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A group calling itself Patriarchal Princesses International has called on all women to be submissive to their men. According to the group, some people have leverage on the concept of feminism to pollute the minds of young girls. In a press statement signed by three leading members, the group said they are bent on upholding the old customs of women submitting to the men in their lives as advocated by the Holy Bible. “A woman must submit to a man’s authority. Submission doesn’t mean a woman should be weak, compromise her moral values or tell lies. “Submission simply means to…

Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful  has downplayed suggestions that the sanctioning of some radio stations by the National Communications Authority (NCA) is politically motivated. The NCA last week sanctioned 131 stations found to have committed various infractions pertaining to their authorisations to operate as contained in Section 13 of the Electronics Communications Act (2009), Act 775. The minority in parliament subsequently expressed its displeasure with the recent actions of the NCA. In their estimation, the NCA appears to be monetizing the right to free expression and could be construed as an effort to exact revenge particularly against stations that had traditionally…

President Donald Trump has described the gunman who killed 59 people and injured 527 in Las Vegas on Sunday as “a sick man, a demented man”. Speaking at the White House, he said he would look at gun laws “as times goes by” but did not elaborate. Police are still trying to find out why Stephen Paddock, 64, opened fire on an open-air concert from the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay Hotel. Police found 23 guns in his room and firearms and explosives at his home. As yet, no clear reason for the killing has emerged and investigators…

The Ghana Bar Association wants the Legal Profession Act, 1960 (Act 32) amended to take away the power to discipline its members from the General Legal Council. The General Legal Council is the main regulatory body for the conduct and administration of legal education and profession in Ghana. The serving Chief Justice is the Chairperson of the Council, and the Judicial Secretary is its Secretary together with other appointed members including the three senior most Supreme Court Justices, the Attorney-General and her nominee, the President, Vice and Secretary of the Ghana Bar Association and the Ashanti Regional Bar President. Section…

Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Bright Wireko-Brobby, has proposed a name change for disability schools in the country in order to prevent the stigma associated with the current names. He wants the current names like school for death and blind to be changed to School for Pupils with Special Needs, a name he argued would make the schools attractive. “I think it sends a derogatory situation aligning to the name,” he contended during a disability project at the Cape Coast School for the Deaf and Blind. The project was organised by SpreadLove Home & Abroad in collaboration with…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has nominated Kennedy Osei Nyarko as Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture. The Member of Parliament for Akyim Swedru would replace Mr. William Agyapong Quaitoo who was pressured to resign from his post in August. The former deputy minister was heavily criticised for making what many considered ethnocentric comments with regards to people from the north in the heat of the destructive fall armyworms invasion.  He apologised for those comments but said he was misconstrued. ___________________________________________________________ Read: Armyworms faux pas: Deputy Agric Minister resigns __________________________________________________________ Addressing Members of Parliament on the third meeting of the…

The Scholarship Secretariat has granted full scholarships to all continuing senior high school students of Denkyira Obuasi. The scholarship scheme is in line with measures by government in collaboration  with stakeholders to aid in the restoration of the town which gained notoriety in May 2017 for the lynching of Major Maxwell Mahama. The 32-year-old soldier was killed by a mob at Denkyira Obuasi  in the Central Region while on official duties on Monday, May 29, 2017. He was given a state burial with full military honors on Friday 9th June 2017. Read more According to the Scholarship Secretariat, persons from…

In the wake of recent divorces and the abundance of marriage ceremonies, I want to demystify the notion that marriage is scary. Marriage can be scary; but it is not meant to be that way. Knowing these tips beforehand will help you make the right decision. 1)First, understand that marriage requires discernment to know when to attack the problem and not the person. It is often said that when you don’t know where you are going, any road can confuse you, in the same vein, when you don’t know where the problem is in marriage, you will be fighting the…

In the wake of recent divorces and the abundance of marriage ceremonies, I want to demystify the notion that marriage is scary. Marriage can be scary; but it is not meant to be that way. Knowing these tips beforehand will help you make the right decision. 1)First, understand that marriage requires discernment to know when to attack the problem and not the person. It is often said that when you don’t know where you are going, any road can confuse you, in the same vein, when you don’t know where the problem is in marriage, you will be fighting the…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the $55.50 million Wa Water Project, at Jambusie, on Monday, 2nd October, 2017, at the commencement of his 2-day tour of the Upper West Region. The Water Project, which was constructed with a facility from the Korean Exim Bank, will supply 3.3 million gallons of water per day to the 100,705 residents of Wa. Commissioning the Project, President Akufo-Addo described it as a very happy day for him, especially as the project was began “at the time of the great Ghanaian leader, John Agyekum Kufuor.” The President noted that “it was in…