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Planning your wedding can be a stressful time for anyone, regardless of where you live in the world. However, in some countries, a startling percentage of couples report going into debt to pay for their nuptial celebrations, and many rely on loans and credit to help foot the bills. While weddings are notoriously expensive in the US, and wedding debt is undoubtedly a big issue, believe it or not, there are eight countries where weddings send a greater percentage of couples into debt. The Knot and WeddingWire recently released their 2019 Global Weddings Report, analyzing the overall costs and average…

A number individuals and organizations continue to lend financial and material supports towards the holding of Summer Camp for Girls in Female Senior High Schools in the country, with the latest being the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO). NAFCO has presented an amount of ten thousand six hundred and sixty-two Ghana Cedis (GHC 10,662.00) to the Forum of Heads of Girls’ Senior High Schools (FOHGSHS), organizers of the Camp meetings. Additionally, NAFCO handed over assorted food items to be used to feed students who will be taking part in this year’s camping. The donations follow an appeal by FOHGSHS.…

Mamfe Methodist Girls’ Senior High School in the Eastern Region has book a place in yet   another world championship after winning the 2019 national high school entrepreneurship competition in Accra. Methodist Girls’ SHS to receive rousing welcome for winning world title It is the third consecutive time students from the Mamfe Methodist Girls’ SHS have won the national high school entrepreneurship competition. With over 80 entrepreneurship teams from various basic and second-cycle institutions across the country, the three-day business and tech oriented contest saw eight finalists battle it out for the grand prize. All eight finalists had five minutes to…

The West End International School (WEIS), one of Ghana’s leading private schools, has held its 4th graduation ceremony for 2019 final year Junior High School pupils. About 49 pupils completed their junior high education while 26 from the Kindergarten joined the main stream of the Kasoa-based school. Speaking on the theme, “Still Achieving Academic Excellence through Discipline”, Solicitor for WEIS, Lawyer Adusa Okechire, noted that poor academic performance could be traced to high indiscipline. He aligned himself with a popular quote by Tryon Edwards that “The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to…

The 5G mobile network has been switched on in some UK cities and has led to questions about whether the new technology poses health risks. So what are the concerns, and is there any evidence to back them up? What’s different about 5G? As with previous cellular technologies, 5G networks rely on signals carried by radio waves – part of the electromagnetic spectrum – transmitted between an antenna or mast and your phone. We’re surrounded by electromagnetic radiation all the time – from television and radio signals, as well as from a whole range of technologies, including mobile phones, and…

Energy expert Kojo Poku says Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in the country cannot halt production due to government’s indebtedness to them. According to him, shutting down will mean terminating their agreement with government. His argument followed a statement issued by the Chamber for Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers in which they gave government a 7-day ultimatum to settle its debts to power producers in the country. They threatened to completely shut down should the Power Distribution Services fail to pay its estimated 300 million dollars to them. But speaking on TV3’s The Key Points programme on Saturday, Mr…

Energy expert Kojo Poku says Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in the country cannot halt production due to government’s indebtedness to them. According to him, shutting down will mean terminating their agreement with government. His argument followed a statement issued by the Chamber for Independent Power Producers, Distributors and Bulk Consumers in which they gave government a 7-day ultimatum to settle its debts to power producers in the country. They threatened to completely shut down should the Power Distribution Services fail to pay its estimated 300 million dollars to them. But speaking on TV3’s The Key Points programme on Saturday, Mr…

Riyad Mahrez scored a stunning free-kick with virtually the last kick of the game as Algeria beat Nigeria to reach the Africa Cup of Nations final. With the tie heading for extra time, Manchester City forward Mahrez whipped a fierce set-piece into the top corner. A William Troost-Ekong own goal had given Algeria the lead before Odion Ighalo’s penalty levelled the scores. Algeria will face Senegal, who earlier beat Tunisia thanks to an extra-time own goal, in the final on Friday. Algeria started brightly and came close on two occasions thanks to the dangerous Baghdad Bounedjah. The striker first poked…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has tasked the Africans and their leaders to take charge of their own destinies, abandon the mentality of being dependent on aid and charity, and, work towards the transformation of their countries. Addressing the Africa Diaspora Summit on Thursday, 11th July, 2019, together with the French President Emmanuel Macron, President Akufo-Addo noted that the independence obtained by most African countries, nearly six decades ago, has, largely, not led to the socio-economic transformation of these countries. “Once we change the narrative about Africa, we have to get away from the idea that there is some ‘Father…