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Pentecost Preparatory School Makes History

Pentecost Preparatory School Makes History

Ghana News, Pentecost News
The Electoral Commission (EC) of Ghana on Friday, June 17, 2022, organised and supervised the 2022/2023 academic year elections of Pentecost Preparatory School, Ansaful (PPS-Ansaful) at the school premises.  This historic event was held under the auspices of Apostle Samuel Out-Appiah (Winneba Area Head, The Church of Pentecost), Elder Ishmael K.A. Otabil (Headteacher, PPS-Ansaful), and Pastor Kwao Dosu (Manager, PPS -Ansaful) According to Elder Ishmael Otabil, the motive of involving the EC in the school’s elections is to train and educate students on democratic governance and the act of exercising their franchise. He further noted that nomination forms were declared about a month ago, and 11 students picked up forms for various positions.  Before the start of the vot...
E-Levy yields GH¢93.7m in 2 months

E-Levy yields GH¢93.7m in 2 months

Ghana News
The government mobilised GH¢93.7 million revenue from the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) in the first two months of implementation. The amount, mobilised in May and June this year, was about 93.59 percent lower than the GH¢1.46 billion target set in this year’s budget. Due to this, the government has revised the revenue target for the levy from the initial annual projection of GH¢6.96 billion to GH¢611 million in the Mid-Year Fiscal Policy Review released last Tuesday. From the revenue side, data from the fiscal policy review indicated that the lower-than-targeted outcome reflected the performance of almost all the revenue lines. “Total revenue and grants consisting of domestic revenue, tax revenue and other major revenue lines churned out lower than projected, after yieldin...
Countries with cheapest mobile data: Where does Ghana rank?

Countries with cheapest mobile data: Where does Ghana rank?

Africa News, Ghana News, International
Ghana has made it onto the list of countries with the cheapest mobile data in the world. This conclusion came from a survey conducted by The Worldwide Mobile Data Pricing 2022 report. It was compiled by Cable.co.uk which saw data from 5,292 mobile data plans analysed from 233 countries. The findings were based on how much one gigabyte (GB) of data costs in the selected countries. Ghana placed 40th with an average price of $0.61 (¢5.12) per gigabyte after 12 data plans were examined. In Africa, however, Ghana is ranked second after Libya. Somalia and Morocco came in third and fourth, respectively. In all, Israel comes top with $0.04 per GB, followed by Italy, San Marino and Fiji as countries whose users enjoy the cheapest mobile data. According to Cable.co.uk,...
NSMQ mistress Elsie Kaufmann launches foundation to promote STEM

NSMQ mistress Elsie Kaufmann launches foundation to promote STEM

Africa News, Ghana News
The National Science and Maths Quiz mistress, Professor Elsie Effah Kaufmann has launched a not-for-profit foundation to enhance Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in Ghana. The foundation, Elsie Effah Kaufmann Foundation (EEKF), seeks to help bridge the current deficit in STEM related programmes in Ghana by providing the necessary tools needed for a thorough and practical study of the subjects. The EEKF would also provide training for science teachers to better equip them for the teaching of the subject in a way that would inspire the students to further in STEM courses. The event, which took place in Accra Wednesday (July 27, 2022), saw representatives from various Science institutions in the country. Representatives from the United States ...
Pentecost Hospital-Tarkwa Awards 8 Deserving Staff

Pentecost Hospital-Tarkwa Awards 8 Deserving Staff

Ghana News, Pentecost News
Pentecost Hospital-Tarkwa, one of the three hospitals of The Church of Pentecost, has organised the second edition of its annual award ceremony to reward eight staff for their outstanding services in 2021. The event, which took place on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at Pentecost International Worship Centre (PIWC), Tarkwa auditorium, was graced by Pastor Bright Nyamedor of UMaT District, who represented the Tarkwa Area Head, Apostle Dr Daniel Okyere Walker. Also in attendance were Mrs Caroline Otoo (Tarkwa Municipal Director of Health and a Board Member of the hospital) and Elder Ebenezer Sey (Board Member of the hospital). Speaking at the ceremony, Pastor Bright Nyamedor entreated all staff to work hard for the betterment of the hospital. He urged the health personnel to see their prof...
No athlete has been denied visa to Commonwealth Games – Ghana Athletics

No athlete has been denied visa to Commonwealth Games – Ghana Athletics

Ghana News, International, Sports News
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Athletics Association, Bawah Fuseini, says media reports that some Ghanaian athletes have been denied visas to the Commonwealth Games 2022 are ‘false’ and should be ‘ignored.’ “Let me state this categorically clear; no Ghanaian athlete was or has been denied any visa,” Bawah told Joy Sports. Reports on Wednesday suggested that the athletics governing body has been forced to make changes to the country’s 4×100m relay team that competed at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, where they finished fifth. The quartet of Sean Sarfo-Antwi, Joseph Manu, Ghana’s fastest 100m and 200m sprinters, Benjamin Azamati, and Joseph Paul Amoah obliterated the national record of 38.08s in the relays, setting a new one of 38.07s. Many had expec...
‘Your research may have been affected by historically pervasive stereotyping’ – IGP replies GSS, CHRAJ

‘Your research may have been affected by historically pervasive stereotyping’ – IGP replies GSS, CHRAJ

Africa News, Ghana News
The Ghana Police Service has expressed reservations about the report on corruption perception survey conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). A research conducted by the GSS together with CHRAJ and UNODC ranked the Ghana Police Service as the most corrupt institution in the country. According to the survey, more than 17.4 million bribes were paid in 2021 with Police officers topping the list of officials who take bribes with 53.2%. In a five-page reply to the three institutions, Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare questioned the methodology used to conduct the survey. “Our discomfort, therefore, is the use of ...
Police and Presidency perceived as Ghana’s most corrupt institutions – Afrobarometer

Police and Presidency perceived as Ghana’s most corrupt institutions – Afrobarometer

Africa News, Ghana News
The Ghana Police Service and the Office of the President are perceived as the country’s most corrupt institutions. This is the outcome of an Afrobarometer study undertaken by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana). The research found that the Police’s score of 65% placed it at the top of the chain while the Presidency followed in second position with 55%. The report also placed members of Parliament as the third group of people in the pack with a score of 54%. Per the assessment, positive ratings of the President’s performance declined by 31 percentage points between 2019 and 2022, from 61% to 30%. Judges and magistrates, tax officials and the Electoral Commission followed suit in that order. This was made known at an event in Accra organised by ...
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