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An impressive ceremony has been held at the Pentecost Convention Centre (PCC), Gomoa Fetteh to inaugurate Pentecost Students and Associates (PENSA) International, a union of all PENSA institutions across the globe. The event, which took place on Tuesday, May 7, 2019, during the Heads’ Session of the 16th Extraordinary Council Meeting of The Church of Pentecost, was heralded by drama, choreography and musical performance. Under the Vision 2023, PENSA, which operates under the Youth Ministry, shall be organised to have a worldwide focus of possessing the campuses and equipping them to be agents of transformation in the society. Addressing the…

A total of 81 pupils have successfully graduated from Pre-Primary and Primary Level to the higher levels in the Tema-based Delhi Private International School (DPS). The short but colourful graduation ceremony was held in the School’s auditorium on Friday, May 10, 2019. It brought together parents and guardians who celebrated in the success of their wards. There were a total of 28 pupils who graduated from the Preparatory to Grade I. A total of 53 students graduated from class 5 to class 6. Certificates were presented to each pupil on the occasion by the Chairman’s wife , Madam Tanya Thakwani.…

Terrorism has heightened in Burkina Faso in the past year[/caption] A security analyst Emmanuel Kutin, has advised churches to take their security into their own hands instead of relying on state security apparatus. Speaking in an interview on TV3 Midday Live following the terrorist attack in neighbouring Burkina Faso, Mr. Kutin who is the Executive Director of African Centre for Security and Counter Terrorism, observed that the state security would usually react rather than take steps to prevent such attacks. “I think the churches should take their own destiny into their own hands. If you want to rely on the…

Award-winning Ghanaian hip-hop artiste Kwesi Arthur has a signature appearance of always performing bare-chested on stage. Though this is not unusual for hip-hop and some hip-life artistes, the artiste argues that it is one of his iconic styles, and that it distinguishes him and energizes his performance as well. Kwesi Arthur disclosed this in an interview on 3FM’s Sunrise morning show, where he explained the idea behind going shirtless whenever he performs. “It is the vibe; like the energy around it is just crazy. So whenever I am performing, I just take off my shirt, and the reaction is crazy.”…

Ghana’s national rugby team, the Ghana Eagles, has been crowned the 2018 National Team of the Year. The 44th edition of the prestigious SWAG (Sports Writers Association of Ghana) awards that celebrate excelling Ghanaian sportsmen and women was held at the Accra International Conference Centre on Saturday 11 May 2019. Michael Arko Bahun Wilson, captain of the Ghana Rugby Eagles team that won the 2018 Rugby Africa Bronze Cup in Elmina-Ghana against Mauritius, was awarded the Male Rugby Player of the Year. Wilson is also the President of GRUPA (Ghana Rugby Union Players Association) and a Board Member of Ghana…

File photo[/caption] The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) is considering the introduction of a “Digital Billboards Regulations” to prevent the display of alcoholic adverts between 6am and 8pm. The FDA said such a regulation will mandate alcoholic beverage producers to mount their billboards solely on the electronic device to enable them regulate these adverts to commensurate with the ban on the playing and airing of adverts on radio and TV stations from 6am to 8pm. Though the ban is in effect, it has been difficult controlling billboards advertising alcoholic products like it has been able to achieve with the TV…

Ghana has become the largest gold producer in Africa, toppling South Africa in a recent data released by the World Bank. The data copied to the Ghana News Agency said Ghana exported 158 tonnes of gold in 2018, about 15% increase over the previous year. Ghana has thus dethroned South Africa, which produced 139.3 tonnes and returned to the high volumes of the 1980s. It said mining firms operating in the country include Newmont Mining Corporation, Gold Fields, Anglogold Ashanti and Asanko Gold. It noted rural communities in four regions of Ghana currently affected by the environmental damage and pollution…

Radio Silver 92.3 FM based in Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis in the Western Region operated by Simgwado Broadcasting Company Limited has been shutdown by the National Communications Authority. According to the station’s General Manager Bless Korku Borkloe he received a call from the Western Region office of the National Communications Authority for them to shut down. “I received a call from the NCA at about 10 45am Friday that we should shut down and so we complied”. When asked whether they are in default of anything he said, “It is a legal issue and I don’t want to comment on that for…

Photo: REUTERS[/caption] Eden Hazard scored the winning penalty as Chelsea edged past Eintracht Frankfurt 4-3 on penalties to set up an all-English Europa League final against Arsenal. Hazard, who could have played his final game for the Blues at Stamford Bridge, converted after Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga had saved from both Martin Hinteregger and Goncalo Paciencia. Chelsea will now meet Arsenal in the final in Baku on 29 May and the result means both the Champions League and Europa League final will be played between English clubs this season – the first time all four finalists in Europe’s top two…

Former President Jerry John Rawlings, has in a meeting with the outgoing Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, Monsignor Jean-Marie Speich, urged leaders all over the world to take a cue from the recent retreat Pope Francis had with South Sudanese leaders in the quest for lasting peace in their war-ravaged country. The former President said, “the significance of what the Pope did by going down on his knees to kiss the feet of President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar should not be lost on the world, humanity, mankind and especially those of us on this continent.” Mr. Rawlings said…