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The Ministry of Communications is developing an Open Data Portal as part of its implementation of the eTransform Project and has organised a 4-day Data Upload Challenge and a Hackathon under the Ghana Open Data Initiative to make government data open and accessible to all for free. The event which was organised in collaboration with MobileWeb Ghana and was held from the 2- 5 April, 2019 at the Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT (KACE) had about a hundred and thirty (130) participants from MDAs, Civil Society, Academia and Application developers to interact with datasets uploaded on the revamped…

Aisha Huang failed to meet her bail conditions[/caption] INTRODUCTION As a republic, Ghana has the responsibility to legislate primary laws to regulate the behaviour of Ghanaians and foreigners who are within her territorial borders and sanction offenders of such laws with secondary legal provisions. The nation has exercised these powers through, among other things, the passage of the Minerals and Mining Laws and the prosecution of those who conflict this law. Mining in Ghana is to conform to the Mineral and Mining Law of 1986 (PNDC Law 153), as amended by the Mineral and Mining (Amendment) Act of 1994 (Act…

It’s bad news for hipsters but men with beards harbour more germs in their whiskers than dogs carry in their fur, scientists say. The alarming news follows a study that found every sampled beard was crawling with bacteria, and nearly half had bugs that were hazardous to human health. By contrast, a number of dogs tested proved to have lower levels of microbes. Now men have been left bristling with fury, with claims that the results stem from pogonophobia – the irrational fear of beards. In the study, scientists wanted to discover whether there was a risk that humans might…

Niels Högel was caught in 2005 after injecting unprescribed medication into a patient photo: REUTERS[/caption] A former nurse has been convicted of murdering 85 patients at two hospitals in northern Germany and handed a life sentence. Judge Sebastian Buehrmann described Niels Högel’s killing spree as “incomprehensible”. Högel, who is already serving life for two murders, administered lethal doses of heart medication to people in his care between 1999 and 2005. He is believed to be the most prolific killer in Germany’s modern history. Prosecutors said he attacked patients in order to impress colleagues by subsequently trying to revive them. A…

Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah[/caption] It has emerged that a witness of the Attorney General, Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah was deeply involved in over US$268 million fertilizer deals through single-source for the 2011/12 cocoa season. That notwithstanding, the yield for that cocoa season rather dipped. In a bid to meet its own target of one million metric tonnes, COCOBOD applied and got approval from the Public Procurement Authority to single source the purchase of fertilizers from three companies in three tranches – February, June and November – in 2011 at the tune of US$264,495,688.53. In November, the same year, COCOBOD again secured approval…

The School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM), University of Ghana (UG) launched sandwich MPHIL and MSC nursing programmes on Friday, May 31, in Accra. The sandwich programme offers nurses and midwives the opportunity to work and school at the same time, without having much effect on productivity. Addressing the audience, the acting Dean of SoNM, Prof. Lydia Aziator indicated how important and timely the programe is. “The programme is as important as it is timely, particularly because nurses and midwives currently have profound challenges of securing study leave due to the disproportionate nurse-patient ratio. Ultimately, the sandwich programme in Nursing…

Dressing has over the years grown past merely wearing pieces of material to reduce cold or better still cover up a person’s dignity. It is seen as an art form were people combine the benefits of wearing clothing and making a mark of style in today’s world. It is regarded all over the world as a language everyone understands. That is to say, what a person wears communicates what he/she feels and where they belong. Modest fashion can be interpreted in many ways. Nevertheless, it is typically used to describe clothing that conceals rather than accentuates the body. Modest fashion…

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey (MP) was in Germany to participate in the 2019 Climate and Security Conference held on Tuesday June 4, 2019. The Foreign Minister who arrived in the German capital, Berlin on Monday 3rd June, 2019 at the invitation of her counterpart, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Heiko Maas participated in a high-level panel discussion on political responses to the threats climate change poses for international peace. She also delivered the keynote address on the topic, Climate Change and Socio-Economic Conflicts. While in Berlin, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey will hold bilateral…

Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Dr. Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, on Tuesday called on Ghanaians to hold their leaders accountable, stating that if they do not perform to their expectation the people must ask them to give account and do the proper thing. The member of parliament, who is also the first daughter of leader of the June 4 uprising, former President Jerry John Rawlings, said it was imperative that the electorate vote on issues that they know are possible. In a passionate delivery at a durbar to climax activities marking the 40th anniversary of the June 4 uprising, Dr. Rawlings said,…

Security forces, seen here on Monday, moved against protesters after a long stand-off photo: AFP[/caption] The number of people killed in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in the Sudanese capital Khartoum has risen to 60, an opposition group says. Members of a feared paramilitary group are reported to be roaming the streets attacking civilians. The violence began when forces of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) opened fire on unarmed protesters on Monday. The military has faced international condemnation for the attack. An attempt at the UN Security Council to condemn the violence was blocked on Tuesday by China, backed by…