Head of Anaethesia at FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital, Dr. Irene Adorkor Wulff, on Thursday mentored Senior High School students at the ongoing National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ) competition, at the University of Ghana, Legon. The morning mentorship talk, which is an empowerment session put in place by organizers of the competition, saw the seasoned Consultant … Read more
Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) graduates have been advised against rushing into adulthood but rather remain focus on developing their careers. Mr Joseph Amoako-Ansah, Executive Director of Open Dove Children Foundation (ODOCEF), a non-governmental organization, who gave the advice, said children must follow the natural developmental transition into adulthood. Mr Amoako-Ansah in an interview with … Read more
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) Mp4H (Mobile phone for Health) project has been launched in Sunyani as part of a two-day midwives forum organised by the Brong-Ahafo Regional Health Directorate. The GHS-Mp4H is a private-public partnership between Tech-Valley Gh, an Accra-based Ghanaian health promotion non-governmental organisation and the GHS to provide reliable health care messages … Read more
The poor results produced in the past ten years by pupils who sat for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions have been a source of worry to stakeholders in the area. For the 10 year period, the regional league table rankings have shown that the three … Read more
A licensed US gold buying firm, Green Global Resources, has accused the Ghana Police of serious corruption at the highest level in the case of an alleged GHC 1.3 million gold scam. This gold scam case led to the interdiction of the then-East Legon Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Basintale, and 6 others after they seized … Read more
A licensed US gold buying firm, Green Global Resources, has accused the Ghana Police of serious corruption at the highest level in the case of an alleged GHc 1.3 million gold scam. This gold scam case led to the interdiction of the then-East Legon Police Commander, DSP Emmanuel Basintale, and 6 others after they seized 13 … Read more
Three Chinese men were detained in Thailand on Tuesday after police discovered they were running a ‘click farm’ from a house near the Cambodian border to generate likes for Chinese products on social media. The trio was arrested on Sunday after police raided their rental home and discovered a rack of some 500 smart phones … Read more
Sri Lankan railway authorities announced a crackdown on selfies on Tuesday after a 12-year-old boy was decapitated and two other men also died while snapping themselves on a coastal track. The boy and his 24-year-old brother were killed as they took photographs of themselves on the picturesque section of track in Colombo on Sunday. Police … Read more
The head pastor of Effiduase Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church and Assistant Headmaster Administration of Okomfo Anokye Senior High School in the Ashanti Region was on Saturday afternoon shot dead by armed robbers. The 53-year-old Pastor James Agyei who is also is also a national executive of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) was … Read more
Ghanaian musician and philanthropist, Okyeame Kwame (born Kwame Nsiah-Apau) has been appointed board member of Worldreader. As Founder and Creative Director of his One Mic Entertainment record label, Firm Bridges Communications, and the OK Foundation the award-winning artiste – also a Masters Degree holder has contributed immensely to education, the creative arts, leadership, mentorship among … Read more
Many people in the country who have lost their way in life with no skill and hope for the future will attribute their problems to their failure to pass the BECE. Every year, we show a lot of children the exit door in their quest to progress to the next level in education and give … Read more
Mr. Appiah assured the public about the reliability of service and the experience of the drivers Local transport unions are beginning to express interest in phone applications that will provide commuters with services upon request. Ghana’s transport system has seen improvement with online applications which has led to higher levels of competition in the country’s … Read more
Over the past couple of years, YouTube has undeniably become a growing force in Africa. Indeed, YouTube reported in a company blog post that “the number of hours of video content in Africa being uploaded has doubled year over year for the past two years” and that “the audience has grown with it with watch … Read more
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is urging the government to tread cautiously and hasten slowly in its attempt to create new administrative regions. According to the think tank, broader consultation and civic education needed to be carried out to ensure the full support of the citizenry, particularly those in the regions to be affected. … Read more
A total of 468,053 candidates are expected to sit for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) which begins today [Monday] across the country. The Ghana Education Service (GES), has however warned candidates and their teachers to desist from any examination malpractice during the exams. According to the service, it will sanction severely any teacher who … Read more
A trader, 26, has been arraigned before an Accra Magistrate Court for stealing seven mobile phones being charged in a drinking bar. Samuel Amenu pleaded guilty when he appeared before the court, presided over by Isaac Addo. Amenu was fined GH¢120 or in default serve three months imprisonment. He was further asked to pay to … Read more
Japan on Thursday launched a satellite to help build a high-precision geolocation system that will complement the US-operated GPS. A H-IIA rocket blasted off at 9:17am (0017 GMT) from the Tanegashima space centre in southern Japan carrying the “Michibiki” No.2 satellite, footage by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency showed. Satellite geolocation systems, initially designed for the … Read more
Andy Rubin, one the creators of Google’s Android software, has launched his own high-end smartphone. Mr Rubin left Google in 2014 to create Playground, a technology investment company. Essential is one of the companies it funds – and the Essential Phone is its first product. The device runs the Android operating system and has gone … Read more
A chess-playing robot stole the show as Asia’s largest tech fair kicked off in Taiwan with artificial intelligence center stage. The annual Computex trade show in Taipei comes as Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen seeks to boost the island’s economy with her ‘Asian Silicon Valley’ project, nurturing startups and attracting investments from major international companies. The … Read more
Personnel of the Ghana Police Service, especially in the Ashanti Region, must do better to combat crime following reported cases of robbery and attacks on people in the region, David Agbee, a security expert, has said. According to him, the absence of a police guard at the residence of the judge whose residence was burgled … Read more