{"id":2813,"date":"2020-04-13T09:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T09:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/nu\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2020-04-13T09:01:23","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T09:01:23","slug":"covid-19-responses-social-services-religious-and-corporate-bodies-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/covid-19-responses-social-services-religious-and-corporate-bodies-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Responses: social services, religious and corporate bodies in the news-Week3"},"content":{"rendered":"

GES releases virtual learning timetable: <\/strong>The Ministry of Education through the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the timetable for the virtual learning for senior high schools (SHS) on a GTV started today at 8.30am   [Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ghanaian students in China express worry over coronavirus in Ghana: <\/strong>Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng says the Ghanaian Community there, especially the students in Wuhan Province, the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, are worried about the situation in Ghana currently and are planning to mobilize resources to help save their home country from the pandemic.  [Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Aflao Police urge Group to cancel teachers award ceremony:<\/strong> The Concern Citizens of Wudoaba-Akato in the Aflao Traditional Area of the Ketu South Municipality has postponed planned teacher awards ceremony indefinitely. The postponement follows calls from Aflao District Police to cancel the programme to avert arrest. [Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong>  <\/p>\n

Konadu Agyeman Rawlings accuses NCCE of sleeping on job:<\/strong> The founder of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings also a former ex-First Lady, has accused the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) of sleeping on its mandate.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong>  <\/p>\n

Covid-19: Schools in Central Region assigned to manage suspected cases :<\/strong> Central Region Minister, Kwamena Duncan, has tasked District Chief Executives (DCEs) and health authorities in the Region to designate schools in every district to serve as centres to manage suspected coronavirus cases.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong>  <\/p>\n

Awutu Senya West needs more education on coronavirus \u2013 George Andah :<\/strong> Deputy Minister of Communications, Nenyi George Andah, has charged health workers, journalists and the security personnel to intensify education on the Covid-19 diseases in his constituency, Awutu Senya West.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong>  <\/p>\n

Absa Bank Ghana Support Students with Soft Skills E-Learning Programme During COVID-19   <\/strong>In line with Absa Bank Ghana\u2019s Education and Skills Development programme under its Force for Good agenda, the bank is offering educational support to tertiary students through its free online learning platform, ReadytoWork, as they stay home due to the Coronavirus pandemic.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong>  <\/p>\n

Competition opens to student on Covid-19 short stories:<\/strong> As part of measures to get students who are currently on mandatory vacation busy, as a result of the outbreak of the pandemic, coronavirus (COVID-19), Studentshubgh in collaboration with Sedesel Publications are organizing writing competition for students.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong>  <\/p>\n

COVID-19: PPP calls for waiver on electricity bills: <\/strong>The Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to consider a waiver on electricity bills as part of social interventions put in place to cushion Ghanaians against the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n

COVID-19: Government must subsidize electricity tariffs \u2013 Mahama: <\/strong>Former President John Dramani Mahama is pushing for a subsidization of electricity tariff amid the Coronavirus outbreak in Ghana.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <\/p>\n

Sammy Gyamfi writes on President Akufo-Addo\u2019s COVID-19 social interventions: [Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR HEALTH WORKERS: <\/strong>The Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Health and the Board of Directors of Greater Accra Passenger Transport Executive (GAPTE) are rolling Aayalolo Buses to provide transport services on essential health workers on the underlisted routes [Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

COVID-19: Data, social inclusion and matters arising [Article] <\/strong>(Data Driven development for social inclusion)<\/strong>Like Ghana, countries around the world, whether they have recorded cases of COVID-19 infections or not, will experience significant negative socio-economic impacts on the lives of their people.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Deeper Christian Life Ministry Ghana donates GHS20,000 to COVID-19 Trust Fund: <\/strong>The Deeper Christian Life Ministry Ghana has donated an amount of GHS20,000 to the COVID-19 National Trust Fund at the Jubilee House.[Read more]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Coronavirus: Deputy Attorney-General, wife donate GHC20,000 to Trust Fund: <\/strong>\u201cThe President of Ghana had exhibited exceptionally bold and decisive leadership at this time. It was thus in the right vein for all to selflessly lend a hand and support his endeavours to steer the nation out of this unprecedented emergency,\u201d , Godfred Yeboah Dame [Read<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em> mo<\/a><\/span><\/strong>re]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Republic Bank supports coronavirus fight with $2m: <\/strong>Republic Financial Holdings Limited has announced that the Group will be making a $2 million contribution collectively across all of the territories in which it operates, namely, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Guyana, Barbados, Ghana, Suriname, Cayman Islands, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Maarten, Anguilla and Dominica.[Read<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em> mo<\/a><\/span><\/strong>re]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Containing coronavirus: CBG donates GhS 200,000 to Noguchi and the Trust Fund: <\/strong>\u201cEconomic activity in Ghana and worldwide has been hit hard by this pandemic and good corporate institutions such as CBG have moved to support government through the Covid-19 National Trust Fund that the President has set up\u201d Daniel Wilson Addo[Read<\/a><\/span><\/strong> mo<\/a><\/span><\/strong>re]<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

Coronavirus knows no political colours \u2013 Deputy Energy Minister : <\/strong>Deputy Minister for Energy, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, has urged residents in Agbogbloshie in Accra not to politicise the novel Cronavirus because the pandemic does discriminate.[Read<\/a><\/span><\/strong> mo<\/a><\/span><\/strong>re]<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Coronavirus: Mahama donates PPEs to Cape Coast Teaching Hospital: <\/strong>\u201cThe Party wants to support what his Excellency Nana Akuffo Addo is doing to fight the virus and due to that as a responsible party, we will not sit down for the president to do it alone. The Pandemic is not politics so we should stop politicising it and fight it together.[Read<\/a><\/span><\/strong> mo<\/a><\/span><\/strong>re]<\/a><\/span><\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n

ATU supports prison against spread of covid-19 [Read<\/a><\/span> mo<\/a><\/span>re]<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GES releases virtual learning timetable: The Ministry of Education through the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the timetable for the virtual learning for senior high schools (SHS) on a GTV started today at 8.30am   [Read more] Ghanaian students in China express worry over coronavirus in Ghana: Ghana\u2019s Ambassador to China, Edward Boateng says the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid19-public-response"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sendwestafrica.org\/ghana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}