The Uaddara Basic School in Kumasi on Wednesday emerged winners of the maiden edition of the Ghana Science and Technology Explorer Prize ceremony (GSTEP) held in Accra. For emerging winners, each team member of the Uaddara Basic School team will receive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) materials and devices valued at GHS 4,000. The team’s teacher will receive a cash prize of GHS 6,000 and Coursera and data subscriptions valued at GHS 4,000 while the team’s school will
Access to the basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing and shelter, are undoubtedly the most important things every person strives to get. This is why Abraham Maslow’s “Hierarchy of Needs” described these three items as the most basic needs of life, without which many people cannot survive and move to their next levels of needs, such as esteem, aesthetic and self actualisation. Although these basic needs have not been enshrined in the constitutions of many countries, governments
The Central African country is wracked by war, poverty and environmental plunder — and it may be the future of the Catholic Church.
Motorists, traders and some travellers at the Ashaiman Main terminal took advantage of a free HIV screening exercise last Friday to know their status. The exercise, under the auspices of the Ashaiman Municipal Health Directorate, was part of a campaign to encourage residents, particularly drivers and their mates, to know their HIV status and to be ambassadors against the spread of the virus. At the venue, several people said that they could not relate with persons living with HIV/AIDS when health
A Kumasi-based philanthropist, Mr. Emmanuel Lord Boam, has appealed to the government to establish a formidable institution capable of handling the many prolonged chieftaincy disputes in the Bono East Region. He noted that the Bono East Regional House of Chiefs was bedeviled with a number of chieftaincy disputes arising from disagreements among royal families in the Region. Lord Boam, a native of the Pru East District of the Bono Region, who most of the youth in the region see as an peace ambassador,
The Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Samuel Pyne, has conditionally announced his intention to contest the Suame Constituency primaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the event that Osei Kyei-Mensah- Bonsu, the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for the Suame parliamentary seat decides not to contest. The incumbent Suame lawmaker has announced at various fora that he might not seek re-election. The Mayor, in his bid to fill the envisaged vacuum, has reportedly announced
Actress Lydia Forson says transactional sex for survival is common and has asked people to stop pretending it isn’t. According to the Actress, many people are trading sex for survival, not because they want to but because the “system makes it exceptionally hard for you to tow the righteous path.” She said this is not limited to women and men too are involved. She added: “I’m not judging you, I’m just saying STOP acting like women & men (yes them too) aren’t sucking
Mad Time Records boss and Rapper, Kwaw Kese has weighed in on the recent beef between Yaa Pono and Sarkodie. According to Kwaw Kese, musicians should stop “wasting time” on musicians who are way ahead of them in the industry and rather concentrate on building their craft. “If you diss someone who’s ahead of you in everything, you’re wasting your time. Use that energy to better yourself,” he wrote. Yaa Pono, released a song titled ‘Yard’ which according to
The Data Protection Commission has disclosed that it will soon arraign about 300 institutions that have failed to safeguard the data of individuals as stipulated by law. The Commission has since 2017 been championing the protection of information that is collected and used by companies and institutions in Ghana. The Commission bemoaned the low compliance […] The post Data
Stonebwoy has for the first time shown gratitude to Footballer Asamoah Gyan for paying for his knee surgery in 2016. The Dancehall Artiste’s right leg was left deformed after he was involved in an accident about two decades ago which took away his twin brother’s life. According to him, he had been saving for years to undergo the surgery.However, just at the last minute Asamoah Gyan stepped in and funded the surgery. Stonebwoy was visibly emotional as he thanked Asamoah Gyan for being a
Sports betting is the activity of predicting sports results and placing a bet on the outcome. These bets are normally small sums of money and can be made with either bookmakers or online sports betting sites. Most transactions are carried out through a third party, your bank. For this article, we will be using MSport […] The post Sports betting: Major European
In the wake of Artistes calling Sarkodie out for being selfish and disrespectful to colleagues when they need his feature, narrating instances where he did not respond to their texts and calls, Wendy Shay has given an opposite account of the issue. “I released my first ever song on 1st June 2018… just 3 months in the industry I sent psalm 35 to @sarkodie 2 hours later he sent his verse” Wendy Shay narrated. Defending Sarkodie and sharing her own struggle in getting some of the top Artistes
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Doctors at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital have threatened to withdraw their services by February 13, 2023, if certain conditions outlined to the management of the facility are not addressed. In a protest letter, the doctors accused the management of discrimination in the payment of the arrears of the Thirteenth Month Salary for doctors working […] The post Korle
A Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Richard Adjei-Frimpong has justified the need to prevent persons of questionable character from being called to the bar. He made this known during the induction ceremony of first-year students of the professional course at the Ghana School of Law. The school has been criticized for allegedly restricting […] The post It’s
The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has predicted that some key river bodies in the country may go extinct in the next few years due to illegal mining activities. COCOBOD is worried that illegal mining activities, popularly known as galamsey, may adversely affect cocoa production on a large scale if measures are not taken to address […] The post River Pra, others
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