SECURITY ANALYST Dr Kwesi Aning has described as disturbing the decision by the government to exclude the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) and National Security from inspection agencies at the ports. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia made the announcement last Wednesday as part of what he said were efforts to reform …

FROM ISSAHAKU MOHAMMED, TAMALE MR ISAAC Swatson, an officer at the Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) under the Ghana Education Service (GES), has said the essence of the government, through the Ministry of Education, having a new policy of placing children in senior high schools formulated is to …

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH Muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh THE HIGH Court in Accra, presided over by Justice Kofi Dorgu, has adjourned hearing of the bail application before it by lawyers of the embattled Director of Obengfo Hospital, Dominic Obeng Andoh and Edward Amponsah to June 21.   The two accused persons, who are currently …

FROM EMMANUEL OHENE DJAN, SCOTLAND   OVER 40 Ghanaian Oil and Gas companies registered with the Petroleum Commission have been exposed to the latest technologies in their industries at the ongoing Oil and Gas trade mission in Aberdeen, Scotland.   The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission, Egbert Faibile Jnr, …

BY ROSEMOND BOATENG ADDAI Rosemond.adjetey@yahoo.com THE CONSUMER Price Index (CPI), which measures the change over time in the general price level of goods and services that households acquire for the purposes of consumption in the month of May 2018, has increased to 9.8% as compared to that of the month …

The new survey puts to question the effectiveness of the ban on abortions in countries like Nigeria. Of the 25 countries with highest search interest in Misoprostol, 11 are in Africa and 14 are in Latin America. The BBC survey further revealed that countries with the strictest laws, where abortion …

WHILE NIGERIA’S abortion laws are some of the most restrictive in the world, the country ranks top among countries whose citizens are in search of abortion pills, a new survey has revealed. Nigeria and Ghana are the two countries with the highest search interest in Misoprostol, an abortion pill, the …

FIRST LADY Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has called for increased collaboration among key stakeholders in the health sector towards achieving universal health coverage. Mrs Akufo-Addo has also asked for the intensification of domestic resource mobilisation and improved social mobilisation and health communication to address the social cultural practices that impede positive …

Papaya helps in digestion It promotes weight loss Regulates menstruation Prevents infections It provides relief from a toothache Has anti-cancer properties It helps in skin care Papaya reduces the symptoms of acne and burns Source: www.dailyheritage.com.gh

EXCELLENT IN Broadcasting Network (EIB), together with the John Agyekum Kufuor Foundation, will hold a health walk on Saturday, June 16, 2018 as part of activities to raise GHȼ80 million to be put in an endowment fund to sustain the foundation’s programme. The walk, according to the foundation’s CEO, Baffour Agyeman-Duah, …