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Veep leaves Accra for Switzerland

Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur left Accra Monday evening for Schloss Spiez, Switzerland to attend the Adam Smith Seminars. The Seminar, which is slated for June 25 and 26 of this month, is a gathering of global economists,…

Presby Church to establish teaching hospital

The Agogo Presbyterian Hospital in the Asante-Akyem North Municipality is to be restructured into a teaching hospital to ensure improved health care delivery  in the Municipality. By this action, Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG), becomes…

Social Welfare Department resolves 26 conflicts

The Nkoranza South Municipal Directorate of the Department of Social Welfare resolved conflicts in 26 broken homes and reconciled the couples last year. In addition, it ensured that 107 children neglected by their fathers were properly…

Hospital offers free diabetes screening

The Yeboah Hospital, a leading diabetic and endocrinology centre at East Legon, over the weekend offered free diabetes screening to about 150 people. Dr Asumani Yeboah, an Endocrinologist and Diabetic Specialist who is also the Chief…

Gov’t urged to support the aged

A plea has been made to government to do more to provide the aged with adequate social protection and support. Dr M. Y. Caesar, Chief Executive Officer of M Y Caesar Company, an alternative health care centre, said their welfare deserves…

Two sustain gunshot wounds in robbery attack

Two passengers sustained gunshot wounds when a gang of robbers attacked vehicles in which they were travelling on the Kumasi-Yeji road in the early hours of Sunday. Moses Amasaaw, a trader, and Ebenezer Gyimah, a student of the College of…

Mining industry faces confidence crisis – PwC

Over the past decade, the mining industry has outperformed the broader equity markets but this trend has recently changed. While 2012 saw mining stocks fall slightly, they fell nearly 20% in the first four months of 2013, according to new…

National forum on girls’ education begins

A three-day national workshop aimed at meeting the challenges of girls’ education through networking, opened in Accra on Monday. The forum, which is being attended by 236 Girl’s Education Officers from Regional, Metropolitan, Municipal and…