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The Achimota School branch of the Ghana United Nations Students and Youth Association (GUNSA) has donated an amount of GHC 2,000 to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the Korle Bu teaching Hospital in Accra. The donation is part of a Yearly Project Scheme by the Achimota School branch to impact the society. Speaking at a brief ceremony at the Hospital, the President of the local President of GUNSA at Achimota School, Master Dela Denoo said he and his colleague students were touched by the work of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) to save lives of babies. He commended…

The Atsia M/A Primary School at Ejisu Municipal Assembly in the Ashanti Region, has over the years received its share of the national neglect as pupils there precariously attend classes in a dilapidated structure. Atsia M/A Primary School structure is one of the oldest basic schools in the Assembly, which was established in 1940’s and has produced many graduates who are contributing their quota to the development of the nation. It currently has a student population of 530, including those in kindergarten. According to the headmaster of the school, Mr Felix Anokye, the school is now struggling to re-roof the…

V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe[/caption] Renowned legal luminary, Vincent Cyril Richard Arthur Charles Crabbe, popularly known as V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe is reported dead. The former Supreme Court judge died Friday morning after a short illness. He was 95. V.C.R.A.C. Crabbe was Special Commissioner to the 1968 Constitutional Commission; Legislative Draftsmen to the 1969 Constituent Assembly which drafted the 1969 Constitution of Ghana. He was the Chairman of the 1979 Constituent Assembly and drafted the 1979 Constitution of Ghana. He worked with the Constitutional Review Commission of Kenya and was Leader of the group of Draftspersons who drafted the Kenya Constitution. He did work the Zambian Constititional…

A family of six perished at Esereso Adagya in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti region when they were washed away by flood waters. The victims were trapped in a saloon car that was carried away by the rapid flood. All the six were members of Jehovah Witnesses who had closed from working on a church building and were returning home. They included a man, his wife, two children and two other relatives. The bodies have been retrieved and deposited at the morgue. Meanwhile, the death toll in the aftermath of the Bagre Dam spillage within a week has reached…

Commissioner of Customs, Mr Isaac Crentsil[/caption] Ghana lost $14.04 million in revenues in July, 2018, the piloting of the cargo tracking note (CTN), has revealed. The losses were attributed to trade malpractices that were orchestrated by government agencies and big firms during the clearing of goods at the country’s ports. Massive undervaluation and overvaluation of imports by big private institutional importers and state agencies which import goods on behalf of the government, are reported to have occasioned the losses. The Commissioner of Customs, Mr Isaac Crentsil, told the Daily Graphic that a breakdown showed that the amount lost was made…

Exhibitors who participated in the just ended Western Trade Fair in Takoradi have urged event organisers, Connect FM, to make it a yearly event as they express their readiness for another exciting fair. Recalling their participation in the fair with fond memory, they are anticipating a greater turn out next time since patrons had quality and relatively affordable goods to buy. Like Rejoice Okyere, a fashion designer who journeyed over 200KM from Spintex in the Greater Accra region was optimistic about similar fairs in the future. “I came from Spintex to participate, it is my first time taking part in…

Ghana is to receive an amount of $190 million U.S. dollars for the second allocation of compact funds from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). This is as a result of government’s ability to meet all the required conditions to access the funds, the Millennium Development Authority said in a statement on Thursday. “Today, MCC submitted a letter acknowledging Ghana’s achievement of this milestone to the President, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Upon Entry-Into-Force of the Ghana Power Compact on September 6, 2016, MCC granted access to the first allocation of compact funds in the amount of $308.2 million U.S.…

China’s leading cloud computing company, which also happens to be the no. 2 company in China’s Information Technology industry, Inspur Group Co. Ltd, has chosen Ghana as its preferred destination in West Africa for the establishment of its regional headquarters. According to Mr. Peter Sun, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Inspur Group, the decision by the company to establish its headquarters in Ghana was borne out of the country’s peaceful and stable nature, coupled with an impressive economic outlook, which saw Ghana grow at 8.5% in 2017, up from 3.6% in 2016. The Inspur CEO made this known on…

Rumours are swirling over who wrote the scathing article – but the vice-president says it was not him Pic: GETTYIMAGES[/caption] US Vice-President Mike Pence has dismissed speculation he is the author of a damning anonymous editorial that attacks President Donald Trump. The New York Times article, said to be written by a White House official, says Mr Trump’s own appointees are trying to stifle his agenda. Fierce speculation surrounds who was responsible but a spokesman for Mr Pence denied it was him. Mr Trump described the writer as “gutless” and the newspaper as “phony”. “The vice president puts his name on…

The decision by the Nana Akufo-Addo government to enter into a $2 billion bauxite for infrastructure barter arrangement with the Sinohydro Corporation of China is an example of the innovative, out-of-the-box thinking influencing the government’s approach to national development, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said. This arrangement seeks to leverage a fraction of Ghana’s bauxite resources to address the infrastructure challenges, and will provide a wide variety of projects including hospitals, bridges, interchanges, roads, affordable housing, rural electrification, and many others in line with government’s development agenda. Speaking at the 2018 Ghana Economic Forum in Accra on Wednesday…