The Food and Drugs Authority, (FDA) in the Upper West Region said it would soon seize and dispose off expired products that have been displayed in shops and the market for sale. It would in addition apply appropriate sanctions where necessary on vendors for selling such expired products to unsuspecting
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has launched the Code of Practice for Sales guidelines, charging stakeholders in the health sector to adhere strictly to it. The Code of Practice for Sales Guidelines is a set
A Pakistani court has sentenced former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death in absentia for treason over his 2007 imposition of emergency rule. Such a verdict is a first in a country with a history of army rule. The military reacted angrily, saying legal process “seems to have been ignored”.
The Pope has declared that the rule of “pontifical secrecy” no longer applies to the sexual abuse of minors, in a bid to improve transparency in such cases. The Church previously shrouded sexual abuse cases in secrecy, in
The government is to add a new clause to the Brexit bill to rule out any extension to the transition period beyond the end of next year. The post-Brexit transition period – due to conclude in December 2020 – can currently be extended by mutual agreement for up to two years. But an amended
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said he had reached a deal with former rebel leader Riek Machar on Tuesday to form a transitional unity government even if they fail to resolve all their differences before a new deadline. Kiir and
Suspected Islamist militiamen killed at least 22 people overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Sunday, as the rebels kept up attacks on civilians despite government claims to have them on the defensive. Similar attacks have killed at
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said that conflict is not the answer to resolving the long-running dispute over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the River Nile. He was responding to October’s remarks by
The Minority in Parliament has threatened to sue the government if the 100 per cent Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited margin slapped on petroleum price build up is not immediately removed. According to the Minority group, the imposition of that tax regime
A 25-year-old man has been arrested by the police for allegedly robbing a German woman and her daughter at Oshiyie beach, near Weija, in Accra. Nii Quarshie Yaw, suspect, and three other accomplices reportedly robbed their victims of a bag containing a yellow towel, two mobile phones, a digital
In many respects, the decision by the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) compelling suppliers to serve Senior High Schools, (SHSs) with only Ghana rice is not only timely but also appropriate. The company announced at a press conference in Accra on Monday that, all public senior High Schools under the free SHS programme would … The post ?NAFCO’s decision
The Bolgatanga Police thwarted the efforts of a group of suspected armed robbers, who mounted a barricade to attack passengers at a spot near Walewale, in the Upper East Region, late Sunday night. Armed with AK 47 assault rifles, the suspected robbers, numbering about six, blocked the road with logs. Before the police arrived at … The post Bolgatanga police thwart plans of armed
The six men arrested some four years ago by the police at Ehi, near Dzodze in the Ketu North District of the Volta Region, for allegedly gang-raping a 16-year-old Junior High School student are still walking freely in the community.This is because the docket on the case was still at the Attorney-General’s Department for years, awaiting … The post ‘Suspected rapists walking freely?’
A 35-year-old man was on Tuesday electrocuted at Ashiyie Fulani, near Fafraha in Accra. The deceased, Michael Tetteh Paddy, was said to have climbed a storey building with the aid of a ladder to check a fault on an overhead polytank. The Head of Public Relations at the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of … The post 35-year-old man electrocuted appeared first on
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