Ghana’s ecology is in crisis as its natural resources continue to be mismanaged and ill-treated by various organisations and parties in a bid to derive economic benefits. Professor Rose E. M. Entsua-Mensah, the former Deputy

The Cuban government has said the United States of America’s (USA) fresh sanctions to strengthen the blockade imposed on Cuba threaten the peace and stability

Ghanaians on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 joined the Korean Embassy in Accra to celebrate the Korean National Day. The ceremony was attended by ministers of state, Members of Parliament, religious leaders, businesses and members of the Diplomatic

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has recruited 303 new personnel to augment its staff strength after an intensive eight months of physical and theoretical training in various disciplines. The newly recruited officers, made up 215 males and 105 females, were taken through fire science, building construction, fire service management, fire service operation, chemistry combustion, … The post 303

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inspected ongoing works on the construction of 10 kilometre road network in Nkawkaw, in the Eastern Region.  The construction is to improve road transport network connectivity, accessibility, as well as reduce travel

The Dormaa Traditional Council in the Bono Region has launched the 20th anniversary celebration of the enstoolment of Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang-Badu II, the Paramount Chief, and Odeneho Akosua Fima II, Queen of Dormaa. The Council, also launched the celebration of the 2019 ‘Kwafie festival’ the most significant event on the traditional calendar, celebrated by the … The post Dormaa

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has declared war on contractors not performing as expected. According to the President, from Monday,October 14, “I will order the Minister of Local Government to terminate the contracts of

GOVERNMENT will this week address the grievances of the Technical Universities Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) whose members are on strike over service conditions, Professor Kwesi Yankah, Minister of State in-charge of Tertiary Education has assured. He insisted that a continued strike

Women diagnosed with breast cancer should not allow men to stand in their way of treatment, the Head of Breast Care Unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Florence Dedey, has advised. In an interview with the Ghanaian Times on Friday, Dr Dedey noted that while some men

Plans are underway for the beginning of direct flights from Ghana to Spain and vice versa, Minister for Aviation, Mr Joseph Kofi Adda has revealed. He said the move formed parts of efforts by government to make Ghana, West Africa’s Aviation

The Keta Senior High School (KETASCO) Clinic has seen a major refurbishment, undertaken by the school’s 1969/74 year group as part of celebrations marking the golden jubilee of their admission into the school half a century ago. Worth over GH¢40, 000, it brings to an end the practice of indisposed students sleeping on the bare … The post Keta SHS clinic refurbished appeared first on

The School of Business and Communication at the Bluecrest College has held a Media Business and Professional Journalism Forum for the students of the department. It was organised as part of efforts to groom the next generation of initiators of positive change within

The Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), Dr John Ofori-Tenkorang, has advised tertiary students to be conscious of retirement planning and social security to bequeath them better future. He urged students not to perceive the future and old age as distant and somewhat unlikely

The Principal of the Navrongo Campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS), Professor Albert Luguterah, has hinted that plans are being initiated to introduce innovative and demand driven academic programmes once the campus is officially declared an autonomous university. He explained that the science-based University would focus and add more technology driven courses including … The post Navrongo

The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has urged the citizenry to lobby their Members of Parliament (MPs) to help speed up parliament’s proceedings on the amendment of Article 243 (1) of the 1992 Constitution. However, the election of Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives

The youth wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Nandom Constituency of the Upper West Region at the weekend staged a walkout at the party’s Regional Youth Conference held in Wa. The act was in protest against a decision by the organisers of the conference to exclude the name of

The leadership of the All People’s Congress (APC) is optimistic the Electoral Commission (EC) will not disqualify the party and its presidential candidate in the 2020 general election. It is strategising and in deliberations with the Electoral Management Board to avoid disqualification in the

Adwoa Safo, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dome Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region and Chairperson of the Women’s Caucus in Parliament, has underscored the need for legislation to deal with sexual harassment in the country. She explained that “the recent investigative piece by the BBC

In his “The Wealth of Networks” Harvard scholar Yochai Benklerdemonstrates that information, knowledge, and culture always depend on an “economy”, a system for generating, collecting, organizing, and distributing them. In what Benkler calls the “industrial information economy” these functions require massive and expensive capital equipment, buildings to house the equipment, and large and expensive labor … The post The

The Vice Chancellor for the University for Development Studies, Professor Gabriel Ayum Teye has assured fresh students of the institution that, it had a robust policy on sexual harassment to protect both students and lecturers alike. The policy, he said did not countenance or shield perpetrators of sexual misdeeds against either a lecturer or a … The post ?UDS