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A Senior Medical Officer at the Police Hospital, Dr. Faisal Ayembillah has said multiple abortions have been identified as the major cause of ectopic pregnancy cases in the country. Speaking in an interview with Johnnie Hughes on TV3 New Day, Dr. Ayembilla revealed that women who suffer infections for over a period of 5-years, or those who have engaged in repeated abortions have been identified to suffer the condition most during pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants outside the uterus which causes blood loss and injuring of the organs around the uterus is left to grow. Dr.…

Nana Agyei Panin, the chief of Deduako near Kuntenase in the Bosomtwe district has highly commended Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe for his contributions to development in the district, Ashanti and Ghana. He described the MP who is also the deputy minister of education as a wonderful person whose dream has provided better education for the youth in Ghana, citing how his outfit has managed government’s flagship programme free Senior High School with its attendant double track system. Nana Agyei Panin said Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum is the man Nana Akufo-Addo and Ghana need to develop the educational system and turn round the prospects of…

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law is calling on the General Legal Council to as a matter of urgency implement the recommendations of parliament on their petition over mass failure of students in the school. The students earlier this year demonstrated their displeasure over the number of students who could not pass in their final exam. The results, as released by Independent Examination Committee of  the Ghana Legal Council showed that more than 90% of the 727 students failed the bar exams, a situation which caused agitation amongst the students. Consequently, the students marched to…

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has gone hard on President Akufo-Addo for calling its views and that of others on Public Universities Bill disingenuous. The president of UTAG, Dr. Eric Opoku Mensah in a statement said president Akufo-Addo’s view on their stance was unfortunate. The Public Universities Bill which is expected to be sent to Parliament for consideration is being introduced by government to replace archaic laws at some public universities. The proposed law, being sponsored by the Ministry of Education, spells out the procedure for the establishment of Public Universities, the principles of management of public universities…

The Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana School of Law is calling on the General Legal Council to as a matter of urgency implement the recommendations of parliament on their petition over mass failure of students in the school. The students earlier this year demonstrated their displeasure over the number of students who could not pass in their final exam. The results, as released by Independent Examination Committee of  the Ghana Legal Council showed that more than 90% of the 727 students failed the bar exams, a situation which caused agitation amongst the students. Consequently, the students marched to…

Source: 3news.com | Ghana

The Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) is calling for an independent investigation into the alleged torturing of ModernGhana journalist, Emmanuel Ajafor by National Security operatives. Mr. Ajarfor who was picked up by National Security operatives together with a colleague editor for allegedly engaging in cyber crime, claimed after his release that the operatives tortured and abused him while in custody. National Security has subsequently denied the allegation, stating the journalist was only questioned and not tortured as he claims. Read: Nat’l Security dismisses torture allegations by ModernGhana editor Addressing the issue at a press briefing in Accra on Wednesday, president of…

Policy think-tank, Eban Centre for Human Trafficking Studies (ECHTS) has said it is “appalled and shattered with recent rise in kidnapping and trafficking cases” in Ghana, and has called on the government to act swiftly on the menace. The think-tank said available statistics shows that nearly 70 kidnapping cases were recorded in 2018 and that “the kidnapping trend is still pervasive”. It has thus recommended that the government partners with relevant stakeholders to deploy advanced technology to help in the search of kidnapped persons. In a statement Wednesday, signed by  the Research Director, Chris Mensah-Ankrah, the think-tank named  DeEye as…

Some Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users cannot upload photos, videos and files. A spokesman for Facebook, which owns all three apps, told BBC News: “We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.” Together, the social networks have billions of users worldwide. In March, Facebook and Instagram suffered their longest period of disruption ever. Problems also struck both apps as well as WhatsApp in April. The Facebook Messenger app, which is often installed separately, is also affected. Source:BBC

The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Cynthia Morrison has petitioned the police to investigate the General Manager of Echoing Hills Village orphanage over an alleged maltreatment of the inmates. Speaking on Accra-based City FM yesterday, July 2, this year, Ms Morrison, said personnel from the Department of Social Welfare had been sent to the orphanage to monitor the situation. She added that she personally visited the orphanage and interviewed some of the children, but they were hesitated to talk. “Even when I went there, I interviewed some. And you could see that some of them were traumatized but didn’t…