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A member of the Women Caucus in Parliament has threatened to kill any male teacher who makes sexual advances at her daughter in any educational institution in the country. The Member of Parliament for Bosome-Freho Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Joyce Adwoa Akoh Dei, said such acts “should not be tolerated in schools” because they have tendencies of ruining the victims’ lives. “I will kill anybody who messes [up] with my daughter like that,” the MP warned. The MP issued the threat in an interview with Onua FM’s Yen Sempa hosted by Nana Yaw Opare on Wednesday while sharing her thoughts on…

The government has released GH¢88,056,438 for disbursement to all public senior high schools (SHSs) for the implementation of the free SHS programme for the 2019/2020 academic. The amount will, however, cover only second-year students for the first semester. The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, who made this known in an interview with the Daily Graphic yesterday, said already GHȻ61,669,394 had been released for the upkeep of third-year students for the first semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. The third-year students have been in school since August 25, 2019 to enable them to prepare adequately for…

The government has released GH¢88,056,438 for disbursement to all public senior high schools (SHSs) for the implementation of the free SHS programme for the 2019/2020 academic. The amount will, however, cover only second-year students for the first semester. The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, who made this known in an interview with the Daily Graphic yesterday, said already GHȻ61,669,394 had been released for the upkeep of third-year students for the first semester of the 2019/2020 academic year. The third-year students have been in school since August 25, 2019 to enable them to prepare adequately for…

The Accra Circuit Court Four on Tuesday acquitted Dr Dominic Kwame Obeng-Andoh, the Proprietor of the Obengfo Hospital, located at Weija in Accra. He was charged for being an unregistered practitioner and operating an unlicensed health facility, but the Court did not find him culpable per the way the charges were framed by the prosecution. Justice Emmanuel Essandoh, in a 100-page ruling which he read for over one hour, said: “He has entered through the eye of the law”. He said the charges were lumped together instead of separating them, adding that they were also inconsistencies in the evidence given…

World Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October. It is the anniversary of the establishment of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) in 1874 in the Swiss city of Berne. The date was declared World Post Day by the UPU Congress held in Tokyo, Japan in 1969. Ghana Post Company Limited will on Wednesday, October 9 mark this year’s edition of the annual World Post Day Celebrations. This year’s celebration is based on the theme: ‘Delivering Development’ in line with the Sustainable Development Goal 16,  which focuses on ‘Peace, Justice and strong institutions.’ Ghana Post wishes to create awareness…

School children have been advised to be extra vigilant, cautious and obey road traffic signs to safeguard their lives when crossing the road. This was made known at the fourth edition of the annual Junior Road Care programme by Vivo Energy Ghana in partnership with Applause Multimedia, the National Road Safety Commission and the Ghana Education Service. Junior Road Care is an interactive programme aimed at influencing the attitudes and behaviours of children to become more conscious on the road as pedestrians, cyclists and responsible future drivers. This year’s event attracted over 700 school children from 25 basic schools in…

Acting President of the Sampa Traditional Area, Nana Kwadwo Magsah II, says the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo deserves a second term for the good work his government has done since January 2017. Speaking on Tuesday at a durbar of chiefs in honour of Nana Akufo-Addo, the Sampa Chief noted that, in every facet of national life and in every sector, the developmental achievements of the Akufo-Addo government can be seen in Sampa. “We thank you for the creation of the Bono Region, for which our MP, Hon. Siaka Stevens, has become deputy Minister. You have not forgotten us in…

Former president John Jerry Rawlings has condemned the police for brutalizing some law graduates who demonstrated on Monday to push for reforms in Ghana’s legal education. In a show of what the Rawlings described as high-handedness, police personnel offering protection to the protesters brutalised some of the law students as they insisted on marching to the Jubilee House to petition President Akufo-Addo on their concerns. The Police fired rubber bullets and sprayed water on the students, injuring a number of them. 13 of the protesters were arrested and cautioned but were released later after they were cautioned. Tear gas, gun…

Senior political scientist at the University of Ghana, Ransford Gyampo, has welcomed his interdiction as the university authorities prepare to investigate a case of sexual harassment and misconduct against him. “I just want to say that I respect the decision that has been taken by my university,” he said Tuesday evening, few minutes after his interdiction was announced. Prof. Ransford Gyampo and Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor were caught on tape allegedly propositioning and sexually harassing BBC undercover journalists who posed as students of the University of Ghana. The documentary, televised on October 7 showed the outspoken associate professor who agreed…