Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has criticized the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama over his recent comments about the government’s flagship Free Senior High School policy. Speaking at the commissioning an ultra-modern Fertilizer Blending Factory at Asuboi in the Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region on …

ABC News Ghana can authoritatively report that the US Embassy in Ghana has dismissed a request by the Minority in parliament for a separate probe into issues of alleged fraud in the PDS-ECG concession arrangement. The Minority in a letter signed by its leader, Haruna Iddrisu, and submitted to the …

Dear Mr Mahama, Your pretentious u-turn on President Akufo-Addo’s Free Senior High School implementation has been exposed by the affable and competent Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. You and your surrogates, since 2012, have caused for over forty advertisements to be made against President Akufo-Addo’s Free S.H.S …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed that all Senior High School (SHS) third-year students are to report to school on Monday, August 19, to begin the first term of the 2019-2020 Academic Year. The directive brings forward, the re-opening date initially set for September for the third-year students, the …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has for the second time suspended the GES-SIC insurance policy program for public school teachers across the country. It said the suspension is only temporary until the end of August when it will be lifted. In 2018, teachers in public basic and senior high schools …

The government of Ghana, through the Ministry of Health (MoH), has paid the final tranche of allowance to nurse trainees for the 2018/19 academic year.The ministry, in a statement, said each trainee nurse received GHS400 for 10 months in each academic year to support their academic and clinical works.In all, …

Government is to provide free WiFi (Internet) service in all tertiary and secondary schools across the country to aid teaching and learning. It is in fulfilment of the campaign pledge of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to pursue free WiFi for certain categories of educational institutions. “I’m happy to …

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has revealed that the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will soon be scrapped from the country’s educational system. According to executive secretary of NaCCA, Dr Prince Hamid Armah, the popular examination has outlived its relevance. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning …

The Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources, on the 3rd day of August, 2018, decided to honour the son of the soil, Kofi Abrefa Busia by naming the University after him. That decision, it must be reiterated, was taken by the Governing Council of the University …

Conservative candidate and ex-prison chief Alejandro Giammattei has been elected president of Guatemala. Preliminary results show he took 59% of the vote, while his centre-left opponent Sandra Torres won 41%. Ex-first lady Ms Torres, who won the first round in June, was running for the third time, while Mr Giammattei was making …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has applauded the decision by the Governing Council of the University of Energy and Natural Resources to name the outfit after Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, Prime Minister of the Government of the 2nd Republic. The decision was taken by Governing Council of the University on 3rd August, …

The Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, has said the delay by the government in paying local contractors, some of whom, he said, are customers or investors, has led to the lock-up of GHS2.2 billion from the Groupe’s Gold Coast Fund Management, alone.“When we keep fighting for Ghanaian …

The University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Sunyani, Bono Region, is to be named after the late Prime Minister of the Second Republic, Professor Kofi Abrefa Busia, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced.He made the announcement at the 4th Congregation of the University in Sunyani on Saturday, 10 …

There is a saying that cleanliness is next to Godliness thus the significance of cleanliness and hygiene cannot be overlooked by any society. Every faith and civilisation stresses the importance of cleanliness. Historically, cleanliness has been considered one of the important factors by which to judge a civilisation or society’s …

Contractors who are owed by the government in various sectors have taken their demand for payment a notch further by petitioning the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to intervene, MyNewsGh.com reports. Consequently, a meeting has been scheduled on Wednesday, August 14 at the Manhyia Palace where the contractors would meet …

Professor Emmanuel Asante, the Chairman of National Peace Council, has urged Ghanaians to desist from engaging in politics that have the potential of causing harm to others and derailing the peace of the country. Rather, he called for political discourse with a focus on issue-based discussions and exchange of ideas …

Zoomlion Ghana Limited in collaboration with the Ministry of Health has conducted a day’s intensive training programme on effective larval source management for its operatives executing the malaria control exercise in the various Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Upper East Region. The training program which was organized by …

A big mouse, which certainly is stubborn, recently caused power cuts in some areas in Kumasi, the capital of Ashanti Region, it has been revealed. Power supply to affected areas suddenly got cut and attempts by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to detect the fault and repair it always …

Ghana will raise cocoa farmgate prices by 5.2% for the 2019/20 season, the first increase in four years, following strong sales of export contracts to chocolate makers and cocoa houses, industry sources have told Reuters. The farmgate price will rise to GH¢8,000 (US$1,523.81) per tonne for the season starting in …

COCOBOD is set to sign its annual cocoa loan syndication deal with some 20 French banks in September 2019. This was after it secured Parliament’s approval to borrow up to $1.5 billion to aid cocoa purchases for the 2019/2020 crop season. Details of the deal Joy Business understands that COCOBOD …

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), says it has commenced payment of all arrears of claims of healthcare providers for the year 2018. According to the NHIA, it expects to complete the payment by the end of August this year. Earlier, the Responsive Healthcare Service Providers Association of Ghana and …

The Ghana Education Service is set to transfer about 110 headteachers in the Ga West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region for taking unapproved fees. The headteachers reportedly did not obey the GES’ directive not to take monies from pupils as printing fees for their third term examination. All the …

The United States still needs to resolve longstanding issues with Sudan before it can consider removing it from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior State Department official said on Wednesday. Earlier this week, Sudan’s military rulers and the main opposition coalition initialled a constitutional declaration paving the …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has handed over almost all its operations back to the Power Distribution Services days after the government suspended the concession agreement with the latter. It is unclear the reasons for the sudden u-turn. ECG was recently put back in charge of power distribution in …

The Drunkards Association of Ghana is not happy about the packaging of alcohol in plastic materials. The Association is, thus, advocating for traditional method of packaging of alcoholic products. The group is worried about the increasing number of cancer cases recorded in the country due to consumption of food in …

Commercial sex workers in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have bared their teeth at the Ashanti Regional Security Council over attempts to get rid of them from the streets. Their reaction is a response to Ashanti Regional Security Council embarking on an exercise to clamp down on prostitutes and their …

New tax measures outlined in the supplementary budget is expected to rake in a significant amount of revenue to the state. A breakdown of revised estimates as captured in the appendix shows that the state could rake in additional GH¢513 million in additional to what has already been projected in …

The embattled CEO of Menzgold Company Limited Nana Appiah Mensah (NAM 1) is receiving medical attention and will address the public soon on matters relating to his business and the refund of locked-up funds to his customers, Head of Communications for Menzgold Nii Armah Amarteifio has said.NAM 1 was released …

Public sector workers will in no time be paid via a cashless mode to eliminate the challenge of ghost names in its payroll, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has stated. Bawumia noted that through technology and digitization, “the problem of ghost workers will be solved once and for all.” Dr. …

All activities at the Takoradi Flour Mill have been brought to a halt after the Executive Director, Serge Bakalian, asked all workers to go home with immediate effect. A memo to all departments intercepted by Starrfm.com.gh revealed that the decision was taken due to a “perceived hostile and antagonistic stance …