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Parliament passes law to criminalise accusations of witchcraft, practice of witchfinders and witch doctors

Parliament passes law to criminalise accusations of witchcraft, practice of witchfinders and witch doctors

Africa News, Ghana News, Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle & Social
Parliament has passed a law criminalising the declaration, accusation, naming or labelling of another person as a witch in Ghana. The amendment which was approved on Thursday, also prohibits any person from practicing as a witch doctor or witchfinder.  Speaking in Parliament, Speaker Alban Bagbin who announced that the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill 2022 had been read for the third time and passed, explained that it had amended the Criminal Offences Act 1960, Act 29, “to prohibit the practice by any person as a witch doctor or a witchfinder, to proscribe the declaration, accusation, naming or labelling of another person as a witch and for related matters.” Speaking to JoyNews’ Kwaku Asante, one of the sponsors of the bill, MP for Wa East, Dr. Godfred Seidu Jassaw...
Speaker hails The Church of Pentecost for organisation of National Development Conference

Speaker hails The Church of Pentecost for organisation of National Development Conference

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Pentecost News
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has lauded The Church of Pentecost for the successful organisation of the National Development Conference, 2023, at Pentecost Convention Centre at Gomoah Fetteh in the Central Region. The Speaker gave the commendation in his formal communication to the House following his participation in the Conference. The two-day conference on the theme “Moral Vision and National Development”, sought to bring together major stakeholders in national development, for a sober reflection and dialogue, toward developing a framework that significantly impacts and shapes the moral fiber of Ghana’s development. Mr Bagbin expressed gratitude to The Church of Pentecost and its Leadership, particularly, the Chairman and vision bearer, Apostle Eric...
Koforidua Technical University student wins USA Cooking competition in Ghana

Koforidua Technical University student wins USA Cooking competition in Ghana

Ghana News, Lifestyle & Social
A Culinary Arts student of the Koforidua Technical University in the Eastern Region has won this year’s National cooking competition held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra. Victoria Armah, a Level 200 student beat nine other contestants, also Technical University students, to win the ultimate prize. She will benefit from a four-month internship package at the Labadi Beach Hotel, as part of her prize. She also received a hamper and culinary training kits.   The biannual National Cooking Competition which was Organised by the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council for Technical Universities across the country, seeks to build an exquisite human capital to man the country’s fast growing hospitality industry. It also aims at equipping culinary students with k...
Ghana needs hostile environment for corruption – Apostle Nyamekye

Ghana needs hostile environment for corruption – Apostle Nyamekye

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Pent TV, Pentecost News
Apostle Eric Nyamekye, Chairman of the Church of Pentecost (CoP) says the country needs an environment that is hostile to corruption. “We must create an environment that is hostile to corruption of water bodies, beaches, immorality, false judgements, and favouritism..”, he said. Apostle Nyamekye said this at the 2023 National Development Conference of the Church of Pentecost at Gomoa-Fetteh in the Central Region. The two-day event, which is in partnership with the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), is to discuss the need for a national moral vision for national development. It is on the theme: “Moral Vision and National Development.” He said the country needed a shared value on morality because that was the only way politicians could lead with the next generation in mind ...
LIVESTREAMING: Kufuor, Mahama attend National Development Conference

LIVESTREAMING: Kufuor, Mahama attend National Development Conference

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Pent TV, Pentecost News
The Church of Pentecost is holding a National Development Conference. The 2-day event is on the theme, "Moral Vision and Nationa Development Conference The opening session on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, is currently underway In attendance are former presidents John Agyekum Kufuor, John Dramani Mahama, the Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkornoo; and the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q5ctsntkP0&ab_channel=PentTvGH
United States, Korea and Japan enter historic partnership to improve primary health care in Ghana

United States, Korea and Japan enter historic partnership to improve primary health care in Ghana

Ghana News, Health & Wellbeing
The Ambassadors of the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea to Ghana, have announced a historic partnership. This was at an event hosted by Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu on Tuesday, July 25. This agreement between the three countries supports Ghana’s goal of Universal Health Coverage. The three countries’ shared commitment will improve primary health care and strengthen global health security defences in Ghana against current and future pandemic threats – at a time when the world is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic but with many countries experiencing backsliding in some essential health services.  The agreement signed today will help align individual countries’ efforts, allowing each to focus on comparative strengths in support of Ghana’s public health ...
Stay and serve the motherland – Nurses told

Stay and serve the motherland – Nurses told

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Health & Wellbeing
The Aflao Sector Commander of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, Assistant Commissioner Joseph Allan, has appealed to nurses and midwives to stay and offer their services to the citizenry. He said nurses and midwives played an integral role in the healthcare system as they were responsible for providing care and support to families and communities including personnel under his Command, hence, the need for them to stay back and serve the country. Assistant Commissioner Allan made the appeal through his representative at a ceremony to mark this year’s ‘Nurses and Midwives week celebration’ at Aflao under the theme, “Our Nurses and Midwives, Our Future.” He said nurses and midwives might be facing challenges including poor working environments and conditions of ser...
NCA introduces technology neutrality to address Significant Market Power

NCA introduces technology neutrality to address Significant Market Power

Ghana News, Science & Technology
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has taken a significant step towards correcting market imbalances and boosting consumer choice in the telecommunications sector with the introduction of technology neutrality for non-SMP operators.  According to the Authority, “This initiative will grant Vodafone and AT the authorisation to re-farm their spectrum assignment in the 900MHz, 1800MHz, and 2100MHz bands to provide 4G services, subject to paying an annual premium.”  Technology neutrality is one of the remedial actions to address Significant Market Power (SMP) concerns. The benefits of Technology Neutrality include the opportunity for operators who do not currently have 4G services to deploy it within their current spectrum assignment, levelling the playing field and...
Reviving Ghanaian Languages: Harnessing the Power of AI for Preservation

Reviving Ghanaian Languages: Harnessing the Power of AI for Preservation

Ghana News, Headlines Today, Science & Technology
Languages are an integral part of a nation’s cultural identity and heritage. They reflect the unique experiences, values, and traditions of a community. However, Ghana, like many other countries, is facing a significant threat to its linguistic diversity. The rise of globalization, urbanization, and the dominance of major world languages has put Ghanaian languages at risk of extinction. Fortunately, emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), offer a glimmer of hope for the preservation and revitalization of these endangered languages. There are at least 201 African languages that have gone extinct due to globalization and 10 of them are Ghanaian. As the world becomes more interconnected, people are increasingly using common languages like English and French...
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