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Jun302022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Fishers differ on closed season

Ghana News

Fishers in coastal communities have expressed mixed reactions to the upcoming closed fishing season, citing a number of factors, especially the current economic challenges facing the country. While some of them have called for the scraping of the closed season because it is unproductive, others have asked that it must be suspended as a result of the harsh economic conditions. On the other hand, some of them have indicated that the closed season is a good intervention but it needs proper implementation. Speaking with the Daily Graphic, the fisher folks said while they considered August the most appropriate period to close the sea, the government should also make cash payments to fishers to offset the anticipated revenue loss during the sit-home period, in the face of the current ec...

Jun302022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative hits one-year milestone

Africa News, Ghana News, Science & Technology

The Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC initiative – Saving Lives and Livelihoods – which has so far greatly helped the continent deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, is one year old. The initiative is said to be the largest public health partnership between a global philanthropic organisation and an African institution. A joint statement issued by the partners said the initiative has proven to be catalytic and is now a $1.5 billion partnership with four key objectives, namely: To purchase COVID-19 vaccines for at least 65 million peopleTo drive millions more vaccinations by enabling the delivery and administration of vaccines.To lay the groundwork for vaccine manufacturing by focusing on human capital development.To strengthen the capacity of Africa CDC. “The Saving Lives and Liv...

Jun302022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Ghana is experiencing 5th wave of Covid-19 – KCCR virologist

Ghana News, International

A virologist at the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research (KCCR), Dr Michael Owusu, says the country is currently experiencing its fifth wave of the coronavirus. He said the new wave can be attributed to the BA.4 category of the Omicron variant, adding that lack of adherence to safety measures coupled with vaccine hesitancy is likely to make the projected wave a challenge. According to him, the new variant of the virus is likely to affect about 90% of the population as compared to previous variants which affected about 40% of the populace. “Although I do not believe the new variant will be very deadly, I do believe it will be the most highly transmissible variant yet. As the pattern changes, I am looking forward to the President relooking at the E.I. again and possibly announci...

Jun302022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Former Ghanaian Police Officer and nurse, elected Deputy Mayor of Royal Borough of Greenwich in London

Ghana News, International

A former Ghanaian Police officer who is also a specialized Renal Rurse has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of the Royal Borough of Greenwich in Greater London. Councilor Dominic Mbang was re-elected on May 5, 2022, in the local government elections in the UK for the Woolwich Dockyard ward. He was unanimously elected as a Deputy Mayor for the Royal Borough of Greenwich on May 5, 2022. In his new role, Councilor Mbang will be assisting the Major. The Mayor’s major responsibility is to preside over full council sessions and ensure that the proceedings are conducted appropriately and that all points of view are heard. The Mayor must remain politically neutral during their term in office. Residents often consider the Mayor as a defender of rights, and they will make recommendations...

Jun282022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

National service teacher training programme starts September

Africa News, Ghana News

The National Service Scheme (NSS) and the National Teaching Council (NTC) will, from September this year, roll out a programme that will allow national service persons posted to the classrooms without teaching certificates but who are willing to teach after their service to obtain professional teaching certificates. On completion of the one-year online professional teacher training programme, the service persons will be issued with postgraduate certificates in education and registered for the teacher licensure examination to become professional teachers, after which they will be considered for employment by the Ghana Education Service (GES). This followed a memorandum of understating (MoU) signed between the two institutions which aims at improving teaching and learning in the classr...

Jun272022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Google Opens Its New Google Office In Accra

Ghana News, International, Science & Technology, World News

Google has officially opened its brand new office in Accra. The new office will help support the growth of the Google AI Research team which the company launched a couple of years ago in Accra. The new office will house Google staff and its AI team to work on research problems and work with local talent and institutions.

Jun162022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Accra Floods: We can’t continue to have this situation every year; it’s unacceptable – Bagbin

Africa News, Ghana News

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has bemoaned the perennial flooding in Accra and called on MPs to rally together to address the issue. According to him, the annual flooding situation in the capital is “unacceptable”. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, he disclosed that Parliament has taken note of the issue, and is determined to deal decisively with the matter On that note, he proposed a dialogue between the House and the respective sector ministers to generate viable solutions to resolve the annual crisis. “This day is a rainy day. We those who are representatives of the residents of Accra, are as you know completely worried about the rain and its effect on the lives of people. Actually a number of MPs are around their constituencies trying to do what th...

Jun162022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Man: Greedy Or Hardworking?

Ghana News, Pentecost News

To ensure human survival and coexistence with nature and the ecosystem, God created humankind to be responsible and embrace hard work. God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it (Genesis 2:15). So, even before the fall, “God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground” (Genesis 1:29). The need for humankind to imbibe a positive attitude towards work became even critical after the fall. As a punishment to man, God said, “…Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil, you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat ...

Jun162022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

WHO to convene on June 23 to decide if monkeypox presents health emergency

Ghana News, International, Science & Technology

The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced he would convene an emergency committee meeting on Thursday, June 23 to assess the implication of the outbreak of the monkeypox virus. He says the committee will be tasked to determine “whether this outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.” Mr. Ghebreyesus explained that the decision to convene the committee is also due to a recent “unusual” behaviour shown by the virus as it keeps spreading in countries beyond Africa. https://youtu.be/cWK-rYCkGOU “We believe that it needs also some coordinated response because of the geographic spread.” In a press briefing on Tuesday, June 14, he added that the Organisation is working with experts to offici...

Jun142022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Education Ministry investigates Kumasi Islamic SHS chaos

Ghana News

The Ministry of Education has launched investigations into Monday’s chaos on the campus of Islamic Senior High School in Kumasi. At least 30 students of the school were hospitalised following a clash between irate students and crowd-control police there. The students were protesting against pedestrian knockdowns involving some students and teachers of the school. Deputy Education Minister, John Ntim Fordjuor says the ministry will investigate the clash and institute appropriate measures. “ Every incident that occurs in every institution under the Ministry and GES, however minor it is, deserve attention; deserves looking into perhaps if there are some lessons going forward.” “And so on that premise, we are interested to know and to ascertain the facts beyond what we have ...

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