Senior High Schools in the country risk closure over lack of funds and shortage of food. Funds have not been disbursed to the schools since the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year affecting the smooth running of the schools. Starr News checks in the Eastern region reveal most schools have …

Neoplan Ghana Limited, one of the country’s surviving coach manufacturing businesses in the 1970s, has announced a total shutdown on Friday, January 31, 2020 because it is no longer viable. A memo to all staff of the company in Accra and Kumasi announcing the closure of the company, which was …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called for a forensic probe into the conduct of the Director, Internal Audit Division of the GHS, Mr Kwabena Hemeng-Ntiamoah, who is alleged to have misappropriated millions of cedis meant for audit assignments. A document sighted by the Ghanaian Times suggested that the forensic …

Health officials in Ghana have tightened surveillance at Ghana’s border with Cote d’Ivoire after a suspected case of coronavirus was reported. Ever since the disease surfaced in China, many countries are on the alert to ensure it does not find its way to their setting. The Director-General of the Ghana …

Emergency healthcare services in Ghana are to receive a major boost from this week, following the dispatch of over 300 Ambulances, over 300 EMT Drivers and support staff and 30 Dispatchers to 275 constituencies nationwide from Tuesday. The ambulances were procured under the government Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) …

Dr Gideon Boako, spokesperson the Vice President, has said the government cannot ask the Bank of Ghana (BoG) print money to pay depositors of the collapsed financial institutions in the country. He said if that is done, it will amount to the central bank financing government expenditure, an action he …

Exploration for minerals in Ghana remains hampered by tax burdens, Sulemanu Koney, CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Mines, told The Africa Report. “We are not happy with the level of investment we see in exploration,” Koney said. Better incentives for exploration are “a major issue”, he said. “That is …

Government’s digitization agenda which, is being spearheaded by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has achieved another milestone with the addition of motor insurance to the growing list of digitized government agencies. The Vice President announced in July last year at the US-Ghana Business Forum that after holding a series …

Ghana’s debt stock has increased by about GS86.6 billion since the Nana Akufo-Addo government came into office three years ago. Some economists and market watchers have described the rate and quantum of borrowing by the government as alarming and warned that it could plunge the nation into an economic crisis …

Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to hit 65% by the year 2023. According to international rating agency Moody’s, Ghana’s debt will rise primarily due to an annual assumption of 2% of GDP in the form of contingent liabilities. Moody’s’ forecast also includes disbursements under the $2 billion financing deal with …

The Gambaga Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has reverted from the ‘Double Track System’ to Single Track owing to massive infrastructural development in the school. The ‘Double Track System,’ under the Free SHS policy was in two sessions; the Green …

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has noted that interest in making investment in Ghana especially by foreigners continues to rise. The Information Minister who doubles as the Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi constituency in the Eastern Region, made this known after participating in the Ghana Investment Summit in the United …

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has taken delivery of 100,000 pieces of motorised slashers to be distributed to cocoa farmers throughout the country. The slashers are to prevent the farmers from resorting to the use of weedicides on their farms and, thus, reduce the risk of having the beans contaminated …

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 …

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, …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …