International credit rating agency, Moody has reaffirmed Ghana’s credit rating at B3 with an upgraded outlook to positive from stable. This credit rating position is the best Ghana has received from Moody’s in the last decade. A statement issued by Moody on Friday, 24th January 2020 stated that “Moody’s investors …
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Number plate manufacturers plot uncovered
Credible reports and intelligence gathered by ghananewspage.com points to a deliberate ploy by a cartel to tarnish the image of the Chief Executive Officer of DVLA, Mr. Kwasi Agyemang Busia. The cartel, which is a plate manufacturing gang, is angered because the CEO is tirelessly working to seal the loopholes, …
Read More »Pupils abandon school as cult clashes claim 13 lives
Thirteen suspected cultists have been killed in the ongoing clash between members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in the Ijede Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Residents lamented that they were unsafe as the cultists freely use sophisticated weapons in the Luwasa, Igbe and Ijede areas of Ikorodu. …
Read More »Ex-BoG governor wanted
Report reaching DGN online indicates that the police have launched a manhunt for the arrest of a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Johnson Asiamah. The former deputy Governor is wanted in connection with the banking crisis that led to the collapse of nine commercial banks. The …
Read More »Youth consuming sanitary pad concoction, human faeces for vitality
A desperate search for vitality has over the years pushed some Ghanaian youth into consuming poisonous substances, including various kinds of glue, turpentine and petrol, but the latest discovery will shock the nation. In the Upper West Region where the new substance abuse is believed to have originated, the youth …
Read More »KNUST Opens applications For Academic Year 2020/2021.
KNUST Opens applications For Academic Year 2020/2021. Graded 14th on the continent, West Africa’s best university,KNUST, has announced opening of admissions for the academic year 2020/2021. Read below Specifications. Admission of Candidates to Undergraduate Degree Programmes for the 2020/2021 Academic Year WASSCE/SSSCE/ADVANCED LEVEL/MATURE/ABCE/GBCE AND IB CANDIDATES For the knowledge …
Read More »German-Ghana reform partnership yields optimum benefits
To improve the performance of various governmental institutions and provide the necessary financial support, the German Government is providing more than €100 million to the District Assemblies Common Fund for inclusive development. This forms part of the reform partnership approach between the two countries which seeks not only to …
Read More »Opuni ‘fertilizer’ drinkable – Witness
An Accra High Court has heard that some farmers who appeared before a Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) fact-finding committee on fertilizer claimed that the Lithovit fertilizer which they used on their farms was like water and, therefore, drinkable. The farmers are said to have complained about the quality of the …
Read More »Gov’t considers compensation for frustrated traders at Nigeria-Benin border
Government says it is considering a compensation package for Ghanaian traders whose goods have been locked up at the Nigeria-Benin border following the closure by Nigerian land borders last year. The border shut down in September 2019 by Nigerian authorities to check the smuggling of cheap goods as well as …
Read More »BOMBSHELL: DVLA digitized registration system under attack from manufacturing gang
It is a developing story that is sure to shock and anger Ghanaians at the same time. However, it is also a wakeup call for government, law enforcers and national security apparatus to delve deeper into the shocking developments that is threatening operations of DVLA which could cost the nation …
Read More »Passengers from China to be screened to prevent spread of Coronavirus
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a series of measures it is taking to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in Ghana including screening all passengers from China. China has recorded cases of Coronavirus where nine persons have been reported dead. “As part of measures to prevent an outbreak in …
Read More »I don’t pay attention to ‘unnecessary distractions’ – Afful-Broni to Rawlings
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Rev. Professor Anthony Afful-Broni says he will not be distracted by the war of words between the University and former President Jerry John Rawlings, who wants him to step aside. Speaking to Starr News’ Ibrahim ALhassan on the sidelines of the …
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo Builds a Multi-Million Lifestyle Hotel in Madrid | Photos
World soccer star, Cristiano Ronaldo has fully established an expensive lifestyle hotel in his country, Madrid. Even though the hotel still doesn’t work, everything on the building looks good and ready to be used. Pestana CR7, the name of the hotel, will also be located in the offices of Marrakech, …
Read More »(VIDEO): 37 Military Hospital Blazing With Unquenchable Fire
Confirmed information available to thedistin.com has it that the Officers’ Mess at 37 Military Hospital is currently blazing. However, the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and the video shows thick fumes of smoke billowing out of the building as people stood to watch. In the video, …
Read More »IMF cuts Ghana’s growth rate to 5.6%
Ghana’s growth rate for the year 2020 has been revised to 5.6% s as against earlier (October 2019) forecast of 6 %, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) January 2020 World Economic Outlook Report has revealed. This is against World Bank’s 6.8% which will make Ghana the 3rd fastest growing economy …
Read More »IMF cuts Ghana’s growth rate to 5.6%
Ghana’s growth rate for the year 2020 has been revised to 5.6% s as against earlier (October 2019) forecast of 6 %, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) January 2020 World Economic Outlook Report has revealed. This is against World Bank’s 6.8% which will make Ghana the 3rd fastest growing economy …
Read More »We need more cinemas to revive the Ghanaian film industry – Stanley Ofoetsu Porturphy
Celebrated Ghanaian film producer and production manager Moses Stanley Ofoetsu Porturphy popularly known within the Ghanaian film industry as Nene has opined that the Ghanaian film industry can only be revived through the creation of more cinemas. Speaking during a film industry conference in Europe about the Ghanaian film industry …
Read More »CCTV Captured Two University Student Doing it in a corner of Campus (VIDEO)
A trending video circulating on social media has revealed some dirty act of some university student in Kenya technology has enhanced the fast-spreading of news across the world and we are still preaching to stop an adult from making out outside. however, people still forget the power of technology and …
Read More »MTN to announce compensation for network disruption
Telecoms giant, MTN, says it is finalising modalities to compensate its subscribers for the major network disruption last week. Corporate Services Executive at the leading mobile network operator, Sam Koranteng, said discussions on the compensation package will soon be announced. “At MTN, when our subscribers have gone through some discomfort …
Read More »Dangote names Ghana as one of the best investment destinations in Africa
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has named Ghana as one of the countries on the continent where investments produce good results. In an interview with David Rubenstein on Bloomberg TV, the Dangote Group Founder said Ghana has a suitable investment environment. “There are terms involved in inviting foreign investors. But …
Read More »Shelter, school for street children coming – Bawumia
Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said the government has secured a piece of land to build a shelter and school for street children in the national capital. “Land has been provided by the government through the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) for the construction of accommodation and a school for street …
Read More »ECOWAS Finance Ministers, Governors discuss future of ECO
Finance and Economic Ministers and Central Bank Governors in West Africa have expressed reservations about the recent renaming of the common currency for member countries in the Francophone zone (CFA Franc) to ECO. They described the action as a “unilateral” decision that was not in line with the requirements for …
Read More »Afenyo Markins writes: It is high time international schools taught Ghanaian languages
Nations across the world showcase their cultural identities in so many ways. The culture of every nation includes its set of languages. More than 250 languages and dialects are spoken in Ghana with 9 of them formally taught in schools. There are several ways and stages of acquiring languages. Apart …
Read More »Free SHS will break poverty cycle in Ghana – Adutwum
The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of secondary education, Dr.Yaw Osei Adutwum, says the implementation of the Free Senior High School Education policy will break the cycle of poverty in the country. Ghana has reduced poverty levels by half between 1991 and 2014. But it estimated that more than …
Read More »No case of foot and mouth disease in Central Tongu
Dr Jeffery Elorm Akortia, the District Veterinary Officer for Central Tongu, said the District has not recorded any case of foot and mouth disease in cattle. “We depend on some dams in South Tongu for water in the dry season, that is why we have been observing all the cattle …
Read More »Pregnant women receive treatment on plastic chairs at Ejura hospital
Health workers at the Ejura Municipal Government Hospital in the Ashanti region have been forced to admit and treat pregnant women on plastic chairs over lack of space in the hospital’s maternity ward. Ejura Government Hospital, which is the largest hospital in the Ejura-Sekyedumasi Municipality, has a lot of challenges including …
Read More »59 inmates of Nsawam prison matriculated into UCC
An initiative by the University of Cape Coast to encourage education in the country’s prisons has seen some 59 inmates benefitting. The University opened a prison campus inside the Nsawam prisons to help inmates qualified for diploma courses to also enroll and 59 of these persons have been welcomed already …
Read More »Fuel prices go up again
Prices of fuel in Ghana have this week gone up marginally, vindicating the prediction made by the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) on Tuesday, January 14, 2020. Petrol as of Friday, January 17 was selling at GH 5.50 per litre at various pumps, up GHC 9 pesewas from its previous …
Read More »Thieves break in hospital ward, steal patients’ mobile phones, others valuables
Patients on admission at the La General Hospital have been hit with double agony after thieves broke into the ward and stole their valuables. Mobile phones, bags containing money, ID cards and other valuables were all missing from the ward when the patients woke up on Friday. The burglary is …
Read More »A/R: Francis Owusu-Akyaw Renovates M/A Primary School In Bomfa
The affable and accessible Mr Francis Owusu-Akyaw a former Parliamentary Candidate aspirant in New Patriotic Party at the Juaben Constituency within the Ashanti region of Ghana has put smiles on the faces of the good people of Bomfa by renovating their M/A Primary School, Bomfa is a town within the Juaben …
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