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The 2007 year group of St Thomas Aquinas Old Students Association (Old Toms) on Saturday April 1, presented a cheque for GHc5, 000 to Patrick Yeboah who has been left paralysed after being struck by a billboard. The 28-year-old suffered this unfortunate fate in April, 2016, when a billboard belonging to Medex Media Company mounted around the Palace Mall on the Spintex Road in Accra fell on him, leaving him completely paralysed. Patrick was captured in the video below receiving the cheque from his school mates who had called on him at home to present the cheque and some other…

Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei has been shortlisted for the prestigious Chatham House Prize for 2017. Awarded by the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the United Kingdom, the Chatham House Prize is given to the person, persons or organization deemed to have made the most significant contribution to the improvement of international relations in the previous year. Mrs Osei was nominated alongside Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia and Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of NATO, Chatham House announced on its website. According to the Director of Chatham House, Dr. Robin Niblett CMG, the nomination of Mrs. Osei was…

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has re-emphasised that the 2017 budget will address the needs of the poor in society. He was speaking at the launch of the 2017 Ghana national convention of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International in Accra under the theme “Awakening the Sleeping Giant”. The Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International (FGBMFI) is made up of Christians from all denominations with the goal to promoting Christian values in the business environment, community and home. The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta used the opportunity to urge the business community to expand their businesses in order…

The Tema Community 5 assembly of the Apostolic Church on Sunday witnessed a memorable night of pure gospel worship as Dr. Helen Tettey launched her maiden album. Dubbed ‘Mi Worship’, the event was well attended by a host of dignitaries including Supt. Kofi Sarpong who graced the occasion with a 25 minute medley. The big moment of the night saw ACP Dr. Helen Tettey mount the stage to wow the congregation with a performance of some of her songs on the album that has been Mi Worship. Her presence on stage was filled with mixed emotions and tears as some…

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale North Constituency in the Northern Region claims his presence in Parliament is making some New Patriotic Party MPs uncomfortable. Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyini has observed that “it is the mindset of some people on Majority side, not all of them, that some people do not deserve to be in parliament and by whatever standard, I am unable to tell”. The Tamale North MP cited MP for Manhyia South, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh and Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, whom he claimed rained insults on him during a debate on the floor of Parliament on Thursday,…

Background to Ghana Education Evidence Summit The maiden Ghana Education Evidence Summit (GEES)-not GES as in Ghana Education Service-has just ended in Accra. As a vital part of the Research Agenda of the Secondary Education Improvement Project (SEIP), GEES managed to bring together over 200 researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and academicsto think of how to advance education in Ghana. The GEES, which was put together by the Ministry of Education (MoE), GES and the Innovations for Poverty Actions (IPA), seemed to have re-invigorated the spirit of collaboration among the participants and stakeholders of having to work hard to improve our nation’s…

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) says it has no hand in the determination of the salaries of the chief executives of para-statal institutions. A statement issued by the FWSC on Sunday said it had noted the public concern over salaries of executives of para-statal institutions and the inquiries into what role the Commission has had to play in the determination of those salaries. “Indeed at the onset of the Single Spine Pay Policy (SSPP), all public institutions were invited to submit their allowances and salaries to enable the Commission harmonize and standardize existing conditions in the public service,”…

A former deputy Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, says the allocation of GHC1.576 billion by the government to the District Assembly Common Fund in the 2017 budget is in clear breach of Ghana’s constitution. He argued in a Facebook post Monday that the allocation falls short of the five per cent of the country’s total revenue, which Article 252 (2) requires the government to allocate under the District Assembly Common Fund. “Reconciling the allocations made to the District Assemblies Common Fund in the Appropriation Act and the requirement of Article 252(2), and the definition given to total government revenue in…

President Trump’s Executive Order on Climate Change will have far reaching impacts on many developing countries, especially in Africa, that are already bearing the brunt of the negative impacts of climate change. African Civil Society, under the umbrella of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), says reversing the Obama climate plan is one of the greatest injustices and an onslaught on Mother Earth, especially in the fight against climate change. The Energy Independence Executive Order, signed by US President, Donald Trump on March 29, 2017, has been hailed by groups in the fossil fuels business, but condemned by environmental…

The committee led by lawyer Philip Addison that concluded that the Ameri deal was fraudulent and recommended a renegotiation, was apparently sponsored by Ameri Energy, the Minority in Parliament has disclosed. The committee as part of its investigation visited the Ameri Energy’s office in Dubai but the trip was ironically sponsored by the company it was supposed to investigate, that’s according former Power Minister Dr. Kwabena Donkor. At a press conference organized by the Minority in Parliament Monday, he challenged the committee to make public who paid for the trip to Dubai. “Members of the Addison Committee, including Mr. Addison…