The Ministry of Education (MoE) has rubbished the plans announced by former President John Dramani Mahama to transform Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) on his second coming. Mr Mahama had said in a Facebook Live transmission on Monday, 23 December 2019, among several promises that one of the …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has vowed to reverse the government’s recently announced 50% increment in the Communication Services Tax if elected to power in 2020. He said his government will do that to restore people’s confidence in the economy. John Mahama made this known in an interactive Facebook live …

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will be free at every level for Ghanaians should former President John Mahama be voted back into power in the 2020 polls. Mr Mahama aside the TVET promise also said he will increase the amount of money given to tertiary students by government …

Former President Mahama says he will abolish the licensure examination for teachers if he is elected as President in the 2020 polls. Addressing Ghanaians through Facebook, Mr Mahama also said he will abolish the 60% increment on Communication Services tax by the Akufo-Addo government if given the opportunity again. “Ghana …

The Executive Secretary of the National Teaching Council (NTC), Christian Addai-Poku, has said about 25 per cent of newly trained teachers are not qualified to be in the classroom. This comes as a result of the average pass rate in the past three Ghana Teacher Licensure Examinations (GLTE) written by …

The Chief of Staff, Mrs Akosua Frema Osei Opare, has cut the sod for the construction of a market at Dome in Accra. The project will be financed by the government and undertaken by Prolux Investment Limited at an estimated cost of GH¢9.4 million. It is expected to be completed …

Information available and analysed indicates that the government through the wrongful exercise of its discretion has caused about US$720million financial loss to the state for delaying the relocation of the Karpowership from Tema to Sekondi, where it is currently situated for past few weeks. The relocation of the power ship …

A metal safe securely locked with some unspecified amount of money, fixed into a concrete wall at the Account Office of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital is missing. Dr Kwadwo Obeng, Acting Director of the hospital who suspects that it was stolen, said the thieves broke into the general and accounts …

The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery, Isaac Osei, has resigned. Chairman of the General Transport, Petroleum, and Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) at TOR, John Elton Botchway confirmed this to JoyNews Friday. According to him, Mr Osei made the surprise announcement at a staff end-of-year gathering. “He asked us to …

Members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) are demonstrating on the KNUST campus. The workers who form the largest union on campus are angry over the delay of swearing in their nominee onto the university’s new council and threatened to match into an ongoing council meeting on the …

Cynthia Morrison, Minister for Gender, Children and Social protection has called on parents and guardians to talk to their children about their sexual orientations to enable them identify persons with bad intentions. She said it was vital for them to teach the children to know that their bodies belonged to …

Public primary schools in the Savannah Region of Ghana could not write end of term examination due to a new curriculum introduced by the government. The pupils will be vacating today, Thursday, December 19, ahead of the festive holidays despite failure to write first term examination. A visit to some …

The clothing allowance paid to members of the Ghana Banking Association is now subject to taxation, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has revealed. In a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of the Ghana Banking Association on Tuesday, 17 December 2019 and signed by the Acting Commissioner-General of the GRA, …

The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools(CHASS) has written to Management of Ghana Education Service demanding payment of outstanding arrears of subsidies for the last batch of Fee-Paying Senior High School Students who completed School in June this year. A letter signed by President of CHASS, Alhaji Yakub.A.B Abubakar, …

It is no secret that sport betting is a growing phenomenon which appears to be a profitable business venture in Ghana. Sport betting is a form of gambling that entails placing a wager, also known as a bet, on the outcome of a sporting event. The most common sporting event …

Moves are being initiated by rice millers in the country to get special identification stickers to differentiate Ghana rice from those imported. The Convener of the Rice Millers Association, Yaw Adu Poku, who made this known to Citi News said the move is also to check unwholesome or fake Ghana …

Tension is mounting between students and authorities at the Akropong School for the blind after a chaplain at the school was caught molesting a blind female student in a classroom. The students are angry at what they say is an attempt by the authorities to cover up the incident which …

Discriminating against a person living with HIV or AIDS could land one in jail for up to three years. This is contained in the Ghana AIDS Commission Act 2016, Act 938 which was passed by Parliament and assented by former President John Dramani Mahama on December 30, 2016. The Act, …

The Kotoka International Airport on Monday witness the dramatic traditional water cannon salute to the return of Air Senegal to Ghana after years of withdrawal with the introduction of its maiden direct between Accra and Dakar. The Maiden flight A319 touched down on Monday, December 16, with 62 passengers. It …

Menzgold will today announce a payment plan and schedule fo payment for its numerous customers whose investments are held up with the company. It comes after the company invited the customers to visit their respective outlets to validate their documents in November. The CEO of the company Nana Appiah Mensah, …

The Gambian government and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have signed an agreement for the establishment of a Science, Technology and Engineering University in The Gambia, Gbcghanaonline.com reports. This came to light when the President of The Gambia, Mr Adama Barrow, received a delegation from KNUST …

Authorities of Owerriman Senior Technical School in the Asante Akim North Municipality of the Ashanti Region have withheld results of close to fifty students who sat for the last year’s West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) over their indebtedness, according to reports. This is after the New Patriotic Party …

A funny video of a man attempting to remove his ATM card that has been withdrawn by an ATM machine has surfaced online. In the rib-cracking sighted on Instagram, the man was using a broomstick to try to remove the card. It appears that the man did not know the …

Any thoughts that BoG has been acting independently should be finally out to rest based on new documents that have been obtained from confidential sources. As early as June 2018, six months before the deadline to raise an additional 280 Million in minimum capital, the Minister of Finance went to …

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed concern about Ghana’s current status as a country at high risk of debt distress – a reference to countries where debt sustainability analyses (DSAs) show protracted breach of debt and debt service thresholds. The concern was contained in a statement issued on December …

Sources at the Ministry of Energy have raised serious concerns regarding the World Bank’s ‘attempts’ to delay the approval of a $500 million loan in order to force the government of Ghana into buying $5 billion worth of expensive gas from the Sankofa gas field. That, according to DGN Online’s …

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has ordered the immediate withdrawal of certain batches of 16 tomato paste brands from the market because they have been adulterated with starch and colour. A statement issued by the authority indicated that the ingredients—erythrosine and starch that are not permitted in tomato paste …

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) has predicted constant prices of fuel across the pumps in the second pricing window which begins December 16, 2019. Even though the depreciation of the cedi against other major international currencies especially the US dollar, has gone beyond 10 per cent since the beginning …

Metro Mass Transit Limited drivers in Cape Coast, Central Region have embarked on a sit-down strike effective Monday, December 16, 2019. They are striking over what they termed as “poor treatments by managements to drivers”. Passengers who trooped to the Cape Coast terminal Monday morning were stranded. The drivers say …

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers has hinted of another upward adjustment in fuel prices at the pumps. According to the chamber, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has written to Petroleum Service Providers notifying them of an adjustment “some elements on the already high petroleum price build-up and fuel prices”. Fuel …