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It’s that time of the year again when kids between the ages of 7 to 12 take the chance to showcase their talent to the world. TV3, organisers of Talented Kidz, a reality show which provides the platform for child stars to be made, have officially launched this year’s edition. Dubbed the 10th anniversary edition, this year’s competition has officially kicked off after its launch at the West Hills Mall on Sunday. The West Hills Mall car park was full as hundreds of kids filled the venue to see the outdooring of the 26 contestants taking part in this year’s…

Ants are genius. Little wonder the Bible asked that the lazy man consulted them on how to become wise with regards to saving for the future. With my background in Biochemistry, trust me, there are a lot of fascinating facts about ants most of us have very little knowledge about. And… these facts very much relate to life, especially marriage. I have learnt loads of lessons from the ant. Let me share a few with you. Two means one. The ant is a social insect. Ants don’t live singly. In other words, they always live together as one colony/community. The…

Ants are genius. Little wonder the Bible asked that the lazy man consulted them on how to become wise with regards to saving for the future. With my background in Biochemistry, trust me, there are a lot of fascinating facts about ants most of us have very little knowledge about. And… these facts very much relate to life, especially marriage. I have learnt loads of lessons from the ant. Let me share a few with you. Two means one. The ant is a social insect. Ants don’t live singly. In other words, they always live together as one colony/community. The…

It’s that time of the year again when kids between the ages of 7 to 12 take the chance to showcase their talent to the world. TV3, organisers of Talented Kidz, a reality show which provides the platform for child stars to be made, have officially launched this year’s edition. Dubbed the 10th anniversary edition, this year’s competition has officially kicked off after its launch at the West Hills Mall on Sunday. The West Hills Mall car park was full as hundreds of kids filled the venue to see the outdooring of the 26 contestants taking part in this year’s…

A two-hour late afternoon downpour Monday has left houses, shops and schools flooded, and people stranded in parts of Koforidua in the Eastern Region. Schools, households and shops at the central business district were the hardest hit by the floods caused by the downpour that started at about 3:30pm, causing all business activities to come to a halt. Other affected areas were Nsukwao, Zongo, Highways and their environs which are known as flood prone arrears in the Koforidua township. Our correspondent Yvonne Neequaye reported a while ago that it is currently drizzling but the floods have subsided a little, adding…

Local Government and Rural Development Minister Hajia Alima Mahama has commended Zoomlion Ghana Limited for its latest move to tackle the country’s sanitation problem with the unveiling of mechanized street sweepers. The waste management company last week deployed 10 mechanical road sweepers to be used across the various cities in the country to help achieve President Akufo-Addo’s vision of making Ghana a clean nation. The company believes the deployment of over 500 additional waste trucks, construction of waste transfer stations in Achimota and Teshie, installation of mobile composting plants across the regions, provision of medical waste treatment plant, haulage and…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings was compelled to park his car and step into the middle of the road to direct traffic as the level of lawless on Accra-Aflao road gets ugly. Careless drivers who ply the road often create four lanes on a single lane road causing traffic to build up unnecessarily especially at the junction that leads to Prampram in the Greater Accra region. These impatient drivers do create needless obstacle which impede flow of traffic. So when the former president bumped into the indiscipline act near the Pampram stretch of the road, where commuters had been stuck…

The Ghana National Gas Company Limited says it is on course in meeting the June deadline for works on the relocation of the Karpowership plant from Tema in Greater Accra to the Sekondi Naval Base in the Western Region. Government resolved to move the 470 megawatts Karpowership plant to the naval base to enable operators draw natural gas from Ghana Gas to power the plant, which currently runs on heavy fuel Oil HFO and costs the country about 9 million dollars monthly. The relocation to utilize the natural gas in the western region would save the country over $240Million on annual…

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Samuel Nartey George has accused the Commander of the Police SWAT team DSP Samuel Azugu of fabricating stories to malign him. Mr. George said this when he appeared before the Commission of Inquiry investigating the violent occurrences during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election, where he said the SWAT team Commander lied about some comments he is purported to have made. The Ningo Prampram MP was slapped by some security personnel working with the SWAT team near the La Bawaleshie Presby polling station during the by-election which took place on January 31, 2019. A video…

Twelve tertiary students and three instructors have been rewarded at the Huawei National ICT Training and Awards ceremony held in Accra. The 12 winners who were from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the Accra Technical University, will go on a training trip to China and other capacity-development rewards. They also received the latest Huawei smartphones and other devices including the Matebook, internship opportunities as part of their prize-package. More than 500 ICT and engineering students from top universities in Ghana competed in the global ICT talent competition this year. The Huawei ICT Competition is a global…