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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 ...
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 kn...
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 a...
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 i...
World Bank supports Ghana to modernize, diversify its tree crops sector

World Bank supports Ghana to modernize, diversify its tree crops sector

Ghana News, World News
The Government of Ghana has received approval for $200 million financing from the International Development Association (IDA) for the Ghana Tree Crop Diversification Project (TCDP) to diversify and grow its economy through modernizing agriculture to accelerate productivity, resilience, and industrialization. This financing will directly benefit 12,800 cocoa farmers and 39,975 cashew, coconut, and rubber farmers, and their households. An additional 20,000 jobs are expected to be created in downstream value addition by mobilizing private capital. Nearly 40 percent of on-farm beneficiaries will be women. While Ghana’s tree crops sector plays an enormous role in agriculture and the economy, the sector can contribute more substantially to Ghana’s economy and society than it currently does...
Toptech Ghana to provide ISO certified defensive driving course for corporate and VIP drivers

Toptech Ghana to provide ISO certified defensive driving course for corporate and VIP drivers

Africa News, Ghana News, Science & Technology
Toptech Ghana, an ISO certified road safety, transport, and logistics management consulting firm, is offering a 2-day training in defensive driving for corporate drivers. Dubbed the “Defensive Driving Programme for Corporate VIP Drivers”, the training will equip drivers in protocol and defensive driving and trip planning. Toptech Ghana has over 25 years of experience in providing quality training in transport and logistics, health and road safety. Executive Director, Cecil Ebo Garbrah, tells myjoyonline.com that the course is designed to meet the demands of corporate entities who demand par excellence driver-behaviour. The Road Traffic Regulations 2012 does not allow a person to drive a car for more than 4 hours without rest or more than 8 hours in a 24-hour period without ...
KNUST tops Times Higher Education Impact Ranking for quality education

KNUST tops Times Higher Education Impact Ranking for quality education

Ghana News, Science & Technology, World News
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been recognised as the best university in the world for providing quality education under the Sustainable Development Goal 4. The university gained the recognition in the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings on Thursday. The 2023 Impact Rankings, in its fifth edition, encompassed a total of 1,591 universities from 112 countries/regions. The Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings are the sole global performance tables that evaluates universities based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Employing carefully selected indicators, THE provides comprehensive comparisons across four key areas: research, stewardship, outreach, and teaching. Demonstrating unparallel...
Ghana beat Nigeria in final to win inaugural WAFU B U-20 Girls’ Cup

Ghana beat Nigeria in final to win inaugural WAFU B U-20 Girls’ Cup

Africa News, Ghana News, Sports News
The Black Princesses of Ghana completed the host and win assignment on Saturday, June 3, as they beat Nigeria in the final of the WAFU Zone B U-20 Cup of Nations. The game at the Baba Yara Stadium travelled to penalty shootouts after both teams scored a goal each within 90 minutes of play. Stella Nyamekye opened the scoring for Ghana in the first half, stepping up from the spot after Comfort Owusu was fouled in the box. The Dreamz Ladies’ midfielder netted her fourth goal of the tournament to give Ghana the lead. Yusif Basigi’s side looked certain to wrap up the game in the second half as they held onto their lead and kept the Nigerians at bay. However, with five minutes away from full time, the away team on the day got their equaliser after a miscommunication between goalk...
Essipong: The Decaying Sports Stadium

Essipong: The Decaying Sports Stadium

Ghana News, Sports News
Ghana’s embattled Finance Minister during the presentation of the 2021 Budget Statement on the floor of Parliament, said there were ongoing renovation works on some stadia in Ghana; Ohene Gyan Sports Stadium, Accra; Cape Coast Sports Stadium; Baba Yara Sports Stadium, Kumasi; and Sekondi Sports Stadium, Essipong. After his pronouncement, many Ghanaians, especially those in the Western Region who knew the state of the stadium, didn’t take it lightly. One of them is the Member of Parliament for Essikado Ketan constituency, Joe Ghartey. “I write with regard to the above. The Finance Minister in the Budget Statement delivered on Wednesday, 17 November, 2021 stated that the rehabilitation works on the Essipong stadium is 90% completed. “My checks reveal otherwise. As Member of P...
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