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Testing period blood for signs of cervical cancer could be an accurate and convenient way of screening for the disease, researchers say. The current NHS test involves a nurse or doctor taking a sample of cells from the cervix - but a third of women invited for screening do not attend. Read More …Source: www.graphic.com.ghRead full article

The Ghana Police Service has begun nationwide enforcement against illegal and uncertified cash-in-transit and armoured bullion vehicles as part of new measures to tighten security around the movement of cash and other high-value items. The action follows concerns over repeated armed attacks on cash-in-transit operations, which have led to deaths and raised questions about safety standards in the sector. Read More …Source: www.graphic.com.ghRead full article

Thirty-six infants in the UK have had suspected food poisoning from contaminated baby formula. It comes after specific batches made by Nestle and Danone were recalled after possible contamination with the toxin, cereulide. Read More …Source: www.graphic.com.ghRead full article

Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Anani Quashie, together with staff of the Ghana High Commission in Pretoria, accorded a warm and dignified reception to His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, upon his arrival at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on February 4, 2026.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

Ghana, bless her earnest soul, has a special talent: we turn symbols into battlegrounds. Flags, statues, names—these things receive more scrutiny than potholes. An airport, minding its own business since colonial times, suddenly finds itself accused of ideological misconduct.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

According to the Chamber, investment modelling confirms broader competitiveness concerns, stressing that simulations show that the proposed sliding-scale royalty would reduce Non-Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) materially across multiple operations, including an 8.0% decline in NPV at AngloGold Ashanti’s Obuasi Mine. This is a magnitude sufficient to push projects below typical internal hurdle rates and trigger capital deferral or cancellation.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

Democracy does not attend all-night prayer meetings. The ballot box does not watch Facebook Live. And delegates, like rain, cannot be commanded—only courted.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

The Municipal Chief Executive, Alfred Ato Allotey-Gaisie, has announced the immediate suspension of all burials at the Osu Cemetery following disturbing revelations of illegal exhumations, desecration of human remains, and the unauthorised sale of burial plots.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article

The Right to Information Commission (RTIC) has imposed a GH₵10,000 administrative penalty on the Ghana Education Service (GES) for failing to respond to an information request submitted under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.Source: www.myjoyonline.comRead full article