February 2019 (Page 2)

By Engr. Kwame OFORI-ADDO/Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 4 February, 2019   The pergola cover is an open roof designed for climbing plants; to provide sunlight, shade and some greenery. You may have seen it before; it is a trendy roof cover around South La Estates, Airport Residential Area, Dzorwulu and East Legon, all suburbs of Accra, but most of what you saw were bare – seemingly meaningless. But it has a function. The concept is that the homeowner will place some flower pots with climbing plants in it that will ascend the wood and eventually form a leafy shade over the open roof. ItRead More →

By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 1 February, 2019 The UN General Assembly will today formally launch the International Year of Indigenous Languages (IYIL 2019). The day’s event will start at 10am and end at 6pm New York Time; the plenary segment will be from 11-1pm and continue from 3pm-5-45pm. The event will be addressed by the president of the 73rd session of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General and the president of Bolivia. Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces, the president of the 73rd General Assembly, issued a statement on the day’s event. ‘The list of speakers will rotate between Member States and Observers of the GeneralRead More →