2023 - Page 835 of 836 - Wontumi Online

01 Jan

VRA Laments Damage Caused By Aquatic Weeds To Power Generation Equipment

wontumionline.comBusiness, News

The Volta River Authority (VRA) says aquatic weeds are posing a major threat to its operations. The Authority said despite the fact that more than GH¢4 million has been expended over the years in attempts to curb their growth, the weeds still pose a great challenge to power generation and the surrounding communities around the Akosombo Dam. Speaking to Citi News, the Director of Environment and Sustainability at the Authority, Benjamin Sackey says the Authority is working to deal with the weeds, and they have led to the shutdown of some turbines in the area. “It is really a menace not…

01 Jan

Capacity Of Women With Disabilities Strengthened

wontumionline.comNews

Madam Veronica Denyo Kofiedu, President of Women with Disability Development and Advocacy Organisation (WODAO), says strengthening the capacity of women, and especially those with disabilities, can solve the many inequalities in society. She disclosed this during a one-day Self-Advocacy workshop for 20 women with disability in the Ho Municipality organised by WODAO to empower them to participate in decision-making at the community level and to access social services with less difficulty. She said women and girls with disabilities, including women with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities, continued to face intersecting barriers to their rights and participation in our society,…

01 Jan

Quality Of Tertiary Education Different, Not Poorer – Justice Prof. Mensa-Bonsu

wontumionline.comNews

Supreme Court Judge, Justice Professor Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, has disagreed with claims that seem to suggest that the quality of education in Ghana’s tertiary institutions have dropped. According to her, it is rather unfair to describe the current education system in such a manner. She noted that education systems evolve over time to fit prevailing circumstances, thus the current education system is not of poor quality but instead suitable for the current times. Speaking to JoyNews in an exclusive interview, she said, “I think every generation produces what it is capable of producing. Our students are still doing very well when they go…

01 Jan

Ghana National Fire Service Records More Than 1 Million Prank Calls

wontumionline.comNews

The Ghana National Fire Service has cautioned the public against prank calls, indicating that they have received more than 1 million prank calls in mid-2022. Speaking on the GTV Breakfast Show, Assistant Divisional Officer Grade One ( ADO ii), Alex Nartey said the prank calls hinder the Fire Service from attending to people with genuine fire cases. “The public must be mindful that while they are pranking our people, there might be someone that has a genuine concern that needs to get to us. So it is important that prank calls are discouraged”, he said. He also advised parents to…

01 Jan

EPA Collaborates With MPs To Crackdown On Noise Pollution

wontumionline.comNews

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it is taking steps to regulate noise pollution by collaborating with Members of Parliament and other government agencies across the country. The Agency in the past week, embarked on a monitoring and enforcement exercise across the country to sensitize the public and enforce regulations on noise pollution throughout the festive season. The Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu in an interview with Citi News, underscored the importance of the exercise which he said also formed part of a mapping initiative to determine which areas are defaulting on the country’s…

01 Jan

‘I’m Really Excited My Daughter Insisted You Meet Me’ – Akufo-Addo To Meek Mill

wontumionline.comShowbiz

American rapper Meek Mill was a guest at the Jubilee House on Friday meeting with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The rapper had earlier in the day, posted a series of photos on his Instagram status showing him outside and inside the Jubilee House with members of his team. One of the photos showed him at the main conference hall at the presidency posing for a photo as he pointed at the giant coat of arms on the wall. In a video of his meeting with Akufo-Addo, Mill spoke about his upbringing and how he ended up in jail wrongfully…

01 Jan

Dead Whale Washed Ashore At Tema

wontumionline.comNews

Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has cautioned the general public against the consumption of aquatic mammals that are washed ashore. This comes after a video circulating on social media showed a gigantic whale washed ashore at Tema in the Greater Accra region on December 30, 2022. In a circular sighted by wontumionline.com, the FDA noted that the consumption of such mammals washed ashore, may be harmful to one’s health especially when the cause of death remains unknown at the time of its sighting. The Authority also added that it has since made arrangements to prevent people from gaining access to…

01 Jan

Former Pope Benedict XVI Dies Aged 95

wontumionline.comNews

Former Pope Benedict XVI has died at his Vatican residence, aged 95, almost a decade after he stood down because of ailing health. He led the Catholic Church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first Pope to resign since Gregory XII in 1415. Benedict spent his final years at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery within the walls of the Vatican. His successor Pope Francis said he had visited him there frequently. Although the former pontiff had been ill for some time, the Holy See said there had been an aggravation in his condition because of advancing…

01 Jan

‘After 100 Years, I Will Determine Whether I Will Stay Or Leave’ – Duncan-Williams Declares

wontumionline.comNews

Founder of the Action Faith Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams has declared how long he will live on earth. He told a packed congregation at the 2022 31st Watchnight service in Accra that he has 35 more years to live on earth after which he will determine whether he wants to continue living or return to his maker. He was delivering a sermon that bordered on the need to continually take stock of one’s life and also to plan for the remainder of one’s life on earth. “Every year, you are losing. You are losing the years. I am 65…

01 Jan

Coup, Deaths, Marriages: Inside Rev Owusu Bempah’s Mixed Bag Of 2023 Prophecies

wontumionline.comNews

Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah delivered a mixed bag of prophecies in the wee hours of Sunday, January 1, 2023; cautioning that only prayers could help avert some of the unpalatable incidents God had revealed to him. Leading the congregation through the 31st December Watchnight Service at the headquarters of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International (GWPMI), he emphasized that men of God in and of themselves did not prophesy except what God had revealed to them. His list of prophecies, 18 per GhanaWeb count, spanned incidents that were bound to bring grief and doom but interspersed were others that gave…