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People’s Democratic Movement Launched

Madam Rodaline Imoru speaking at the launch

The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) has been launched to facilitate political, democratic and socioeconomic change in Ghana. PDM would ensure the “redemption, reconstruction and rebirth of the Republic of Ghana.” The movement is optimistic Ghana can be developed into a modern nation that will harness its natural resources for effective development. Accordingly, the PDM also is expected to help Ghana ...

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Death traps on Ofankor-Nsawam highway; drivers create 74 illegal U-turns

The alarming presence of many unauthorised U-turns along the Pokuase-Nsawam dual carriageway, which is part of the Accra-Kumasi highway, has triggered indiscipline on the busy highway and compromised the safety of road users. On a daily basis, drivers of private and commercial vehicles, especially trotros, taxis and articulated trucks, use the illegal U-turns to avoid heavy traffic that mounts on ...

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African leaders urged to invest in Sexual and Reproductive Health

Mr Sam Ntalemo, the Representative of the International Plan Parenthood Federation, Africa Region, has called on African leaders to invest in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) of their citizenry. He said with the right investments, young people, especially girls, would be in school to prepare them for their responsibilities as citizens and foster a healthy and productive working ...

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54 Babies Die At Sunyani Hospital Due To Lack Of Incubators

The Neonatal Unit of the Sunyani Regional Hospital in the Brong Ahafo Region recorded a total of 54 deaths within the first six months of the year due to the lack of incubators at the referral facility. Even though the unit receives about seven pre-term babies a day, it only has four incubators, thereby compelling health personnel to tuck up ...

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Media Foundation calls for digital empowerment of citizenry

Sulemana Braimah, MFWA

Mr Sulemana Braimah, Executive Director, Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has called for the digital empowerment of the citizens of African countries to enable them to demand accountability from their leaders through the internet. He said the internet was an effective tool, which would enable the citizens to participate in the democratic governance of their nations and also demand ...

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Don’t Abolish Death Penalty – Oquaye

Prof. Mike_Ocquaye, speaker of Parliament

Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye has kicked against calls for the scrapping of the death penalty in Ghana’s statute books. The death penalty has been in Ghana’s statute books since the application of the English common law in 1874, but in practice, no execution has been recorded since July 1993, when then-President Jerry John Rawlings ordered the execution of ...

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Govt urged to commit more resources into renewable energy

Mr Kofi Bentil

Imani Centre for Policy and Education, a think tank, has urged the government to consider committing adequate resources into Ghana’s renewable energy systems to boost the country’s capacity to exploit its abundant natural energy sources. It observed that while the government had many policies on renewable energy, there was the need for concerted action to create a real market and ...

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Bushfires Disturbing Cashew Farmers

Cashew farmers in the Techiman North District of Brong-Ahafo Region at the weekend expressed worry about recurring bushfire outbreaks in the area which is causing great havoc to their economic activities. According to members of the Kroye Farmers Association, unscrupulous activities of hunters, Fulani herdsmen and palm wine tappers remained major causes of the bushfires and called for firm and ...

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Nurses, midwives in the country need higher education – Dr. Kwaku Asante-Krobea

Dr Kwaku Asante-Krobea

Nurses and midwives in the country need higher education in order to enhance healthcare delivery at various health facilities. This is according to the Principal for the Peri-Operative and Critical Nursing School, Dr. Kwaku Asante-Krobea, will ultimately promote the dignity of the healthcare profession as patients will be in safer hands. “I will never drop my conviction that patients are ...

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SEND Ghana,UNICEF collaborate to give voice to Ghanaians

The constitution of Ghana and other key legislations mandate government to give Ghanaians the opportunity to participate in governance at the national, regional and district levels. The 1992 constitution stipulates how the state should engage citizens and how citizens should be involved in the decision-making process. That is why section 40 of Act 936, for example, states that: “A district ...

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