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Mr Samuel Bortey, Awutu Senya East Municipal (ASEMA) Director of Education, said their biggest challenge in the Municipality was fathers sleeping with their own daughters. He said in some cases, heads of the houses also sleep with their house helps. Mr Bortey who disclosed this at a social audit programme in Kasoa in the Central Region, said some men also play with children’s private parts in their cars. He said sometimes when girls in this situation report to their mothers, for fear of stigmatisation, they only shout on them to keep quiet or threaten to punish them. He said all…

An international energy and infrastructure conglomerate, the Sahara Group, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are joining forces to promote reliable access to affordable and sustainable energy. The two are also focused on promoting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the private sector with a specific focus on SDG 7 (affordable energy). The partnership was formalized on Monday, April 15 in New York during the official signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by UNDP’s Regional Director for Africa, Ahunna Eziakonw,a and the Sahara Group Executive Director, Temitope Shonubi. “650 million people in sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to…

All is set for Onua FM to take over Gyakiti, located within the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, and treat patrons to a long weekend of exciting activities this Easter. The annual Onua FM Gyakiti Easter show kicks off with the ‘Akwaaba night’ jam Friday, April 19, and promises four days of fun for patrons within Gyakiti and its neighbouring towns. Saturday is packed with activities, starting with a health walk in the morning, to be followed by a football gala, and the night will witness jams on the main street of Gyakiti. The final round of the football…

The Sekondi-Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched a business condition report of the Western Region with a call on government to take pragmatic steps to create the enabling environment for businesses to flourish in the country. The report focuses on the first quarter of 2019. The Western Region Business Condition Report is the findings of a thorough research undertaken by the Sekondi Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The aim, according to the Chamber, is to find out the state and challenges of businesses operating in the Region so that it can intervene and advocate on their behalf.…

It has emerged that not even a single farmer nor official of Cocobod ever complained about the use of Lithovit liquid fertilizer by cocoa farmers. A scientist at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), a division of COCOBOD, Dr. Alfred Arthur told an Accra High Court on Wednesday that there was no time in point since Lithovit fertilizer was introduced to farmers that management at CRIG received negative feedback on the product. The testimony of Dr. Arthur, who is the second prosecution witness, sort to contradict government’s position that the Lithovit Liquid was a substandard product and not fit…

The Ministry of Aviation has denied reports that it intends privatizing or selling the country’s only international airport, the Kotoka International Airport. According to the ministry, what was “leaked” to the public was an initial internal considerations of a possible management model for the Kotoka International Airport to enhance its value, performance and international competitiveness. “The Ministry has no plans whatsoever to recommend, neither does the Government of Ghana have plans to approve a privatization or sale of the Kotoka International Airport,” the Public Affairs Unit of the Ministry said in a press release dated April 17. Find the press…

Technology is ‘disrupting’ the way we work and students are not prepared for the changes that have taken and are taking place in the job market, Mr Ken Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Dalex Finance stated in Accra. He said students’ vision of success was based on professions and skills that were successful in the past, but the skills needed to succeed in the future were different from those that provided success in the past and to be relevant you should be an autodidact. Mr Thompson made these remarks at two separate events held recently at the University of Ghana…

A man and his lover were charged in a Meru court for screaming while having sex, inconveniencing members of the public. Chacha Mwita and Cynthia Mauhokha pleaded guilty to two charges facing them before resident magistrate Maureen Odhiambo. Magoola Twaha, a Ugandan aged 27 years, was also charged alongside the two but denied the two counts. The court heard that on Sunday at Makutano Imenti North, Meru, the three were found in a building of Humphrey Murithi with the intent to commit a felony. Mwita, 24, who is a businessman and Cynthia, 31, a casual labourer, were charged with having…

On Monday, April 15, the United States of America congratulated the Densu Oyster Pickers’ Association (DOPA) and the Development Action Association (DAA) for the successful completion of the second annual oyster harvesting closed season.  Located in the Tsokomey community of the Ga South Municipal Assembly, both are local, community-led, non-governmental organizations committed to protecting Ghana’s oyster stock. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development’s efforts to facilitate the Densu Estuary Community Co-Management Plan for oyster resources. As a result, DOPA, DAA, and other stakeholders, successfully implemented the annual, five-month closed season…

When it comes to Beyoncé releases, there is usually an element of surprise. The singer — who perfected the secret album drop in 2013, and has since toyed with the tactic for releases like “Lemonade” and “Everything Is Love,” with her husband Jay-Z — did it again in the early morning hours Wednesday, one-upping the arrival of her own Netflix documentary, “Homecoming,” with a previously unannounced live-album version of the same concert. Both the film and the album, also titled “Homecoming,” capture Beyoncé’s performance at last year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, in which the singer — the first…