HUMAN LIFE

  Widowhood rites and FGM abolished in the Upper East Region Culture, it said, is a vehicle for national development. In this sense, it becomes a panacea and tool that could be exploited for any country’s development. But is that always the case that culture is a vehicle and a tool for national development?  The answer is obviously no.  There are certain negative cultural practices which are inimical, dehumanizing and infringe on the fundamental human rights of people who become victims to such cultural practices.  Widowhood rites and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) are among some of the negative cultural practices which are still being practiced in some communities in the Upper East Region. Indeed one would have thought that in this 21st century, such negative cultural practices would have been abolished long ago. It must be pointed out that, the practice of Widowhood rites and FGM are not only dehumanizing but infringes upon the fundamental human rights of victims. No

          Upload files to Google Drive Upload files to Google Drive Users can upload any type of file to Google Drive and convert certain types of files to a web-based Google document format -- a Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide. See  Manually upload files and folders to Google Drive  in the user help center to learn more. Storage and limits Each user in your domain has 30 GB of storage for Google Drive, which is shared with Gmail and Picasa Web Albums. (For Google Apps free edition, each user has 15 GB of storage.) You or your users can  purchase additional storage . Each file that a user uploads can be up to 1 TB. Usage information is shown to users when they upload a document. All other  size limits  apply. Administrator controls Google Drive:  When you enable the  Drive  service in the control panel, your users can upload and sync any file to their accounts (you can't disable the upload and sync features separately). APIs:  Google Apps for Busin

                              New BANANA Disease in Africa Treatens livelihoods of Farmers The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is warning countries to step up monitoring, reporting and prevention of one of the world’s most destructive BANANA diseases, Fusarium wilt, which recently spread from Asia to Africa and the Middle East, and which has the potential to affect countries in Latin America.  The  TR4  race of the disease, which is also known as Panama disease, is posing a serious threat to production and export of the popular fruit, with serious repercussions for the banana value chain and livelihoods, FAO said in an information brief.  Banana is the eighth most important food crop in the world and the fourth most important food crop among the world’s least-developed countries, according to  FAOSTAT , the UN agency’s  data-gathering and analysis service.  “Any disease or constraint that affects bananas is striking at an important source of food, l

          Widowhood rites and FGM abolished in the Upper East Region     Culture, it said, is a vehicle for national development. In this sense, it becomes a panacea and tool that could be exploited for any country’s development. But is that always the case that culture is a vehicle and a tool for national development?  The answer is obviously no. read more Court fixes April 30 to rule on                    Woyome's submission   The High Court in Accra , has adjourned to April 30 , a ruling on a 'submission of no case' filed by Alfred Agbesi Woyome, in a fraud case brought against him. The much awaited ruling, originally scheduled for April 17, brought dozens of sympathizers to the court premises in solidarity with the accused person, who is seen in political circles as a bank roller of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC). However, the trial judge, Justice John Ajet-Nasam, indicated that he could not complete writing his decision on the

IT NEWS Smart Home Connected Appliances to exceed 10 million Installed by 2017 A new report from Juniper Research forecasts that the installed base of connected appliances in Smart Homes will beat the 10 million mark by 2017, rising from 4 million in 2013. The new report - Smart Home Ecosystems & the Internet of Things – found that consumer awareness of connected appliances, such as smart fridges and washing machines was gradually increasing, but that such devices are not widely considered to represent attractive purchases. According to the report, smart appliances remain a niche item, given high retail prices, poor use cases and security concerns. Whilst the technology to leverage IoT (Internet of Things) devices is already available, no service provider has yet made a system for intelligent automation available to consumers. The report observed that CE manufacturers such as Samsung and LG are pushing ahead with their range of ‘intelligent’ appliances as part of thei

MY NAME IS YAYAH SARKODIE. LEVEL 200 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDENT. UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST.                                                                                  TODAYS NEW  Akufo-Addo hails northern support for NPP