Ghana has become the darling of the global community since it embarked on an ambitious project to plant five million trees on a single day across the country.
Throughout the year, the Graphic/Zoomlion sanitation campaign train has traversed the entire country, preaching the good news about environmental cleanliness.
On Friday, November 19, Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates successfully ended the examination and are currently home with their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) counterparts, who completed theirs some seven weeks ago.
Since 2018 when the Best Teacher Awards were renamed the Ghana Teacher Prize to conform with international standard, a Ghanaian has made it to the top 50 Global Teacher Prize list three times.
Every November 16, the world celebrates the founding of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Paris, France.
The Upper West Regional Minister, Dr Hafiz Bin Salih, recently gave a directive to municipal and district chief executives (MDCEs) in the region to endeavour to stay in their respective jurisdictions for the effective delivery of their mandates.
Although statistics have shown over the years that the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions have the highest levels of poverty in the country, that is a fallacy, and we believe the situation can be turned around.
In many parts of the world, especially in developing countries, there are harrowing stories of children used as labourers, abused physically, emotionally and sexually. Others are also immersed in armed conflict, living on the streets, and suffering due to differences; be it religion, minority issues, or disabilities. For instance, current global statistics show that there are about 153 million children between the ages of five and 14 who are forced into child labour.
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has advocated continuous professional development for drivers as a requirement for the renewal of driving licences.
The introduction of the Proper Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021 draft bill in the Parliament of Ghana that seeks to criminalise the activities of the LGBTQ+ community has attracted much attention across the length and breadth of the Ghanaian society.
Over the years, traffic congestion in the major cities, especially Accra and Kumasi, has been mounting alarmingly, to the discomfort of commuters and residents of these cities.
The United Nations global conference on Climate Change has come and gone. The Conference of Parties (COP26), which began in the Scottish city of Glasgow two weeks ago, was accompanied by drastic warnings from the scientific community of an escalating climate crisis.
