The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Free Senior High School (SHS) students will re-open on Sunday, January 5, 2020. A statement issued by the GES and signed by its Head of Public Relations Unit Ms Cassandra Twum Ampofo explained that the move will enable the final year students …

Individuals and businesses seeking credit from commercial banks this year should be offered some respite as the Economist Intelligence Unit is predicting that the Bank of Ghana will lower its lending rate. The business intelligence advisory firm in its latest country report stated that the Bank of Ghana’s policy rate …

The management of the Consolidated Bank Ghana (CBG) has said the bank will resume full operations on Thursday January 2. On Tuesday December 31, all CBG branches closed to the public at 2PM. A message to all customers from the management on Monday December 30 said : “Dear Valued Customer, …

“No two ways that Doggy style is the most practiced sexual position during intercourse, the act is dangerous and can send one to his grave than you could ever imagine”, South Africa’s Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi told The Insider. According to the minister in the interview sighted on The …

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Dr. Daniel Tapang in 2006 questioned the campaign strategy of HIV/AIDS educators who were advising the youth to stay away from sex. Dr. Daniel Tapang argued that “sex is biologically driven” and, therefore, it was impossible to ask the youth …

The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) says it has disconnected power supply to the Volta Aluminum Company Limited (VALCO), following the failure of the company to settle over US$30million outstanding debt to it. GRIDco says the decision was made by management after several attempts to get VALCO to honour its …

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kantanka Automobile Company, Kwadwo Safo Jnr, has explained why his father, Apostle Dr Ing. Kwadwo Safo, built the aeroplane-like vehicle. According to him, his father had always been the type that would always want to be the first to invent something unique into the world. …

The Bank of Ghana will auction US$715 million in Forward Foreign Exchange Auctions in the whole of 2020. The months with the expected highest auctions of US$80 million each are January, February and March 2020. In accordance with the Foreign Exchange Forward Auction guidelines issued on the 23 September 2019, …

Despite new claims of a significant reduction in national Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome prevalence rate in Nigeria, it is quite mortifying that the country still tops the mother-to-child transmission rate in the world. This is evidence that a lot needs to be done before the epidemic can be …

One could be misled by the nose and miss out on a delicious culinary journey in a Ghanaian environment because of the smell of a verritable food ingredient called momoni. The mighty momoni is Ghana’s answer to Swedish surstromming, Korean hongeohoe or and the Japanese Kusaya, although not as putrid …

Ghana’s largest telecommunications network MTN Ghana has donated Christmas Humpers for Babies born on Xmas day at the upper west regional hospital. The breif ceremony, led by Seth Owusu Nyamekye on behalf of the CEO and MTNers, saw lucky children and their mother’s receiving sizeable packages from the country’s largest …

The Free Senior High School Policy has increased enrolment in secondary schools by 69 percent within the last three years, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said. “There was a lot of skepticism about whether we could actually implement the free senior high school education, but with conviction and determination …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the new academic calendar of 2019/2020 for double-track and single track Second Cycle (Senior High School) Institutions. Academic calendar attached Source: Peacefmonline.com

Ghana will soon swap the cedi for the new single ECOWAS common currency, the eco when trading within the ECOWAS region. “We, in Ghana, are determined to do whatever we can to enable us join the Member States of UEMOA, soon, in the use of the ECO, a statement from …

Latest statistics from the World Health Organisation shows that Ghana’s capital, Accra, is less congenial for human habitation due to unacceptable levels of contaminants in the air. The data, which is based on perceptions of persons surveyed over a period of three years, is presented below.  It indicates a very low perception if the value is …

Ghana has backed eight African states on the decision to abandon the CFA Franc, in favour of the proposed, new common currency of ECOWAS, the ECO, beginning in 2020. A statement by the government of Ghana stated that “We, in Ghana, are determined to do whatever we can to enable …

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has declared an indefinite strike again over the non-payment of their December allowance after they called off a similar strike in October. In a letter notifying the authorities of their strike, TUTAG accused the government of reneging on the agreement they had …

Normally in the festive season in Ghana, what you see most teenagers do is work on their own toy guns but this is not the case for 14-year-old Kelvin Amaniampong. While other teens are craving to make their holidays more fun, Kelvin is busily fixing problems with the Free Education …

Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers has kicked against plans by the opposition National Democratic Congress, to cancel the licensure exams if it is voted into power. According to Mr Awotwe Nkansah, they need this accreditation to differentiate themselves from the “fake” teachers that have flooded the …

The Head of the Children’s Ward at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Madam Joyce Oppon Ayisi has expressed worrying concern at the rate with which challenges facing the health facility has to force children to be detained because their mothers could not afford bills. According to Madam Ayisi, it sometimes takes the …

Chief Executive Officer of embattled gold dealership firm, Nana Appiah Mensah has announced that the first batch of customers who recently went through a verification process have received payments of their investment. Nam 1 who is currently battling charges of fraud amongst others made the announcement on his Instagram page …

Ghana, without a state airline since the failure of Ghana International Airways in 2010, is planning a new national carrier. In November, Ghana and Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding for three Boeing 787-9s with a list price of $877.5m. The real price paid will be lower, but the relaunched …

Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has said the World Bank, IMF and western nations have ganged up to make President Akufo-Addo unpopular, following the latter’s resolve to make Ghana self-sufficient to wean the country off from foreign aid. “This is what Akufo-Addo wants to do …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Ghana’s current inflation target range of 8±2% is relatively high compared to its peers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is clearly attributed to its high-interest rates on the continent. Ghana’s yield of about 14 and 15% on Treasury Bills and 24% average lending rate …

The Bank of Ghana has encouraged the general public particularly retail outlets, to accept the new GHC100 and GHC200 currency notes as they remain legal tender. The advice follows a viral video where a customer was allegedly turned away at a Game shop when he issued a 200 cedi note …

The Food and Drugs Authority has directed the withdrawal of all batches of certain brands of tomato paste from the market which were found to contain the ingredients starch and colour, that were not indicated on the labels. According to the FDA, these ingredients are not permitted in tomato paste …

A research Commissioned by Plan International Ghana has revealed that over 70% of rural girls bath only once during menstruation. The survey was part of the NGO’s implementation of 2,247,500 Euro – Plan Germany Office Funded project dubbed “Rural, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (RWASH)” in 36 beneficiary communities in Akuapem …

The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) has launched a digitized smart DP Sticker as part of cost savings new measures at the various ports of entry to replace the existing DP plates in use. The new sticker is environmentally friendly, has high security features, can be validated easily by …

Dr Daniel Asare, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has advised Ghanaians to be wary of their lifestyles as there has been an upsurge in chronic kidney disease as well as other diseases. Chronic kidney disease, also known as chronic kidney failure, is the …