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Winner of Talented Kidz Season 8 DJ Switch has donated some 50 dual-desks to the A.M.E Zion School in Cape Coast. This is in fulfillment of a promise she made to the school when she visited them in June, this year. During her visit, she noticed pupils in the school lacked enough desks in their classrooms, and she made a promise to provide them with some to make studying easier and more comfortable. In addition to the desks donated, she also gave four sets of tables and chairs for use by the teachers. The donation, which was led by the…

Winner of Talented Kidz Season 8 DJ Switch has donated some 50 dual-desks to the A.M.E Zion School in Cape Coast. This is in fulfillment of a promise she made to the school when she visited them in June, this year. During her visit, she noticed pupils in the school lacked enough desks in their classrooms, and she made a promise to provide them with some to make studying easier and more comfortable. In addition to the desks donated, she also gave four sets of tables and chairs for use by the teachers. The donation, which was led by the…

Chinese police have arrested a fugitive who’d been on the run for 17 years, after they used drones to spot his cave hideout. The 63-year old, named Song Jiang by the police, had been jailed for trafficking women and children but escaped from a prison camp in 2002. He had been living in a tiny cave cut off from human interaction for years. Yongshan police received clues about Song’s whereabouts in early September, they said on their WeChat account. Those clues led them to the mountains behind his hometown in Yunnan province in south-west China. After regular searches failed to find…

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has warned that oil prices could rise steeply if the world does not act to deter Iran. Mohammed bin Salman said failure to act could embolden Iran and lead to war, which he said would ruin the global economy, following an attack on oil facilities which he blames on Tehran. Iran said the prince’s remarks would “bring [the Saudis] nothing but shame”. The prince also said he accepted some responsibility for journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. But, speaking to CBS News, he denied personally ordering it. The prince, who is considered the de facto ruler of Saudi…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has dismissed accusations that he has changed, stating that it is rather those who have changed and retrogressed in the party’s values who are the ones throwing most stones at him. In a keynote address delivered at a conference of cadres and activists of the revolution in Kumasi on Saturday, the former President and Founder of the NDC criticized the manner affairs of the party had been monopolized by over-monetization and questioned whether that was democracy. “And we say it’s democracy? When money is at play? How can I be the Founder of such a…

The Australian High Commission of Ghana is set to organize an education exhibition for Ghanaian students on Tuesday, October 1. Dubbed the ‘Australian Future Unlimited Education Exhibition’ and put together with support from the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade), the exhibition will have some 18 Australian universities present to provide an opportunity for Ghanaian students to get acquainted with what studying in Australia entails. Some of the participating Australian Universities include the Monash University, Australia National University, University of Tasmania, University of Technology Sydney, University of Western Australia, Victoria University and Western Sydney University. Australia’s High Commissioner to Ghana,…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has stated it is yet to finally approve the Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) guidelines for schools. This comes on the back of discussions on various media platforms with regard to the inclusion of the CSE into the new curriculum, which many believe will expose pupils to homosexuality. While some Ghanaians both on social and traditional media platforms believe the introduction of the CSE will expose children to homosexuality, which they say is against the country’s cultural norms, others are of the view that the education is good for growing kids. In a press statement, the…

United Bank for Africa has launched its annual UBA Foundation National Essay Competition. The competition is aimed at promoting a reading culture and encouraging healthy and intellectual competition among secondary school students. The National Essay Competition, which is a corporate social responsibility initiative of UBA Ghana, has for the past few years provided a competitive platform to develop the intellectual and writing abilities for students in Ghana. Similar competition is also organized in some other African countries including Nigeria, Senegal, Mozambique and Kenya. Speaking at the launch of this year’s competition, Regional Chief Executive Officer for UBA Abiola Bawuah noted…

The new comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) introduced as part of the current curriculum for basic education is already stirring controversy. Click here for a document on the guidelines of the CSE in Ghana Source: 3news.com