Today’s front pages: Friday, July 28, 2023
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Education Without Moral Values Is Perilous – Dr. Opuni Frimpong Asserts
According to the Presbyterian minister, “Education without moral and spiritual values always produces intelligent criminals, and no matter how plentiful they are in the system, we cannot build a nation with them.”
Rev. Opuni Frimpong made this statement yesterday during his presentation on the topic: “Patriotism and National Development” at the National Development Conference 2023 (NADEC’23) held at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa Fetteh.
During his presentation, Rev. Opuni Frimpong expressed concern about the moral decadence in Ghanaian society, especially in the conduct of students on various campuses, saying that education, particularly Christian education, must produce faithful disciples and good citizens in order to transform the world.
He cited various incidents...
Parliament passes law to criminalise accusations of witchcraft, practice of witchfinders and witch doctors
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
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
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 kn...
Ghana needs hostile environment for corruption – Apostle Nyamekye
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 a...
LIVESTREAMING: Kufuor, Mahama attend National Development Conference
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
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 i...
Today’s front pages: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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Stay and serve the motherland – Nurses told
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 serv...
