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Kalveo Kindergarten and Primary School in the Kassena Nankana West District of the Upper East Region which was under one big baobab tree has seen a facelift with an ultra modern 3-unit classroom block with teacher’s office with furniture, library with furniture, books, desk top computer, printer, and a washroom. This gesture is by Tuma Kavi and funded by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) under the Local Civil Society Partnership programme. The ultra-modern school facility was commissioned in Kalveo in the presence of all stakeholders. As a deprived community, Kalveo has lagged behind in terms of development especially in the…

The industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) says it is disappointed that government ignored their concerns, appointed and confirmed Ofosu Asamoah as the executive secretary of the Labour Commission. Charles Adongo Bawa Duah who was the executive secretary of the Commission was removed from his position by the Akufo-Addo government. Such removals, the Union said could politicise the executive secretary position of the Commission and also undermine smooth negotiations between government and labour. Following the removal of Mr Bawa Duah, Ofosu Asamoah was appointed by the presidency as the new executive secretary of the Commission, despite pleas by the ICU against such…

Leaders have begun a final day of talks at the G20 meeting in Hamburg as officials try to bridge the gap with the US on issues such as trade and climate change. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is hosting the summit in Hamburg, said the talks so far had been “very difficult”. Negotiators worked through the night in an attempt to reach a compromise on the wording of the final summit statement. It comes after a second night of violent protests on Hamburg’s streets. The G20 (Group of Twenty) is a summit for 19 countries, both developed and developing, plus…

As world leaders prepare for the final day of talks at the G20 meeting in Germany, we bring you how much some of them take home every year as their earnings. America’s Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron of France, Angela Merkel of Germany, Canada’s Justin Trudeau, UK’s Theresa May, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Lee Hsien Long of Singapore appear to be on top of the list of high earning leaders but who stands tall among them? Donald Trump – USATrump is currently on a 400,000-dollar [307,720 pounds] a year, although he had said he would only take a dollar. Justin Trudeau –…

As world leaders prepare for the final day of talks at the G20 meeting in Germany, we bring you how much some of them take home every year as their earnings. America’s Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron of France, Angela Merkel of Germany, Canada’s Justin Trudeau, UK’s Theresa May, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Lee Hsien Long of Singapore appear to be on top of the list of high earning leaders but who stands tall among them? Donald Trump – USATrump is currently on a 400,000-dollar [307,720 pounds] a year, although he had said he would only take a dollar. Justin Trudeau –…

For many players, a move to a club that has struggled to avoid relegation for two straight seasons would be considered the beginning of the end, but for Asamoah Gyan, the move to Turkish side Kayserispor is about proving the opposite. If you are the Ghana stalwart, who has taken that path to return to European club football, it is effectively an attempt to prove he is not all about the money. The Ghana captain and leading international goal scorer has agreed a two-year deal with the Turkey Super Lig side. It marks his return to Europe after six years…

Ghana has successfully launched its first satellite into space. GhanaSat-1, which was developed by students at All Nations University in Koforidua, was sent into orbit from the International Space Centre. Cheers erupted as 400 people, including the engineers, gathered in the southern Ghanaian city to watch live pictures of the launch. The first signal was received shortly afterwards. It is the culmination of a two-year project, costing $50,000 (£40,000). It received support from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The satellite will be used to monitor Ghana’s coastline for mapping purposes, and to build capacity in space science and technology.…

Registration for the 2017/2018 National Service personnel starts on Monday July 17, 2017 and ends on Thursday August 17, 2017 across all regional centres in the country but service personnel cannot print out their appointment letters until Wednesday, July 12. In all, over 91,000 service personnel have been deployed with the public sector absorbing majority of them. The sectors to absorb them include agriculture and agro business, education support, National Service Secretariat support, business services, community health, rural development, administrative support, urban traffic, and urban sanitation. Meanwhile two thousand one hundred and sixty (2,160) personnel have been deployed to the…

Over 30 elegant and determined ladies thronged the Radach Memorial and Conference Center in the Northern region to audition for this year’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful (GMB) pageant. It’s without gainsaying that the reality show is the country’s most sought after beauty pageant and brought to you by Ghana’s leading private television station, TV3, which prides itself as the ‘Best in Entertainment’. It was no wonder to many when a lot of people defied a rainy weather to partake in the Season 11 of Ghana’s Most Beautiful on Friday, July 7, 2017. The ladies between the ages of 18 and 30…

The President of Ghana Rugby, Herbert Mensah, has started a new craze amongst the Ghana Rugby players that he calls “Gutter-to-Gutter” Rugby. The exercise and physical training have always been part and parcel of his daily routine and Herbert Mensah often combines this to take his dogs for a brisk morning walk in the neighbourhood of Osu, Accra. This habit inspired some of the Ghana Rugby players to join him and to combine the early morning walk with honing Rugby skills in terms of ball handling. “During the recent Rugby Africa Regional Challenge tournament that Ghana Rugby won against Benin…