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High Commissioner Andrew Barnes presenting Yumvita prizes to the debators of the motion: 'Leaders are born not made.' Readers and Leaders, a non-governmental organisation that promotes literacy and leadership in children, has launched the maiden edition of the 'Young Ruler Magazine', an informative magazine towards developing leadership potentials in children. The 32-paged magazine features diverse content, including current affairs, leadership skills, motivational stories written by people and other related materials that would inspire and help develop leadership skills in children. The magazine was launched by the President of Osei-Kusi Foundation, Dr Kofi Osei-Kusi, who was also the Chairperson for the occasion. He lauded the organisers for the initiative, adding that it will go a long way to not only encourage young people to study hard, but also to unearth the next generation of leaders in the country.    Jennifer Burckson, the Editor-in-Chief of th

Right Consult and General Suppliers Limited, a fire management systems company, in collaboration with a South African fire system manufacturing company, Brigit Group of Companies, has held its first stakeholders conference in Accra. The goal of the two-day event is to educate and elaborate on how stakeholders can install and manage fire systems. Speaking to the Managing Director of Right Consult, Godwin Kofi Akuamoah, stated that not attention is given to fire management issues in this country seriously, a fact that is also not helped by the absence of qualified personnel. “There is a question mark on the Ghanaian mentality on fire issues. The question is whether we have the right people in place to be able to even advise the companies as to what systems should be put in place to control fire outbreaks.” With education, training and getting people to know what to do, there is going to be a vast improvement in the way we approach firefighting,” he said. Under th

The office of the Musicians Union of Ghana is to be relocated in the wake of the Marine Drive Project which is due to begin over the next few weeks. This was disclosed by the Chief Director of the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Nana Bright Oduro during an interaction with the leadership of the Union in Accra. According to Nana Oduro, with the commencement of the project, all offices in the earmarked area are to be relocated for the project. He indicated that over the next six months, the first batch of affected offices will be relocated while the Union would be relocated within the year. The Marine Drive Project is designed to develop the entire beach from from the Christianborg Castle in Osu to the Baden Powell Memorial Hall which means all the buildings in the area will be cleared to make way for the project. Briefing the leadership of the Union, Dr Joel Sonne, Director of Projects at the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture said the project dates back to the

from left to right: MzVee, Kwami Eugene, Bice Osei Kuffour (Obour), Sherifa Gunu and Nero X One of Ghana’s iconic forest, Atiwa, which has been depleted as a result of both man-made and natural disasters, is on the verge of being mugged.  And the exercise is spearheaded by a group of musicians including President of the Musicians Union of Ghana (MUSIGA); Bice Osei Kuffour. Atiwa forest,  located in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region has been quite irreversibly degraded and plantations are being totally destroyed by these rapacious swarms of illegal gold diggers, fortune hunters and their Ghanaian surrogates, collaborators and connivers! Mr. Osei Kuffour (Obour) is joined on the project by other professional musicians who have resolved to rescue the forest from going down. The campaign to save the forest is met by Arocha Ghana, Family Tree Entertainment and G