15 child slaves rescued
Anti-child and human trafficking non-governmental organisation (NGO), Challenging Heights, has rescued 15 more children from slavery in the Volta Region. The rescue operation which took place over the...
View ArticleMan walks free after defiling 13-year-old girl
A 40-year-old man who admitted defiling a 13-year-old class two girl at Nyanshegu in Tamale has been discharged by a court in the Northern regional capital after the parents of the minor failed to...
View ArticleEnvision Ghana
I believe that Ghana is destined to be a shining star. A little land blessed with tremendous resources to be self-sufficient and share the surplus with the rest of the world. However, sixty years...
View ArticleFirst Lady urges Ghanaians to give Govt time
First Lady Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo has urged Ghanaians to continue to be patient with the Government as it works to make Ghana a more prosperous nation for all. Citing the free Senior High School...
View ArticleAirtel employees raise funds to support surgery of 10-month baby
Employees of Airtel Ghana, the smartphone network, touched by the story of a 10-month-old who needed an emergency surgery to correct a defect known as Frontal Encephalocele, have over the last three...
View Article‘Set-up dedicated call centres to deal with paperless port systems’
MEMBERS of the Freight Forwarders Association have proposed the setting up of dedicated business customer service call centres. This, according to the Freight Forwarders Association, will help with...
View ArticleUKGCC marks 1-yr Anniversary Unveils new High Commissioner
UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC) has marked one-year of operations in Ghana. It also used the occasion to introduce its new High Commissioner, H.E Iain Walker. Taking over the ambassadorial...
View ArticleArmyworms destroy 16.5 hectares of farm in Nadowli/Kaleo
District Director of Agriculture at Nadowli/Kaleo, Mr. Cephas Eremong, has said about 16.5 hectares of farms in the district had been destroyed by fall armyworm infestation. Mr. Eremong, who stated...
View ArticleAWMA to launch door-to-door collection of refuse
Agona West Municipal Assembly is to introduce door-to-door collection of refuse as a means of controlling indiscriminate disposal of refuse into gutters and drains. This was disclosed by the Municipal...
View ArticleMTN Launches Internet Awareness Campaign
MTN Ghana yesterday launched the 7th edition of its i-Fest initiative, an annual month-long Internet festival to drive awareness about the internet. The i-Fest celebration highlights the enormous...
View ArticleHurricane Irma causes devastation in the Caribbean
Hurricane Irma has caused widespread destruction across the Caribbean, reducing buildings to rubble and leaving at least nine people dead. The small island of Barbuda is said to be “barely habitable”....
View ArticleChallenges In Marriage
Communication between spouses In (Isaiah 1:18) God appeals to us, “come now, and let us reason together… though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson,...
View ArticleFree SHS: 310,000 students get placement
A total of 310, 000 out of the 427,000 students who qualify for admission into senior high schools (SHSs) have been placed in various schools and have all printed their admission letters through the...
View ArticleTeePhlow joins galamsey fight
Ghana’s prolific rap artist, TeePhlow, has declared his support for government in the fight against illegal mining, referred to as ‘galamsey.’ This follows the release of his music video entitled...
View ArticleFallen interest rates boost market returns
On the Ghana Stock Exchange Returns on the stock market continue to climb higher above levels recorded same period last year. The YTD market returns is currently pegged at 45.53% compared to -10.07%...
View ArticleMore women patronise gambling
Weekend Today’s investigation has revealed that more and more Ghanaian women are resorting to gambling and various gaming centres with the hope of making some quick money. Some residents of Awoshie,...
View ArticleWe must not abandon Togo!
THE somehow deafening silence of Africa on the ongoing situation in Togo beats the imagination of many right-thinking people. For us at Weekend Today, we still do not know what is delaying African...
View ArticleBureaucracy won’t stampede devt – Bawumia
Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has said government will not allow the demand for strict compliance to bureaucracy to impede the country’s development. “I have just been informed that LMI does...
View ArticleTourism sector performs poorly
Statistics from the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) for the first half of 2017 show that the tourism sector recorded its worst Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects performance in 10...
View ArticleGov’t to insure state properties —NIC Boss
New Boss of the National Insurance Commission (NIC), Justice Yaw Ofori, has hinted of his determination to prevail on the government to insure state properties, explaining that insurance for public...
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