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A Ghanaian has introduced into the country, an innovation in the construction industry that is set to help Ghana solve its plastic waste menace and create jobs for hundreds unemployed youth. In the last six months, Nelson Boateng, a factory hand, has been recycling plastic waste products, which are developed into pavement blocks. Using 80 per cent of broken plastic products and 20 per cent of sand, he is able to produce 12-inch square pavement blocks that have a lifespan of 500 years. With a current production capacity of 200 blocks per day, a total of 230 direct and indirect…

Residents of 52 communities in the Brong Ahafo and Western regions are to be empowered and supported with knowledge and financing to adopt and practice sustainable land use as part of measures being made by Ghana to halt land degradation to reduce the effects of climate change. Through the Ghana Dedicated Grant Mechanism (Ghana-DGM), the residents who mostly depend on land for their livelihood, will be given the necessary support to reorient their way of living to be sustainable, resilient and climate smart. The project that was launched in Sunyani has been widely accepted by interest groups, especially women, who…

Ursula Owusu-Ekuful at one of the computer labs with the pupils[/caption] The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) has embarked on a massive drive to extend Information and Communication Technology (ICT) projects to rural communities. GIFEC is using its Smart Communities Project to bridge the internet gap between peri-urban and urban areas to position Ghana as an IT-driven country. The Smart Communities project, which is being piloted in Brong Ahafo and the Western regions, is providing Wi-Fi in public establishments such as schools, hospitals, banks, police stations and market places among others. Four communities are to benefit from the…

There is a new social dilemma: some gender activists are calling for the flip of the narrative of gender role in our society. It is a quest for a change in the social concept towards the ‘modern day career woman’ – who is said to have worn pants and has supposedly entered the roles and responsibilities of a man. Of course, there is a fundamental wrong in this cause of action e.g. in a disquieting case regarding a career woman cooking for the husband as slavery. The flaw of feminism, perhaps, goes so far as denying biological differences and promoting…

There is a new social dilemma: some gender activists are calling for the flip of the narrative of gender role in our society. It is a quest for a change in the social concept towards the ‘modern day career woman’ – who is said to have worn pants and has supposedly entered the roles and responsibilities of a man. Of course, there is a fundamental wrong in this cause of action e.g. in a disquieting case regarding a career woman cooking for the husband as slavery. The flaw of feminism, perhaps, goes so far as denying biological differences and promoting…

Spending just 10 minutes a day talking to people with dementia about their interests or family could help improve their quality of life, according to a study. Researchers carried out a nine-month trial in 69 care homes in England. One-to-one interaction, combined with personalised care, significantly reduced the residents’ anger and agitation, the study found. The authors said other homes should try taking a more “personal” approach. ‘Simple things… implemented robustly’ The study, published in PLOS Medicine, involved more than 800 people with dementia across care homes in south London, north London and Buckinghamshire over a nine-month randomised controlled trial.…

Spending just 10 minutes a day talking to people with dementia about their interests or family could help improve their quality of life, according to a study. Researchers carried out a nine-month trial in 69 care homes in England. One-to-one interaction, combined with personalised care, significantly reduced the residents’ anger and agitation, the study found. The authors said other homes should try taking a more “personal” approach. ‘Simple things… implemented robustly’ The study, published in PLOS Medicine, involved more than 800 people with dementia across care homes in south London, north London and Buckinghamshire over a nine-month randomised controlled trial.…

Some traders have returned to pavements around the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange barely a month after the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) carried out a demolition exercise along some major pavements in Accra. Despite AMA’s commitment to ensure that traders do not return to the pavements, their effort seems to be going down the drain as traders take over the pavements again. Some traders were spotted doing brisk business near the Interchange with no AMA officer in sight to get them off. On Monday, January 8, several illegally mounted structures were pulled down by the Assembly at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle…

The Executive Director of the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has bemoaned the posture of the Majority and Minority in Ghana’s Parliament where the former capitalizes on their numbers and powers to silence the latter. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise following events on the back of the findings of the five-member ad hoc committee to probe the ‘Cash for Seat’ saga, Dr Rasheed Draman said an independent committee would have handled the issue better. “In many jurisdictions, independent committees are set up, and they are made up of very senior statesmen who have nothing to lose in terms of…

A dawn fire in Kpalsi, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region, has killed one person. Ibrahim Sultan, in his mid twenties, was caught up in the blaze that began from his one bedroom apartment in a six apartment house. According to an eye-witness account, the fire began at about 3am Tuesday from the room of the deceased. Screams were heard from his room, the eye witness said. “I saw everybody trying to call the fire service. We were able finally to get them and they arrived to put a stop to the fire.” The Assistant Chief Fire Officer,…