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Covid-19 death toll in Ghana has now inched up to 16 from 11 as of Saturday. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye on Tuesday. Positive cases of the Virus in Ghana have also risen to 1,671 from 1,550. Addressing a Press Conference Tuesday, Dr Aboagye stated that 1,461 are doing well with ...

General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Kwadwo Asiedu Nketia says President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s primary objective is not to win the war against the deadly novel Coronavirus. According to him, Ghanaians should not delude themselves into thinking the President means whatever he says, especially on measures put in place to fight the COVID-19. Speaking on Okay ...

Ghanaian actor turned politician, John Dumelo has said he will not stop trying if he fails to win the Ayawaso West Wuogon parliamentary election. Making reference to late President John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills and Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the aspiring member of parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] noted that ...

Free training to be provided for 300 female SHS graduates from underprivileged communities An ultra-modern business solution to be setup in the community to sustain the project for five additional years and provide internships and employment for the girls Ghana, 28th April 2020: As part of celebrations to mark the global Girls in ICT Day, on Thursday, 23rd April 2020, Soronko Academy, a technology social enterprise, ...

Renowned marriage counselor, life coach and relationship expert Kwaku Adumatah, popularly known as Uncle Adumatah, has come out strongly to advise married women, specifically Christians, facing marital abuses, to divorce their husbands and save their lives. In an interview with Owurayere Nanapani Arhin, host of the Obasima show on Onua FM, Uncle Adumatah said no Christian woman should allow an ...

There is fear and panic at Pabi, a farming community near Asamankese in the West Akyem Municipality of the Eastern Region after a 34-year-old woman tested positive for Coronavirus. The woman has no travel history but Starr News has gathered that some three family members who fled from lockdown areas returned to the house where she lives some few weeks ...

Police in Asankragwa led by the Divisional Crime Officer Superintendent Henry Agbeve have arrested nine persons, including two National Security personnel for robbing miners near Atalla of their gold concentrate. The suspects are: Anas Adams, 35 years, a National Security personnel of Jubilee House operations; George Ohene Adjei 56, driver, Jonathan Aryer 28, unemployed; Agyeman Jackson, 29, unemployed and Isaac ...

Doctors at the National Cardiothoracic Center at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital have resorted to using their own money to purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as the country battles COVID-19. The doctors say they are compelled to cough out amounts ranging between GHC200 and GHC300 to purchase the PPE which has seen a price hike in recent times. A doctor ...

Zoomlion Ghana has taken its disinfection exercise to the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) as part of measures to curb the spread of the deadly COVID-19. Management of Zoomlion last month initiated a programme to disinfect corporate institutions and other organisation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zoomlion is undertaking this exercise through its vector control company Vectorpes and other ...

The Upper East region has recorded 10 more cases of COVID-19 bringing the regional total of cases to 18. The District Chief Executive for Pusiga confirmed the development to Starr News Monday. Positive cases of the virus in the region stood at eight as of Sunday. The new cases are spread among the Bawku and Bolga Municipalities, Kasena-Nankana, Bawku West ...