The korle bu senior staff Association (KOSSA) has lauded the chief executive officer of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital for his efforts in transforming the hospital. Mr. Charles Ofei-Palm, president of the Association thanked the board chairman Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye who also doubles as the Member of Parliament for Ledzokuku, Heads …

The Upper East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Winfred Ofosu has attributed the high maternal mortality ratio in the Region to lack of ambulances to readily transport expectant mothers to major referral health facilities for management. He said a total of 19 maternal deaths were recorded …

The Centre Management of Ghana’s first large-scale mall, Accra Mall, has announced the commencement of work to replace the entire ceiling at the mall. The project, which has been approved by the Board of Accra Mall Limited will start on Friday, September 6, 2019 and be completed by March 2020. …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has paid over GH¢1.7 billion to more than 200,000 pensioners on the pension payroll as at July 2019. It has also reduced its average benefits processing time from 21 days in 2018 to 17 days and registered 106 percent of its target …

Defunct uniBank Ghana Limited under the receivership of Nii Amanor Duodoo has sued Dr. Kwabena Duffour, HODA Holdings Ltd, Star life Assurance and 7 others at the High Court. The plaintiff, uniBank, among other reliefs is praying the court for an order for the recovery of some 5.7 billion cedis …

The Police in Kumasi have arrested five members of the University Hall, popularly known as Katanga. The students and some alumni had gathered at Maxima, few meters from KNUST campus, holding placards such as “We want our hall back’ and ‘Kum y3n pr3ko”. A team of police deployed to disperse …

A 17-member Governing Council on Thursday was inaugurated for the running of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) following the expiration of the old council’s tenure. The 17-member Governing Council, chaired by Prof Obeng Mireku, consists of four government appointees, the Vice Chancellor of UEW, Rev Prof Afful-Broni and two …

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) of Ghana has declared a nationwide strike. NAGRAT said there are a lot of issues “negatively affecting the Ghanaian teacher” which must be addressed hence their decision to leave the classrooms as schools are about to re-open. “Notable, among the issues raised was …

The headmaster of Aggrey Memorial Zion Senior High School in Cape Coast Rev. Dr Franklin Buadu has been relieved of his job by the Ministry of Education acting through the Ghana Education Service. The head has lost his job for allegedly going against some Ghana Education Service rules. The headmaster …

Some documents meant for the seat of Government sighted by kasapafmonline.com has revealed that the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, should waste no time in abrogating the Power Distribution Services (PDS)/Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession agreement since there is no deal. Kasapafmonline.com can authoritatively state that, the MiDA Sub …

The campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has been declared a security zone by the Ashanti Regional Security Council (REGSEC). This follows intelligence gathered by the REGSEC of intended disturbances on the campus of the public university by the students. The intelligence has established that …

More than 2300 delegates have gathered in Accra, Ghana for the 10th edition of the African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) which runs from 3-6 September. The AGRF is the world’s premier platform for dialogue and action on various topics around the future of African agriculture. Ghana is the first country …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced plans to recruit qualified teachers ahead of the 2019/2020 academic year. Candidates who wish to be recruited, according to a statement signed by the Head of Human Resource at the GES, Adjoa Van Vicker, should have completed and passed the final-year College of …

A regular panel on South Africa – based Press Radio current affairs program dubbed “Ghana Te Sen”, Rev. Emmanuel Donkor has observed that Ghana could cut importation of goods if the indigenous people are being supported. He said cutting down importation of goods will strengthen the local currency (cedis) and …

Breast Care International (BCI) in collaboration with Peace and Love Hospitals (PLH) has donated psycho-tropical medications to the mental health facilities in the  5 northern regions of Ghana through Basic Needs Ghana, a non-governmental organization (NGO). The medications, which were donated to BCI/PLS by Direct Relief in California, in the USA, …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding immediate withdrawal of new increments in the Energy Sector Levies that have seen fuel prices go up. The opposition party says the citizenry are already experiencing “excruciating hardships” therefore, increasing fuel prices at this time will amount to the government being insensitive. Prices …

The Food and Agriculture Minister, Owusu Afriyie Akoto, says the Government’s flagship programme-Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ) has so far witnessed tremendous successes with 150,000 tonnes of food items produced in 2018. He said Government introduced the PFJ in 2017 with 77,000 farmers, which saw Ghana supplying 19 different …

Director of Human Resource at the Ministry of Health, Dr Akwasi Asabir has described nurses at the Nalerigu Nursing and Midwifery Training College as “ungrateful” health practitioners. His comment comes after videos and photos in which some students of the training college were seen chanting “JM we’re sorry”. The students …

Heads of Senior High Schools in the country are pushing for the postponement of the reopening date for the 2019/2020 academic year due to delays in the disbursement of funds to the Schools. Management of Ghana Education Service has fixed September 6,2019 for the beginning of the 2019/2020 Academic year …

The Bank of Ghana (Bank of Ghana) has warned against the pricing, advertising and receipt or payment for goods and services in foreign currencies. This is the third time this year the BoG has issued the notice prohibiting the act after similar calls in April and May. Some institutions and …

Residents at Kpone in the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal of the Tema Region have raised serious concerns about the way the Kpone Landfill poses serious threat to their lives at the moment.  Mr. Kofi Okrah a resident of the area in an interview complained of intermittent but overwhelming fire outbreaks on the …

The upsurge in the infiltration of unaccredited recruitment agencies in Ghana has a strong link with government’s negligence to resource the Labour Department, Mr. Ferdinand Osei Atuahene- HR Manager for Danerst Employment Agency has indicated. Ghana Labour Department he averred has been ignored, left in tatters and hirtherto has not …

I met a couple recently for a session of marital counselling. They shared their individual experiences in being married for over a decade. They repeatedly circled back to one aspect, each sharing individually, albeit in different words “My marriage is not the way I would like it to be. I …

The left arm of a sixteen-year-old first year Junior High School (JHS) student, Josephine Amoabeng has been severed following a brawl with a young man on a farm at Komfour-Nkwanta in the Adansi Akrofuom District of the Ashanti region, MyNewsGh.com reports. Father of the girl, Kwadwo Sakyi who narrated the …

Some male students of the University Hall popularly known as Katanga at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) have raised concerns over the admission of female students into the hall. The University started admitting female students into two male halls, namely University Hall (Katanga) and Unity Hall (Conti) after …

Microwave oven users who are fond of peeping into it while the machine is in use expose themselves to contracting eye diseases such as cataract. This is because microwaves have a heating effect and produce radiation which could harm the eyes or any delicate organ when it gets closer to …

The Institute of Energy Securities (IES) is predicting a considerable rise in the price of LPG on the local market. In addition, the Institute said it expects the prices of petrol and diesel at the pumps to remain stable. “This can be attributed to international market variables on the local …

When the one village one dam projects started, Mahama and his troops ridiculed them, labelled them as dug-outs. In fact, they said they were unfit for purpose. The hypnotic effects of the ongoing projects have coerced Mahama to change his narrative. The dams he claimed were not suitable for the …

President of UT Holdings, Prince Kofi Amoabeng, has blamed the challenges in the banking sector on the regulator’s poor scrutiny of the sector. In an exclusive interview with JoyBusiness, Mr Amoabeng said, banking licenses were issued anyhow and to all sort of people without proper checks causing the current crisis …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that the results of 19 BECE candidates have been cancelled for using mobile phones in the examination hall. Also, the subject results of 173 candidates have been cancelled for sending foreign materials into the examination hall. “2,497 subject results have been withheld pending …