Waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL), has been rated high in its continuous efforts to support the government’s fight against the new coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.  Making the commendation during the 3rd phase of market disinfection in his region yesterday the Western North Regional Minister, Mr. Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu, said he was “very much impressed” with Zoomlion and its sustained …

Markets and lorry stations in the Greater Accra Region have benefited from the third national disinfection currently ongoing in the sixteen regions of the country. The Accra exercise, which came off yesterday, was a collaboration between the government and waste management giant – Zoomlion Ghana Limited. It was part of government’s measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic currently on the …

The Deputy Minister for Savannah Region, Hon. Samuel Yeyu Tika has noted that the decision by President Akufo Addo to add disinfection exercise in the fight against COVID-19 since the outbreak, has contributed tremendously to reduce the spread of the virus. He averred that President Akufo Addo and the NPP government have done marvelously well in fighting the virus when …

The third phase of the national market disinfection exercise is currently underway in the six districts of the Ahafo Region. The districts are Asunafo North, Asunafo South, Asutifi North, Asutifi South, Tano North and Tano South. The exercise—aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid-19 disease in the country—is a collaboration between the government and waste management expert, Zoomlion Ghana …

The Upper East Regional Minister, Paulina Patience Abayage, has admonished the people of Bolgatanga to always keep their environment clean and safe. According to the minister, one of the challenges the region is facing is as a results of littering by sachet water sellers. Ms Abayage made these comments during the ongoing evacuation of dumpsites across the country, saying “Bolga …

Deputy Minister for Health, Tina Mensah yesterday officially unveiled, COA Mixture, an indigenously manufactured herbal medicine approved by the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) for general wellbeing. Madam Tina Mensah said the Ministry of Health is working towards adopting some 40 herbal products for further cooperation for growth and COA falls within the said 40. She was emphatic that regulatory …

The government of Ghana through the ministry of sanitation and water resources (MSWR) and the municipal assemblies has begun a nationwide evacuation of community dumping sites to a final site created to hold all waste generated in the various districts in the country. The exercise begun on Monday, October 19, 2020 in Kade, Eastern Region, and was expected to last …

The Member of Parliament for Akuapem North constituency in the Eastern Region, Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah-Adjei, has commissioned a 6 unit classroom and Kindergarten block with a sickbay facility for the visually impaired at the Akropong School for the blind.  The facility will help improve teaching, learning, and also enhance and strengthen the health needs of the students, who must …

US President Donald Trump has said he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for coronavirus and are now self-isolating. Mr Trump, aged 74 and therefore in a high-risk group, wrote on Twitter: “We will get through this together.” The president has “mild symptoms” of coronavirus, White House officials say. Mr Trump’s announcement comes just over a month before …

The Audit Service has dismissed suggestions by the Minority in Parliament that the Service’s delay in submitting and publishing of reports of the Auditor-General for the 2019 financial year was an attempt to cover up corruption on the part of government. According to the Service, the delay was as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown directive …