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  The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has asked the public to participate in the COVID-19 vaccination exercise to save their lives and that of others. Mr. Peter Gyasi, the Deputy Bono Regional Director of the NCCE, said the vaccine was an additional preventive measure to support the wearing of nose masks, frequent hand washing with soap under running water, the use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, and the social distancing protocols, to prevent the pandemic. He was speaking at the Bono Regional Inter-Party Dialogue Committee (IPDC) post-election review and deliberation meetin...

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has observed that it was important for the Audit Service to continue to be a strong institution helping to protect the public purse after the exit of the immediate past Auditor General, Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, in March 2021.  The fund said the Audit Service should exhibit that strength by following up on reports that were outstanding prior to the retirement of Mr Domelevo. Its first comment on the matter, the IMF's observation was contained in a response to Graphic Online’s  questions on the economy, the 2021 Budget Statement and other issues of na...

  Scientists are to meet in Accra to deliberate on ways to strengthen West Africa's diagnostic and research environment to combat infectious diseases. The long term impact of COVID-19 patients treatment on the fight against drug resistance in West Africa is one of the many issues that will engage the attention of West African scientists when they converge in Accra, Ghana, from 21st to 22nd April for CelebrateLAB West Africa 2021 Conference. With no known treatment for COVID-19, antibiotics are used globally in patients’ management, even where there is no confirmed co-infection requiring an...

  Director of Communications for the New Patriotic Party, Yaw Buaben Asamoa has described the recent intermittent power outages in the country as a “different” one as opposed to that from former president John Mahama’s era. According to him, the infrastructure for the transmission lines have come under huge pressure hence the reasons for the outages. Speaking on JoyNews' NewsFile programme, Yaw Buaben Asamoa urged citizens to be patient with the government and energy sector players as they find workable means to solve the problem. “This 'dumsor' is a different kind of 'dumsor.' ...

  Huawei released its 2020 Annual Report today. Growth slowed, but the company's business performance was largely in line with forecast. Huawei's sales revenue in 2020 rounded off at CNY891.4 billion, up 3.8% year-on-year, and its net profit reached CNY64.6 billion, up 3.2% year-on-year.   Despite operational difficulties brought about by US sanctions in 2019 and 2020, Huawei has continued to invite KPMG to independently and objectively audit our financial statements. The document produced by KPMG is a standard unmodified audit opinion. No matter the circumstances, we will continue to embra...