The Vice President, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has likened the Double Track System to first and Second Church Service which allows Church members as many as possible to have equal access to listen to the Word of God. According to him, the Double Track System under the Free Senior High School …
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Children with disabilities being denied early Childhood Education
Many parents of children with disabilities in the Eastern Region of Ghana continue to deny their children access to education. Out of the handful of parents who admit their children in special schools at the right age, majority waste early childhood education of the children after years of failed desperate …
Read More »Delay distribution of ambulances – Health Minister begs Akufo-Addo
The National Ambulance Service and the Minister of Health, Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu have urged the President, Nana Akufo-Addo to delay the intended distribution of some 275 ambulances to each of the constituencies in Ghana. The President had indicated in a press encounter in 2019 that the ambulances would be distributed …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Agbogloshi Yam Market On Fire
Famous Agbogloshi Yam Market has caught fire this afternoon. Videos and pictures circulating shows ranging fire burning up the entire market. Residents closer in much efforts are trying to put off fire while they wait for the fire service to attend to it. The cause of the fire is yet …
Read More »Watch: video of Ghana adopting the cedi notes and pesewa coins in 1965 pops up
Rare footage of Ghana adopting its first cedi and pesewa coins in 1965 has surfaced on the internet. The video, monitored by GhanaWeb saw a queue of Ghanaians lined up at the Ghana Commercial Bank to exchange the then “Ghana Pound’s” which were; Shillings and Pence and was introduced by …
Read More »Government opens ‘Sankofa Account’ for Diaspora
The Ministry of Finance has created an investment mechanism to help drive investment into the country from the Diaspora. Known as the ‘Africa Sankofa Account or the ‘Diaspora Savings and Investment Account,’ the interest accruing banking product is targeted at Africans living abroad, who desire to invest in the Ghanaian …
Read More »Fresh IMF report: Ghana close to high-risk debt distress
A new IMF staff report has said Ghana is closer to being classified as a high debt distressed country, theghanareport.com has learned. The possible classification means the IMF is concerned about the country’s ability to honour its international obligations. The public debt stock as at September 2019 was pegged at …
Read More »Other states learning from our new Cedi notes idea – BoG to Mahama
The Central Bank has reacted to claims by former President John Mahama that it did not follow proper procedure in introducing new notes to the country’s currency mix. “The public was ambushed. One day we just got up and they said they are introducing new notes. No public sensitisation, the …
Read More »600 bed shelter for Kayayos in 2020
Deputy Defense Minister and Member of Parliament for the Nkoranza North constituency, Major Derrick Oduro, has asserted that the government of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) would construct a 600 bed residential facility for head Porters (popularly called Kayayos) in 2020. He indicated that plans are far advanced for the …
Read More »New JHS uniforms not compulsory – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year. It said, “it has not imported, neither, has it contracted any individual, locally or internationally to bring …
Read More »Ghana to set up Diasporan Savings and Investment account – Ofori-Atta
Ghana is to establish a Diasporan Savings and Investment Account to attract people of African American descent to invest in the various sectors of the country. The plan, which is at its infant stage, will explore how to target retail other than institutional investors. According to the Minister for Finance, …
Read More »New JHS uniforms not compulsory – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has dismissed reports that it has contracted a foreign firm to design the new school uniforms to be used in junior high schools from the 2019/2020 academic year. It said, “it has not imported, neither, has it contracted any individual, locally or internationally to bring …
Read More »Anger as single-track SHSs teachers, students are to spend 5 months in school
Teachers and students of Senior High Schools running the single-track system are demanding an explanation from the Ghana Education Service over the new time table for 2019/2020 academic year describing it as unfair. Teachers and Students of the single track SHSs have been in school since September 15, 2019, and …
Read More »MTN exits towers businesses in Ghana and Uganda
MTN Group has agreed to sell its towers businesses in Ghana and Uganda as Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator refocuses on high-growth markets on the continent and in the Middle East. Clashes with regulators in Nigeria, Uganda and elsewhere have crimped growth, prompting the company to announce a $1 billion …
Read More »How to survive the Harmattan if you’re asthmatic
If you are asthmatic, here are some tips to deal with the Harmattan. 1. Carry your inhalers everywhere you go. Having an inhaler doesn’t make you weak or show you’re going to die. 2. Know your triggers. Stay away from them. 3. Carry a sweater, pullover, coat with you, where …
Read More »History as SHS re-open on Sunday
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that Senior High School (SHS) Form Three students would re-open on Sunday, January 5, to continue academic work for the 2019/2020 academic year. This is to enable the final year students prepare adequately towards the 2020 West African Senior School …
Read More »Free SHS students to re-open January 5
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 …
Read More »EIU predicts reduction in policy rate this year
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 …
Read More »CBG to resume full operations Thursday
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, …
Read More »‘Doggy style’ is dangerous; it can kill – Minister warns
“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 …
Read More »It is unrealistic to abstain from sex – Dr. Tapang
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 …
Read More »GRIDco cuts power to Valco over $30m debt
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 …
Read More »Why my father built ‘aeroplane’ vehicle – Kantanka CEO reveals
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. …
Read More »BoG to auction US$715m in 2020
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, …
Read More »Nigeria’s high infant HIV infection rate
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 …
Read More »Momoni, the special one or the ‘stinking’ ingredient?
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 …
Read More »Xmas Bonanza: MTN Ghana Surprise Christmas Babies With Packaged Humpers In Upper West Region
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 …
Read More »Free SHS Has Increased Enrolment By 69 Percent
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 …
Read More »All You Need To Know About The 2019/2020 SHS Academic Calendar
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
Read More »Ghana to drop the cedi for ECO – Government
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 …
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