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Day: September 23, 2024

GACL confirms smoke emission from passenger’s luggage at KIA Terminal 3

Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has confirmed that on Sunday, September 22, 2024, at approximately 1527 hours, a passenger’s luggage was detected to be emitting smoke at the baggage wrap area at the Departure Hall, Terminal 3, KIA. The Operations Room of Aviation Security Department was immediately alerted and the

UMaT Scientists discover Tantalum deposits in Southern Ghana

Research has revealed that a new mineral, Tantalum, has been discovered at Bewadze-Mankoadze in the Kibi-Winneba Belt of southern Ghana. The mineral is found in large quantities of an igneous rock known as pegmatite. This is contained in a published paper by Dr Emmanuel Daanoba Sunkari, a Lecturer at the

Nkrumah’s Memorial Day receives varied opinions in Sunyani

The commemoration of the Memorial Day of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah has received varied reactions among a section of the public in the Sunyani municipality. The Ministry of Interior has officially designated Monday, September 23, 2024, as a public holiday to commemorate Dr Nkrumah’s Memorial Day. His

Upper East GTA awards: GNA adjudged Digital Tourism Icon of the Year

The Bolgatanga Office of the Ghana News Agency (GNA) has been adjudged the Digital Tourism Icon of the Year, 2024, at the Upper East Regional branch of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) awards held over the weekend. It received a certificate and a citation at a ceremony held on the

New climate report calls for reframing of global temperature targets

There is an urgent need to reframe the 1.5 Celsius temperature limits as long-term global temperature measurements are ‘failing’ to capture the increasing rate of warming, a new Report by the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG) has indicated. The CCAG said the inaccuracy in temperature measurements masked the true extent

Wa Naa honours former NYA Director for his contribution to development

Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, the Overlord of the Wala Traditional Council, has recognised Mr. Sulemana Mumuni, a former Director at the National Youth Authority (NYA), for his dedication to contributing to the development of the traditional area, the Upper West Region and beyond. Mr. Mumuni, the Executive Director of

Galamsey pushing herbal plants into extinction – Expert warns

For many in Wassa Agona and surrounding areas in the Western North Region, medical conditions like headaches, ringworm and scabies were mostly treated with the leaves, of Aubregrinia taiensis (Duatadwe kese). Now, that practice is gradually fading, giving way to orthodox medicine such as creams and Antibiotics which come at

GEd may hold the key to modernising Ghana’s food systems-MESTI

Innovations in modern biotechnology such as Genome Editing (GEd) may hold the key to modernising Ghana’s food systems, Mr Kwamena Essilfie Quaison, Director of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Ministry for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI) has said. He noted that the world had entered a phase of