U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday denounced Saudi handling of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling it the “worst cover-up ever”, as Washington was revoking visas of Saudi officials involved in the case. Trump told reporters at the White House that the incident was poorly managed by the Saudi authorities. “Somebody really messed up. And they had [...] The post Trump
As Brazil’s presidential race heads into the homestretch, conservative Social Liberal Party (PSL) candidate Jair Bolsonaro takes a commanding lead over rival Fernando Haddad of the left-leaning Workers’ Party (PT). With just days left before the October 28 run-off, Bolsonaro has a 14 per cent to 20 percent advantage, according to the latest polls. Surveys show that [...] The post Brazil’s
Suspected explosive devices were sent to former US President Barack Obama and ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the US Secret Service has said. It comes two days after a bomb was found at the home of liberal philanthropist and financier George Soros in the suburbs of New York City. The devices were discovered by technicians who screen mails sent to [...] The post ‘Explosives’ sent to Clinton,
Waste Management giant, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, the Ministry of Sanitation and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (A.M.A) over the weekend undertook a massive clean-up and public education exercise in the Agbogbloshie market. It aimed at getting rid of filth in the market and sensitising patrons on the need to keep the place clean. The Agbogbloshie and Kokomba markets in Accra are [...] The post Zoomlion,
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has assured of absorbing about 14,000 nurses into the health sector in February next year to help boost human resource capacity. The sector minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu who explained that government was unable to post graduate nurses this year because of financial constraints indicated that all things being equal, the nurses should be employed by next [...] The post Govt
HEAD Coach of the Black Stars, Kwesi Appiah, has disclosed that his two-year deal with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) is not enough for him to build a long-term team for the country. The 58-year-old former national star believes that for a coach to build a strong, solid and long-term team, he would need more than two years to successfully [...] The post Appiah: Two years
THE 16th edition of the Accra Senior Open Tennis Championship is slated for Monday, November 26 to Saturday, December 8. The championship would be played in several categories including Ladies single, Ladies doubles, Mixed doubles, men 30+ singles, men 40+ singles, men 40+ doubles and men 50 + singles. Other categories are men 50+ doubles, men 60+ singles, men 60+ [...] The post Accra SnrOpen TennisNov.
Over 30 delegates from Mercedes-Benz distributors around the African continent attended a Technical Exchange Meeting in Accra, hosted by Daimler AG and Silver Star Auto Ltd (SSAL). The exchange meeting was aimed at updating the African market with new service information on Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles. The meeting began with a dealership visit where participants toured SSAL workshop office in Tema [...] The post Mercedes-Benz
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are critical for national progress because they accelerate economic growth and jobs creation, Mr Ron Strikker, the Dutch Ambassador to Ghana, has said. He reaffirmed the Royal Kingdom of The Netherlands’ commitment to supporting entrepreneurship as a key driver of growth and socioeconomic development in Ghana. Mr Strikker said this at the “The Growing Business [...] The post SMEs
Efforts are being made to reduce child labour and human trafficking in the fisheries sector to 60 per cent from now to 2021, the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Madam Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye has said. The move, she said, was to build a vibrant fishing industry and provide children opportunity to be in school instead of them being [...] The post Ghana
The Association of Business Executives (ABE) Ghana has launched a business award to recognise members who have braced the odds to build successful businesses in the country. Dubbed ‘ABE UK Business Stay-Up Award,’ the programme seeks to reward ABE members who were currently running their own successful enterprise. ABE is a British quality award conferring and business qualifications provider organisation [...] The post ABE
The University of Education, Winneba (UEW) is initiating efforts to build more pavilions in all its four satellite campuses to ease pressure on academic facilities as a result of current increasing students’ intake. The move also seeks to create room for the absorption of the huge number of students under the free senior high school (FSHS) policy expected to enter [...] The post ‘UEW
Sixteen thousand students who complete their second cycle education between 2019 and 2029 are expected to benefit from the Hope Scholarship Challenge competition to enable them continue with tertiary education. The challenge which is an initiative of the Black Santa, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Accra will among other things pay for both school and accommodation fee of brilliant [...] The post 16,000
Emeritus Professor Olugbemiro Jegede, the Foundation Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria has called for the elimination of examination in the educational system in Africa. Prof. Jegede said the system affects the continent’s goal of achieving quality education, suggesting that the education system in Africa must have an inbuilt way of continuous assessment of students and build [...] The post Eliminate
Mr Emmanuel Kafui Dzamefe, a seasoned marketing consultant based in Accra has been appointed national president of the Old Mawuli Students Union (OMSU). This was at the just-ended OMSU Congress held at Ho under the theme: ‘Mawuli School – Back to the Top.’ In a post induction speech, Mr Dzamefe, 51, pledged to work to raise high the flag of [...] The post OMSU gets new national president
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has observed that the way resources are mobilised by political parties in the country tends to undermine their role in consolidating democracy and delivering development. “The issues of linkages between the way parties finance campaigns, operations and inability of governing parties to tackle corruption has been a recurring debate since the country [...] The post CDD:
The United Cadre Front (UCF) has asked aspirants vying for the upcoming national executive positions and presidential candidate aspirants to be decorous before, during and after campaigns for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to remain united for the 2020 elections. “As a major stakeholder in the NDC we have immense interest in the activities of the party and we [...] The post United
Flagbearer aspirant of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor. Joshua Alabi has pledged to end the dream of a second four-year term by President Nana Akufo-Addo if elected flagbearer in the December presidential primary. He asked the delegates to vote for him to lead them into the 2020 presidential election and take the party from opposition back to government. “If [...] The post Alabi
Northern Sector Action on Awareness Centre (NORSAAC), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) focusing on empowerment, has organised sensitisation training for residents of the Upper West Region on the forthcoming referendum on the proposed demarcation of new regions. It was aimed at educating the public on the referendum and the election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) was held on [...] The post U/W
The Executive Council of African Union (AU), has ordered investigations into Daniel Batidam’s resignation and allegations of corruption within its anti-graft body. The allegation commenced in September this year. Chairperson of the AU Advisory Board on Corruption, Miarom Begoto indicated that “the first decision taken to investigate the corruption allegations was to do a performance audit which began last September. [...] The post AU
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