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The Ghanaian pilot who historically flew the world’s biggest passenger Aircraft to Accra this week, Captain Solomon Quainoo, has made a passionate appeal to the government to invest more in the country’s aviation industry to help the country produce more local pilots. According to the Emirates Airline pilot, the high cost of educating and training pilots have contributed to the ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is alerting the public to the activities of fraudsters using the name of the Ministry to dupe unsuspecting members of the public with empty-promises to acquire visas for them. A press release by the Ministry says it is not responsible for acquiring visas for the general public, and that it may assist ...

University of Ghana’s Institute for Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) has warned that the times ahead will be hard and Ghanaians should prepare for what is coming, MyNewsGH.com reports. This follows the prediction by ISSER that, the cedi will further depreciate against the dollar in 2018. “It’s expected that the cedi will depreciate slightly more than the 2017 levels ...

The Ministry of Health (MoH), through the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has hinted of an expansion of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) care – including breast cancer- to the primary care level. Dr. Badu Sarkodie, Public Health Director at the GHS, who announced this in Accra, said government is currently reviewing the National NCDs Strategy, which will include breast cancer care at ...

Connected devices are important these days to allow people to connect with one another. However, for many, these devices also serve as an excuse to avoid interacting with other people when faced with an awkward social situation. The latest survey by Moscow-based cyber security company Kaspersky Lab found this tendency after 75 per cent of respondents admitted that they pretended ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...