[ad_1] Any attempt by Government or board of trustees of pension schemes to undermine the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on pensions will be fiercely resisted by organised labour. According to Dr Yaw Baah, Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress, it has become aware of a letter dated April 7, 2023 inviting the board of…
[ad_1] About 100 front desk workers of hotels and hospitality institutions are undergoing training in the French language in Accra as part of efforts to enhance hospitality service delivery in the country. The three-month training programme is aimed at enabling the workers provide the needed service to French-speaking tourists. Organised by the Ghana Tourism Authority…
[ad_1] SA’s most influential medical scheme says it has been negotiating with US pharmaceutical manufacturer Vertex over the price of its blockbuster cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta for more than three years but is still “nowhere near” reaching an agreement. The efforts by Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) are being…
Gom Mirian A joint United Nations (UN) humanitarian assessment team, led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), braved the ongoing heavy fighting in northern Gaza to access Al-Shifa Hospital and evaluate the dire situation on the ground. The team, which included experts in public health, logistics, and security from various UN agencies such as OCHA,…
By Gom Mirian The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that a staggering 63 per cent of Nigeria’s population is grappling with deprivation. This figure includes a shocking 70 million children, according to Cristian Munduate, UNICEF Nigeria Representative who made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday. He said this while citing a report at…
[ad_1] Companies Kenya’s Yakwetu Online among seven winners of WIPO 2023 award Monday July 24 2023 (From left) Ambassador Tatiana Molcean (Chair of the 2023 WIPO Awards Jury), Mike Strano, the Yakwetu co-founder and chief operations officer (holding the WIPO award), and the Director General of WIPO Daren Tang. PHOTO | COURTESY | WIPO Kenya’s…
Following the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recent data on food inflation rate increasing to 35.41per cent on a year-on-year basis, Small-Scale Women Farmers Organization in Nigeria (SWOFON) has decried the situation and urged the Federal Government (FG) to invest in Agriculture and Security sector. The National President of the association, Fatima Gummi made this…
[ad_1] The public have been urged to report unusual body rashes for test to be conducted to detect for symptoms of the Mpox disease. That, the La Nkwatanang Madina Municipal Director of Health Service, Dr Priscilla Anima Poku, explained was the only way to prevent the spread of the disease in communities. Mpox is a…
[ad_1] Cooking with gas indoors has been linked to 12.7 per cent of all childhood asthma cases in the United States, a new study has found, comparing its effect on health to that of second-hand smoking. The research prompted calls, including from US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, for more Americans to use electric and induction…
[ad_1] The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has suspended Jerry Williams following his alleged involvement in illicit substances. Abubakar Yakubu, the national secretary of AGN, confirmed to TheCable Lifestyle that the actor’s suspension was in effect. He said Williams was suspended from the movie sets because previous attempts to send him to rehab had been…
