Chance for Children (CFC), a non-governmental organisation with the mission to improve the safety, well-being, and livelihoods of street-connected children and their families, has called on Ghanaians to support and give voice to street-connected children. That, the organisation said, would make the street-connected felt they were loved and part of the society and also help them achieve their dreams and visions. “As we express our gratitude to supporters, volunteers, and partners who continue to champion this cause, let us renew our dedication to giving a voice to street-connected children. Tog ..read more

A neurodiversity advocate, Mrs Thara Brigitte Mills has called for the incorporation of therapy for special needs children into the national health insurance scheme. Expressing concern over the distressing living conditions faced by some families with special needs children, she is advocating for equitable healthcare access, particularly for those grappling with severe neurological challenges. Mrs Mills made the call in an interview with the Ghanaian Timeson World Autism Day observed globally on April 2 each year. Urging immediate action, she highlighted the plight of families, particularly th ..read more

The new Director of the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-FORIG), Dr Kwame Antwi Oduro, has stressed his determination to make the Institute a household name, develop strategies to improve staff welfare and performance. He said he would improve research and development delivery and transfer of technologies for the benefit of society, aggressively pursue strategies to mobilize financial resources to undertake research, and also pursue strategies to enhance visibility of their research outputs and products. The steps, he said, f ..read more

The government has reaffirmed its commitment to safeguarding the integrity of electoral process against the effects of false information. According to the Minister of Information-designate, Fatimatu Abubakar, the proliferation of false information, deliberate misinformation campaigns, and insidious propaganda narratives, in recent times, had posed a grave threat to the democratic principles upon which the nation was founded. These acts, she said often propagated through various channels, including social media, traditional media, and word-of-mouth, which sought to undermine the trust and conf ..read more

The Adentan Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Ebenezer Doku, has cautioned members of the Borla Taxi and Tricycle Association (BTTA) to operate within the sanitation Bye- Laws in order to protect the environment, or have their operating permits revoked. He expressed the need for them to strictly observe traffic regulations, avoid overload to spill the contents on the road, and also off load at designated points instead of dumping at isolated places to cause public nuisance. The MCE made the remarks at the inauguration of the Adentan Municipal chapter of the Informal Waste Collectors Association ..read more

What would life be without music? An­swer: “I don’t know”! All I know is that from a very early age, music has been in my ears and has continued to stay there to this day. I am told that it’s our moth­er’s life-rhythm, which we ab­sorb when she’s pregnant with us, that determines whether we shall live with music in real life or not. Certainly, my mother WAS musical. When I was a very young infant, she used to sing to herself – and, of course, to me – (as I was tied to her back with her cloth!) She sang when “we” went to fetch water from River Supong; she sang when we went to cul­tivate food in ..read more

Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, has directed the re-designing of portions of the Kojokrom road at So Filling Station section of the Takoradi- Cape Coast highway. The directive followed com­plaints by road engineers that encroachment had undermined edges and culverts along that section, thereby exposing the road to flooding and huge depressions, especially during heavy rains in Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. The situation, according experts, had also led to heavy vehicu­lar traffic all day long, causing inconveniences and also affecting the integrity of the Takoradi-Cape ..read more

 Resident persons who fail to disclose their income earned from abroad for tax regularisation risk sanctions including criminal prosecution, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has cautioned. Commissioner-General of GRA, Julie Essiam, said the Authority would further impose penalties for making false or misleading state­ment, as specified under section 74 of the Revenue Administration Act 2016 (Act 915), and administrative non-compliance and Tax Act pen­alties, all aimed at deterring others from being non-compliant to the tax laws. Julie Essiam, Commissioner-General of GRA Per the GRA, one ..read more

The 14-year-old student who was dismissed from school after becoming preg­nant as a result of defilement is back to school following a directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES). The GES cited its policy guidelines that prohibit the dis­missal of pregnant students. Authorities at the South­lane Lake School located at Kasoa-Hideout in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Ac­cra Region dismissed the child, a JHS three student more than two months ago, denying her the right to classroom activities as the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) draws near. The swift response of the ..read more

 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo yester­day inaugurated the second phase of the Solar Power Plant Project at Kaleo in the Upper West Region with an installed capac­ity of 15Mega Watts of power (MWp). The €17.8 million project, installed by the Elecnor S.A from Spain with consultancy from Tract­ebel Engineering from Germany, was funded by the German Devel­opment Bank. President Akufo-Addo said the project confirmed the commitment of the government to diversify the country’s energy generation portfolio and also increase Ghana and Volta River Authority (VRA) generation capacity by 15M ..read more