The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) is advocating for a “one laptop and one modem per teacher” policy to support teachers in enhancing the learning experience of students within the COVID-19 period. Interacting with teachers at it 2020 stakeholders forum, President of GNAT, Mrs Philippa Larson noted that teachers …

President Akufo Addo has announced a new cocoa producer price for the 2020/2021 cocoa season from Ghc514 per bag to GHS660. He made the announcement at Sefwi Wiawso in the Regional Capital Western North Regional during the launching of the National Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme on Thursday. “Cocoa producer price as …

Executives of the Okada Riders Association in Ghana have said that granted that the Okada business is illegal and as such no insurance covers passengers, they still put measures in place to ensure the safety of their passengers. In a discussion about Okada legalization on the Happy Morning Show, representatives …

The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana Union of Traders (GUTA) has called on the government not to review the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre law against retail trade, to favour foreign traders as requested by the Nigerian government. The Ghanaian traders say the government will incur their wrath if it …

An internal audit conducted by Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has revealed there are 20,000 ‘ghost names’ have been on the payroll of the agency for the past three years. The ‘ghost names’, according to the audit, cost the taxpayer about GH¢82.5 million every year. Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, revealed this …

Following in the footsteps of its competitors, carmakers Mitsubishi and Suzuki are planning to establish assembly plants in the country, CFAO Motors Ghana, local distributor of the two vehicle brands, has said. “Our group is working on that; obviously by the start of 2021 we will be present as an …

Striking nurses and midwives are to resume work tomorrow Thursday, September 24 after their leadership was served with a court injunction against their industrial action. This was announced by the National President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo at a press briefing Wednesday. The injunction was …

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana, TUTAG, has warned that, government would face their wrath in the coming days if it refuses to address their concern on the subject of conditions of service. The last time TUTAG’s conditions of service was reviewed was in 2006, according to the union. …

A total of 10,000 hospital beds are to be distributed to all public health facilities across the country beginning this week under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP). This according to President Akufo-Addo is aimed at reducing the “no bed syndrome” in the country’s public health space. Speaking at …

Journalists have been urged to intensify reportage on issues affecting the cocoa sector, Ghana’s largest foreign exchange earner, to ensure prompt action by stakeholders. Mr Joseph Opoku Gakpo, the Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Agricultural and Rural Development Journalists Association (GARDJA), said cocoa was a major contributor to Ghana’s …

Environmentally-friendly refrigerators and ACs will soon become widely accessible in Ghana through the Green On-wage (GO) financial mechanism under the ECOFRIDGES program with CalBank PLC.   The ECOWAS Refrigerators and Air Conditioners Initiative (ECOFRIDGES) is a joint program by the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative and …

An Accra High Court has for the second time in four days, ordered the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives’ Association (GRNMA) through a substituted service to halt its ongoing strike action. This comes on the back of an initial interlocutory injunction secured by the National Labour Commission on Friday to …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has begun the process to recruit 16,500 trained teachers who completed the colleges of education last year. Earlier this year, the GES recruited 1,500 teachers in a special mop-up exercise for trained teachers who completed their studies in the 2017/2018 academic year but could not …

CalBank PLC has hosted a maiden webinar for clients in line with efforts to provide sustainable solutions for the growth of business in the digital ecosystem. The first in the series of webinars was targeted at Small and Medium Scale Enterprises on how they can create value using digital channels.  …

The “No Payment, No entry” policy for inbound airline passengers, which was deferred last week at the instance of international airlines operating in the country, comes into effect on September 21. By this new policy, incoming airline passengers must pay online for the mandatory COVID-19 test upon arrival at Kotoka …

Edmund Nyamekye, the District Commander for Offinso Divisional Motor Transport Traffic Department (MTTD), has disclosed that the driver of the mini-bus transporting the young footballers who were involved in the bus accident that claimed the lives of eight players will be charged for overloading. According to the Edmund Nyamekye investigations …

The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission, Mr Ofosu Asamoah, has warned that striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) stand losing their salaries for the month of September as their strike is illegal. Mr Asamoah told Citi News that the GRNMA would be breaking …

There are no Nurses at major hospitals in the Greater Accra Metropolis, the Ghana News Agency’s (GNA) investigation at the facilities on Monday has revealed. At the time of the visit, the GNA observed that only doctors were attending to patients, at facilities including; Accra Ridge hospital, Korle-Bu Teaching hospital …

Executive Director of Sexual Health Foundation, Dr. Samuel Amanamah, has revealed that about 50 per cent of men between the ages of 40 and 70 in Ghana are suffering from erectile dysfunction (ED). The causes, according to the consultant Urologist, attributed to people having diseases like diabetes and hypertension unknowingly. …

Striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives association may face salary deductions for the month of September, the National Labour Commission (NLC) has warned. The Commission says this may become necessary because the group has defied a court injunction against the ongoing industrial action. Patients and relatives who …

Liverpool delivered a powerful statement of intent about their desire to retain the Premier League title with a comfortable dismissal of Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on another nightmare day for keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga. Jurgen Klopp’s champions were already in complete control even before Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen was correctly shown …

Africa’s dancehall artiste Shatta Wale appears in Ghana Education Service creative art test book The book published by Alpha and Omega series for Primary 4 pupils features the “Melissa” hitmaker in it. Shatta Wale’s works which were captured under Lesson 4 of the book talk about a brief biography of …

Ghana might be the largest producer of gold in Africa, but as available information shows, the country very likely is not getting its fair share of money from gold exports. The activities of the Dubai-based gold trader and refiner, Kaloti Jewellery Group was being looked into by US investigators – …

The sexual assault case against the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Manager has taken a new twist. According to Doreen Smith, the nurse in the Savannah region who alleged that Mr Sakara visited her duty post on July 8, at about 9:00 am under the guise of ‘Monitoring’ …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed rules for the testing of African herbal remedies to fight Covid-19. Sound science would be the sole basis for safe and effective traditional therapies to be adopted, it said. Any traditional remedies that are judged effective could be fast-tracked for large-scale manufacturing. Madagascar’s …

The Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Mr.Sagre Bambage, has handed over 300 hectors of farm land for the development of a valley for rice production at Kojope, a suburb of Busunu, in the West Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region. The field is to developed by the Ministry of …

The Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region has recorded 43 pregnancies in the just ended West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Also, while 15 student nursing mothers took part in the examination, out of the total of 1838 girls registered, …

The Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) has acclaimed Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey as it’s the presidential candidate for the 2020 presidential election. The ceremony which also saw the swearing-in, national executives, and the launch of the manifesto of the party, was organized in Accra today, Saturday, September 19, 2020. The …

A 12-year-old head Potter, Ms Sumaiya Ibrahim, has appealed to individuals and organisations for assistance when schools re-open in January 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic forced her into Kayaye. The teenager, who is being raised by a single mother comes from Walewale in the North East region, but was obliged to migrate …

Following the announcement earlier this week that Ghana’s economy contracted by 3.2 percent during the second quarter of 2020, senior officials of both the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Ghana have been quick to assure that this is just a temporary blip and that economic growth is expected …