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Standard Chartered, Liverpool FC hosts soccer clinic for children in Ghana
newsghana.com.gh...for children at the Legon Presbyterian Senior High School in Accra.... ...Former Liverpool winger, John Charles Bryan Barnes and some other coaches from Liverpool Soccer School took the children through different sessions... ...Madam Asiedua Addae, Head, of Corporate Affairs, Brand and Marketing at Standard Chartered, said they prioritized their clients and stakeholders,... ...She noted that Standard Chartered would continue to organise subsequent events for their clients to have an interaction session with John Barnes....

Ghanaian Girls' Prefer Shisha Over Cigarettes - FDA
newsghana.com.gh...In an unexpected revelation, the Food and Drug Authority (FDA) has disclosed that Ghanaian girls are showing a growing preference for shisha over... ...According to the FDA, these young women claim that cigarettes leave a distinctive smell that immediately gives away their smoking habit, making it... ...Francisca Patoah Gyarko, a Regulatory Officer at Food and Drugs Authority, Sunyani Office revelation has shed light on the extent of the drug problem... ...of gender. picture:Francisca Patoah Gyarko, Regulatory Officer at Food and Drugs Authority,...

“Orphan Crops” - What Are They?
newsghana.com.gh...A LARGE portion of Africa"s people rely on several indigenous plant species for subsistence.... ..., Daniel Msimuko noted.... ..., Daniel Msimuko recalls....

NGO educates stakeholders on Sexual Reproductive Health
newsghana.com.gh...Reproductive Health and Gender Based violence for stakeholders in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region.... ...The participants, drawn from six communities namely Anafobisi, Dua, Zorko-Goo, Bongo-Soe, Gowrie and Zorko-Kodorogo, were schooled on the Legal framework... ...Ms Helen Abeogo, a Senior Social Development Officer at the Bongo District Department of Social Welfare, charged the participants to intensify the... ...The participants at their first exercise after the training engaged tricycle drivers at the Bongo Market on Sexual Reproductive Health and Gender...

Companies and Governments should not let their guards down
newsghana.com.gh...In July 2021, the country"s freight rail company, Transnet, fell victim to a ransomware attack and in August 2022, the SA Reserve Bank experienced... ...This is the latest in a series of cyber incidents affecting South Africa"s public sector.... ...The WCPP incident aligns with recent Check Point Research, which outn South Africa.... ...In June 2022, President Cyril Ramaphosa"s email was hacked, and this was reported as a significant threat to South Africa....

West Africa is an important route for drug trafficking – Criminologist
newsghana.com.gh...Benjamin Ndego, Criminologist and a Compliance and Risk Manager at Travelex Worldwide Money, has disclosed.... ...West Africa has become an important route for international drug trafficking, Mr.... ..., which were shipped to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.... ...Ndego stated that in the past decade, drug barons had been peddling their goods through West Africa to feed hungry markets in Europe and North America...

Abolish cultural practices against menstruation
newsghana.com.gh...Mr Alberto Wilde, the Country Director of GC, made the call in a speech read on his behalf by Mr Martin Sumbo, the Upper West Regional Coordinator... ...of the GC, in Wa during an event to observe the MHD which focused on making menstruation a normal fact of life by 2030.... ...Madam Dimah Nandzo, the Wa Municipal Director of Education, said the many challenges associated with menstruation such as access to pads, the privacy... ...He said as part of efforts to help reduce those challenges, GC, in partnership with Be-Girl and the Ghana Education Service, had been implementing...

Exciting HD+ Kids Armwrestling Season II Held At Labone SHS
newsghana.com.gh...The Accra edition of the HD+ Kids Armwrestling Season II competition was held last Saturday at the Labone SHS in the capital.... ...A couple of weeks ago, the National competition came off at Wesley Grammer SHS which allowed the students of the school to feel the sport.... ...Mabel Yeboah – Ebenezer Senior High 3. Sarah Quartey – Wesley Grammar 1. Leonard Tetteh – Lovia Junior High School 2.... ...Charles Cobbinah – Holy Trinity Cathedral Senior High School 3. Richmond Aboagye – Wesley Grammar 1....

Expert says IUU fishing remains major maritime threat in Gulf of Guinea
newsghana.com.gh...Mr Barthelémy Blédé, key Expert in the Support to West Africa Integrated Maritime Security Project, said Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU... ...) fishing remains one of the most feared maritime threats in the Gulf of Guinea.... ...the EU, the United States, Korea, and Japan, he said.... ...“Environmentally, IUU fishing destroys marine habitats, leads to the disappearance of species, and causes marine pollution.”...

ECOWAS launches project on ‘support to national early warning and response mechanisms on harnessing gender empowerment as a tool for human security”...
newsghana.com.gh...Tchintchibidja led an ECOWAS delegation to Accra, Ghana for the launching of the project on "Support to National Early Warning and Response Mechanisms... ...and the Commissioner for Human Development and Social Affairs, Professor Fatou Sarr, a keynote address by the UN Resident Coordinator in Ghana,... ...Emeka Eze, the Executive Director of the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) Mrs.... ...The launch was also attended by the ECOWAS Resident Representative to Ghana, Ambassador Baba Gana WAKIL, the Executive Director of the West Africa...