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An Appeal Court Judge, Justice Dennis Adjei, has decried the use of the word “bastard” to describe a child who was born out of wedlock as discriminatory and in violation of the According to him, every child is protected by the law and for that matter cannot be described as an illegitimate child. He told The Mirror in an interview that it was wrong for any child to be discriminated against, and that anyone who did so could be prosecuted. Citing Section three of the Act which states that “no person shall discriminate against a child on the grounds of…

The New Patriotic Party is set to endorse and declare the municipal chief executive for Asokore Mampong, Alhaji Alidu Seidu, as the 2020 parliamentary candidate for the party in the Asawase constituency of the Ashanti Region. The move will be  a clear defiance of a court order secured by a presidential staffer, Manaf Ibrahim, to restrain the party from going ahead with today’s popular acclamation of the sole candidate. Manaf Ibrahim on Thursday secured the interim injunction to stop the Electoral Commission, “their agents, servants, assigns, privies and any person acting or claiming through them…from conducting the parliamentary primaries at…

There are certain events in life that make you believe that there is a hidden hand behind every choice you make to fall in love with someone. Call it fate, call it cupid, but the force between two people who are in sync is obvious to everyone. A Yiddish proverb says, “there are three things you can’t hide: old age, pregnancy and love. That was the romantic story that characterized the Sixth  episode of season 2 of TV3’s match-making show -Date Rush. Date Rush is a show that allows eligible bachelors put themselves up to be chosen or rejected by…

There are certain events in life that make you believe that there is a hidden hand behind every choice you make to fall in love with someone. Call it fate, call it cupid, but the force between two people who are in sync is obvious to everyone. A Yiddish proverb says, “there are three things you can’t hide: old age, pregnancy and love. That was the romantic story that characterized the Sixth  episode of season 2 of TV3’s match-making show -Date Rush. Date Rush is a show that allows eligible bachelors put themselves up to be chosen or rejected by…

Spider-Man fans are rejoicing after Sony Pictures and Marvel announced a third Spider-Man film with Tom Holland, allaying fears that the two companies had parted company. In August, Sony said it was “disappointed” not to be working with Disney on future Spider-Man films amid reports that they could not reach a fresh deal over the web-slinging superhero. They hammered out a deal on 26 September, according to Variety. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said: “I am thrilled that Spidey’s journey in the MCU will continue, and I and all of us at Marvel Studios are very excited that we get…

A 12-year-old African-American girl has accused three white classmates of pinning her down and cutting off her dreadlocks with scissors. Amari Allen says the assault happened during break time at her private school in Springfield, Virginia, on Monday. She alleges that the boys held her down on a slide and called her hair “ugly” and “nappy” and cut some off. The alleged attack took place at the Immanuel Christian School, where the US Vice-President’s wife teaches. The school and local police both confirmed they were investigating the incident. “The boys came up to me and they ambushed me sort of,…

Energy analyst, Kojo Poku has called the bluff of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) as the latter threatens to pull out its investments in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession deal with Power Distribution Services (PDS). “My question to them is what are they pulling out?” Mr. Kojo Poku snapped in an interview on TV3 Midday Live on Friday. Meralco serving as foreign technical partners, together with some Ghanaian investors that formed PDS, was expected to invest some $580 million over a period of five years and continue its investment year after year throughout the concession period. PDS was contracted…

Energy analyst, Kojo Poku has called the bluff of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) as the latter threatens to pull out its investments in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession deal with Power Distribution Services (PDS). “My question to them is what are they pulling out?” Mr. Kojo Poku snapped in an interview on TV3 Midday Live on Friday. Meralco serving as foreign technical partners, together with some Ghanaian investors that formed PDS, was expected to invest some $580 million over a period of five years and continue its investment year after year throughout the concession period. PDS was contracted…

The University Students’ Association of Ghana (USAG) says it is puzzled by the mass failure of law graduates, and called for an independent committee to investigate the results of the professional law entrance examination. One thousand, six-hundred and ninety-two law graduates from various law faculties in the country who wrote the Ghana School of Law entrance examination this year, failed to make the cut to enable them undertake the professional law course. Only 128 graduates of the total 1, 820 who sat for the exams passed, sparking agitation among the hundreds of law graduates and students across the country whose…

Ghana has officially established diplomatic ties with Nepal. A communiqué jointly signed by Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, and her Nepalese counterpart, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, in New York has announced. The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. Madam Ayorkor Botchwey after signing the communiqué observed that the formation of the diplomatic relations marked the beginning of an important chapter in the bilateral relations between the two countries. She indicated that as members of the United Nations, Ghana and Nepal subscribe to common values and principles which make the decision…