Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey has taken over from Inter Milan ace Kwadwo Asamoah as Ghana deputy skipper but Swansea City attacker Andre Ayew has maintained his place as the main captain. Twenty-seven-year-old Partey, who made his international debut in 2016, and Ayew, are expected to lead the Black Stars …
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Over 500,000 students begin 2020 BECE today
ore than 500,000 final-year junior high school students will today, Monday, 14 September 2020, begin sitting their week-long Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The 2020 edition will end on Friday, 18 September 2020 at all designated examination centres throughout the country. Figures from the West African Examination Council …
Read More »Ghana raises cocoa farmers’ pay by 21%
Ghana has raised its farm gate price for cocoa by 21% after implementing a $400 per metric ton premium on futures prices for the 2020-21 harvest, according to two people familiar with the matter. Growers of cocoa beans in the world’s second-largest producer of the crop will receive 625 cedis …
Read More »Read: BECE timetable out!
This year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence tomorrow, Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020. Below is the final timetable which, according to the West African Examination Council, was amended in July 2020: Adomonline
Read More »VIDEO: SHS graduate proposes to girlfriend after their WASSCE exams
A trending video sighted by My News Ghana has shown an SS3 student who just finished writing his WASSCE exams proposing to his girlfriend. The students had just finished writing their exams and were leaving the school compound when the boy followed her to propose to her. The romantic boy …
Read More »Mo Salah hat trick sinks Leeds in seven-goal Premier League thriller
Mo Salah scored a hat trick to secure a 4-3 victory for English Premier League champion Liverpool in a breathtaking opening day match with Marcelo Bielsa’s swashbuckling Leeds United side at Anfield on Saturday. The away side came from behind three times and looked set to be earning a precious …
Read More »Gruesome murder: University Of Ghana Law lecturer found dead with hands and legs tied
Details are emerging about the possible murder of Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Ghana. He is said to have been killed at his home in Accra. While details of his death and possible murder are sketchy at this moment, his colleague at …
Read More »Court stops Menzgold customers from organising a vigil to honour departed customers
An Accra High Court has stopped a planned commemorative gathering by customers of defunct gold trading firm Menzgold. The aggrieved customers had planned the convergence on Saturday to mark the passing of some 64 members who they say have suddenly passed away since the company was shut down by the government …
Read More »Ghana pushes ahead with efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation, forest degradation
The Government of Ghana has received an advance payment of US$1.3 million out of a US$50 million agreement with the World Bank’s Forest C arbon Partnership Facility for results-based payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (known as REDD+). The provision of this advance payment was included in …
Read More »COVID-19: 2 more deaths push Ghana’s death toll to 285; active cases drop
Ghana has recorded two new COVID-19 deaths pushing the country’s death toll to 285. Also, 75 new cases have pushed the country confirmed cases to 45, 388 whiles 44, 267 clinical recoveries have been recorded. Meanwhile, Ghana’s active cases have seen a decline. The country’s active cases are now 836. …
Read More »NDC will increase student loans by 100% – Edem Agbana
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Deputy National Youth Organiser, Edem Agbana says his party is going to increase the Student Loan Trust Fund by 100% and reintroduce the Student Loan Trust Fund Plus. Speaking on Joy News’ Joint Caucus, Agbana stated that this has become necessary because his party in …
Read More »Titus-Glover appeals to GPHA to reopen fish market
Daniel Titus-Glover, Member of Parliament for Tema East, has appealed to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) to reopen the fish market at the Tema Fishing harbour. The fish market was among a number of markets in Tema that were shut down as a measure to curb the spread …
Read More »Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire successfully increase pricing of cocoa
Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the top world cocoa producers, through a joint initiative have convinced chocolate traders and makers to increase the price they pay for cocoa. These cocoa producing countries suspended the forward sales of cocoa beans which had a negative impact on global prices that, in less than …
Read More »Ghana’s power abundance turns to burden as energy debts mount
Ghana lured investors to its power industry to end chronic electricity shortages with deals it can no longer afford. The deals’ terms require the government to pay for electricity generated even if there’s no demand for it. The move helped Ghana end its power crisis by 2016, boosting its generation …
Read More »UTAG threatens strike over unpaid book, research allowance
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said it will advise its members against performing their core duties if the government fails to pay their Book and Research Allowance (BRA) by Monday, 14 September 2020. This follows what the association describes as the “countless attempts” to see the authorities …
Read More »Collapsed Microfinace firms: ‘74,000 DKM customers fully paid’ – Akufo-Addo
A total of 74,000 validated customers of defunct DKM Microfinance have fully been paid by the receiver, with 13,857 outstanding. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who announced this assured that all outstanding customers would be fully paid latest by the end of September this year. He said the outstanding amount due to …
Read More »Teacher licensure exam postponed to October 1
The Ghana National Teaching Council has announced the postponement of the Ghana teacher licensure examination (GTLE) scheduled to take place on Thursday, 24 and Friday, 25 September. The new dates for the exam are now October 1 and 2, 2020. A statement issued by the National Teaching Council and signed …
Read More »Businesses in worst situation than before – Report
The Second Quarter Business Condition Report by the Sekondi Takoradi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (STCCI) reveals that businesses seem to be in worst situations than previously. Speaking to Ghone Business News after the presentation of the Quarter 2 report in Takoradi, the deputy chief executive officer of STCCI, Benjamin …
Read More »Inflation rate falls to 10.5 percent in August
The year-on-year inflation rate fell to 10.5 percent in August, a 0.9 percentage points lower than 11.4 percent recorded in July 2020. The monthly change rate for August 2020 is -0.4. “Total month-on-month inflation is negative because it is pulled down by negative Food inflation (-1.1 percent) and negative inflation …
Read More »Strategy to face-out double-track will be out before December – NDC
A member of the NDC’s manifesto committee Prof. George K.T Oduro says the party is yet to conclude on the implementation strategy to face out the double-track system under the free SHS policy. According to the former Pro-VC of the Cape Coast University, the party will unveil their roadmap to …
Read More »Cocoa trees in Ghana owe $600m – Eric Opoku
The Akufo-Addo government has indebted Ghana’s cocoa trees to the tune of $600 million, opposition lawmaker Eric Opoku has said. The Asunafo South Constituency MP told Accra-based Asempa FM that: “For the first time in the history of cocoa in Ghana, the NPP government has used Ghana’s cocoa to go …
Read More »American Advisors On Agyapa Deal Expose Govt’s Hasty Decision
Merrill Lynch, one of the key advisers on the Agyapa deal, has shockingly projected higher gold prices by 2022, thus underscoring the need for Ghanaians to know how the valuation of the royalties was done by the Akufo-Addo government for the Agyapa deal and the danger of undervaluation. This means …
Read More »CEO of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital tests positive for COVID-19
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Oheneba-Owusu Danso has been admitted at a special ward of the hospital after reportedly testing positive for COVID-19. Although there has been no official communication about his condition, a source at the hospital said Dr. Owusu-Danso is coping. The …
Read More »Fresh SHS graduate killed in robbery attack
A fresh graduate of Yendi Senior High School (SHS), Rahman Abdul Basit, has been killed in a robbery-attack-caused accident at Mpaha in the Central Gonja district. Young Basit, who was heading home after successfully completing his West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, was a victim of an accident which …
Read More »Government handing over Tema Oil Refinery assets to phony company
One of the country’s strategic assets, the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is about to be handed over to a phony company under some bizarre circumstances by its management and board of directors led by Francis Adu Tutu Boateng and Robert Nachinab Doameng Mosore. Insiders have informed The Herald that some …
Read More »Ghana Council of Private Schools supports Mahama’s scraping of double-track system
The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has expressed its support for the abolishment of the double-track system by Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama. Speaking at the manifesto launch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Mahama asserted that he will abolish the double-track system by bringing onboard the …
Read More »GES Releases Names of Teachers Qualify For Legacy Arrears Pay – CHECK OUT
Report convened has it that GES has released verified data of teachers that will qualify for the payment of the legacy arrears. We hereby publish this data for all CCT Ghana members that are affected to check in their names in the list. We also want to state that GES …
Read More »NDC promises free healthcare for cocoa farmers
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to provide Free Primary Healthcare for all cocoa farmers if it forms the next government after the December elections. The NDC in its manifesto launched in Accra on Monday, 7 September 2020 said it will exempt all cocoa farmers from the …
Read More »Asante-Akim North District exports food crops to Togo, Burkina Faso
The Asante-Akim North District of Ashanti is fast establishing itself as the country’s strategic hub for the production and export of some food crops to Ghana’s neighbouring countries notably Togo and Burkina Faso. For the past six years, farmers in the district with Agogo as its capital, have been exporting …
Read More »School of Hygiene students unhappy with 10-months allowance arrears clearance
Students of the School of Hygiene have expressed their discontentment with the decision of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to pay 10 months allowance of financial clearance out their three-year backlog of allowances. In an exclusive interview with Univers News, President of the Students Representative Council (SRC) of the Ghana …
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