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After years of struggling to have babies of her own, trader Ama, who wants to be known by that, has finally delivered quintuplets. She delivered three boys and two girls through a Caesarean Section under retired gynaecologist DCOP Dr. Samuel Amo-Mensah. Having married for over eight years, conceiving children of her own had been a tough task for Ama. Efforts to make her fertile proved futile, making her lose hope. The situation made her mostly stay indoors as she could not stand societal rejection. For her, Friday, June 21, 2019 will forever remain a great day in her life as…

Democrats in the US House of Representatives have approved $4.5bn (£3.5bn) in humanitarian aid for the southern border. Several migrant deaths, coupled with reports of “severely neglected” children at a Texan border patrol station, have helped shape the debate. But the bill faces a tough path through the Republican-controlled Senate. It is considering a rival bill with fewer restrictions on how border agencies can spend the money. The Democrats’ version, in contrast, contains several strict rules setting out that the funds can be used for humanitarian aid only, and “not for immigration raids, not detention beds, not a border wall”,…

It will be a northern, middle and southern sector clash in the quarter-final when Ghana Senior High School from Tamale, Kumasi Academy from Kumasi and Adisadel College from Cape Coast face off in the quarter-final of the 2019 National Science and Maths Quiz. The Ashanti Region school was the first to book a place in the quarter-final on Wednesday, June 26 after seeing off Anlo SHS and Holy Child School in the first contest. KUMACA ironically lagged behind their opponents in Round 1. Anlo SHS led and were followed by Holico. But the Kumasi-based school jumped to the lead from…

Chairman of the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), Kofi Asare has attributed some lapses in Ghana’s educational system to weak management systems and poor quality of teachers. He made this observation while reacting to the recent World Bank human capital index which scored Ghana at the bottom particularly in education. The five lowest-ranked countries in terms of education were all African countries; Niger, 305; Ghana 307; Mali, 307; Sierra Leone, 316 and the Democratic Republic of Congo 318. According to Mr. Asare, the mass failure in the licensure exams for two years in a row is an indication that…

A total of 26 students have graduated from DPS International Ghana, based in Tema, Community 25.  The 26 graduands have also written their Cambridge A-Level examination. They included Chelsea Naa-Adei Nikoi, Dzidzor Yawo Adrakpanya, Bill Blankson, Nana Banyin Ayeyi-Djan, Pranav Tyagi, Bhaarat Chandu Thakwani, Jedidiah Ahuble, Swaraj Sanjeev Sakharkar, Anamano Editi Ikoh, Wilma Ama Obenewaa Obeng, Vishal Mukesh Thakwani, OM Patel, Aseda Abla Nyaho. The rest are Nana Afra Korankye, Nana Kwame Ainoo, Jude Nana Osei-Sarpong, Oluwaseun Oluwasegun, Josephine Manye Lomokwor Alimo, Princess Jewel Ofori-Attah, Nana Kweku Adu-Asah, Ama Denkyira Obiri-Yeboa, Papa Kojo Adom Mark-Hansen, Sidney Claude Nana Poku Appau,…

The Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Ghana has put management on the spot by demanding for accounts on the four University of Ghana Enterprise Limited (UGEL) halls. According to the student body, it is time management explained to them what have become of the monies accrued from the four halls. A communiqué signed by the SRC president, Isaac Agyemang, and released on June 24, 2019 details the cries of the body as it made some requests. According to the circular, the SRC is requesting management to respond to some three issues raised: “The Students’ Representative Council has…

Chairman of the Governing Council of Dominion University College Professor Felix Nikoi Hammond has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to urgently reconsider the funding module of his government’s flagship programme, Free Senior High School Programme. While acknowledging that the implementation of the programme is a major step towards tackling socio-economic inequality, Prof. Hammond wished that “this step would be followed immediately with initiatives to radically enhance the quality of secondary education in Ghana”. He observed that giving every child an equal chance of going to secondary school is no mean achievement. The Free SHS Programme was implemented in…

For most people living with unusual white patches on their skin, a medical condition known as Vitiligo, lack of confidence and low self-esteem are prominent characteristics. Though the condition is not contagious the stigma from society has created the false impression that it is deadly and endemic. This continuous stigmatization of people living with the skin-deep condition has shattered the lives of many and will perhaps continue to do so unless we recognise that we all have a role to play to avert these eventualities. The story of Lawrencia Enam Honya, a nurse in the Volta Region is however  different;…

The Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) has distributed two million pineapple suckers to two export farmers at Pokrom in the Eastern Region. Each of the two two farms – Golden Rivers Farm and Ohui Farms – received one million suckers. The move is to enable the export farmers expand their farms in a bid to increase the export of the non traditional product, which is the leading agriculture product in the non traditional export sector. Figures from GEPA show pineapple contributed 18.1million dollars to the non traditional export basket in 2017, representing 4.1 percent of the non traditional export growth…