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Accra: The Institute of Leadership and Development (INSLA) has expressed its approval of the Ghanaian Cabinet’s decision to approve the Mahama Care Fund Bill, formally known as the National Medical Trust Fund Bill. This decision marks a significant step towards enhancing Ghana’s public health system by addressing noncommunicable diseases and easing the financial burden on affected individuals. According to Ghana News Agency, Ms. Mary Yayra Kpogo, the Director of Programmes at INSLA, emphasized in a statement that the bill’s passage will play a crucial role in establishing dedicated and sustainable health financing in Ghana. The fund is expected to substantially

Accra: Reverend Dr. Enoch Thompson, Executive President of the Ghana Baptist Convention, has urged Ghanaians to acknowledge the goodness of God through the National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving (NDPT). He highlighted Ghana’s relative peace and stability amid regional challenges as evidence of divine grace, emphasizing the need for national gratitude. According to Ghana News Agency, Rev. Dr. Thompson articulated these sentiments during a courtesy visit by the NDPT planning committee to the Ghana Baptist Convention. The visit aimed to brief the convention on the event, formally invite them, and seek their blessings. The committee also visited the Ghana Pentecostal

Guizhou: Days of heavy rainfall have led to severe flooding in China, triggering damage and reports of missing people. In the southwestern province of Guizhou, a highway bridge in Sandu County collapsed following a landslide, state media reported. Footage from the accident site showed a lorry with its front part hanging precariously over the abyss, narrowly avoiding a fall. The driver was reported unharmed. According to Ghana News Agency, in the vicinity of the accident site, rivers burst their banks. Videos circulating online showed brown floodwaters gushing through a shopping center in Rongjiang County. Chinese state television called it the

Tamale: The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Tamale has celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. The event highlights the central mystery of the Catholic faith, focusing on the belief that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist. According to Ghana News Agency, this year’s celebration saw various groups within the church donning their colorful uniforms to mark the occasion. Very Reverend Father Hilary Pogbeyir, Parish Priest of the Blessed Sacrament Church, delivered a sermon emphasizing the significance of the feast as a commemoration of the great gift of Jesus,

Rabat: Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance, Abdellatif Hammouchi, inked on Tuesday in Rabat, with his French peer, Louis Laugier, Director General of National Police, a Joint Action Plan between the National Police Services and France’s Directorate General of National Police. According to Ghana News Agency, this action plan was signed on the occasion of Hammouchi’s meeting with Laugier, who was accompanied by the Ambassador of the French Republic to Rabat and a large security delegation comprising several directors of central directorates of the French National Police, according to a press release from the DGSN-DGST Cluster. It establishes

Kassena-Nankana West: Mr Stephen Aeke Akurugo, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the Kassena-Nankana West District, has pledged to establish motivational packages for nurses and midwives in the area. He emphasized the collaboration between the District Assembly, the Member of Parliament, and the leadership of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) to implement these initiatives, which aim to enhance healthcare delivery in the district. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Akurugo, who has a professional background in nursing, made this commitment during a visit from the GRNMA leadership in the district. The visit was to congratulate him on

Accra: ActionAid Ghana has called for bold systemic reforms in development financing and energy policy as part of a renewed national push to secure a just and sustainable green transition for Ghana. The call was made during a high-level civil society-government dialogue held in Accra on the theme: ‘Reviewing Development Financing for People and Planet: A Civil Society-Government Dialogue for Systemic Reform.’ According to Ghana News Agency, the forum brought together stakeholders from government agencies, civil society organisations, academia, and development partners, all united in their concern over the overlapping crises of debt, climate vulnerability, and energy insecurity. Mr John