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A funeral is being held for a 26-year-old woman who gave birth to a baby boy on Thursday despite being brain dead since December. International sportswoman Catarina Sequeira was declared brain dead after an acute asthma attack at her home. The baby, named Salvador, was born when she was almost 32 weeks pregnant and is being cared for in a neonatal hospital. This is the second such case in Portugal of a baby born to a mother who was brain dead. A talented canoeist who had represented her country, Sequeira had suffered from asthma since she was a child. She…

The Management of the University of Ghana (UG), after a diligent search and enquiry, has announced the election of Mrs Mary Chinery-Hesse as Chancellor, to succeed Mr Kofi Annan who retires at the end of July, 2018. A statement signed by Mercy Haizel-Ashia, the Registrar of the UG, and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday, said her appointment takes effect from August 1, 2018. Mrs Chinery-Hesse was the Chief Advisor to Former President John Agyekum Kufuor from May 2006 to January 2009. The statement said Mrs Chinery-Hesse (née Blay), is one of the first female alumna of the…

Deputy Minister of Education, in charge of General Education, Dr Yaw Adutwum, on Tuesday, said government has introduced a ranking system for Senior High Schools to create a sense of urgency for school improvement. He said the approach would be a National Ranking and Similar Schools ranking, explaining that the top schools with the same facilities and infrastructure would rank together while the so-called lower schools that share a similarity in areas such as total enrolment and quality of students who enrol from Junior High Schools would also be ranked together. “This year the ranking through banding procedure from one…

A large part of the roof of Ghana’s Parliament House building has been ripped off by a Tuesday night rainstorm in parts of Accra. Members of parliament left the main chamber of the House due to a roof leakage caused by the disaster; thus bringing to an end proceedings on a bill that sought to amend portions of the Local Government  Act, our correspondents report. The extent of the damage is not readily known but our correspondents say the leakage from the roof is likely to affect some electronic gadgets in the House, which some staff were seen trying to…

The magistrate handling the murder case the late member of parliament for Abuakwa North J.B Danquah Adu has lashed out at the Attorney General’s Department over its lukewarm attitude in preparing the bill of indictment on the case. “I get hurt when accused persons are tossed up and down. Accused persons can only be freed when they are proven not guilty. “I think the case is being delayed by the Attorney General and the bill of indictment is taking too long,” Mr Ebenezer Kweku Ansah, a Magistrate who presided over the J.B Danquah case at the District Court lamented. The…

Aged government workers who have retired after serving the country ‘could’ own the government bungalows they stayed in during their years of active service after some considerations, minister-designate for works and housing, Samuel Atta Akyea has assured. At his vetting Tuesday, he indicated that providing descent accommodation for the aged would strongly be considered when he is given the nod as the substantive minister. He was addressing a question raised by the minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu, about how government workers who have advanced in aged, retired and still living in government bungalows would be assisted or probably thrown out of…

Land owners in the country seeking titles to their lands will soon be able to go through the registration processes smoothly and receive their titles within 30 days, the yet to be approved minister of Lands and Forestry, John Peter Amewu, has assured. The minister-designate who was vetted Tuesday afternoon, expressed concerns over land administration problems in the country, assuring members of the Appointment Committee of Parliament he would work towards addressing the challenges if he’s approved. “Land title registration takes about two years, sometimes. In accordance with our manifesto, the president said categorically that we should be able to…

The National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sidii Abubakar Musah said he went through trauma when the party lost the 2016 presidential election to the extent that he could not even erect. Speaking on Onua FM morning show Yen Nsem Pa hosted by Bright Kwesi Asempa, the NDC scribe said losing to the main opposition in the last elections was not something that he anticipated judging from the projects executed by the erstwhile administration, and therefore suffered lost of erection and emotional feelings for his wife. “You can call my wife and verify, after the elections I…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has joined in the ongoing global condemnation of the President of the United States, Donald Trump over his decision to ban refugees from some selected countries from traveling in America. According to the former Ghanaian president, the ongoing African Union Summit should deliberate over the issue and address it accordingly. In a tweet on Tuesday January 31, 2017 the former president added his voice to the many millions who have condemned the US president’s 90 day ban. He said “The @POTUS travel ban is regrettable. The ongoing AU summit must address this development.” The @POTUS travel ban…