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A nun in Chile is suing the religious order she belonged to after its members pressured her to leave her convent over her pregnancy. The nun became pregnant after she was raped by a man carrying out repairs at the convent. She alleges that, when her fellow sisters found out about her pregnancy, they pressured her to leave the convent and the Church. Her lawyer says the sisters blamed her for having been raped. She is suing the Archbishopric of Santiago and the Order of St Clare. The Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, Rt Rev Jorge Concha, said that the nun…

A nun in Chile is suing the religious order she belonged to after its members pressured her to leave her convent over her pregnancy. The nun became pregnant after she was raped by a man carrying out repairs at the convent. She alleges that, when her fellow sisters found out about her pregnancy, they pressured her to leave the convent and the Church. Her lawyer says the sisters blamed her for having been raped. She is suing the Archbishopric of Santiago and the Order of St Clare. The Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, Rt Rev Jorge Concha, said that the nun…

The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Aduagyire, Annor Dompreh has urged the presidency to wean itself off the Scholarship Secretariat and allow an independently constituted body to run the agency. This, he said, will ensure that political influences are reduced to the barest minimum. It will also enable professionals with expertise in scholarship administration to manage and strengthen the secretariat to deliver on its mission. Making a statement on the floor of Parliament on reforming and decentralizing the operations of the scholarship secretariat, the MP indicated that the operations of the secretariat do not appear to be regulated by any statute.…

The Tamale Teaching Hospital has for three consecutive years, recorded an upsurge in maternal mortality; something authorities have blamed on overcrowded wards and late transfer of critical cases to the facility among others. Since its upgrade to a teaching hospital almost a decade ago, authorities have been putting measures in place to stem maternal mortality but a total of 27 cases were recorded in 2014, 39 in 2015 and 66 in 2016, figures from the facility showed. Authorities say overcrowding of wards, unstable power and water supply as well as delays in transferring critical labour cases by some peripheral institutions…

Small scale mining companies would not be able to renew their licence until the menace of illegal mining (galamsey) is addressed, Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Peter Amewu has declared. He has also issued a moratorium on the application and issuance of new licence to persons seeking to go into small scale mining. Announcing this on TV3’s Midday Live on Wednesday, Mr. Amewu said the suspensions would be on hold “until I begin to see some sanity in the system”. The issue of galamsey has gained national attention eliciting spontaneous and concerted efforts from all quarters to clamp down on…

Right at the center of many a discussion today is the decision of the Ghana Police Service to accept a GHc50,000.00 donation from the Chairman of the Ghana Association of Chinese Societies, Mr Tang Hong towards the construction of the Police Intelligence and Professional Standards (PIPS) Headquarters at the Nima Police Station in Accra. Mr. Tang Hong, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CAITEC Group, and claims that he decided to donate when COP/Mrs. Osei-Poku approached him for assistance for the construction of the facility. According to the former Director-General of PIPS, COP Joana Osei-Poku (Rtd), the donation is…

She loves to show a lot of skin and many have suggested it is her way of getting attention to herself and her music but Dancehall musician, Ebony says they are far from the truth. This is because she has been wearing skimpy or revealing clothes way before she entered into music. Thus everything you see is a true representation of who she is because she does not fake her identity. Yes, she is a bad girl and she is proud to be one “The bad girl brand people see out there is a true representation of me. This is…

The minority members on the Appointments Committee of Parliament Wednesday boycotted the vetting of some deputy ministers appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in order to push for the Parliament House to rise for recess. Deputy Minority Leader James Klutse Avedzi told 3FM parliamentary correspondent Mercydalyne Lokko Tuesday that notwithstanding an agreement by the House to go on recess Wednesday, the majority side of the House is making attempts to delay it to Friday. According to him, the consensus to go on recess on Wednesday was informed by the fact that there is no business available for the House…

The argument that the people in galamsey threatened communities must rise up in protest sounds good on the face of it, but is a misplaced one in the light of the current exigencies. First of all, we the people have handed the state all the coercive powers to maintain for us absolute peace and safety. We pay taxes to ensure this. Our monies go to support a standing army and the police force. Now that we are confronted with real existential danger, the state appears to slink into a corner, sipping tea in stakeholder forums, while calls are being tooted…

Former Transport Minister and cadre Mike Hammah has blamed the humiliating defeat suffered by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in last year’s presidential election on the former President, John Dramani Mahama. The former president got his priorities wrong, according to his assessment. Mike Hammah said ex-president Mahama’s emphasis on infrastructure development to the detriment of the physiological needs of the masses, was the downfall of the NDC. He spoke on Onua FM’s Morning Show ‘Yen Nsem Pa’. The former Transport Minister told Bright Kwesi Asempa that although Mr. Mahama did his best in governing the country, that was not enough…