June, 2019

• 19 June

  Understanding Social Impact Investing-Growth that works forever

  

  WUSC IS, a Canadian non-profit organization working to create a better world for a young people. The organization fosters youth-centered solutions for education, economic opportunities, and empowerment to overcome inequality and exclusion. It operates in over 25 countries across Asia, Africa and the Americas. This week, WUSC organised a-two-day forum …

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• 19 June

  2019 AFCON preview: Catch all the goals on DStv and GOtv

  

  DStv and GOtvviewers get ready to feast your eyes on some spectacular football, coming straight from our continent as the2019 Africa Cup of Nationsdraws to a close. Held in Egypt from 21 June to 19 July there will certainly be a game for everyone to enjoy. Here is a quick …

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• 19 June

  AFCON 2019: DStv/GOtv to broadcast matches live with pidgin commentary

  

  THE TOTAL 2019 African Cup of Nations kicks off in Egypt this Friday (tomorrow), and some national teams have already started arriving ahead of the tournament. DStv and GOtv customer are in for the most comprehensive coverage in HD on SuperSport, with expert analyses and commentary both in English and …

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• 12 June

  Govt meets diplomats, assures of safety measures

  

  A government delegation led by the National Security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah, has met with the diplomatic community on safety measures. The delegation briefed the diplomats on the successful national security operation that has led to the rescue of the two kidnapped Canadian women and the arrest of the alleged criminals …

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• 12 June

  Key Takoradi missing girls’ suspect remanded

  

  BY EMMANUEL OHENE GYAN A Sekondi High Court 2 in the Western Region has remanded the main brain who is alleged to have orchestrated the kidnapping of the three Takoradi girls – Priscilla Blessing Bentum, Ruthlove Quayeson and Priscilla Mantsebeah Koranchie – last year into prison custody. The proceedings which …

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• 12 June

  Canadian kidnapping: Five Ghanaians, 3 Nigerians arrested

  

  At least eight persons have been arrested in an operation to rescue the two kidnapped Canadian nationals in a suburb of Kuamsi, government said Wednesday. The eight include five Ghanaians and three Nigerians, information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said at a press conference in the capital Accra. Lauren Tilley and …

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• 12 June

  Seat for women divides Parliament

  

  There was sharp division in Ghana’s Parliament on Wednesday over calls for seats to be reserved for women to ensure some sort of gender parity in the lawmaking chamber. Some members of parliament out rightly kicked against the call made by the lawmaker for Kumbungu Ras Mubarak in a statement …

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• 11 June

  NDC chair Samuel Ofosu Ampofo arrested

  

  The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has been arrested by the Police. The NDC chair, according to reports, has been taken to his home for a search as part of investigations into kidnapping allegations against him. The arrest comes weeks after Mr. Ofosu Ampofo …

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• 7 June

  Lions Club holds free medical outreach for Eid-ul-fitr celebrants at Independence Square

  

  BY MUNTALLA INUSAH |  muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh AS PART of activities to render its social service to the people, the Ghana Lions Club has organised a free health screening exercise for Muslims who marked the Eid-ul-fitr celebration at the Independence Square. The exercise, which was aimed at affording the Muslims the opportunity …

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• 7 June

  Readwide launches “Read for Life” campaign to revive reading culture

  

   Readwide Limited, publishers and distributors of top class books, has initiated a five-year nationwide campaign dubbed ‘Read for Life” to help revive the culture of reading for pleasure among Ghanaians, particularly students and pupils. The campaign, which is sponsored by Mountcrest University College, has been launched at the Wesley Girls’ …

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