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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

New delhi: The next-generation Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms, announced by Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Independence Day, August 15, 2025, represent a strategic, principled, and citizen-centric evolution of a landmark tax framework. These reforms aim to enhance the quality of life for every citizen in India. According to Ghana News Agency, these changes build upon the introduction of GST in July 2017, which was India’s biggest economic reform since liberalization and was widely regarded as groundbreaking legislation for New India. The GST unified the country’s tax system under ‘One Nation, One Tax.’ It created a common

Ekumfi: Dr. Othniel Ekow Kwainoe, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ekumfi, has launched an agricultural and environmental initiative with the distribution of some 35,000 coconut seedlings to traditional leaders, farmers, and households in the constituency. The initiative is intended to empower households economically, while combating climate change and positioning Ekumfi as a hub for Ghana’s fast-growing coconut industry. According to Ghana News Agency, Dr. Kwainoe, launching the programme at a brief ceremony, expressed disquiet over the persistent coastal erosion in the Ekumfi communities which continued to devastate farmlands and homes. ‘Along our coastlines, we see the painful story of

Accra: US President Donald Trump has landed in the UK for his second state visit, after expressing the ‘great honour’ of being hosted by his ‘friend’ King Charles III at Windsor Castle. According to Ghana News Agency, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper was among those greeting the US president as he disembarked Air Force One at London Stansted airport on Tuesday evening. RAF personnel from The King’s Colour Squadron formed a guard of honour as Trump stepped off the plane. Trump and his wife, Melania, are expected to stay overnight at Winfield House, the official residence of the US ambassador in