NEWS IN GHANA

Edu Learn Ghana in partnership with the World Cube Association(WCA) and partners are poised to bring the entire nation to a halt this April with the introduction of the first ever Speedcubing Competition to be staged in Ghana. Dubbed "Ghana's 1st ever Speedcubing Competition", the 1-day fun-packed sports event is expected to bring together over 80 top fastest Ghanaian Speedcubers for covetous prizes to be won. The maiden Speedcubers event is being organized under the auspices of the Hungarian Embassy in Ghana, and will be staged at the Al Rayan International School located at East Legon on April 6, 2019. Time for the event is 9.00 am sharp. Speedcubing is a sport involving solving a variety of twisty puzzles, the most famous being the 3x3x3 puzzle or Rubik's Cube as quickly as possible. Rubik’s cube is a 3-D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture, Erno Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle...

The 1994/96 year group of St Mary’s Senior High School has received a remarkable commendation for giving a face-lift to the school which saw its gate at the dining hall and parts of the school walls around it impeccably renovated. The group which has produced an array of professionals and businesswomen of diverse expertise permeating all facets of life and scattered across the globe was equally extolled for giving back to the school in time of need including the successful co-hosting of the school’s 69th Speech and Prize-Giving day. Mrs Grace Mansa Eshun, Headmistress of St Mary's Senior High School on behalf of the school’s Board of Governors, staff and students gave the group a rapturous praise for their noble initiative which has helped put smiles on faces of the entire student body at the occasion of the school’s 69th speech and prize-giving day held at its premise located at Korlegono in Accra on Saturday February 9, 2019. “Your desire to give back to the schoo...

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), Cynthia Mamle Morrison has charged all and sundry to do everything humanly possible to ensure that the gruesome act of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which is being meted out to our women and children particularly young girls in the country be put to a permanent end. She averred that ending the “barbaric practice” in Ghana is the responsibility of all and sundry therefore the fight to eradicate it must be addressed holistically through a national crusade from the national to the community levels. “All of us should get involved and act in own small way towards ending the practice in Ghana”. Hon. Cynthia Mamle Morrison conveyed this message through her latest press release copied to the media as Ghana joins the world to commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) which falls on today Wednesday, February 6, 2019. The commemorate the International Day of Zero To...