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Air quality-related sicknesses kill 7 million people globally every year. And now a recent study published in Cardiovascular Research estimates that about 15% of deaths worldwide from COVID-19 could be attributed to long-term exposure to air pollution. In Europe the proportion was about 19%, in North America it was 17%,...
The Member of Parliament for Kumbungu constituency, Dr. Adam Hamza, has handed over a three-unit classroom block and an office complex project to the staff and pupils of Gumo D/A Primary School of the Kumbungu district in the Northern Region.
The gesture was accompanied with the provision of 400 exercise...
“Congratulations on your elevation Ecobank head office especially in the year of signs and wonders. Cedar Mountain Chapel, East Legon, Assemblies of God is proud of you”. That was how the Rev. Steve Wengam, the immediate past Chairman of the Ghana Prison Service Council, took to Facebook to...
In calculating the tax payable by individuals, tax laws take into consideration the person’s personal circumstances in life. For instance, a married individual who has three children, in school, this individual provides the necessaries of life of his aged relatives. Such a person is likely to be hard pressed...
Financial institutions approve and disburse loans to individuals and firms to generate profit for their sustainability. However, one major challenge financial institutions face is loan default. Multiple borrowing is widely acknowledged as a major factor that contributes to loan default; but there is virtually no empirical evidence in support...
The Legal Department of Stanbic Bank Ghana, as part of their Team Legal Club (TLC) programme, has donated educational materials and mattresses to the Senior Correctional Centre, formerly known as the Borstal Home, to aid teaching and learning at the Centre.
This donation comes on the back of an appeal...
… calls for constant innovation to stay ahead of times
Profitability is key to a bank’s health and growth, but that should not override other factors such as the brand’s promise, integrity, constant innovation and adherence to ethics, the Chartered Institute of Bankers Ghana (CIB) has said in its extensive...
On the latest episode of Vodafone Healthline series, health professionals have debunked the assertion that sweating while working out is fat-burning.
General Practitioner Dr. Kwekuma Yalley explained that humans sweat when there is a way for the body to regulate temperature; thus when the body temperature goes up, the body...
Ghana has set March 2 as the day to begin distribution of the 600,000 doses COVID-19 vaccine from the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access (COVAX) Facility received yesterday morning. Already, some regions have prepared to receive their allocations and proceed with immunisations.
The Minister-designate for Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, led a...
