain cells. The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi records between 800 and one thousand cases, each year with more…

Member of Parliament for Ekumfi, Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe has stated that seized excavators under the custody of the state started getting missing before the Akufo-Addo-led government assumed office. He is therefore demanding that the opposing National Democratic Congress (NDC) also account for excavators that went missing under their administration. “We had excavators missing in this country before the president took over,” Mr. Ato Codjoe who is also the Deputy Minister for Fisheries said on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday. “The excavators that were seized under NDC regime nobody has told us where those excavators are,” he asserted, suggesting…