The government’s decision to abrogate the power concession agreement with Power Distribution Services (PDS) has elicited strong reactions from some energy sector think tanks and political actors. The Institute of Energy Security (IES) and the biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), have welcomed the cancellation of the “stinky” …

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has accused the government of not taking their concerns seriously despite their strike. Chairman of the Accra Technical University branch of TUTAG, Dr. Ibrahim Zubairu, told media that government’s posture is disrespectful to both students and teachers. TUTAG went on strike on October …

It has emerged that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) asked the Ghana government, through the Finance Minister, to reinstate PDS to their original position as managers of Ghana’s power sector before the contract was terminated by Ghana. A letter from MCC to the finance minister sighted by Starr News said …

All commercial omnibuses which do not provide emergency exit doors in compliance with the directive by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) would not be registered for operations in the country. The DVLA has asked drivers and owners of these buses to create exit routes for their vehicles for …

Members of the Graduate Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Association will today, Monday, 21 October 2019 picket the Ministry of Health (MoH) to demand their immediate employment. The association is made up of public-trained nurses and midwives who graduated in 2017 and 2018 and have been home unemployed. “We are going …

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Health Service Workers Union(HSWU) elections which was scheduled to come of Friday October19, 2019 has been called off. The suspension is due to a court injunction placed on the elections by two aggrieved members of HSWU- Awuni Akyireba and Emmanuel Kusi Sarpong, who are also …

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection has told teachers to stop complaining about the food they receive from caterers implementing the School Feeding Programme. Cynthia Morrison said the caterers are only doing the teachers a favour because the programme covers only school children. “There are a lot of …

A bus conveying students from the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi has caught fire. Photos circulating on multiple online platforms show huge flames breaking out through the windows of the white bus. The cause of the fire is yet …

Administrators of Technical Universities have declared an indefinite strike. The administrators, who are members of the Technical Universities Administrators Association of Ghana (TUAAG) say their decision is premised on the failure of the government to address their concerns. Key among these is their base pay in line with their new …

The contract between Power Distribution Services (PDS) and the government of Ghana has been terminated, government sources have disclosed. The decision was at the instance of the government of Ghana, a source noted. Sources in government say US government officials supervising the arrangement between PDS and Ghana wanted the deal …

A school bus conveying students of the University of Energy and Natural Resources from Sunyani to the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi has been engulfed by fire. According to Ghpage.com sources, the bus was carrying level 300 Electrical Engineering students of the university to …

The Producer Price Index (PPI) has dropped to 9.7% for September from that of August which was 10.2%. Producer Price Index (PPI) for September 2019 dropped to 9.7% from the August figure of 10.2%. The PPI is the system that measures the average change over time in the prices received …

In a world that’s growing increasingly concerned about corporate commitments to environmental and social responsibility, top cocoa producers Ivory Coast and Ghana are planning to make a move that goes against the tide. The West African nations, which produce more than 60% of the world’s cocoa, are preparing to suspend …

The Ghana News Agency has reported that 80) per cent of inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have been registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This is to enable them get access to quality healthcare. That is not all, an additional 40 medical practitioners have been seconded …

A group calling itself the Concerned Navrongo Citizens for Development in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal is demanding the suspension of plans to rename the now autonomous University for Development Studies, Navrongo campus after C.K. Tedam. The group on Friday marched on the streets of Navrongo in protest to the change. President Nana Akufo-Addo …

Cristiano Ronaldo apparently earns more from being an Instagram influencer than he does from playing soccer for Juventus. Ronaldo has taken home $47.8 million from paid Instagram posts alone over the past year, according to a Hopper HQ study published on Buzz Bingo, which lists the 34-year-old as the platform’s highest earner. …

The national Insurance Commission is warning the general public against dealing with fake insurance brokers. The warning follows a swoop operation by Officials of the special Investigation Unit (SIU) of the NIC in collaboration with the Ghana police service to arrest operators of Zeta Insurance Broking Services when it discovered …

The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has completely shut down ZETA Insurance Brokers for operating illegally. According to the commission, the said company has been operating for the past five years in Accra. Addressing the media on Thursday, the Commissioner of Insurance, Justice Yaw Ofori says the Police are currently investigating …

  The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) claims it has intercepted a document that allegedly exposes a clandestine plan by the government to loot the assets of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The intercepted document, a letter addressed to the Chairperson of Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Professor Yaa Ntiamoa-Baidu, …

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolgatanga Central, Mr Isaac Adongo, has condemned President Nana Akufo-Addo and the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for stripping businessman and philanthropist Seidu Agongo of his Heritage Bank on frivolous grounds. According to the Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament, the Bank of …

The Ghanaian delegation at the on-going 2019 IMF/World Bank Meeting on Wednesday, 16 October 2019, met with Mauritian government officials to review progress towards the establishment of Smart City Project in the country. They discussed the progress of work and came out with timelines towards the implementation of the project …

Some traders have called on the Government to stop farmers from applying chemicals to the food they grow because the chemicals pose health threat and shorten the life span of most of the perishable food items like vegetables and fruits. In an interview on the World Food Day today, the …

The Bono Regional Coordinating Council in collaboration with the Sunyani Municipal Education Directorate have declared Friday, October 18, 2019, a holiday for schools in the Sunyani township. This was due to the one-week funeral observation rite of the late Nana Yaa Nyamaa Puduo II, the Paramount Queen of the Sunyani …

A video has emerged of some University of Ghana students making a mockery of a colleague lady who was recently in the news for slapping her boyfriend with slippers commonly known in Ghana as ‘chalewote’. The young lady identified as Karen became an internet sensation last week for slapping her …

The Ghana Chambers of Mines says it has allocated an annual contribution of USD$442,000 to the newly launched Tertiary Educational Fund for five years. It said the move is aimed at keeping the country’s mining industry on an increasing course with a regular stream of highly qualified astute professionals. According …

Facebook has expanded its Third-Party Fact-Checking programme, aimed at preventing false or fake stories from going viral to 10 additional African countries including Ghana. The move forms part of efforts aimed at helping assess the accuracy and quality of news people find on Facebook, whilst reducing the spread of misinformation. …

A deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, has dispelled claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it could use 90 days to complete 100 E-Block Schools started by the John Mahama-led administration and were at various stages of completion before they left power to create enough space …

The Supreme Court has directed the Special Prosecutor, Mr Martin Alamisi Amidu, and the Attorney General (AG) to collaborate to retrieve £47million illegally paid to Waterville Holdings Company. That was after Mr Amidu told the court on Wednesday that he had evidence that could help the state retrieve the money. …

A two-day nutrition training programme has been organised for caterers at Agona Bobikuma and Agona Kwaman in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region. The event was aimed at engaging the caterers in the preparation of gari fotor and introducing it onto the school feeding menu in the two …

Education Lecturer at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Dr. Y. Gyeke Darko has appealed to the government of Ghana and the Council of the various Universities to implement policies that will deter lecturers from offering grades in return for sex in tertiary institutions. Dr. …