USA partners Ghana to promote healthy lifestyle
The United States of America is partnering with Ghana’s Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service to encourage all Ghanaians to “Live a Good Life!”. In 2016, the Ghana Health Service revived the GoodLife brand, a mass media campaign to promote healthy lifestyle messages through television, radio, posters, and brochures. The United States Agency […]
Stop posting nude pictures on social media – Ursula Owusu
Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekufful, has advised young girls to avoid posting nude videos and photos of themselves online. She described the practice as offensive to womanhood, which casts a slur on the integrity of young girls who indulge in the act and cautioned that it could ruin their lives forever. She noted that once […]
TUTAG refuses to back down; Says strike continues
The Chairman of TUTAG, Uriah Stone Tetteh says until their demands are met, they will not return to the lecture halls. Speaking to GBC’s Radio Ghana, Mr. Tetteh said TUTAG turned down government’s proposals during last Wednesday’s (October 23) meeting because it did not meet their expectations. Mr. Tetteh says there could be an imminent […]
Labour Expert calls for transparency in SSNIT’s new policy to end lump-sum payments
The Director-General of Social Security and National Insurance Trust, SSNIT Dr. John Ofori-Tenkorang has announced that the Trust would from first January 2020 cease the payment of lump sums to workers who turn 60 years. The disclosure is under PNDC law 247, so contributors would now have to turn to their Fund Managers for their […]
Anglican Bishop appeals for anti-child trafficking support from US
The Right Reverend Daniel S. M. Torto, the Anglican Bishop of the Accra Diocese, has appealed to the United States Embassy for support to fight and control child trafficking in the country. The appeal was for computers and other teaching and learning materials for training of victims of child trafficking. The appeal was made after […]
Update: GFA Presidential Election enters third round
The Ghana Football Association’s Presidential election entered a third runoff after none of the candidates managed to secure the 50%+1 majority Voting is currently on-going in a YES or NO phase after Mr George Afriyie conceded defeat. The election entered a second round after none of the candidates could secure a clear 50% plus one […]
GFA Presidential Election enters second round
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) Presidential election has gone into a second round after the first round of voting could not produce a clear winner. It is required that the winner should get 50% plus one vote of the total number of the votes cast. The election is being held at the Ghana College of […]
UK lorry deaths: Police arrest two more people after 39 Chinese nationals found in truck
Police on Friday arrested two more people after 39 Chinese nationals were found dead in a lorry near London earlier this week. A 38-year-old man and woman from Warrington were arrested “on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people and on suspicion of 39 counts of manslaughter,” Essex Police said in a statement. The 25-year-old lorry […]
Botswana’s ruling party BDP wins general election- Chief justice
The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has won the general election after securing 29 national assembly seats, representing 51 percent of the vote, the chief justice announced on Friday. Botswana voted on Wednesday to elect 57 national assembly and 490 local government representatives, with the candidate of the winning party set to become president. The main […]
Thai fisherman stumbles across precious whale vomit worth $320,000
A Thai fisherman is set for a windfall after he stumbled across a massive lump of ‘whale vomit’, worth an estimated $320,000. Jumrus Thiachot, 55, spotted the 14lbs piece of ambergris while he was walking along the beach in Koh Samui, southern Thailand, earlier this year. The fisherman – unsure of what it was – kept […]
