The Erimon Senior High and Technical School in the Lawra District was last Sunday closed down following what has been described as a violent life-and-property-threatening demonstration by students of the institution who were protesting against disciplinary measures in the school.
The importance of water to man’s existence cannot be overemphasised. Indeed, in centuries past, the availability of water was a major consideration for the settlement of people in particular places and there was no community without a source of drinking water.
One potent and sure way to remove conflict, ensure sustainable development and make a country attractive to investors and visitors is to have in place a very robust and effective security system that it has built for itself.
The health of a nation depends on the health of the individuals in that country. To ensure good health for the citizenry, governments throughout the world spend huge chunks of their budgets to provide facilities and personnel to ensure that their citizens are in good health.
Early this month, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo made a pledge before the President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Ahmad Ahmad, that Ghana was ready to host CAF competitions beginning with this year’s African Women’s Cup of Nations to be held in the country in November.
Human rights are fine rights, they underpin most laws globally; however, God’s right is an incontrovertible right. Indeed, jurisprudence, that is the study of the theory of law, has its basis in a moral order birthed by religious thought.
Admission to tertiary institutions throughout the world has, for a long time, remained an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completion of secondary education and every secondary school leaver aspires to that stage.
The Rebecca Foundation, led by the First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has announced its presence. The inauguration of the Mother and Baby Unit and Paediatric Intensive Care section at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Friday, barely five months after the commencement of the project, cannot go unnoticed.
Illegal small-scale mining, popularly referred to as ‘galamsey’, poses serious threats to human life and the environment. In many mining communities in the country, wanton environmental destruction and pollution of water bodies are worrying outcomes of illegal mining.
The arrest last Monday of three foreign nationals with explosives believed to be hand-held grenades, among other offensive weapons, has sent shivers down the spines of many Ghanaians. The worst part of the situation was when the news went viral on social media that one of the suspects was affiliated to the radical Islamist group, the ISIS.
Unexpectedly, Mercy Tagoe Quarcoo, who was appointed the assistant coach of the senior female national team, the Black Queens, has been entrusted with the job, albeit temporarily, following the departure of her boss, Masa Ud Didi Dramani, to take up an offer in Denmark.
‘Tradition’ is defined by the Thesaurus as the handing down of statements, beliefs, legends, customs, information, etc., from generation to generation, especially by word of mouth or by practice. It is a known fact that traditional practices have helped to shape the lives of millions of people and also enabled them to uphold their identities very strongly.
For instance, in Japan, China and other parts of Asia, tradition as per their style of dressing, the drinking of herbs, among other things, has given the people a strong identity.
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), the main referral hospital serving the Ashanti and the Brong Ahafo regions, needs GH¢60 million to replace aging and obsolete machines and equipment.
Established before the country’s independence in 1954, the hospital has a history of serving Ghanaians, as well as citizens from countries bordering Ghana to the north.
Another year has come to an end and, as is usual, many people have made resolutions which they intend to follow to make life better and more comfortable for them in the new year, although in many cases such resolutions are forgotten within a few weeks of the year.
The year 2017 was eventful. It was the year in which Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo- Addo, after three attempts, was sworn in as the fifth President of the Fourth Republic, with its accompanying excitement and challenges.
Ghana has seen a high level of stability since the return to constitutional rule in 1993, with four smooth transitions, all to the admiration and envy of many countries especially in Africa. Indeed, the country has been a good example to others and many political experts point to Ghana as a classic and promising democracy in Africa.
The successes we have chalked up can be attributed to the people’s understanding of the benefits of democracy, the organisation of political bodies and, above all, the supervisory role of the Electoral Commission(EC), the body set up by law to oversee elections in the country.
Last Friday, The BEIGE Bank (TBB) officially became the 35th universal bank in Ghana.
It is an institution that has played at the lower echelons of the banking sector for just over 10 years. The growth attained by the indigenous company from a savings and loans company to a universal bank is laudable and adds to the growing list of Ghanaian business success stories, especially in the banking sector.
One of the major decisions affirmed by the Extraordinary National Delegates Conference of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) held yesterday is the resolution passed by the party’s National Council that requires all serving metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) who wish to contest as parliamentary candidates where the party has sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) to resign their positions three years before the national elections.
This is a landmark decision that will ensure that MMDCEs who wish to remain so will continue to work as such, without any divided attention and without being seen as threats to sitting MPs. At the same time, it will enable sitting MPs to concentrate on their work as legislators and allow for the proper separation of powers at the grass-roots level.
The use of motorbikes for bussiness and especially transportation has become popular in Accra and some parts of the country.
Patronage in the national capital is huge because in a city where traffic congestion is unbearable and a number of roads are in a deplorable state, the motorbike becomes a convenient means of transport for many people.
Dr Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, one of the oldest living medical practitioners in the country, has advised medical doctors to choose credibility and integrity over money in the practice of their chosen profession.
Speaking when the management and students of the Family Health University College Medical School paid a courtesy call on him at his residence in Accra last Thursday, the 98-year-old surgeon urged doctors to serve their country with the best of dedication.
Finally, it has emerged that the deaths that have occurred so far in Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) were as a result of Influenza Type A H1N1. The Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu, said in a media brief that 12 out of the 19 cases had tested positive for the influenza .
This is a very traumatic experience for parents who have lost their children, teachers who have lost dear students and students who have lost precious friends and classmates. But as we sympathise with those who have lost such loved ones, the issue of health, especially in our schools, comes into sharp focus.
