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[caption id="attachment_93978" align="aligncenter" width="624"] President Maduro (centre) and his wife Cilia Flores (left) react to a loud bang during the military event pic:REUTERS[/caption] Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he has survived an assassination attempt involving explosive drones. Mr Maduro was speaking at a military event in Caracas when the alleged attack occurred. Live footage of Mr Maduro’s speech shows the president suddenly looking upwards – startled – and dozens of soldiers running away. Mr Maduro has blamed Colombia for the attack – something denied by Bogota as a “baseless” accusation. Seven soldiers were injured, and several people were later arrested,…

When FamilyShare asked you, our readers, what questions you want to get a therapist’s opinion about, we discovered one great fear is if their spouse will change after marriage, and if they do, how? Why do people change after marriage? We talked to psychotherapist Mary Fisher to find out why. Q. What is your initial response to why people change after marriage? For many people, marriage is a monumental event that bears huge significance and involves lifelong hopes and expectations. We can’t help but have expectations about what marriage will be like and how marriage will change us, but whatever we expect…

Zenith University College is on course to becoming an autonomous university, Professor Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has said. He said the role of mentoring institutions such as the UCC was to nurture the partner college like Zenith University under it to share good practices with it, so that it matures a fully grown autonomous university. “Zenith University College is on course in meeting the requirements of its affiliation with UCC,” Prof Ampiah stated in a speech read on his behalf at the August 2018 congregation of the Zenith University College over…

Ekwow Spio-Garbrah[/caption] A lot of people are willing to enjoy the benefits that come with a political party but are not willing to make any sacrifice, National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential hopeful, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has observed. Speaking on 3FM’s Sunrise Thursday, August 3, he said doing politics is not like office work where one expects to be paid at the end of the month, but more or less a sacrificial work. “Political party work is not a salaried work, it is not office work but field work. It is moving around, it is also a lot of volunteering”. He added,…

The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to implement targeted, deliberate policies to make Ghana self-sufficient in chicken production and save the nation from the huge poultry import bill. This follows an announcement by the Minister for Food and Agriculture, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, that there was no maize imports this year after the implementation of policies such as the Planting for Food and Jobs which resulted in a bumper harvest. The Vice President has therefore challenged the Ministry to replicate this success in the poultry sub sector to ensure a drastic reduction,…

Former President John Mahama[/caption] Some Concerned National Democratic Congress Members of Parliament have condemned the alleged endorsement of former President John Dramani Mahama as the Party’s Presidential candidate for the 2020 polls. They have therefore described that action by some members who allegedly passed the paper round for signatures as fakery adding, “… fakery is not sustainable.” In a statement signed by Mr Joseph Naabu, Member of Parliament for Yunyoo constituency in the Northern Region and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said it was unfortunate for a party that was fighting to wrestle power from their opponents…

Dr Bossman Asare[/caption] A deputy chairman at the Electoral Commission, Dr. Bossman Asare is confident that although challenges  at the Electoral Commission is daunting, the newly sworn in commissioners are poised to leave a positive mark. A day after he and other commissioners officially started work at the EC, he opened up in an exclusive interview with TV3 that there are lot of work ahead of the team. Dr. Bossman Asare mentioned the referenda to be done for the creation of the new regions as well as the high court decision on roadmap for implementing the Representative of People Act (ROPA).…

Prof. Samuel Hayford[/caption] A new four-year Bachelor of Education curriculum has been developed for Colleges of Education, taking into account every facet of educating children with disabilities. Prof. Samuel Hayford, Dean of the Faculty of Education Studies at the University of Education, Winneba, who disclosed this said the new curriculum will take effect from September. He was speaking at a national policy dialogue on disability organised by the Media General group in collaboration with the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition at TV3’s Executive Theatre on Thursday. The dialogue was under the theme: “Ghana’s Inclusive Education Policy: Time for Full Implementation”.…

The Black Princesses will meet France in the opening game[/caption] Yusif Basigi, head coach for the national U-20 female national team, the Black Princess, has said, his team is well prepared and conditioned for their Group A opener, against France on Sunday, August 5, in the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) Women’s World Cup in France. Basigi after the team’s first training session in France noted that, the spirit in camp was very high and the girls were highly motivated to play the host country. According to Basigi, the most important thing for now was that, he has a…

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) in collaboration with National Security and the Ghana Armed Forces has arrested 13 persons suspected to be part of a cartel dealing in smuggling of petroleum products. The suspects, who were arrested following a tip-off, were transferring fuel from a ship to drums and gallons around the shores of Aflao in the Volta Region. Seven drums, 76 empty drums, 32 filled yellow gallons (25 litre) of diesel and 20 empty containers were retrieved from them during the operation that lasted for about five hours. Investigations conducted revealed that the suspects used only text messages to…