The Ghana Physician Assistants Association (GPAA) has officially opened its 23rd Annual General Conference at the Jemima Grace Kodua Hotel in Techiman, with a resounding call for physician assistants to be positioned at the heart of Ghana’s primary healthcare delivery…
Donald Trump has been accused of rape by a model and former Miss Switzerland in a report produced by the Democratic Party. Beatrice Keul, who shortly before the 2024 election claimed the president had groped her in November 1993, has…
Families in China are now supporting more elderly people than children, the government has said. Official data released last week show that the ratio of China’s dependent elderly people to the working-age population rose to 23% last year, overtaking the…
The editor-in-chief of the independent Egyptian news outlet Mada Masr was detained for several hours after a court convicted her of managing an unlicensed website and ordered its closure, her lawyers say. Mada Masr said Lina Attalah was released after…
The Institute of Economic Research and Public Policy (IERPP) is demanding that the government publish a comprehensive financing and implementation report on the 24-Hour Economy programme, detailing funds disbursed, expenditure incurred and projects completed. The institute’s Executive Director, Prof. Isaac…
The Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has reduced its debt burden from $650 million to about $300 million under a restructuring programme supported by the Energy Sector Levies Act (ESLA), Mr Edmond Kombat, Managing Director (MD) of TOR, has announced. Mr…
Minister for Food and Agriculture Eric Opoku has donated GH¢50,000 to Ghana’s national amputee football team, the Black Challenge, and pledged a poultry enterprise package for eight locally based players, linking World Cup preparations with economic opportunities beyond the pitch.…
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has moved to prevent a looming disruption in the Judicial Service, directing the Minister of Jobs, Labour and Employment Relations to engage the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) over its planned industrial action.…
President John Dramani Mahama has been urged to publicly clarify his administration’s position on illegal mining and ask the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod), Sammy Gyamfi, to retract his controversial remarks on the practice. A lecturer…
Ghana must prioritise effective surveillance and the tracking of incoming travellers in its preparations against Ebola, rather than rely heavily on temperature checks and hand sanitisers at airports, a public health expert has warned. Professor John Amuasi, Head of Global…