President John Dramani Mahama has directed an expansion in recruitment across the country’s security services, increasing the intake target from 20,000 to 40,000 personnel over the next four years.
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three suspects in Larsi, Odumase-Krobo for possessing 105 bundles of counterfeit US $100 notes discovered in a student’s trunk.
The Kwabenya District Police Command has taken into custody four field officers of Bills Micro-Credit Limited following a disturbing incident in which a mother carrying a baby was allegedly assaulted during a loan recovery attempt at Ashongman Estate.
The Lordina Foundation has renovated and equipped the Anyima Health Centre in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region to improve maternal and child healthcare delivery in the area.
The Secretariat of the Responsible Cooperative Mining and Skills Development Programme (rCOMSDEP), in collaboration with the Minerals Commission, has begun a nationwide registration of small-scale miners.
Health experts have raised alarm over the growing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Ghana, revealing that about 13 per cent of the adult population, an estimated four million, are living with the condition, many without knowing.
Ghana and Japan have launched a joint skills development programme to equip youth with technical skills in the automotive industry and expand international employment opportunities.
The Ministry of Health has announced that it has obtained financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance to pay allowances and salaries for 14,279 rotation nurses and midwives, as well as 637 medical and dental house officers.
Callistus Mahama, Secretary to the President, has revealed that Ghana is expected to acquire additional aircraft for presidential travel by November this year as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s state aviation capacity.
