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Open defecation, shared latrines in Ghana, said to be among highest in the world
A Programme Officer of the Environmental Health and Sanitation Directorate (EHSD) of Ghana’s Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Kweku Quansah, has stated that the rate of open defecation in the country ranks among the…
Ministry tells Ghanaians to keep plastic waste for money
The Accra Plastic Waste Project (APWP) through the Ministry of Environment Science and Technology (MEST), has distributed 1,150 sachets waste rubber containers to food vendors within some ministries to ensure good sanitation.
Among the…
Information Services officers chased out of town
Officials of the Information Service Department from Agona Swedru on Wednesday fled for their dear lives when some angry people of Agona Nsaba chased them out of the town.
The officials had been engaged by the members of the committee…
Indiscriminate bush burning, felling of tress worry Sawla district
Mr. Abdus Sallam-Suali, Director of Agriculture for the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba district, has expressed concern about the increasing bush burning, felling of trees and the destruction of food crops by cattle in the area.
He said these activities…
Akyempim rural bank declares over GH¢155,000 profit
The Akyempim Rural Bank at Gomoa Dawurampong has declared a pretax profit of GH¢155,157 in 2011 as against GH¢140,877 in 2010.
The bank’s deposit increased from GH¢4,852,258 in 2010 to GH¢6,883,802 in 2011 with total assets rising from…
Prof Ekumfi justifies free SHS education
Professor Ameyaw Ekumfi, Member of Parliament for Techiman North and former Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has stated that Nana Akufo- Addo’s free Senior High School (SHS) education campaign promise is feasible.…
600,000 Ghanaians suffer from glaucoma – Nursing Officer
Majority of Ghanaians are suffering from glaucoma without knowing it, Mrs Lydia Attoh, Principal Nursing Officer, Korle-Bu has said.
Available statistics show that currently 600,000 Ghanaians have glaucoma with about 30,000 already blind.…
TEWU gives FWSC two weeks to re-open negotiation on premium
The Western Regional branch of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU), have called on the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) to re-open negotiation to conclude agreement on the payment of critical support premium.
They said…
EC holds pilot biometric verification exercise
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Saturday began a two-day pilot biometric verification exercise in two districts in the Greater Accra Region.
The exercise is to enable the EC to have a firsthand experience of what the actual polls will be…
Oxygen depletion caused fish kill at Newmont Ahafo Mine – EPA
An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report released has indicated that the fish kill at the Water Storage Facility (WSF) at the Newmont Ghana Gold limited Ahafo Mine was due to oxygen depletion and over population of the fish stock.…