The School-Age- nutrition programme has been lauded for promoting positive nutritional behaviours amongst schoolchildren and ensuring their health and well-being. Miss Nsoh Immaculate Ayinbotimah, a 16 year-old student of Maurice Browne Memorial School at Kunkua in the Bolgatanga East District, who spoke about the impact of the programme, said it had improved her health and well-being.
Captain Ben Edmund Duah (Rtd), the Executive Director of the Veterans Administration, Ghana (VAG), has appealed to the Ministry of Defence to rationalise pension pay for some victims of PNDC rule, retired Lieutenant Colonels and lower ranks.
John Dramani Mahama, presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has once again positioned himself as the leader to rescue Ghana rsquo;s faltering economy, pledging bold reforms and comprehensive economic revitalisation if he is elected president in the December 7 general elections.
The U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia has issued an arrest warrant for Ejiroghene Eghagha, Chief of Finance and Administration for Nigerian airline Air Peace, describing her as a fugitive and mandating her custody before trial.
A fatal accident in East Legon has left two innocent mothers dead and many in shock, as Bishop Salifu Amoako rsquo;s younger son was behind the wheel. The tragic incident occurred over the weekend at approximately noon near the Omama Shop.
The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) said the lack of proper structures for labour unions has affected its effectiveness, which has accounted for the current fragmented and distorted actions in the public domain retarding its planned galamsey strike which was later suspended.
A group known as Concerned Youth of Kwahu in Eastern Region have petitioned the Kwahu Traditional Council to trigger processes to destool Daasebre Akuamoah Agyapong II (Kwahumanhene) after allegations of extortion and fraud.
Ing. Harold Esseku, Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist at the World Bank Ghana office has called for a ldquo;mindset transformation rdquo; in the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector as Ghana scales up efforts toward the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.
Professor Simon Mariwah, PhD, from the Department of Geography and Regional Planning has called for the establishment of a National Sanitation Authority (NSA) as the coordinating and implementing arm for sanitation policies and interventions.
The Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) has expressed strong concern about the increasing effects of illegal mining (Galamsey) on the country rsquo;s major water bodies. ldquo;Major rivers like the Pra, Ankobra, Birim, and Offin have been heavily contaminated with toxic chemicals, posing long-term health risks including neurological disorders, kidney damage, and developmental issues in children.
