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Students in respective classes of the Delhi Public School (DPS) International, Ghana, who have excelled academically in the 2016-2017 academic year, have been celebrated at an Achievers Day ceremony held in the school. The event was attended by parents, guardians, and teachers with the rest of the students filling the auditorium to cheer up their colleague achievers who mounted the stage to receive their prizes and certificates. In all, 79 prizes were awarded to deserving students with quite a number of them sweeping multiple awards with a student of the 10 IGCSE class, Maame Afaribea, emerging the overall best student…

All prospective Hajj pilgrims will from Monday be screened of their health status, the Hajj Board has announced. The health screening exercise will be done concurrently in Accra , Kumasi, Tamale and Bawku in the Greater Accra, Ashanti, Northern and Upper East regions respectively. In Accra, they would be screened at the newly constructed Hajj Village Clinic, which is expected to be commissioned on Wednesday. A statement issued by the Hajj Board Sunday said the Head of Medical, Dr Zakaria Seidu, has assured all prospective pilgrims that their health needs will be well taken care of. The commission of the…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reiterated the commitment of his government towards the industrial transformation of the Ghana’s economy. He said the government in particular would diversify agriculture to ensure increase in agricultural productivity and also create of a strong social services sector in Ghana. These, he said, represents Ghana’s path towards the realisation of the 2030 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda. Nana Akufo-Addo said this last Friday when he called on Mr Peter…

Former president Jerry John Rawlings is warning population explosion in Ghana could derail the country’s development if immediate steps are not taken to check it. He has consequently underscored the need for Ghanaians to consider family planning as the surest way to stemming the country’s population growth. Ghana’s population per the country’s Statistical Service, was 27.9 million in 2015 with a projected annual population growth rate of 2.5 percent. An estimated figure from the United Nations Population Division puts the country’s population at 28,616,129 as of Sunday, June 11, 2017, which is equivalent to 0.38 per cent of the world’s…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings on Saturday jokingly told hundreds of National Democratic Congress’ supporters that it is a pity that the party’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, is not handsome. “When the time comes, it is a pity he is ugly [Rawlings bursts into laughter with the crowd]. If he were handsome, we would put him on a horse to go and help. Considering how how light he is like air, the horse will run faster,” he said in Twi. Listen to the audio below https://virdgedigital.com/zip_it/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Rawlings-Asiedu-Nketia_.mp3 By 3news.com|Ghana

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, second son of the late deposed Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, is said to have been freed under an amnesty, in a move which could fuel further instability. His father’s preferred successor, he had been held by a militia in the town of Zintan for the past six years. The Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion said he had been released on Friday but he has not been shown in public. Some reports say he is now in the city of Bayda, others that he is in Tobruk. His lawyer, Khaled al-Zaidi, also said he had been released but…

The Chartered Institute of Bankers says the decision by the government to issue new bonds to pay off legacy debts will bring significant relief to the banking industry. Its Chief Executive, Anthony Oppong, told TV3 the decision could result in improved liquidity for banks and consequently bring down the high non-performing loan ratio. Government is seeking to raise a 10 billion cedi denominated bond, the equivalent of 2.5 billion dollars. Out of the amount, 800 million dollars is owed to local banks by the Bulk Oil distribution Companies. “In 2015 for example, the total public sector debt to the banks…

A short ceremony has been held by the Ghana Baptist University College (GBUC) in Kumasi Amekom to swear in new executive members of the Student Representative Council (SRC). The ceremony was attended by lecturers of the college including Rev. Prince Yaw Addofo, Dean of Students as well as SRC executives from various institutions in Kumasi. The outgoing president, Mr Patrick Antwi Tuffuo on behalf of the old executives, expressed hope that the new administration will continue with the projects initiated during their tenure of office. The new President of the SRC, Mr. Eric Osei Akoto in his acceptance speech thanked…

The Vice President Alhaji Dr MahamuduBawumia, has assured the Muslim community that the New Patriotic Party government will fulfil the promises made to Ghanaians, especially the Muslim community, because President Nana Akufo-Addo is a man of his word. Speaking at the Bolga Central Mosque as part of the second phase of a nationwide Ramadan Tour, Vice President Bawumia recalled that he was in the region and mosque last year to ask for their support in the run up to the elections, and it is only proper that he comes in person again to thank them for helping the NPP win.…

A Deputy Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation,Williams Kwasi Sabi, has been found guilty of contempt by the Sunyani High Court and fined GH¢7,000. He is to serve a 30-day prison term should he fail to pay the fine. On February 10, 2014, the court granted an interlocutory injunction restraining Mr Sabi and his privies, agents and assigns from clearing, preparing and or developing or dealing with a disputed piece of land pending the final determination of a suit. However, the respondents decided to disregard the order and went ahead with activities on the land in dispute, in spite of the…