By Own Correspondent – Following a generous gift made by the Kufuor Biographical Project to celebrate the leadership of President Kufuor in Ghana and to mark Ghana’s 50th Independence Anniversary, Exeter College is offering the Kufuor Scholarships (linked to a Clarendon Award) for a top Ghanaian student who wishes to undertake a graduate degree at Exeter College, University of Oxford. The Scholarship is tenable from 1 October 2011 for one year, renewable for a further two years, and is worth £5,500 per annum in addition to the Clarendon Award. The Scholarship is open to any student who is an Ghanaian... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, March 6th 2011 |
By Peterking Quaye for Shout-Africa.com, from Accra, Ghana – Currently the leading reality show across the country had an interesting revelation last week episode. The was a mass cut down of participants . Top 24 remind for the show new reality TV show, ‘Icons: Divas Edition’ was heartbreaking for the 11 girls that were given the exit card from boot camp. Some of the judges were quite emotional and could hide it particularly judge Stephanie Benson, whom l taught would be the sweetheart amongst the judges . Stephanie lost it at a point when all the judges had to choose... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, March 5th 2011 |
By Peterking Quaye – Accra-Ghana – The English Football Association are reportedly in talks over a friendly in Accra after Ghana sold out 20,000 tickets for next month’s friendly at Wembley.FA chairman David Bernstein has held discussions with lawyer Mel Goldberg, who helped organise the clash on March 29, over a return fixture within the next two years. In Jan, 2011, The English Football Association shelved England’s proposed friendly against Thailand this summer following the 2018 FIFA World Cup voting scandal and has agreed to play Ghana at Wembley in March. Officials claim the Black Stars could have sold double... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, March 4th 2011 |
By Ohemeng Tawiah – Thousands of teachers in Ghana have been demonstrating in protest against what they see as appalling discrepancies in their salaries following their migration onto a new salary structure, the Single Spine Salary Structure. The teachers started raising red flags after they visited the banks across the country to withdraw their first salary which begins on March 1. But their high expectations of receiving fat salaries were cut shot despite been migrated onto the single spine pay platform. The Fair Wages and Salary Commission, the office responsible for calculating and determining salaries of government employees had earlier... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, March 4th 2011 |
The Obuasi Municipal Assembly is seeking divine intervention to improve dwindling gold production at the Anglo Gold Ashanti Obuasi mine. Officials say gold production at the mine has gone down by close to ten percent within the past year, recording the lowest figure in the mine’s 113th year of operations in the area. The local union of churches is collaborating with the Assembly and AngloGold Ashanti to hold inter-denominational activities to seek divine favour to reverse the dwindling fortunes at the Obuasi mine. Residents defied heavy downpour to attend a special interdenominational service attended by top management members of Anglo... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, March 4th 2011 |
