Reports reaching us is that there is a fire outbreak at Madina, right beside the New Apostolic Church Polling station. Although no casualties have been recorded yet, the fire scared the voters to some extent until personnel from the fire service came to fight the fire in a timely manner. …

Information reaching us indicates that Electoral Officials (EC) at Manhean Methodist School A, B & C have been left stranded. Report says the EC officials are facing challenges in acquiring tables and chairs, election materials. In the video making rounds on social edia, the officials were seen standing under a …

Information Indicate that voting has delayed at the Kwabenya Mususku Pentecost Church due to the technical hitches on the side of the electoral Commission officials.   The delay has thus caused the voters to register their anger as most of them visited the centres as early as 1.a.m. As at …

The driver of the Member of Parliament for Sunyani West, who is also the Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, Hon. Ignatius Baffour Awuah, has been arrested for an alleged unlawful electoral purpose. The suspect, Mr Kwaku Boahen, was caught using a police car at midnight on December 7, while …

Chairman of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas, Dr. Steve Manteaw has welcomed the speed with which the Ministry of Finance responded to his Facebook post regarding oil cash that cannot be accounted for by the government. He said he wished that every year was an election year …

The United States has removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerians seeking visas to the US with effect from December 3, the Federal Government has said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs disclosed on Saturday that the development was a sequel to the removal of excess visa applications, processing, and biometric …

Shortage of antiretroviral medications has hit the Ashanti Region, Starr News has learnt. Persons Living with HIV have been moving across ART centres in various hospitals to no avail. Starr News sources say there has been an emergency requisition sent by the Ashanti Regional Medical Stores to get some stock …

The Ministry of Finance has asked the public to ignore what it describes as misleading claims by Dr Steve Manteaw, a former Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) suggesting that an amount of GH¢2,132,188,611.01 of oil revenues is missing from the books. Dr Manteaw had said in …

Top management members at the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) have hinted that thousands of staff would likely be laid off next year as cocoa production keeps declining. A management member, who wants to remain anonymous for now, explained that with the decline in production, there cannot be a turnaround in …

The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications says its members are devising measures to provide quality network across the country during the general elections. The assurance from the industry association follows individual network audit assessments undertaken by its members which led to numerous deployments and actions to ensure stable network connections across …

Agitating staff of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCO) locked up management members of the company to press home their concerns for redress. They were locked up from day time till 7:00 pm on Thursday by the aggrieved staff. “The angry staff surrounded the head office yesterday and locked the entrance …

The Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has urged importers to adopt the habit of paying duties and other service charges of the various institutions, in the clearance chain, at Ghana’s ports in approved banks themselves. According to an Assistant Commissioner in Charge of the Accra Collection of …

Princess Awiyah, daughter of Dentaa Amoateng MBE, has launched an exciting new product line. The young entrepreneur who launched her first product ‘Princess Awiyah Hair’ which was sold worldwide at the age of 6, has gracefully launched her next product called the ‘Princess Awiyah Shea butter’ a range of skincare …

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 750th career goal as Juventus eased to victory against Dynamo Kyiv in a match refereed by Stephanie Frappart, who became the first woman to take charge of a men’s Champions League fixture. The Portuguese forward scored the second for the Italian champions, already through to the …

Manchester United’s Champions League campaign is hanging in the balance as two goals from Neymar helped Paris St-Germain secure victory at Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford had cancelled out the Brazilian’s early opener with his third goal in four games against the French outfit. But Marquinos’ excellent second-half finish put the …

The demand for payment of locked-up funds of customers of  Menzgold Limited has taken another turn as lawyers for the customers sue the government and some regulators over the funds.  Head of Chambers at Clinton Consultancy, Ms Amanda Akuokor Clinton, who is representing customers of Menzgold, has filed at the …

Having erectile dysfunction (ED) once a while isn’t necessarily a cause for concern. When it becomes persistent then it can cause stress, affect once self-confidence and contribute to relationship problems. There is however another side of ED that is little talked about. That is ED which is considered the worse nightmare of …

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has projected prices of fuel on the domestic market to experience a sharp increase in December. This is due to the 11.5% increase in prices of International Benchmark- Brent crude, the 6.94% increase in prices of Gasoline, the 7.26% increase in Gasoline prices and …

Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane said he is “not going to resign” after defeat by Shakhtar Donetsk left his side’s hopes of reaching the Champions League last 16 in the balance. The 13-time European champions are third in Group B, with all four sides still able to qualify in next …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 1 December 2020, launched a pension scheme for the country’s 1.5 million cocoa farmers. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the pension scheme will enable cocoa farmers to make voluntary contributions towards their retirement, while COCOBOD makes a supplementary contribution on behalf of the farmers …

The staff of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) have resolved to go on a sit-down strike today, Wednesday, 2 December 2020. As part of their strike, they have hoisted red flags in their various offices. They will also ignore all emergencies. The workers say they are not happy that their …

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has lauded the NDC and its leader John Mahama for the latest update of the party’s tertiary education policy proposal. The policy proposals dubbed ‘Kyemu Pe’ and ‘Fa Ninyinaa’ will see the full absorption of fees for all fresh tertiary students admitted from …

All junior and senior high schools across the country will go on a break from Friday, 4 December 2020 to Tuesday, 8 December 2020, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced. A letter addressed to all Deputy Directors of Education and signed by the Deputy-Director General of GES Anthony Boateng, …

Ivory Coast and Ghana are cancelling all cocoa sustainability schemes that U.S.-based Hershey runs in their countries, accusing the chocolate maker of trying to avoid paying a cocoa premium aimed at combating farmer poverty. In a letter addressed to Hershey and seen by Reuters, the Ivorian and Ghanaian cocoa regulators …

Chair of the Ghana Education Service Council (GES) Micheal Nsowah has clarified that the activities of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in schools have not been cancelled. He told TV3 during a forum on Education Privatization in Ghana on Monday, November 30. His clarification come after a Professor of Educational …

The National Democratic Congress has promised to absolve all fees for SHS students who will be going to tertiary institutions in the 2020/2021 academic year. “The National Democratic Congress (NDC), announces that it has accepted for incorporation in the Peoples’ Manifesto, the recommendation of the Education Policy Group of the …

A letter from a student to his former headmaster seeking a refund of his fees paid while in school during erstwhile John Mahama administration has been sighted on social media. This follows a claim by the ex-president and flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the much-lauded free SHS policy …

Kristalina Georgieva, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director, has said in her opening remarks during a forum on ‘New Policy Frameworks for a Lower-for-Longer World’ last week that while new frameworks and tools may speed economic recovery, additional monetary stimulus may pose important risks to financial stability. She said …

The ground has been broken at Jasikan in the Oti Region for the construction of an agro-vocational factory and a skills training centre to empower womenfolk for self-reliance. It is an initiative of the Oti Region Queenmothers’ Association with financial support from the Rawlingses. Mrs. Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, a former …

The College of Technology Education in Kumasi (COLTEK) and the College of Agriculture in Mampong – Ashanti (CAGRIC) which have been carved from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to form a new university has its own Governing Council now. The University is now known as the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training …