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The 10% pay cut announced by former President John Mahama in his 2014, State of the Nation Address to parliament for him and his ministers has summed up to a total of GHC 2.5million at the end of December 2016. The amount according to TV3 sources has been deposited in a special account recommended by the former president to be used for the construction of Community-based Health Planning and Services compounds or CHPS compounds. The Controller and Accountant General’s Department who confirmed this to TV3 indicated that the 10% deducted from the salaries of the former president and 52 ministers…

Teaching and learning at the Benkum Senior High School at Larteh in the Eastern Region was Monday suspended following Sunday evening’s rainstorm that left more than 250 students without accommodation. Both the boys and girls dormitories had their roof ripped off, with the boys dormitory constructed by the GETFund five years ago, being the hardest hit. The school’s library and portion of the teachers’ bungalow were also affected by the rainstorm. Students had to spend Monday trying to salvage their personal effects and other belongings from the rubble. The students were said to have threatened to boycott classes and leave…

Eleven people sustained several injuries while many others were displaced as rainstorm swept through Dormaa Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region last Friday. Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organisation for Dormaa Central, Ebenezer Yeboah, who confirmed the incident told 3FM “So many houses have been ripped off. I have counted 92 buildings, for now, with four collapsed. “Those buildings with half sheet ripped off are not among this figure. We are still recording data on the situation,” he added. Mr. Yeboah said  those injured in the incident included eight adults and three children,  some who were discharged from hospital…

Government is to begin the construction of underground drains at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra as one of the key measures prevent the recurrent flooding in and around the area. Already, the United States of America, Brazil and Israel have expressed interest in helping  to construct the drains, Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta-Akyea said on Onua FM Monday. A heavy downpour in most parts of Accra Sunday flooded almost every part of the newly construct Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange, which is unofficially referred to as ‘Circle Dubai’. “Very soon we shall start[the construction] because it is our…

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has denied suggestions that his tour of several African countries is part of a grand plan to influence support for Dr Ahmad of Madagascar in his bid to unseat sitting CAF president Isaa Hayatou. Infantino stopped over in Accra after visiting South Africa, Zimbabwe and Uganda where he has been interacting with several heads of national federations across Africa. But it was his presence at a party organised by Cosafa chairman Phillip Chiyangwa, which CAF suggested was part of a ploy to destabilise the body that has raised eyebrows. He is adamant however that he is…

Authorities of the Ankaful Leprosy and General Hospital are appealing to the government, individuals and organizations for urgent support to address some serious challenges militating against quality health care delivery at the facility. According to the medical superintendent of the hospital, Dr Ekow Amankrah- Otabir, the hospital has inadequate staff, accommodation challenges and serious encroachment problem among others. This was revealed at a ceremony to commission a 20-bed capacity accident and emergency unit at the facility, aimed at expanding, improving and providing quality health care. Dr Amankrah- Otabir also expressed worry about the non-payment of NHIS claims by the National…

A psychologist who has done extensive research on suicide among young persons in Ghana,  Dr. Joseph Osarfo, has  warned society against trivializing issues that young people consider as problems. “People tend to trivialize the reasons for which somebody wants to die. Every Ghanaian’s response to somebody who is going through crisis and may feel suicidal is that you are stupid, go and kill yourself, why, if you will die, die” he observed. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise Morning show Monday at the back of the alleged suicide by an 18-year old student last Friday, explained that triviliasation of issues bothering people…

Business Development Minister, Ibrahim Mohammed Awal, has urged Canadian businesses in the country to expand their scope of investments beyond mining to other critical sectors of the economy, especially in Agri-business and tourism. He made the call when executives of the Canada-Ghana Chamber of Commerce called on him at the Ministry. The Minister said though there have been some level of investments from Canada in Ghana, there are more opportunities to be explored to increase trade volumes between the two countries. He observed that Canada –Ghana business is not too big, hence urged the Chamber to help in improving the…

UK-based Ghanaian gospel musician, Sonnie Badu, who was briefly hospitalized in Australia  over the weekend has denied rumours that he has died. The award-winning artiste, according to his management, “had an emergency” following which he was hospitalised for about two hours in a Sydney hospital; A photo of him on a hospital bed was shared Sunday on social media by his team, with a caption that requested prayer for the artiste but within few hours speculation was rife that the ‘Wonder God’ hitmaker had passed on. “We need all Minister @sonniebaduuk’s prayer warriors to rise and pray, the devil can’t…