Our Children Didn’t Die From Swine Flu
Some parents who “mysteriously” lost their wards at the Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) are contesting claims by the Ministry of Health that they died as a result of swine flu...
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Ghana’s Oldest Living Surgeon
Dr. Emmanuel Evans-Anfom, a medical surgeon, has tasked medical professionals both home and abroad to be patriotic to Ghana to the best of their ability. The 98-year old shared his life experience...
Govt To Pay For Funeral of KUMACA Swine Flu Victims
Government says it would bear the funeral expenses of four students of Kumasi Academy Senior High School (KUMACA) who died as a result of the swine flu outbreak. The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu...
Ghana’s Response To Emergencies ‘not Serious’ – Fred Agbenyo
Deputy Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress, Fred Agbenyo, has questioned the preparedness of government agencies in responding to emergencies on the back of the health crisis...
University of Mines and Technology Appoints Kufuor First Chancellor
Former President of the Republic, John Agyekum Kufuor has been appointed the first ever Chancellor of the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT). The appointment was announced by the University...
Kumasi Academy Deaths Remain ‘Mysterious’ As Meningitis Is Ruled Out
The actual cause(s) of the latest Kumasi Academy deaths has remained unknown, heightening the fears of parents and students… It has been a state of pandemonium at the Kumasi Academy following...
Authorities To Close Down KUMACA Indefinitely Over ‘mysterious’ Deaths
The Kumasi Academy is to be closed down indefinitely after three days to allow health officials conduct a thorough environment assessment with the view to identifying the root cause of the mysterious...
Here’s Everything You Want To Know
It is once again, a state of pandemonium among parents and students following another bout of mysterious Kumasi Academy deaths… Three more students of Kumasi Academy (aka KUMACA) have been...
Ablakwa Blames Teenage Pregnancy On NPP Policy
Free SHS pregnancy – News has made rounds in the media that four female beneficiaries of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy are pregnant. While the pregnancy story draws attention; the claim...
Tolon SHS Matron Arrested For ‘Stealing’ Students Food Items
Since the commencement of the Free SHS Pogramme, staff of some senior high schools across the country have been seeking for foul means to benefit from the well-meaning policy. Latest in the news of...
Kumasi Students React To Schools Closure
The late Asantehemaa’s final burial rites holds from 1st to 11th December, 2017. Students in Kumasi are not happy with the fact that they have to sit at home as a result of the final funeral rites...
Why Students Will No Longer Write In February
WASSCE in Ghana – Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has disclosed that the West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be moved from February to May/June....
First Female COP In Ghana, Rose Bio-Atinga Retires
The Director General in charge of Technical at the Police Headquarters, Commissioner of Police (COP) Rose Bio-Atinga, has retired after 29 years of police work. COP Bio-Atinga who was among those...
Mahama And Others Call For Review of NPP’s Policy
Former President Mahama said that the widely reported failing free SHS issue is as a result of lack of consultation on the part of President Nana Addo The flagship policy of the New Patriotic Party...
Health Trainees Hail Akufo-Addo With Mass Procession In Bolga
Students from all health training collages in the Upper East Region on Friday hit the road not to demonstrate but pour out their gratitude to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the...
CommunityConnect: Johnnie Hughes Examines District League Table On 3FM 92.7
UNICEF released its 2017 District League Table (DLT) on Thursday, capturing Tema Metropolitan Assembly at the top with a record 80% score, while Krachi East District stayed at the 216th base of the...
Mugabe Wanted To Punish the Whites At Age 33 Whilst In Ghana
When Robert Mugabe left Ghana for his country Zimbabwe in the early 60s, his main ambition was to alleviate his people from the maltreatment suffered under white settlers. This was the message he...
One-Million Dollar Per Constituency To Fund Development Authorities – Dr Bawumia
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the-soon-to-be established Development Authorities under the government’s Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme will be funded through the...
History of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
KNUST – A Prestigious and uniquely standardized tertiary institution and pride of the Ashantis, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has remained undefeated and a model for various...
Gov’t Touts Key Policy Initiatives Achieved In 2017
Ahead of today’s presentation of the 2018 Budget to parliament, the Ministry of Finance has been touting some of the key policy initiatives in the 2017 budget that have been achieved by the...