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Thirty six women died from birth related health cases in 2018 in Tema, fewer than the 44 deaths in 2017, the Tema Metropolitan Health Directorate (TMHD) has said. Out of the figure, 32 were recorded at the Tema General Hospital (TGH) while the rest occurred at four private health institutions …

An Accra District Court, hearing the case in which Gregory Afoko and Asabke Alangdi have been accused of causing the death of Adams Mahama, former Upper East Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, has adjourned the matter. The Court, presided over by Mrs Efua Sackey, adjourned the matter to …

The three-member independent committee set up to probe last year’s student disturbances at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), is to be inaugurated on Thursday, February 14, 2019. The committee set up by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, and the Chancellor of the University, is being chaired …

Constituency Watch in the Bole District, a youth group based in the newly created Savanna Region, has appealed to government to help reconstruct the Bole Dam (Pumpi-gbon) to help avert harm to lives and properties. They made the appeal following a heavy downpour in the district last week Saturday, February …

Dr Gerd Muller, a German Federal Minister, has expressed his country’s commitment to collaborate with Ghana to provide financial solutions to local companies who wish to acquire German equipment or use their services. The financial support include setting up of accounts, providing short to medium-term credit facilities, services for financing …

Mr Zhu Jing, the Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of China, has said it is important for Accra to collaborate with Beijing to present to combat to combat illegal mining (galamsey) with a common agenda. He said the two countries must not allow the issue of illegal mining to damage …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday gave the assurance that Government was committed to building a stronger partnership with the German business community for mutual benefit He said, the Nana Akufo-Addo-led Administration had made tremendous efforts to stabilise the macro-economy over the past two years, to attract trade and …

The Asogli State has asked the Governing Council of the Ho Technical University to immediately reverse its decision to rename the University as the “Dr. Ephraim Amu Technical University.” The chiefs at a News conference in Ho said it was improper to rename the University without recourse to the chiefs …

An Accra High Court Tuesday adjourned the trial of the alleged murderers of Major Maxwell Mahama to Thursday, February 21, to enable Mr Bernard Shaw, a defence Lawyer in the case, to commence his cross-examination of the sixth witness. Mr Shaw, who was reported to be unwell at the last …

Ghana is losing several billion dollars to illicit financial flows in its trade with developing countries, according to a new report released by the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) last week. Estimates of losses through trade misinvoicing for both imports and exports amount to $3.2 billion in 2015. The report says …