Category: News

Aboabo: Prudential Bank Limited has organised a prostate cancer screening for more than one hundred men at Aboabo in the Asawase constituency of the Ashanti Region. The initiative was an integral component of the bank’s annual corporate social responsibility program focused on health. According to Ghana News Agency, September each year is designated to raise awareness about prostate cancer, aligning with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 3, which advocates for Good Health and Well-being. Prostate cancer is a malignancy that manifests in the prostate, a small, walnut-shaped gland situated beneath the bladder and in front of the rectum in

Accra: The Ghana Employers’ Association (GEA) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana have called for urgent and targeted policy actions to boost productivity, job creation, and inclusive economic growth. The two bodies, representing workers and employers, said Ghana’s economic transformation had been stalled, citing recent findings from the Ghana Statistical Service and the International Labour Organization’s Productivity Ecosystems for Decent Work Project. According to Ghana News Agency, they stressed that bold, coordinated action was needed to unlock the country’s productivity potential. They emphasized that exchange rate volatility, unstable prices, and credit constraints were undermining enterprise competitiveness and job security.

New york: UN Secretary General Ant³nio Guterres has strongly criticized Israel’s further escalation of the Gaza conflict, as it launched its offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday. ‘What happens in Gaza today is horrendous. We are seeing massive destruction of neighbourhoods now, the systematic destruction of Gaza City,’ Guterres said in New York. He stated that it was violence on a scale he has not experienced in any conflict during his nearly nine-year tenure as secretary general. ‘The truth is that this is something that it is morally, politically and legally intolerable,’ said Guterres. According to Ghana News Agency, Guterres’

Fumso: Mrs. Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, Director General of Prisons, has paid a working visit to the newly established Prison Officers Training School at Fumso in the Ashanti Region. The visit focused on assessing the facility’s readiness and improving the welfare of officers and trainees. According to Ghana News Agency, Mrs. Baffoe-Bonnie, accompanied by the Acting Commandant, Deputy Director of Prisons Justice Essumang, inspected key areas including dormitories, washrooms, the infirmary, kitchen, and officers’ accommodation. She identified areas requiring improvement to ensure a conducive environment for training. With 800 Prison Support Assistants currently undergoing training, the school is active with daily drills,

Kumasi: Professor Christian Agyare, Provost of the College of Health Sciences at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), has emphasized the need for urgent multidisciplinary collaboration to fortify Ghana’s health system. He highlighted that cooperation across various professions, research fields, and institutions is vital to bridge the gap between health policy and tangible outcomes. According to Ghana News Agency, Prof. Agyare made these remarks at the 11th Biennial Scientific Conference of the College of Health Sciences held in Kumasi. He pointed to Ghana’s vaccination drive as a successful example of collaboration involving public health experts, logisticians, data

Gaza city: Reports from Gaza City suggest many Palestinians simply cannot afford to flee south to the so-called ‘humanitarian zone’ as ordered by Israel. According to Ghana News Agency, citing Palestinians in the coastal city, a reporter for Israeli TV channel N12 said that the cost of a rental car to transport their belongings had skyrocketed to 5,000 shekels, the equivalent of almost $1,500. Other reports from Gaza City put the cost of a rented transport vehicle for the approximately 30-kilometre journey to the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone at between 3,000 and 6,000 shekels. The majority of the approximately 2 million

Accra: Her Ladyship, Justice Hafisata Amaliboba, a justice of the Supreme Court, has urged staff of the Judicial Service to exhibit professionalism in the discharge of their duties to protect the integrity and sanctity of the service. She emphasized that the professionalism of the staff was crucial due to the significant role the Judicial Service played in the governance of the country through the administration of justice and maintaining law and order. According to Ghana News Agency, Justice Amaliboba addressed a Judicial Service of Ghana (JSG) staff durbar in Wa, warning that any staff of the service who misconducts themselves