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Bureau of Ghana Languages endorses Ahanta language orthography for use in schools
Posted on with No CommentThe Bureau of Ghana Languages has officially certified the teaching and learning of the Ahanta language in basic and secondary school after schools on Ahanta land, especially in the Ahanta West municipality. This giant achievement means the language can be … Read more →
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Jerry John Rawlings dies aged 73
Posted on | CommentFormer President, Jerry John Rawlings has passed on, www.233times.net is informed. He died in the early hours of Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Korle Abu Teaching Hospital in Accra. “He has been in the intensive care unit for a … Read more →
Biden’s transition in limbo, Prosecutors to probe election fraud
Posted on | CommentThe transition of US ‘president-elect’, Joe Biden, appears to be hanging in the balance. As Mr. Biden speaks to some world leaders on phone and appear on television to outline his potential future ‘government’s’ plans and programmes, Mr Trump is … Read more →
NPP constructs 77 Kindergartens in the past four years
Posted on | CommentThe ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) says, to ensure that Kindergarten places are available for all four-year-old children; the government started the construction of 163 Kindergartens out of which 77 have been completed to date. The NPP Government also instituted … Read more →
Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah to deliver Aliu Mahama Memorial Lecture in Yendi
Posted on | CommentMinister for Information Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah will deliver the keynote address at the Aliu Mahama Memorial Lecture as part of activities to commemorate the eighth anniversary celebration of the demise of the late former vice-president of Ghana. The event is scheduled … Read more →
5 Injured after fire razes gas filling station at Ho
Posted on | CommentFire has gutted a gas filling station close to the Ho Teaching Hospital in the Volta Region. The outbreak occurred on Wednesday Dawn [November 11, 2020] a few minutes before 5:00 am. It is still unknown what might have caused … Read more →
$100-million loan approved for Accra traffic management project
Posted on | CommentParliament has approved a $100-million loan agreement between the government and the China Development Bank (CBD). The loan is to go into financing the Accra Metropolitan Area information technology-enhanced traffic management project. The House also approved tax waivers and duties … Read more →
676 pupils got pregnant during Covid era in Volta Region
Posted on | CommentA total of 676 school children in the Volta Region have been impregnated during the Coronavirus period, spanning March to September, a report by the Ghana Education Service (GES) has revealed. Of the figure, 176 of the pregnancies were recorded … Read more →
Sir Ian Wood stands down as Robert Gordon University Chancellor
Posted on | CommentSir Ian Wood is to stand down from his role as the Chancellor of RGU in July 2021, after 16 years as the titular head of the institution. Sir Ian took over the role of Chancellor from Sir Bob Reid … Read more →
Covid-19: China’s Sinovac vaccine trial halted in Brazil
Posted on | CommentThe Brazilian clinical trial for a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine has been suspended after health authorities reported a “severe adverse” incident. Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said the incident took place on 29 October, but did not give further details. The CoronaVac … Read more →
World leaders who haven’t congratulated Joe Biden
Posted on | CommentWith Joe Biden projected to win the US presidential elections on Saturday, many world leaders hastened to congratulate him on his victory. But not everyone has been so keen – in fact some have been conspicuous in their absence. Here … Read more →
1D1F has created 139,331 jobs – Nana Akomea
Posted on | CommentA member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, has revealed that the One District One Factory (1D1F) initiative by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has so far created 139,331 jobs. These, he said, include … Read more →
Ghana Card to replace NHIS Card
Posted on | CommentGovernment’s quest to make the Ghana Card the sole source of identification for persons living in Ghana and for accessing public services has received a major boost following the completion of works to integrate the National Health Insurance Card with … Read more →
Opuni Trial: Agricult received $19.25million for fertilizer supply
Posted on | CommentDirector of Finance, COCOBOD, Peter Osei Amoako, says the Board paid a total of $19.25 million to Agricult Ghana Limited for procurement of fertilizer in the 2013/2014 crop season. He said the first payment, was made on August 13, 2014 … Read more →
Full Text: Prez. Akufo-Addo’s 19th address on measures taken against spread of Covid-19
Posted on | CommentFellow Ghanaians, good evening, and thank you, once again, for letting me into your homes. Three weeks ago, I delivered Update No.18 on the measures being taken by Government to stem the tide of COVID-19 on our shores. I indicated … Read more →
Richard Branson wants to be the first ‘space billionaire’ to actually travel to space
Posted on | CommentRichard Branson, the thrill-seeking British billionaire, founded Virgin Galactic in 2004 on the promise that a privately developed spacecraft would make it possible for hundreds of people to become astronauts, no NASA training required. And if a 2,500-mile-per-hour ride to the … Read more →
Decomposed body of missing policeman found floating on river
Posted on | CommentThe fifty-year-old police inspector who went missing after going to check his plot of land at Asuboi in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region has been found dead floating on a river close to his land. The deceased inspector, … Read more →
Global Covid-19 cases surge past 50 million
Posted on | CommentThe total of confirmed coronavirus cases has surged past 50 million following record numbers of new cases in several countries. More than 1.25 million people have now died after contracting the virus, according to Johns Hopkins university. But the numbers … Read more →
Biden ‘seeks to quickly reverse’ Trump policies
Posted on | CommentPresident-elect Joe Biden is reportedly planning to issue executive orders to quickly reverse some Trump measures The orders do not require congressional approval and would reverse the US exit from the Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization Biden … Read more →
What legal challenges is Trump planning?
Posted on | CommentDemocrat Joe Biden has been declared president-elect, but President Donald Trump is still planning legal challenges to the results in some key states. His lawyer Rudy Giuliani told Fox News that it would be wrong for Mr Trump to concede … Read more →
US election: Joe Biden pushes forward with plans for office
Posted on | CommentUS President-elect Joe Biden is to make tackling the coronavirus pandemic his top priority following his win over Donald Trump, his team says. Announcing the first steps in his transition plan, his team said there would be more testing and … Read more →
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