The first Integrated Centres for Employable Skills (ICCES) for the training of the youth to acquire employable skills opened at Atomfourso near Seikwa last Monday. The Institute under the initiative of the chief of Atomfourso Nana Ekye Nsowah-Adjei, a veteran journalist and a Senior Manager with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) was meant to provide … The post First
Accra High School on Saturday held its 96th Speech and Prize Giving Day with a call on all stakeholders in education to effectively play their various roles to help achieve quality education. The colourful event, which
Thirty women from the Shama District of the Western Region have been sensitised on peace building towards the impending district level and the 2020 general election. The two-day workshop organised by the Western Regional Peace Council with support from the Canadian Government was
The former Presiding Member of the Akuapem North Municipal Assembly, Nana Asiedu Ofei who contested as an Independent Parliamentary candidate in the 2016 general election, has announced his decision to join the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and support their cause. He explained that as
Five political parties have walked out of an Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting with the Electoral Commission (EC) claiming the EC deceived them into the meeting to realise they were there to witness demonstration of software for a new biometric register, which they had earlier opposed. They
The Research Analyst with the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD)-Ghana, Geofred Asiamah, has cautioned that apathy ahead of the 2020 elections may worsen if expectations of the citizenry are not met. “There’s the need for political parties to fulfil
Valeria Bedjabeng, an aspiring assembly member for Residential Electoral Area, in the New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern Region, has called for government support and assistance to increase women participation in local governance. “An affirmative action where men will be barred from contesting in areas where women are contesting at the district level elections … The post ‘Well-designed
The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has reiterated the call on the citizenry to report corrupt acts they witnessed towards realising gains in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign. It also encouraged the youth to make use of corruption reporting mechanisms since their young minds and innovative
The Deputy Attorney-General, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, has assured the citizenry of government’s commitment to promote accountability and transparency in the fight against corruption. He said government had beefed up actions
Any Member of Parliament (MP) who comes to Parliament without entering the chamber will be deemed absent from parliamentary duties, Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has ruled. By the ruling, MPs who come to the premises of Parliament House and conduct
Twenty-two communities drawn from the Donkro-Nkwanta Zonal Council have met at Donkro-Nkwanta in the Nkoranza South Municipality to take part in a budgeting process as part of the Local Government Accountability Project being championed by the Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA), an NGO.
Counting on innovation and improvisation in the quest to secure agriculture in Africa BACKGROUND TO THIS SEGMENT This segment Ideas First, Africa! is a creation of the Ghana Parliamentary Resource Center, an entity within the information section of the Ghana Parliamentary Service.It has been conceived of as a useful tool for managing the expanded responsibilities … The post IDEAS FIRST, AFRICA!?
Somehow, I predicted that my piece last week on gut microbiota and health was going to surprise many. I think I under estimated the response judging from the feedbacks so far. Therefore, I have little option than to continue with more effects of the gut microbiota, which as indicated in my piece last week, is … The post GUT MICROBIOTA AND METABOLIC PROCESSES appeared first on
The Democratic-controlled US House Judiciary Committee has unveiled charges against President Donald Trump, a key move in impeaching him. The first article revealed by committee chief Jerry Nadler accuses Mr Trump of abuse of power and the second accuses him
A gunman has killed six people in a hospital waiting room in the Czech city of Ostrava before shooting himself in the head, police say. Armed police found the suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in a vehicle three hours
A military plane with 38 people on board has disappeared en route to Antarctica, Chile’s air force says. The C-130 Hercules transport aircraft took off from Punta Arenas at 16:55 local time (19:55 GMT), and operators lost contact at 18:13 (21:13). Those
An Algerian court has sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms amid a huge corruption investigation. Ahmed Ouyahia was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Abdelmalek Sellal to 12 years. They were accused of abusing authority in a car manufacturing embezzlement
Provincial leaderships of Zimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF have begun endorsing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the party’s sole candidate for the next presidential elections in 2023. On Monday, Mnangagwa has so far received endorsement from Matabeleland North, Matabeleland
Heavy rains have battered parts of South Africa, submerging whole neighbourhoods and flooding coal mines and power stations in a nation already hit by electricity blackouts. At least 700 homes have been washed away near the capital, Pretoria, public broadcaster SABC reported.
North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has called for the re-opening into investigations over the killing of 44 Ghanaian immigrants in The Gambia in 2005. Mr Ablakwa’s advocacy is necessitated by what he said were confessions
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