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Staff of Pantang Psychiatric Hospital on Wednesday marched from the medical facility to Adenta-Barrier, and back, to register their displeasure at the mass encroachment on their lands. This is the second in a series of industrial actions by staff to get government to stop the encroachment in front of the hospital. On Monday, staff embarked on a sit-down as the first of many industrial actions to get their grievances resolved. They claim the takeover of the frontage of the hospital by private developers is hampering the hospital’s operations while workers are exposed to vices such as thefts and attacks. On…

A 35-year-old police officer, Corporal Ebenezer Okyere, has shot himself dead at Tafo, a suburb of Kumasi. The unfortunate incident occurred around 7:30 Wednesday morning. A girlfriend of the late Corporal Okyere said the officer decided to take his own life shortly after receiving a phone call. The girlfriend, who is currently in police custody, claimed she tried to persuade Corporal Okyere to reverse his decision but he threatened to shoot her if she doesn’t move out of the room. Shortly after she left the room to seek help from neighbours and friends of the late officer,  they heard a…

The National Development Planning Commission is advocating a national budget allocation for contraceptives. Ghana’s population has increased by 9.1 million from the 2006 census of 18.9 million to 24 million in the last census conducted in 2010. The alarming rise in population has been attributed to low patronage of contraceptives, especially among women. It is reported that less than a quarter of women use contraceptives because one out of every three women meet their needs in family planning. Poor access to contraceptives especially among rural women have been identified as one of the factors contributing the population rise. Speaking at…

Dancehall king Shatta Wale may be thousands of miles away from his native Ghana, but clearly didn’t forget to wish his cute son ‘Majesty’ a happy birthday. The ‘Taking Over’ hitmaker posted two pictures on his Instagram page with the caption ‘Tomorrow is your birthday ??❤️❤️but i am celebrating you from today… #Majesty on 10/07/2017’, and then posted a second one captioned ‘Majesty,Is my only best friend..?????????HBD… Am in america but i will celebrate this day wif u ???’. Most fathers have been very poor with remembering birth dates of their children but Shatta Wale has clearly demonstrated he is a…

A child oriented nongovernmental organisation, Juvenile Reform Foundation-Ghana (JRF-Ghana) has launched a charity concert to raise funds in support of released and incarcerated juvenile offenders in the country’s correctional centres. Dubbed ‘Our Future,’ the concert will take place at the last quarter of the year. It will be held three times every year in three different regions. Funds from the concert will used specifically for the technical and vocational training, formal education and the general welfare of juvenile offenders-both released and incarcerated, as well as vulnerable children in society. It will also be used to sensitise the public on the…

Just a couple of years ago, people living in Kumasi would have had a troll at residents of Accra for the perennial flooding of the capital city, whenever the rains set in. But today, makeshift swimming pools abound in Ghana’s second largest city – homes, markets and streets are now abodes of flood waters anytime the heavens open. Flooding is indeed a growing phenomenon in the Garden City; buildings are submerging, people are drowning and communities are being displaced. The excessive flood waters in the past two months have collapsed bridges and washed away bitumen on roads, worsening the already…

Government has given approval to the Ghana Prison Service to recruit 1,000 prison officers to enhance its performance so as to meet the international best practices in prison administration. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia made the disclosure in Accra on Tuesday at the inauguration of a 13-member Governing Council of the Ghana Prisons Council. He urged the Council members to offer their skills and expertise so as to recruit the right calibre of personnel to the expected standards. He said as a result of the poor ratio of prison personnel to inmates it had affected the performance of the Service…

Captain of Berekum Chelsea, John Moosie, is hopeful his team will get a point in their game against Accra Hearts of Oak on Wednesday. Performance of Berekum Chelsea has not been consistent. The team has lost in its last 5 away games. It currently lies 9th on the Ghana Premier League table after match day 21. But Speaking on Onua FM, Moosie said he believes his side will break their winless away record and possibly get a point when they meet the ‘never say die’ boys. “Though Hearts of Oak lost against Bechem United last Sunday, we are hopeful to…

Seven Twitter users are suing the US president, Donald Trump, saying their right to free speech has been violated. Mr Trump has been party to an eye-watering 4,000 lawsuits over the last 30 years, US media say. And now the mogul turned commander-in-chief has attracted one more, after seven people sued him for blocking them on Twitter. Mr Trump is an avid user of the social media forum, which he deploys to praise allies and lambast critics. The lawsuit was filed by the Knight First Amendment Institute, a free speech group at Columbia University. The seven Twitter users involved claim…

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