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Airline is ditching ‘ladies & gentlemen’ for a more gender-inclusive greeting

For years, cabin greetings such as “Good morning ladies and gentlemen” have been as much part of the flying experience as safety demonstrations and seat belt buckling instructions. But now, one European airline has advised its crew to make announcements more inclusive after a passenger complained. EasyJet, a low-cost carrier and one of Europe’s largest airlines, has issued its staff ...

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How the people of Elmina became the first Africans to receive Europeans in West Africa

Although the English and Americans are the European superpowers today, there was a time that power lied in the bosom of the Portuguese and Spanish. Researcher and historian at the University of Ghana’s Institute of African Studies, Kweku Darko Ankrah, notes that Elmina in Ghana’s Central Region is the first European settlement in West Africa. Historian J.E. Condua-Harley notes: “When ...

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Clarify ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ policy – CSOs to govt

President Nana Akufo-Addo

Civil Society Organisations are asking the government to reposition and redefine the ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ policy to meet the needs of current generation without compromising the needs of future generations. This, according to the Ghana Civil Society Organisations Platform on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), will ensure economic stability, prosperity and development. “It is imperative that countries become more self-reliant, independent ...

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Update Ghanaians on high-profile corruption cases – Occupy Ghana to AG

Pressure Group, Occupy Ghana, has called on the Attorney-General to update Ghanaians on the status of high-profile corruption cases being investigated. A statement issued by the group singled out the Woyome, Abuga Pele and Philip Assibit cases as issues that citizens need to be updated on. “The Attorney-General must present a full update to Ghanaians on the status of the ...

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The pursuit of JJ Rawlings on the path of Freedom and Justice

Jerry John Rawlings

The emergence of President Rawlings in the political scene in Ghana brought in a new dynamo for sustaining the freedom fight towards a free and liberated people on the continent of Africa. He strongly propagated philosophies and policies that would deepen the Pan African ideology and moral standard for integrity, justice and equality amongst the African peoples, and Africans in ...

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Accra can still become cleanest city in Africa – Mayor

Mohammed Adjei Sowah

The Major of Accra has urged the media and Ghanaians in general to partner the Accra Metropolitan Assembly to achieve the government’s vision of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa. According to  Mohammed Adjei Sowah, Accra’s sanitation challenges require an “all hands on deck “ approach. Speaking to JoyNews’ Augustina Buckman, during a carol service organised by the Assembly, he said despite the effective ...

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Inside Ghana’s Mafi-Dove village where childbirth is banned

Ever heard of a town or village where all its inhabitants were not birthed there? How about a village where pregnant women have to be rushed out when about entering labor because an age-old tradition bars birthing in the town? How about a town where there is no cemetery because burials are outlawed? Well, in Ghana’s Mafi-Dove community in the ...

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Ghana among countries that have highest percentage of women business owners in the world

The third edition of the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs (MIWE) has listed three African countries as global leaders in terms of women-owned businesses. Uganda, Ghana and Botswana are ranked as the top three countries with the highest percentages of women-owned businesses across the 58 markets evaluated around the world. Based on publicly available data from international organizations including the ...

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A national resolution: That we may respect our insanity

This article has not given itself to me easily, it has been hard to find ‘time’ to write it although I completely agreed on how important it was to write it. So let us cut straight to the chase, Tetteh Quashie overhead. As though the name Tetteh Quashie is not synonymous to some glory in Ghana, there is chaos breeding ...

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Judiciary urged to enforce laws to end child trafficking

Dr Peter Ndowie, the Director of the Pan African Organisation in Ghana, has urged the judiciary to impose stiffer punishement on child trfficking offenders. This was the way to go to provide protection for children. He invited the government of Ghana to join hands with neighbouring countries in the response against child- trafficking in Africa to enhance the welfare and ...

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