Ghanaians are being encouraged to support proposed water tariff increases as the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) grapples with escalating treatment costs driven by pollution from illegal mining activities. Speaking at a Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) stakeholder consultation and public hearing in Cape Coast, the Chief Manager for Corporate Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation at […]

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has dismissed claims that it is frustrating PhD students, affirming its commitment to maintaining academic integrity and upholding rigorous research standards. In a statement signed by the Rector, Professor Samuel Kwaku Bonsu, the Institute described recent media reports suggesting that management was deliberately preventing students from […]

Ghana is currently experiencing a seasonal influenza outbreak, with confirmed cases of both H1N1 and H3N2 subtypes of the Influenza A virus detected in multiple regions. Health authorities report that the Central and Eastern Regions are battling outbreaks of the H1N1 strain, while the Greater Accra Region has recorded 42 confirmed cases of the H3N2 […]

The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has disclosed that the reconstruction of the La General Hospital will cost the state approximately €50 million. He revealed that the government has already disbursed €7 million to the contractor, with an outstanding balance of about €43 million required to complete the project. The La General Hospital, which […]

The Director of Legal Affairs for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has strongly defended President John Dramani Mahama’s handling of the fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, describing him as a leader unafraid of taking on difficult challenges. In a Facebook post responding to an upcoming JoyNews investigative documentary on […]

More than 334,000 people are currently living with HIV in Ghana, yet over 107,000 of them have never been tested and remain unaware of their status, according to new data from UNAIDS Ghana. Health experts caution that this gap is undermining national efforts to curb the spread of the virus, with young people accounting for […]