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The Word “CHRISTMAS” is formed of Christ plus Mass. meaning a mass of religious services in commemoration of the birth of Christ. It is celebrated by Roman Catholics and Protestants on December 25th.  Eastern Orthodox Churches celebrate it on January 6th and the Armenian Church on January 19th (New Compact Bible Dictionary p.108). Those who celebrate Christmas are divided on the date Christ was born. Why? THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS It was first celebrated in December 25th in the time of Constantine about A.D. 325 as the birth of Christ. Pagan Rome was celebrating Saturnalia which was the birth of the invincible sun or sol in December 25th. According to religious writers and historians, there were superstition panics among the sol worshipers for fear that their sun god was dying. They lit bonfires and burned candles to awake this god. December was the main month of this pagan celebration. It was alleged that sol began to regain his strength from December 21st to 25th. The word “CHRI...

 2018 budget statement Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister SECTION ONE : INTRODUCTION Rt. Hon. Speaker, Honourable Members of Parliament, on the authority of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, I beg to move that this Honourable House approves the Financial Policy of the Government of Ghana for the year ending 31st December 2018. On the authority of the President, and in accordance with Article 179 of the 1992 Constitution, permit me to present to this august House, the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana for the 2018 financial year. I also submit to this august House The 2017 Annual Report on the Petroleum Funds, in accordance with Section 48 of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act, 2011 (Act 815), as amended. Mr. Speaker, this year has been a very busy one for all of us. This is the third Budget we are presenting in the year. The first one was in March, the second, the mid-year performance review and now, we are present...

Key highlights of 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta Government has introduced special initiatives targeted at turning the economy around and bringing financial relief and comfort to Ghanaians. These initiatives are contained in the 2018 Budget Statement and Economic Policy which was presented by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta. In the budget which has been themed, “Putting Ghana to Work Again”, government intends to curb graduate unemployment by providing jobs to over 100,000 tertiary graduates under a special programme dubbed the ‘Nation Builders Corps’ (NBC) in 2018. Mr Ofori-Atta said about 2,700 extension agents have already been recruited under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme which was launched in January 2017. In his presentation, the Finance Minister among other things disclosed government’s intent to prioritize education saying, “We will have a focus on teacher development and accountability, improved quali...

How a Ghanaian used Photoshop to create fake PhD awards Sebastian Osumanu’s supposed PhD awards are fake But say, you have been living under a rock for the past few weeks, you most probably know how Sebastian, a Ghanaian student in Amsterdam, made headlines after he was given 5 awards at a recent graduation of the University of Amsterdam. The story of the “historical feat” went viral and was published by several media houses both in Ghana and beyond. Sebastian Osumanu holds the awards he would have reportedly won It sounds like a beautiful success story. Reportedly having grown up in a village in central Ghana, Osumanu tried to find his way up in the academic world. Something that he could not do as in 2007 he was rejected by the University of Ghana. The University of Cape Coast, however, sees his potential, where he is successful in his economics study. He is even named the best student of the university. He is also a winner of the Erasmus Mundus Nobel Economics Pri...

Good morning. Trust you are well this morning. Beloved, the Lord longs to pour out blessings on you constantly, even when you sleep! Many people today struggle with sleeping at night. They stay awake or get poor sleep because they are constantly focused on their problems and worrying about tomorrow. But that’s not God’s plan for you! He wants you to enjoy your sleep as a time of blessing and refreshing. Today’s verse (Psalm 127:2). “...He gives [blessings] to His beloved even in his sleep Key Note: BLESSING IN SLEEP My Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, understand that God has His hand on your life even in the midnight hour. He wants to speak to your heart and restore your dreams. He is taking care of those things that concern you. When you cast your cares on Him and trust Him to work out every detail of your life, you’ll be able to enjoy that sweet sleep that He has promised. Make the decision today to enjoy the blessing of the Lord as you sleep tonight. Thanks for r...

Police invite Jospong over latest Joy News exposé Jospong CEO, Joseph Siaw Agyepong Information available to Joy News indicates that the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies has been invited by the police for questioning over some questionable contracts. The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, sources say, wrote to Mr Joseph Siaw Agyepong following Joy News’ investigative series detailing questionable contracts involving subsidiaries of the Jospong Group. The letter was reportedly sent on Wednesday afternoon. Joy News can also confirm that the investigation was authorised by the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General, Gloria Akuffo. The CID also wrote to Joy News’ lead investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni, to assist with the investigations into a waste bin contract awarded to subsidiaries of the Group. Manasseh after nine months of investigations discovered that the Local Government Ministry last year awarded a $74 ...

This is how a 6 year old started a business and has earned $21,000. He has being advised by his parents to save the money and use it to finance his education buh his young entrepreneur said is going to use this amont to expand his business. Watch the video below to see the kind of business he started.

Kumasi Technical University  Provisional School Fees FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE No Programme Name Year Fees Currency Session Academic Year 1 HND Computer Science 1 1,965 GHC Regular 2017 2 HND Computer Science 1 1,500 USD Foreign 2017 3 HND Computer Science 2 1,586 GHC Regular 2017 4 HND Computer Science 2 1,400 USD Foreign 2017 5 HND Computer Science 3 1,554 GHC Regular 2017 6 HND Computer Science (TOP UP) 1 ...

7 Surprising Benefits Of Drinking Warm Water In The Morning By Rebecca Beris You may be used to drinking a cup of coffee or tea to wake you up in the morning. Some of you may opt for a glass of cool water to replenish you and get your morning started. These things may now be morning habits; however, it can be worth reconsidering how you start your morning because research shows that drinking warm water on an empty stomach offers the most health benefits. Stella Metsovas, clinical nutritionist and media health expert in Food and Nutrition Sciences, says, “Physicians recommend drinking warm water in the morning, usually, with a polyphenol-rich lemon immersion, or with a tea shown to decrease free radical activity in the body.” Drinking warm water increases the tightening of the intestines, and this helps with digestion and regulates bowel movements. Here are 7 beneficial things that will happen to your body when you start drinking warm water in the morning. 1. It Prevents prema...

Investors flock Aviation Ministry over new national airline Ghana want to establish a new national airline The Aviation Ministry has received a number of proposals from investors seeking to partner government in the establishment of a new national airline.  The sector ministry, which is seeking to establish a national airline under a public-private-partnership (PPP) arrangement in order to realize the vision of making Ghana an aviation hub in the sub-region, is compiling the list of proposals for perusal by government’s Economic Management Team.  Aviation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, told the B&FT that: “We are now compiling the list. We want to establish a new national airline to restore the pride of Ghana in the skies and to provide jobs for our teaming youth. I would like to have more young people working in the industry and with the new national airline.”  Answering a question as to the ownership structure, Ms. Dapaah said: “The Economic Management...

Azumah Nelson honoured, bears Ghana’s 60th anniversary torch The boxing legend with the anniversary torch Boxing great, Azumah Nelson on the occasion of Ghana’s 60th anniversary became the first person to bear a relay torch that will travel nationwide for the next year.  Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after lighting the perpetual flame also lit the relay torch before handing it over to the world boxing Hall of famer to set the torch on its journey across Ghana.  With the torch, Azumah raced from the square to the Accra Sports Stadium where he handed it over to the Greater Accra Regional Minister and the Traditional Council.  According to organizers of the anniversary celebrations, the ‘Ghana 60 Years On’ relay torch will go to all regional capitals throughout the year.  “The lighting of the torch signifies the beginning of a year-long activities to mark Ghana’s 60th anniversary. “The torch will travel across the length and breadth of Ghana an...

Ofori-Atta justifies tax cuts Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has justified the removal of and reductions in some taxes on goods and services in the country. During last week’s budget presentation, the Nana Akufo-Addo government abolished some taxes on a wide range of items in the country notably imported second-hand spare parts. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has argued that the move is a populist gesture which cannot be sustained. Speaking to Class News, Mr Ofori-Atta disagreed, explaining: “The issue was a deep belief that if you liberate people and the state is not coercive they would be able to be more productive and they will do more.” According to him government was “very committed to a private sector-driven agenda but also clear on what we call the preferential option for the poor so that in anything we do as the private sector becomes locomotive, the poor are not taken out”, adding: “That is why the taxe...

Was Pratt on hard drugs when he criticized Ofori-Attah’s christianized budget? Kwesi Pratt By: Kwarteng, Francis   Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Attah presented the 2017 national budget statement to the nation recently.  But this much-anticipated presentation was not without its controversy.  Part of the controversy stemmed from the fact he punctuated the presentation with marked references to Jesus Christ.  This did not however please political critics and journalists like Kwesi Pratt, who took to the media to register his objection in no uncertain terms.  But, did Mr. Ofori-Attah reserve the right to make Jesus Christ part of his presentation given that parliament is a secular body, given that the national constitution is a secular—and not a religious—text, given that Ghana is a secular state, and given that Ghanaians who are the beneficiaries of the budget statement belong to various religious faiths?  Certainly many non-Christians will not have ta...

NDC built only 46 Community Day SHS - Opoku Prempeh File phot Only forty-six out of the 200 planned Community Day Senior High Schools project initiated by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has been completed, the Minister of Education, Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has said. In a radio interview on Asempa FM Tuesday afternoon, the new sector Minister said even with the 46 completed ones, not all of them are in use. The NDC government had on a number of occasions announced that more than 123 of the schools were at various stages of completion and released a list of the said schools in October 2016 following clamours for evidence of progress on the schools. Former President Mahama in the NDC Manifesto for Election 2012 promised to build 200 of the day schools between 2013 and 2016 with the intention to build at least 50 each year within the four-year period. But with a few months to Election 2016, the NDC admitted it was not going to be able to achieve that feat. M...