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Accessibility of public places and death trap ramps
'Some of these ramps are simply death traps,' Patience Atuah, a physically challenged journalist with the EIB Network echoes responses of many People living With Disabilities (PWDs) on wheelchair access to public places with ramps.
Gender Ministry Hints Social Protection Law In The Offing
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection has outlined preparations by the government to pass Social Protection law by 2019 to facilitate inclusive development and reduce poverty. It said it was working hard to develop and fine-tune the Social Protection Bill for submission to Cabinet. Dr. Afisah Zakariah, the Chief Director said 'we are working assiduously to ensure the passage of social protection law by the year 2019'.
Ghana Need A Law On Employee Background Checks
A national policy or law enforcing mandatory employee background checks would be the best approach to fighting the growing menace of employee-related fraud cases and theft, a business risk consultant Harry Baiden, has said.
Political Lunacy At Its Best
Hon Isaac Adongo is a man on a useless yet diabolic mission. He wants to undo whatever the NPP administration has done so far – an unachievable feat especially by a person of his pedigree. The mission is one of those which end up exposing the man championing it as he becomes a laughing stock in the public space. No government worth its salt would fold its arms when five banks fail to perform even after the regulator bank provides a lifeline.
Vodafone’s Coding Programme Lands In Central Region
Accra, 29 August 2018–Vodafone Ghana has taken its recently launched National Coding Programme to the Central region as part of efforts to reach the entire country before the end of March 2019. The telecommunications company recently announced that its new coding programme is part of a unique strategy to ignite Ghana’s digital revolution and will benefit 10,000 Ghanaians in five years.
Zoomlion Ready For Sanitation Minister's Call
Zoomlion Ghana Ltd has assured the new Sanitation and Water Resources Minister, Mrs. Cecilia Abena Dapaah that it is more than ready to carry her vision into action to inure needed benefits for Ghanaians. Indeed, the core to a clean environment and personal hygiene is sanitation and education towards behavioral change which has been one of Zoomlion’s strong pillars.
Italian Discus Thrower Leaves Hospital After 'Racially Motivated' Attack
Italian discus-thrower Daisy Osakue has left the hospital after she was hit by an egg thrown from a car, in an attack she believes was racially motivated. Police in Turin have cast doubt on a racist link, but the attack has inflamed a row surrounding populist Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. Mr Salvini has rejected claims by political opponents of a "racism emergency". He argues that the only emergency he is fighting involves crimes by immigrants.
All Set For Amissah-Arthur’s Final Journey
Officials organizing the final funeral rites of late former Vice President, Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, are preparing the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), the venue where the former vice president will be laid in state. The remains of Amissah-Arthur will be laid in the State today, July 26, 2018, at the AICC in Accra from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm where Ghanaians will file past his remains.
Mido Returns Home With The Harmonious Chorale, A World Champion
With all the necessary technical and engineering support by MIDO Productions, the Harmonious Chorale, Ghana has been adjudged World Champions at the just ended World Choir Games. The Choir has been awarded Champions specifically in the Open Repertoire category. Hitherto, the Choir under the leadership of James V. Armaah, at same competition won 3 separate Awards. MIDO Productions was represented by the CEO, Dominic Ansa-Asare, an astute musician and an American trained Sound Engineer.
Congo rebels, government meet after ceasefire deal
Congo's government met with members of a key rebel group on Wednesday for the first time since a landmark ceasefire was signed after months of renewed armed conflict in the oil-rich nation. Fighters loyal to ex-rebel chief Frederic Bintsamou -- seen as having disbanded after a 2003 peace deal -- rose up again in April last year in protest at the re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso.
Bashir Hayford Feels Recharged For Ghana Premier League Return
Veteran coach Bashir Hayford says he is revitalized to return to the touchlines after taking a break.The two-time Ghana Premier League winning coach resigned from AshantiGold this March after string of poor results.With the season coming to an end, the acid-tongue trainer wants to stage a comeback.''I have had enough rest after parting ways with Ashgold and now ready to join any club that is able to meet my demand,'' Hayford told Abusua FM.''I have retired from Ghana Education service [GES]...
Must Explore Excavate & Create Arts & Sciences End Products
Why does Africa remain poor despite its resources? After independence African countries still depend on foreign companies to explore, excavate and manufacture finished products in 2017! It is true that these are big companies that need special technologies. Yet there are Africans in many fields spread all over the globe that can be enticed into regions where division of labor based on country’s technology is assigned. Europeans argue about trade, we fight on ethnicity.
Wontumi To Answer In Court For ‘Defaming’ Kwabena Agyepong
Suspended General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwabena Agyepong, is breathing fire on the neck of the party's Ashanti Regional Chairman Bernard Antwi Bosiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, demanding an apology for some comments the latter made on public radio against him [Agyepong].Chairman Wontumi reportedly accused Mr. Agyepong of being a traitor in an interview on a Kumasi-based radio station, Nhyira FM, and also vowed not to allow the former secretary to be...
NPP MP Hon. Tina Mensah Upgrades Upper Weija And C-Conie Roads
The Member of Parliament for Weija-Gbawe Constituency who doubles are Deputy Health Minister has upgraded Paradise Hills and C-Conie roads in Upper Weija and Gbawe-Zero respectively to make such roads accessible to humans and vehicles.The upgrading of the road is part of the ongoing measure by the MP to make major roads in the constituency accessible to open up communities in the constituency for development.The repair work on the said roads is in response to pressure and concerns raised by...
Paa Kwesi Fabin Ready To Take Up Club Coaching Role After World Cup Failure
Head coach of the Black Starlets, Paa Kwesi Fabin has confirmed that he is ready to take up a club coaching job after wandering with the Starlets team for 24 months without being paid.The experienced gaffer has come under huge pressure after failing to win the ultimate at the ongoing FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.Paa Kwesi Fabin and his boys were crashed out of the competition in a painful 2-1 defeat by their nemesis Mali in an all-African quarter-final clash which sent them packing from the...
How To Clean And Avoid White Tongue
Photo credit - diseasespictures.com Here is an average tongue cleaning from start to finish from one of my patients who volunteered to allow me to take his picture. Starting at the very base of your tongue, place the tongue cleaner flush against your tongue's surface and make slow sweeping strokes from back-to-front. Start at either side (left or right) and work your way to the other. Depending on the tongue cleaner you are using, you might need to make 3-4 different 'swaths' across your tongue.
First Lady Rebecca Joins Breast Cancer Campaign
Ghana yesterday launched its Breast Cancer Awareness Month, with First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo encouraging women to report cases of the disease early enough for treatment to be successful.The first lady, officially declaring the beginning of the month-long activities to create breast cancer awareness, said there is a high survival rate for those who report breast cancer early to health facilities for treatment.For instance, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has over 90 percent early breast...
Nigerian Actress interact with Ghanaian media
By Christabel Addo,GNAAccra, Aug 18, GNA - Ms Stephanie Okereke Linus, a Nigerian Actress and filmmaker, has advised African leaders to commit more resources to help address the numerous challenges of maternal health.She said although Africa recorded some health sector progress during the era of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), they were not enough, compared to what pertained in the Western world, especially as when diverse issues of maternal health still persisted with their...
Nigeria seizes ex-oil minister's luxury apartments
Lagos (AFP) - A Nigerian court has confiscated the $37 million luxury apartment complex of a former oil minister accused of fraud and money laundering as well as rental proceeds from the properties.Lagos high court judge Chuka Obiozor on Monday also ordered ex-minister Diezani Alison-Madueke to handover more than $2.7 million (2.3 million euros) that she made leasing the apartments.Since leaving office in 2015, Alison-Madueke has been implicated in bribery, fraud, misuse of public funds, and...
Civil Servants Working At Parliament Also Enjoy Protection From Arrest-MP Claims
It has emerged that civil servants working at parliament house have immunity safeguarding them from being arrested by security agencies on their way to or from parliament like the two hundred seventy-five parliamentarians.“No civil or criminal process coming from any court or police or the parliament shall be set on or executed in relation to Mr. Speaker or a member or the clerk to parliament while on way attending to or returning from any proceedings of parliament”, lawmaker for South Dayi,...
Online Surgeon Writes: Was UTV Influenced To ’Sabotage Wutah? | Modern Ghana
When celebrated hiplife music group,Wutah announced their come-back, it was presumed that their songs would enjoy massive airplay considering how they heeded to counsel from fans and showbiz enthusiasts to forget their differences and come back as a group.But this is not the case,its been almost two months now they resurfaced into the music scene as a group and the apparent refusal of radio presenters to play Wutah’s songs ‘AK47 and ‘Bronya' has preempted the notion as to whether their...
Company sets up credit union to support local businesses
Yussif Ibrahim, GNAManso-Nkran (Ash), June 23, GNA - Asanko Gold Ghana Limited, a gold mining company operating in the Amansie West District has set up a cooperative credit union to support the growth of local businesses in its operation area.Mr. Charles Amoah, General Manager (Operations) of the Company, said the total assets of the 'Obotan Cooperative Credit Union' now stood at GHȼ200,000.00 and had membership in excess of 1,000.He added that Asanko provided the seed fund and office...
Bonding; A Contract Between Trainee Nurses And The Government
The word bonding is one of the few words that become almost like a household name in the country for quiet some time now. The word is often heard whenever unposted trainee nurses embark on either picketing or demonstrations to seek postings.
Deputy Information Minister inaugurates GRASAG-USA
The United States branch of the Graduate Students' Association of Ghana (GRASAG) has been officially inaugurated.The group was launched at the Forecourt of the Ghana Embassy in Washington DC last week by the Deputy Information Minister, Ama Dokua Asiamah Agyei.Presenting a statement on behalf of the Education Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Deputy Information Minister registered grave concerns about incidents of brain drain in Ghana.The country must benefit from your studies, she said,...
Woman creates pigeon-shaped shoes in attempt to get close to real pigeons
A DIY master from Tokyo, Japan, recently conquered the internet with a very unusual project. She set out to turn a pair of cheap high-heel shoes into realistic-looking pigeon to see if they would allow her to get closer to the real birds in a local park without them flying away. Did it work? read on and find out.47-year old Keiko Ohata creates all kinds of wondrous things and posts photos of them on Japanese DIY-themed community website, Nifty.
Photos: JoyNews' Dzifa Bampoh, others honoured at Glitz Women of Year Honours
JoyNews anchor and editor Dzifa Bampoh and seven other prestigious women have been honoured for their commitment and dedication in key sectors of Ghana’s social fabric.At the second edition of the Glitz Women of Year Honours, they were celebrated as “the mavericks, the enduring souls, the tenacious sisters, the standard bearers” in Ghana.Mrs Bampoh was honoured for her excellence in the media at the well-attended event at the Banquet Hall, State House on Saturday night.Other personalities...
Convert Annor Adjei SHS Into Nursing Training College-Jomoro Native Pleads With Gov't
A military man who is a native of Jomoro District in the Western Region, Brigadier-General Adu has appealed to the government through ministry of education to convert the Annor-Adjei Senior High School into nursing training college.Speaking at thanksgiving ceremony of the Deputy Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs on his appointment as a Deputy Minister on May 7, 2017 at Tikobo No. 1, General-Brigadier Adu said this is the time for the people in the Jomoro District to support the...
Ghana FA slaps referee Yao Ametepe with eight-match ban for denying Hearts penalty
Ghana Premier League referee Yao Ametepe has been handed an eight-match ban for denying Hearts of Oak a penalty in the league match at AshantiGold. It will be recalled that last month, GHANASoccernet.com exclusively reported that Ametepe would be punished for his indecision.
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