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A horticulturist and supervisor at the Department of Parks and Gardens at Peduase Lodge, Edem Kojo Doe, has been awarded for his outstanding performance in the Ghana Civil Service. Mr Edem Doe, who is an assistant horticulture officer, was awarded in recognition of his distinguished professionalism and hard work in the Ghana Civil Service for the year 2020. The 2021 Civil Service Awards ceremony which was held on Friday, August 13, 2021, at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) honoured outstanding Civil Service Staff who performed creditably in 2020. Over 100 persons including staff, chief directors were awarded for their…

President Akuffo-Addo will cut sod for the first hospital in Trede in Ashanti region Former 1st vice National Chairman and aspiring National Chairman for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayesu Ntim, has called on Ghanaians to rally behind Agenda 111 with their support.Agenda 111 initiative is part of the government’s intervention to construct 111 hospitals as a result of the outbreak of a novel COVID-19 pandemic. The plan to construct these hospitals was first announced in a COVID-19 address by the President, months after the wrecking Coronavirus arrived in Ghana. President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo will today lay…

– Advertisement – The identity of the priest caught on tape kissing some female students of the St. Monica’s College of Education of the Asante-Mampong Diocese in the Ashanti Region has finally been revealed. The man of God named Rev. Fr Balthazar Obeng Larbi, popularly known as Father Ricky, has been identified as the Anglican priest in the viral video circulating on social media. Fully dressed in his cassock, Rev. Fr. Larbi was seen kissing in turns some girls who were on stage with him on Sunday, August 15, 2021, during a church service. WATCH VIDEO BELOW. One Facebook user…

Former Black Stars assistant manager, Ibrahim Tanko has advised management of Accra Hearts of Oak to organize a couple of friendly games to put the team in shape ahead of their CAF Champions League game.The Phobians will be coming up against Industriel de Kamsar in the preliminary stages of the CAF Champions League on September 10.According to the former King Faisal Babes player, most players in the Hearts of Oak squad lack exposure hence playing a couple of international club friendlies with negihbouring countries will prepare the players for the competition.Speaking to Kumasi based Pure FM, he admonished the club…

Fixing the Country Movement, a new pressure group, says it is going to embark on a nationwide campaign across the 16 regions to propagate the good works of Akufo-Addo’s administration. The move, according to the group, followed the demonstration by the #FixTheCountry Campaigners, calling on government to address the many socio-economic challenges facing the country. Addressing a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Convener of the Movement, Mr Ernest Owusu Bempah described the first term of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo “as one with a resounding success.”  “The movement is very much aware of the considerable gains that the country…

Ghanaian athlete, Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe Ghanaian athlete Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe has said that the decision by the National Paralympic Committee of Ghana to drop him from the Tokyo Paralympic Games is not in the best interest of the country.The NPC overlooked Raphael Botsyo Nkegbe and selected Yusif Amadu to represent Ghana at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.The NPC-Ghana boss, Sampson Dean explained that the IPC letter specifically stated that the opportunity should be given to a male athlete, the board decided to choose between Botsyo and Yusif, both of whom made good qualifications times during the qualifiers in 2019.According to…

– Advertisement – Actress Beverly Afaglo who lost her properties after a fire razed down her house has closed down the Gofundme account that was created by her colleagues to help her stand her feet. Yvonne Nelson and former musician Chase created that GoFundMe account and set the target to $20k with the intention of getting people to donate to help Beverly and her family. In a new video we have come across on social media, Beverly Afaglo Baah has asked that Yvonne Nelson close and pull down the campaign. According to her, she thanks all those who donated adding…

Sports News of Tuesday, 17 August 2021 Source: www.ghanaweb.com 2021-08-17 Ghana Football Association The era of queuing at various sales point to purchase tickets to watch football matches in the country is coming to an end with the Ghana Football Association set to roll out a digital ticketing system next season.The GFA, as per its marketing manager is in the process of coming up with an e-ticketing system that will make it convenient for football fans to purchase match tickets.Making the disclosure on Joy FM, Jamil Maraby, the marketing manager of the GFA explained the process the new ticketing format…

A 24-hour torrential rain in the Upper West Region has left some parts of the region submerged in flood water with about 45 kilometres of asphalted road at different sections of the region washed away and replaced with deep pits containing large volumes of water. The rain started onThursday evening and persisted till Friday evening and continued on Saturday afternoon, after taking a breather in the morning. The water washed away major culverts along the Wa-Nadowli and Nadowli -Jirapa/Lawra highways respectively as well as the Tumu-Bolgatanga stretch and some other feeder roads that connected some communities and districts. About 80…

Screengrab of the priest kissing the students • A video of a priest kissing female students on a pulpit has attracted massive engagement on Twitter• According to the original source of the video, it was shot at a training college in Kumasi• It has received massive backlash from tweepsA video showing a priest giving mouth to mouth kisses to three female students hit social media platform, Twitter, late Monday evening.According to a tweep who posted the 24-second video, it was shot during a church service at the St. Monica College of Education. PL Blackah Music (with the handle @LordListoHQ) captioned…