Richard Commey moved closer Saturday night to getting the second shot at Robert Easter Jr. that he desperately wants. The hard-hitting lightweight contender knocked out Mexico’s Alejandro Luna in the sixth round of their IBF lightweight elimination match in San Antonio. Commey knocked down Luna twice in the sixth round, which prompted referee David Fields to stop their bout at [...] The post Commey
“Wear Ghana Month,” a national campaign to promote the country’s cloth cultural heritage and boost the local textile and fashion industries has been launched in Accra, under the theme, “Wear Ghana to promote the fashion industry.” To be celebrated every March, Ghana’s independence month, the campaign is in honour of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana who [...] The post ‘Wear
Stakeholders in child health have expressed concerns about the dire conditions of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the maternity ward of Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital (ENRH) in Takoradi and advocated the refurbishment of the hospital. The unit is also faced with inadequate incubators and other equipment to cater for new born babies and operate at full capacity. For [...] The post Effia
The World Bank says with the right reforms in Ghana, the agricultural sector has the potential to be one of the leading sectors for a more diverse economy, which can be transformed to become an engine of growth and job creation. The bank said agriculture had a very large multiplier effect on employment, creating more than 750 jobs for [...] The post Agric has potential
Automobile giant Nissan has once again accessed the competence of its dealer networks’ technicians and service advisors globally by honouring the Nissan Service Technician Excellence Competency Award (NISTEC) and Nissan Service Advisor Excellence Competency Award (NISAC) regional competitions. National winners of the preliminary contest held in each dealership country including Ghana, Mauritius, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Mozambique competed for the ultimate [...] The post
The World Bank (WB) is developing a new development socio-economic framework for Ghana which will guide the bank’s development support for the country in the year 2019. The new development framework dubbed Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is under the Country Partnership Framework (CPF), among others, focused on economic growth, education and health and good governance. According to the WB, the [...] The post WB
Ghana’s population is now estimated at 29.6 million up from the 24.5 million recorded during the 2010 Population and Housing Census, a Chief Statistician with the Ghana Statistical Service, David Kombat has disclosed to the Ghanaian Times. He said the country’s population growth rate is at an estimated 2.5 annually, adding that an estimated 38.8 per cent of the population [...] The post Ghana’s
Stakeholders at a sanitation forum in Accra have called for attitudinal change and enforcement of existing sanitation laws to address sanitation challenges facing the country. According to them, Ghana had laws on sanitation from the colonial era and that there was no need for additional laws but rather for duty bearers to see to it that the laws were respected [...] The post Stakeholders
Parents have been asked not to use the financial relief brought on them with the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) to be complacent in securing a better future for their children. The Minister of state in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah who represented the President at the 87th Speech and Prize Giving Day of Accra [...] The post Save
The late retired diplomat and writer Kwaku Baprui (K. B) Asante, was on Saturday laid to rest at the Gethsemane Memorial Garden in Accra after a burial service at the forecourt of the State House. The solemn ceremony, which attracted scores of mourners, was attended by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife, Nana [...] The post K.B. Asante laid to rest
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), has donated GH¢4,500 to the Alavanyo Kpeme United Roman Catholic Junior High School (JHS) for the purchase of classroom furniture. This comes two months after the army made a similar donation to neighbouring Nkonya Tayi DA JHS. The Commander Rear of the 66 Artillery Regiment in Ho, Major Edward Sarpong Appiah presented the cash amount [...] The post GAF
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