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Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:39 GMT
Country's World AIDS Day Campaign Launched in Accra
[Ghanaian Times] This year's World AIDS Day has been launched with a call for a renewed vigour and a concerted effort to defeat the disease in Ghana.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:15:14 GMT
NPRA Opens Tema Branch
[Ghanaian Times] Tema -- The National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) opened its office in Tema last Friday with a call on workers and prospective contributors to use the facility to request information on any employer, trustee, fund manager or ...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:15:11 GMT
4-Member Committee to Investigate Clash Between Police and Military
[Ghanaian Times] Kumasi -- A four-member committee has been set up to investigate the clash between the Police and Military at the Suame Police station over an arrest of a soldier in connection with an unlicensed motorbike.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:15:08 GMT
President Leads Ghana's Delegation to 26th Cop26 in Scotland
[Ghanaian Times] Glasgow -- President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is leading Ghana's delegation to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) which opened in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:15:03 GMT
I'll Support Fight Against Illegal Sale of Kpone-Katamanso Lands - MP
[Ghanaian Times] The Member of Parliament for Kpone-Katamanso constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Mr Joseph Tetteh, has assured the indigenes that his outfit would do it best to curtail the illegal sale of lands earmarked for community developm...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:59 GMT
Govt to Amend 3 Percent Withholding Tax On Unprocessed Mineral
[Ghanaian Times] The government is in the process of amending the three per cent withholding tax on unprocessed precious minerals as a measure to fight gold smuggling.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:56 GMT
Stakeholders Urged to Be Wary of Violent Extremism
[Ghanaian Times] Tongo -- The District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in charge of the Talensi District of the Upper East Region, Ms Dorcas Atia, has implored stakeholders to work together to identify signals of violen...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:54 GMT
CAF/GFA Licence B Trainees Course
[Ghanaian Times] The second batch of trainees for the CAF/GFA licence B coaching refresher course are to report at the Ghanaman Centre of Excellence at Prampram today.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:51 GMT
'Review Plans to Aggressively Pursue Local Content Law On Downstream Sector'
[Ghanaian Times] The Former Chairman of the Association of Oil Marketing Companies, Henry Akwaboah, says the government's plan to aggressively implement a local content law on the downstream sector risk dwindling investor confidence in the country.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:48 GMT
Surgeon Advises Women to Practice Breast Self-Examination
[Ghanaian Times] An Indian Robotic Surgeon at the Manipal Hospitals, Professor Dr Somashekhar SP, says about 40 per cent of breast cancer cases globally could be detected through breast self-examination (BSE) and it is important that women do not tak...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:45 GMT
'Adaklu NPP Constituency Wants Approachable DCE'
[Ghanaian Times] The Adaklu New Patriotic Party (NPP) Constituency in the Volta Region has renewed its appeal to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to appoint an approachable and humble personality with respect for the chiefs and people of the are...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:42 GMT
Customs Officers Tasked to Meet Revenue Target
[Ghanaian Times] Kpetoe -- The Commissioner of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Colonel Kwadwo Damoah, has charged customs officers to work ceaselessly at their various duty posts to meet or exceed their target without compr...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:35 GMT
One More ... Unpacking Secondary Infertility
[Ghanaian Times] A family is the basic unit of society with children considered as the 'yeast' that swells families into society. For this reason, Africans, known to treasure large family sizes, encourage couples to give birth to as many as they coul...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:14:29 GMT
Jospong Group Tops Ghana Business Awards
[Ghanaian Times] The Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), on Friday reinforced its dominance in the Ghanaian business sector by bagging 4 out of 13 categories it was nominated for at the 4th edition of the Ghana Business Awards (GBA) held in Accra.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:42 GMT
Bolt Food Expansion Drive to Kumasi
[Ghanaian Times] Bolt Food is to expand its operations to Kumasi serve the food needs of the residence of the Ashanti Region and its environs.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:39 GMT
Banking Industry Agree Digital Industry Currency Will Impact Sector - PWC Survey Reveals
[Ghanaian Times] As the Bank of Ghana is taking steps to introduce e-Cedi or digital cash, 70 percent of bank executives are convinced that the use of this form of currency will be prominent within three to five years, the PwC Ghana Banking Survey 20...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:33 GMT
Superstition Fueling Lack of Patronage in Blood Donation
[Ghanaian Times] A former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Professor Agyeman Badu-Akosa has blamed superstition among Ghanaians for the lack of patronage in blood donation exercises, leading to frequent blood shortages in most hosp...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:31 GMT
Health Alert - Strange Disease Outbreak in Savannah Region ... 8 People Die So Far
[Ghanaian Times] Tamale/Accra -- At least eight people have died from what health authorities suspect to be Yellow Fever (YF) disease in the Savannah Region.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:29 GMT
Cities Hold Hearts
[Ghanaian Times] Hearts of Oak failed to pluck a win in their opening tie of the Ghana Premier League against Legon Cities at the Accra Sports Stadium yesterday.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:29 GMT
Bechem Go Top
[Ghanaian Times] Bechem United yesterday hammered Medeama 4-0 in their opening 2021/22 Ghana Premier League match on Sunday at the Nana Gyeabour Park in Bechem.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:27 GMT
2 Kpetoe Factions Lay Claim Over Paramount Stool
[Ghanaian Times] Kpetoe -- TWO factions of kingmakers at Kpetoe in the Agotime Traditional Area are both laying claim to the paramount stool.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:23 GMT
Homowo Table Tennis Challenge Championship... Commey, Amankwah Show Class
[Ghanaian Times] Emmanuel Commey from the Ghana Immigration put up a superlative performance to defeat his counterpart from same outfit and former champion Derek Abrefa, 3-2 in an absorbing men's single final of the 2021 Homowo Challenge Table Tennis...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:58:38 GMT
Fern Contains Over 20 Percent of the Daily Recommended Value of Vitamin a
[Ghanaian Times] Fern, (class Polypodiopsida), class of nonflowering vascular plants that possess true roots, stems, and complex leaves and that reproduce by spores. The number of known extant fern species is about 10,500, but estimates have ranged a...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:00:15 GMT
Police Rescue Abandoned Baby At Agbaflome
[Ghanaian Times] Ho -- The Police in Akatsi in the Volta Region last Wednesday rescued an abandoned baby of about a month old from a cassava farm, at the suburb of Agbaflome.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:00:12 GMT
Police and Military Personnel Must Build Cordial Relationship
[Ghanaian Times] A statement has announced a four-member committee to investigate a clash between the police and soldiers at the Suame Police Station in Kumasi last Friday.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:00:03 GMT
1 Die, 2 Injured in Gas Explosion
[Ghanaian Times] A gas explosion over the weekend at the Premier Towers building around Ministries in Accra, has left one dead, another in critical condition, and a third person with minor injuries.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:59:58 GMT
Police Grab Man for Possessing 'Wee'
[Ghanaian Times] Ho -- THE police patrol team in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region, on Thursday arrested a traveler, Adebayor Adesa Ako, for possessing five slabs of suspected narcotic substances, at a stop at Agbozume, on the Accra-Afl...

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 06:19:59 GMT
Ittf Championship - Nigeria, Ghana, Others Begin Hostilities in Lagos
[This Day] The second edition of the ITTF Africa Western Region Championship kicks off on Monday, November 1, at the Molade Okoya-Thomas Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 08:35:43 GMT
President Akufo-Addo Attends Cop 26 Summit in Glasgow
[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana on Sunday, 31 st October 2021, to lead Ghana's delegation to the World Leaders' Summit of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 26), being held...

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:28:56 GMT
Meet the Former Banker Revolutionising Ghana's Vegetable Market
[RFI] When Catherine Krobo Edusei quit her banking job in the United Kingdom and returned to Ghana, she had no idea what her next job would be. But she was certain she would never return to the executive world. Instead she found the potential in cult...



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