A five-year-old girl at Nakpanduri in the North East Region has been allegedly defiled by a 30-year old man. Medical report from the Baptist Medical Centre at Narelugu confirms traces of semen and penetration, the girl has been discharged by the hospital and sent back to Nakpanduri. According to reports, police in the area are yet to make an arrest. …
The Centre for Regional Integration in Africa (CRIA) has urged African countries to shift from the traditional approach to integration, which does not appear to fit with the African situation, to development integration agenda. Prof S.K.B. Asante, the Executive Director, CRIA said development integration encompassed cooperation among countries in a broader range of areas than just trade and trade facilitation …
An alternative livelihood empowerment support program has been inaugurated at Kyebi in the eastern region. The economic support program, according to government officials will go a long way to provide employment opportunities for the youth of Kyebi, especially persons whose livelihood depended mainly on illegal mining. Inaugurating the ultramodern dressmaking centre, Kojo Ofori Sarfo, MCE for Abuakwa South municipal said …
Nestle, a Nutrition Health and Wellness Company, through its Research and Development Centre hopes to come up with packages that are 100 per cent recyclable as part of solution plastic menace. This move is a long-term goal of the company, but currently, it has succeeded in eliminating single-use plastics at its offices by prohibiting the use of plastic cutlery, straws, …
A total of 2,330 candidates are writing this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Hohoe, in the Volta region. Out of the number, 1,181 are boys and 1,149, girls from 78 public and private schools. The candidates are writing the examination at eight centres in the Municipality. At Alavanyo Wudidi L/A Junior High School, one of the five examination …
A female candidate of the on-going Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), brave the odds and took her six week old baby along to write the examination which began nationwide on Monday. The candidate (name withheld) a student of one of the Junior High School in the Sekyere-Central District of Ashanti, was among the 1,144 candidates who registered to take part …
Ghana’s defeat at the hands of the so-called minnows Namibia is a clear indication that this month’s Africa Cup of Nations is not going to be easy for the Black Stars. There are no minnows in African football any longer as the teams considered as small are now punching above their weight and getting the desired results. The Black Stars …
A survey on trade development for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana has revealed that free and fair trade contributes to economic development and poverty reduction in developing and emerging economies. The survey showed that increased trade openness was associated with lower levels of absolute poverty and reduced wage discrimination by gender or race. The study was conducted …
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced that its online registration portal is temporarily unavailable for public usage. According to the Authority in a communique, the portal was meant to be launched after all its operational and technical components are ready. However, its Executive Secretary, Prof Ken Attafuah, mentioned the existence of an online portal in an interview on …
George Somuah Bosompem, the 57-year-old tutor of Asiakwa Salvation Army Basic School in the Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region, who was brutally beaten to death, revealed that the six boys carried out ‘reprisal’ attack on him owing to a dispute over snails three years ago. In an audio recording by a colleague female teacher, the deceased narrated how …
