Day: August 12, 2025

Accra: The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Business School has emerged victorious in the seventh edition of the Tertiary Business Sense Challenge (TBSC) with 77.17 points. KNUST outperformed the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), which secured 54 points, and the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS), which came in third with 51.83 points. The final competition took place at Zenith University College in Accra. According to Ghana News Agency, the event was organized by Graphic Business and consisted of six rounds that included presentations, business case analysis, and riddles. KNUST was awarded a golden trophy, medals, laptops,

Accra: A seven-member governing board of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has been inaugurated to promote fairness and transparency in public sector compensation. Inaugurating the board, Dr Rashid Pelpuo, Minister of Labour, Jobs and Employment, urged members to uphold equity in public sector pay administration. According to Ghana News Agency, Dr Pelpuo emphasized the pivotal role the Commission plays in promoting good governance and fairness in public sector compensation. He highlighted the challenges of managing the public service wage bill within a sustainable economic framework and reiterated the need for an Independent Emoluments Commission to address disparities in

Dambai: The Oti Regional Coordinating Council (ORCC) will launch the Regional Environmental Sanitation (RESAN) Task Force on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, to promote a cleaner and healthier environment in the region. The task force will enforce environmental sanitation laws and regulations, ensuring compliance with standards and encouraging best practices across communities. It aims to improve public health, reduce risks linked to poor sanitation, and foster community participation in keeping the environment clean. According to Ghana News Agency, the launch, to be held at the ORCC Conference Hall in Dambai, Krachi East Municipality, will bring together government officials, traditional leaders, media

Tema: Christians must protect and preserve the environment as part of their God-given responsibility, Mr Emmanuel Ohene Atiemo, Chairman of the Development and Social Services of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Redemption Congregation, Tema, has said. Speaking during the church’s Health Week celebration on the theme ‘Celebrating Our Heritage: Persisting in Mission, Promoting Healthy Lifestyle and Sustainable Environment’, Mr Atiemo stressed that creation was God’s gift and believers were stewards of it. According to Ghana News Agency, Mr Atiemo urged Christians to promote environmental awareness, adopt sustainable practices such as tree planting, wetland preservation, and proper waste disposal, and avoid

Accra: The contours of her jawline, once pleasant to men and a headgear could only be imagined as a beam of sunlight pierced her almost shut window. Ever since she had fistula, she has secluded herself from society and even family in order to avoid finger-pointing and holding of noses when she is around. According to Ghana News Agency, Mavis, a 22-year-old fistula patient, hails from Sogakope in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region. Tears blinded her as she shared her harrowing experience, recounting how obstetric fistula has ravaged and disrupted her life. Once a vibrant seamstress, Mavis

Accra: The Melcom Group of Companies, a prominent retail entity in Ghana, has donated medical refrigerators worth US$125,000 to 25 health facilities across the country to bolster the storage of medicines, vaccines, and blood, thereby improving healthcare delivery. According to Ghana News Agency, this recent donation brings the total number of medical refrigerators provided by Melcom to 70, as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative that began in 2013. The beneficiaries of this initiative include the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ga East Municipal Hospital, 37 Military Hospital, Tema General Hospital, and Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal Assembly (LEKMA) Hospital. Additional recipients

Sunyani: A gory crash which happened on the Sunyani-Kumasi highway has claimed two lives and left 10 others, all members of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church in various degrees of injuries. According to Ghana News Agency, the deceased were among the members of the Bechem SDA Church who were returning from Kumasi-Kenyasi to Bechem, after attending a camp meeting when the crash happened at Aburaso. Elder Charles Brobbey of Bechem SDA Church told the Ghana News Agency in an interview at Bechem that bodies of the deceased, Elder James Kolan, the church’s treasure and Elder S. B. Appiah had