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Assembly bans use of lorry tyres for meat processing

The West Akyem Municipal Assembly has passed a bye-law banning the use of lorry tyres in the processing of meat for sale by butchers and slaughterhouses in the Municipality. Any butcher who breaches the bye-law will be liable on conviction to a fine of between 50 and 100 penalty units (GHc600-GHc1200) or in default imprisonment to a term not exceeding ...

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SoEs Register GH¢1.29bn Loss

Yaw Osafo Maafo

State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) in the country recorded a net loss of GH¢1.29 billion last year, the State Ownership Report has revealed. The report, launched in Accra on Thursday,  however, said that the losses were a reduction over similar losses recorded in 2016. According to the report, the bane of SOEs was their chronic inability to contain costs, as their aggregate operating ...

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People’s Democratic Movement Launched

Madam Rodaline Imoru speaking at the launch

The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) has been launched to facilitate political, democratic and socioeconomic change in Ghana. PDM would ensure the “redemption, reconstruction and rebirth of the Republic of Ghana.” The movement is optimistic Ghana can be developed into a modern nation that will harness its natural resources for effective development. Accordingly, the PDM also is expected to help Ghana ...

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Death traps on Ofankor-Nsawam highway; drivers create 74 illegal U-turns

The alarming presence of many unauthorised U-turns along the Pokuase-Nsawam dual carriageway, which is part of the Accra-Kumasi highway, has triggered indiscipline on the busy highway and compromised the safety of road users. On a daily basis, drivers of private and commercial vehicles, especially trotros, taxis and articulated trucks, use the illegal U-turns to avoid heavy traffic that mounts on ...

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Ban Sale Of Herbal Medicines Containing Toxic Alkaloids – Food Scientist Urges FDA

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has been urged to ban the sale of herbal medicines with preparation from certain plants containing pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA), a dangerous toxin that destroys the liver. According to a lecturer at the Department of Food Science and Technology at the Ho Technical University (HTU), Dr Emmanuel Letsyo, in spite of the poisonous nature of ...

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African leaders urged to invest in Sexual and Reproductive Health

Mr Sam Ntalemo, the Representative of the International Plan Parenthood Federation, Africa Region, has called on African leaders to invest in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of their citizenry. He said with the right investments, young people, especially girls, would be in school to prepare them for their responsibilities as citizens and foster a healthy and productive working ...

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54 Babies Die At Sunyani Hospital Due To Lack Of Incubators

The Neonatal Unit of the Sunyani Regional Hospital in the Brong Ahafo Region recorded a total of 54 deaths within the first six months of the year due to the lack of incubators at the referral facility. Even though the unit receives about seven pre-term babies a day, it only has four incubators, thereby compelling health personnel to tuck up ...

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Ghana introduces pictorial health warnings on cigarette packs

The Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), a non-governmental organisation, has commended the Food and Drugs Authority, (FDA) for the implementation of pictorial health warning on cigarette packages. It expressed gratitude to the FDA for keeping to its commitment to introducing the pictorial warnings on Ghana’s cigarette packages. The VALD, which is a non-governmental organisation into curbing the use of tobacco ...

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Real Estate Sector Hit By Cedi Fall, High Duty Tariffs

Ghana’s real estate sector is once again being battered by the falling value of the Ghana cedi against major trading currencies and rising import charges. Speaking to Business Finder, Executive Secretary of the Ghana Real Estate Developers Association (GREDA), Sammy Amegayibor said the fall in the value of the cedi is badly affecting players in the sector because most of ...

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Foreign Currency Deposits Up 18.3% Despite Cedi Depreciation

Despite the depreciation of the cedi, foreign currency deposits with banks grew by 18.3 percent in August 2018 compared with 6.4 percent and 6.2 percent growth respectively in June and May 2018. According to the latest Bank of Ghana’s Summary of Macroeconomic and Financial Data, foreign currency deposits also grew by 15.4 percent in July 2018. The recent growth might ...

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