President Donald Trump has announced that the US now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, overturning decades of official US policy. Mr Trump described the move as “a long overdue step” to advance the Middle East peace process. The fate of the ancient city is one of the thorniest issues between Israel and the Palestinians. Israel ... The post Jerusalem is Israel’s
Allegations of premix fuel smuggling have emerged in the Volta Region distribution chain amid the uncovered nationwide premix fuel diversion scandal. The scandal came to light after Citi News found out that the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has cited over 200 cases of premix fuel diversions since January to October 2017. In the latest development, the Volta ... The post V/R:
Generations For Peace – Ghana, as part of activities commemorating the 2017 International Volunteer Day, has organised a day’s training programme for children at the Calvary Baptist Church Children’s Library located at Shiashie in Accra. The training programme, supported by GFP Headquarters in Amman, Jordan, was designed and implemented by GFP Ghana volunteers. The programme ... The post GFP
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has told Parliament that his outfit is still waiting for the results of tests being conducted on blood samples of students from the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA), to determine the cause of the recent deaths at the school. Four students have died in the last week because of an unidentified ... The post KUMACA deaths: Test results not ready
President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) Kwesi Nyantakyi has revealed that the GFA has proposed to Congress to create an additional slot in the Executive Committee, exclusively for women. Linear Addy remains the only female member of the Executive Committee but her position is not permanent as she is only a representative of the constituent bodies ... The post GFA to create
The Minister for Regional Reorganization and Development, Dan Botwe, has said he is confident the Commission of Inquiry for the creation of new regions, can meet its 6-month deadline. The Nine Member Commission chaired by Justice Alan Stephen Brobbey, ended its in-camera hearings on the creation of the new regions on Tuesday. Speaking to the media, ... The post Commission
Time magazine has named “the Silence Breakers” – women who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment – as its “Person of the Year”. The movement is most closely associated with the #MeToo hashtag which sprung up as allegations emerged against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. But Time says the hashtag is “part of the picture, ... The post Time
Plans to introduce a “frowning pile of poo” emoji have been flushed from the latest proposals by the group in charge of creating the symbols. The symbol was floated as one of many to be introduced in 2018, but it angered typographers who said it was “embarrassing” to the group. The Unicode Consortium pushes out ... The post Sad poop emoji gets flushed after row appeared
Serena Williams has entered the Australian Open in January, tournament director Craig Tiley has said. The 36-year-old won this year’s event in Melbourne while in the early weeks of pregnancy and gave birth to a daughter in September. Tiley told the Herald Sun the 23-time Grand Slam winner is “very likely” to return to tennis in Melbourne. “She’s got her ... The post Serena
Michael Essien enjoyed his visit to Old Trafford and posed for pictures with Jose Mourinho and Sir Bobby Charlton. The former Chelsea midfielder watched on as his old boss orchestrated a 2-1 victory for United over CSKA Moscow in the Champions League. Essien labelled Mourinho as ‘daddy’ in his caption and also shared a snap ... The post Blues reunion: Michael
Former Power Minister, Dr. Kwabena Donkor, has called for the restructuring of the premix fuel distribution strategy following the massive premix fuel diversion uncovered by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). Commenting on the scandal to Citi News, Dr. Donkor said the NPA was not proactive enough in dealing with initial reports of the diversion. The ... The post Restructure
Six people are feared dead with scores injured following gunfire exchanges between Kalampor and Kafaba, two farming communities near Salaga in the East Gonja district of the Northern region at dawn of Wednesday. The Northern Regional Police Command Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammed Yussif Tanko, could not readily confirm the deaths but ... The post Six
Health officials in the Ashanti Region, have begun administering antibiotics to students of the Kumasi Academy following a suspected bacterial infection which has claimed four lives within a week. Over 1,500 students have so far received the medication. The Ministry of Education has thus called on parents to allow their wards return to the Kumasi ... The post Health officials
The Education Minister, Dr. Mattew Opoku Prempeh, has engaged the management of the Al-Rayan International School located at East Legon, to solicit ideas and policy strategies to aid in Ghana’s quest to improve quality and identify better learning outcomes for public schools. The sector minister indicated that, his visit to the school forms part of ... The post Education
To mark the 25th anniversary of text messages, Sky News has caught up with Neil Papworth – the man who sent the very first one back in 1992. – Source: Sky News The post Meet the man who sent the first-ever text message appeared first on Ghana News.
This year’s Damba festival started today [Wednesday], across the entire Northern Region with Tamale as the host city. People from all walks of life including some chiefs from the Ga traditional area, are participating in the festival which is under theme, “Promoting peace to enhance development.” The Chief of Tamale, Naa Dakpema Dawuni Alhassan in ... The post Damba festival begins today appeared
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has explained that some of its customers in the national capital, Accra, are struggling to buy prepaid credit for their meter, due to technical hitches with their servers dedicated to the pre-paid system. ECG customers in some parts of Accra have not been able to buy prepaid for past ... The post Server hitches cause of challenges
Former Attorney General (AG) and Minister for Justice, Martin A.B.K. Amidu has stated that there are people in the public sector who are sabotaging the fight against corruption by President Akufo-Addo’s New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. According to him, they are doing it for the benefit of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), which just ... The post Moles have taken
A Zimbabwean court has postponed to Thursday the bail hearing of former finance minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing charges of corruption dating back two decades. Chombo, who did not appear at the court on Wednesday, was detained after the military seized power in “Operation Restore Legacy” mid-November, which it said was meant to remove ... The post Zimbabwe
There are two types of women: those who have amazing luck in love and those who end up in one romantic disaster after another. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with the latter group, either — they’re smart, independent, and actually really sexy. Turns out, it might be those amazing qualities that are keeping them from ... The post Incredible women often have the worst
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Google+
YouTube
LinkedIn
RSS