Fred Quame Asare

1 week ago | myjoyonline.com | Fred Quame Asare

The Union of Trainee Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UTNMG) has pleaded with the government through the Ministry of Health to extend the validation exercise for the payments of health trainee allowances. The Union explains that the June 20, 2025 deadline for the exercise was too limited hence trainees would not be able to acquire and provide all the required documents and details.

2 weeks ago | myjoyonline.com | Fred Quame Asare

Write for World, a youth-led and youth-centred organisation, has graduated participants of a three-month skills development programme. The project saw the 30 young females drawn from the Guan District in the Oti Region go through intensive training in both entrepreneurship and fashion design at no cost. It was rolled out in partnership with Plan International Ghana under its Youth Empowered to Thrive (YET) Project.

2 weeks ago | myjoyonline.com | Fred Quame Asare

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) in the Volta Region has destroyed confiscated counterfeit pharmaceutical products worth GH₵42 million. The products included aphrodisiacs, post pills, body enhancement, antibiotics and processed food among others. The majority of the contraband was intercepted at the Ghana-Togo border in Akanu, being smuggled into the country. Others were rounded up during routine surveys and swoops on the markets across the Volta and Oti regions.

3 weeks ago | myjoyonline.com | Fred Quame Asare

The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has announced plans to implement a comprehensive waste management and recycling plan later this month. This is aimed at reducing nondegradable waste, especially plastic, by promoting recycling and subsequently banning the product in Ghana.

3 weeks ago | myjoyonline.com | Fred Quame Asare

The Church of Pentecost has partnered with the Ministry of Education to roll out a comprehensive programme aimed at curbing incidents of students physically assaulting teachers. The initiative, implemented under the church’s Schools Outreach Ministry, will introduce a holistic child development programme at the basic school level, with the goal of enhancing discipline and values among learners.