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The Public Relations Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority, James Lartey has blamed residents of Alavanyo for the death of four persons in the community after they consumed poisonous ‘puffer fish’. According to him, the indigenes were aware of the harmful effects upon the consumption of the poisonous fish. Mr. Lartey’s comments follow after Alavanya residents died after eating ...

Popular fast-food restaurant chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), has supported the ‘Save a Child, Save a Mother’ project, an initiative of the Rebecca Foundation, with GH¢ 10,000. The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has been raising funds towards the construction of a new Maternity as well as Mother and Baby Unit MBU) for the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), to ease ...

Innovative Teachers, an organisation that champions the interest of Ghanaian teachers, wants opposition to the proposal to license teachers through a professional examination to stop. Head of the Organisation, Steven Densu, says the move will improve teacher-quality and is consistent current global trends. “In line with professional status of teachers and in line with international standards, every teacher must be ...

The Ghana Institute of Governance and Security (GIGS) has joined many across the world to extend its heartfelt sympathy to the government and people of Sierra Leone following the mudslide disaster in which hundreds have perished. “This is too much for a country to bear, and we, therefore, urge the other African States, especially in the ECOWAS region to stand ...

The Ghana Investment Promotion Centre and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is leading a humanitarian effort in favour of Sierra Leone which has recently been hit by a natural disaster. Some 400 persons are known to have died from Monday’s mudslide and flooding which also displaced over 3000 people in what is being described as a humanitarian ...

Former Ghana president, John Dramani Mahama, has had an eventful few months following his loss in the 2016 elections to Nana Akufo-Addo. The former National Democratic Congress (NDC) flag-bearer was handed a heavy defeat at last year’s polls, despite his advantage as the incumbent. Mahama managed to record just 44.4% of the vote cast, with Akufo-Addo emerging victorious after garnering ...

The Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana has backed the introduction of licensing exams for teachers, saying it will bolster teaching in the country. Most Reverend Titus Kofi Awotwe Pratt told Joy News’ Michaela Richter-Anderson Wednesday, the policy will ensure that only hardworking teachers are attracted into the education sector. On the sidelines of the Methodist Autonomy Day, ...

The Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has pointed out that the unavailability of the critical competencies to deal with cyber security issues is a primary cause of increased global challenges in the fight against cyber threat. Mrs Owusu-Ekuful cited a 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study – Benchmarking Workforce Capacity and Response to Cyber Risk conducted by Frost & ...

An Education Consultant with the Institute of Education Studies has described as “superfluous”, a new policy that will require teachers to write exams for their licenses. Dr Prince Armah, who is himself a licensed teacher with the General Teaching Council for Scotland, noted one-shot exams will not be the best way possible to provide licenses for teachers. He is recommending ...