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A birthday is seen as a special and unique occassion which is celebrated to reflect on the past,restructure the present and prepare for the future. Another year has passed and we look back at our shortfalls and achievements. We pull our resources together towards the attainment of our set goals .  These, among others are the thoughts that may come to mind on birthdays, but the principal focus is to use the birthday as a medium to celebrate life and be joyful for the opportunity to be with friends, family and loved ones. Today, we celebrate our brother, a Living Legend, and our leader HONOURABLE DUKU GIDEON MENSAH affectionately called PROFESSOR BENEVOLENT on his Birthday!! To take a long look at these years gone past.  To really reflect on how time travels fast.  To know that every day that each of us lives.  Is a great gift from God that He lovingly gives.  So as you celebrate another passing year again. On this day that marks the beginning of the moment when ...

Vodafone Ghana Music Awards 2020 organized by charter house was divided into two sections to be held in two nights which was from 28th August 2020, and also 29th August 2020 due to Corona virus pendamic.  Below are the winners on the first night of the VGMA 2020 awards:  Record of The Year – Bolgatanga Girl (Okyeame Kwame) Engineer of The Year – Dan Grahl – Bolgatanga Girl Traditional Artiste of the Year – Tesa Cultural Group Male Vocalist of The Year – MOG Instrumentalist of The Year- Emmanuel Bludo Female Vocalist of The Year – Celestine Donkor Songwriter of The Year – Kofi Kinaata (Things Fall Apart) Best Video of The Year – Killi Me (Cina Soul) Best Group of The Year – Dope Nation Producer of The Year – MOG Beatz African Artiste of The Year – Burna Boy Best International Collaboration of The Year – (Lucky) Sarkodie ft Rudeboy Unsung Category – Teflon Flexx Lifetime Achievement Award – George Darko  Below are the winners on the second night of the VGMA 2020 awards: Gos...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the media in Berlin on August 27, 2020. German football stadiums will most likely remain empty for the initial part of the season as Chancellor Angela Merkel warmly extended a ban on large gatherings until December 31. It comes after Merkel met with her 16 state governors on Thursday to discuss how to stem coronavirus infections in the country after daily infection rates spiked to the highest levels since the end of April. Sport was not the main focus of the talks, but it is covered by the decision to extend the ban on events where hygiene and tracing can’t be ensured. That ban was initially set to run until October 31 but was extended for another two months. The state governors’ chiefs of staff will, however, form a working group to consider the possibility of spectators at events and report their findings by the end of October. Bavarian governor Markus Söder agreed with health minister Jens Spahn’s assertion that it would send the “wrong sign...

The Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa, has said that the Ghana Education Service will not rush into re-opening pre-tertiary schools in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. According to him, the GES would act on sound advice by the committee inaugurated to come up with a roadmap towards the resumption of schools. “The schools will reopen when the committee has made proposals, and the proposals have been accepted. So there is no date for us now, but we know that obviously schools will reopen some time,” Prof. Opoku-Amankwa added. He was addressing a day’s training workshop on the Secondary School Improvement Project (SEIP), for selected journalists from across the country, here, over the weekend. Prof. Opoku-Amankwa said following the President’s directive on measures towards reopening schools, the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, had constituted an eminent body to oversee to a possible resumption of schools. The Direct...

University of Cape Coast (UCC) is considering a policy that will allow the university to employ needy, promising students of the institution on a part-time basis to help them earn some money to ease their financial burdens. With this work-study programme, students will be given the opportunity to work at the library, halls of residence and the Students Financial Support Office (SFSO).  In furtherance of this objective, the university last Tuesday inaugurated the SFSO and a management committee to set the process rolling. An 11-member committee will manage the office, and funding will be from the university, student bodies on campus and other interested organisations. The occasion was also used to launch students’ scholarships for the 2020/2021 academic year. The Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the UCC and Chairperson of the SFS Committee, Prof. Dora Francisca Edu-Buandoh, in an address, said the motivation for setting up the support office was to help ease the financial burden of promising ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has apologised for scrapping the teacher and trainee allowances, under the erstwhile John Mahama government. The National Youth Organiser for the party, George Opare Addo admitted that the decision by then NDC government was ‘unpopular’.  Explaining the reason behind the ‘unpopular’ decision taken by the Mahama-led administration, Opare Addo said, the teacher- trainee allowances were cancelled after training colleges were upgraded to tertiary institutions. He however said the explanation is not ‘to justify the cancellation of the allowances.’  According to the Communications Director of the party, Lawyer Kakra Essamuah, the national democratic congress have outlined several policies in their upcoming manifesto which will impact the lives of Ghanaians positively. The NDC's flagbearer John Mahama, has already disclosed recently to the public that, some of the party's 2020 Manifesto policies include; salaries for assembly members,...

I bring you seasonal greetings from the office of the general course Rep. I am very optimistic that we are all doing well. As we all know the rules and regulations governing every institution, you cannot do away with exams so far as your education is concerned. In view of this, the time is ripe for us in level hundred to take our Interim Assessment(IA 1) on Monday, August 17 ,2020. As we prepare for the IA1, I would take this opportunity to first of all, thank you all for availing yourself for the e- learning and its associated activities. Inspite of the numerous challenges faced by many of us, we were able to nip it in the bud for the sucess of this "new normal" intervention . Again , the school management together with the SRC and vodafone Ghana have made provisions for us in terms of bundle, which was activated on August 13 ,2020 to help us carry out our exams sucessfully. To those who dont have vodafone network at their areas, it is not compulsory to utilize the vod...

We celebrate the birthday of people who are close and important to us. It is the day to celebrate your birth and thank God for being born and for you are alive to celebrate the day. Birthday is the time that reflects on your past, evaluates the present and helps make plans for future. Today we celebrate our own, HONOURABLE ODURO KHOFI FRANK POPULARLY KNOWN AS KHOFI  DRAKE, on his 23RD BIRTHDAY. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HON. ODURO KHOFI FRANK(DRAKE) Frank Oduro Khofi popularly known by people as Drake was born on 6th June, 1997. He grew up as the third born of his parents. He grew up as the only grandchild in a small neighborhood called Asawinso with his grandparents whom they treated him as an adult. And later sent to Kwamebikrom in the western North in the year 2003. Because of this, He never knew what it meant to be a kid. Since the adult around him was overprotected, He didn't learn how to relate well with kids. Growing up, He felt accustom to the company of adults. He wa...

You are highly creative, spontaneous, humorous, entertaining, and likable. Emotionally impulsive, . You have a definite flair for the dramatic. You have frequently making sacrifices for others, and often willingly do so. You are highly perceptive and insightful, and this draws others to you, particularly as you mature.  You are especially creative and expressive, and your love life may be especially animated in the year ahead. You succeed best in fields or areas that allow you to make something beautiful, attractive, and/or entertaining. Competitions can resolve in your favor. You are especially attractive to others–even your magnetism gets a nice boost.  The year ahead should be satisfying and balanced overall. You are in comfortable demand and personally popular, and you are able to achieve a decent balance between work and play; personal and professional life. For the most part, you are on top of your game this year, and positive connections with others ca...

We Are Still Confused As To Why Coronavirus Is Not Killing Africans – European Scientist Corona virus which WHO declared as outbreak is still surprising Western world how it has not killed an African. European scientists are still marvelled and confused as to why Coronavirus (COVID-19) is not viral in Africa. The world woke up to the news that Juventus player, Daniele Rugani has contacted coronavirus. On the other hand, though, European Scientists are still confused as to why Africans are not being killed by Coronavirus. In the post by ‘New Scientist 'on Twitter, it has it that scientist still do not know why coronavirus is not killing Africans like it is killing people in many European countries and other countries in the world. They also have this information fully explained on their website as they write on a lot of expert views from Europe on the matter. So far in Africa, only 2 deaths have been reported, in Egypt and Morocco with 1 each. The death reco...

The E. P. College of Education, Amedzofe, established in 1946, cannot admit fresh students this academic year if the infrastructure on the campus is not immediately expanded. “This is due to the four-year Bachelor of Education Programme which was introduced last academic year,” Dr Dickson Tsey explained. He described the situation as highly uncomfortable and appealed to the government to take fast-track measures as soon as possible before “we get overwhelmed” by that state of affairs. Dr Tsey who was speaking at the 13 th  Congregation of the college on Saturday, also called on policy makers and various stakeholders to take a second look at the teaching practice under the B. Ed programme known as Supported Teaching in Schools (STS), saying that although its implementation looked simple, it was quite complex, depending on the factor of location.  “We find ourselves at a place where our partner schools for the STS are far away, forcing us to transport...

We can’t admit fresh students this year – E.P College says The E. P. College of Education, Amedzofe, established in 1946, cannot admit fresh students this academic year if the infrastructure on the campus is not immediately expanded. “This is due to the four-year Bachelor of Education Programme which was introduced last academic year,” Dr Dickson Tsey explained. He described the situation as highly uncomfortable and appealed to the government to take fast-track measures as soon as possible before “we get overwhelmed” by that state of affairs. Dr Tsey who was speaking at the 13 th  Congregation of the college on Saturday, also called on policy makers and various stakeholders to take a second look at the teaching practice under the B. Ed programme known as Supported Teaching in Schools (STS), saying that although its implementation looked simple, it was quite complex, depending on the factor of location.  “We find ourselves at a place where our partner ...

 Lawyer for the two University of Ghana lecturers who have been suspended over the BBC’s sex for grade documentary has welcomed the punishment, but with reservation. According to Francis-Xavier Sosu, considering the other sanctions attached to the suspension, the action is too harsh. “It is for this reason that we find the decision to be a little too harsh and the university’s communiqué as misleading,” he said in a statement. He, however, stressed: “Our Clients have made it clear to us that as senior members of the University, they do not want to further litigate this matter in court or have a protracted dispute over the issue.” The University of Ghana has suspended Political Science lecturer, Professor Gyampo and Dr Paul Butakor over the sex-for-grades documentary by the BBC.  A statement by the University of Ghana stated that “in line with statute 46 (2) of the University of Gha...

Kobe Bryant was a five-time NBA champion and Oscar winner US basketball legend Kobe Bryant was among five people killed in a helicopter crash in the city of Calabasas, California. Bryant, 41, was travelling in a private helicopter when it crashed and burst into flames, according to reports. The five-time NBA champion was widely considered one of the greatest players in the game's history. Tributes from celebrities and fellow sports stars have been pouring in, many expressing shock at his sudden death. The identities of the other victims have not yet been released. In a statement, the City of Calabasas said it was "with great sadness that we learn of the death of Kobe Bryant and four others in a helicopter crash". "The aircraft went down in a remote field off Las Virgenes around 10:00 this morning. Nobody on the ground was hurt," it added. Gavin Masak, who lives nearby, told CBS News of the moment the helicopter crashed" It wasn...