GENERAL NEWS

The government says it has adopted a threshold that will inform the decision to close down a school. According to the Deputy Health Minister Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, if cases of Covid-19 go beyond 15 percent of a school’s population, it will be shut down. This comes on the back …

The President of Laweh Open University College has called on the government to collaborate with service providers to make the internet affordable, available, and accessible for online education. Prof Goski Alabi noted that the internet was too expensive for digital education and until the government intervened, it would be difficult …

The Medical Superintendent at the Obuasi Government Hospital, Dr. Kwadwo Nyarko Jectey, has stated categorically that the COVID-19 situation in the Obuasi Municipality have stabilised. This follows the implementation of a series of measures by the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Municipal Chief Executive and Health Workers in the Municipality. …

A disturbing video of a mother claiming that her four-month-old baby who died after being consistently raped by her boyfriend was a sight she enjoyed has surfaced on social media and is fast going viral. In the video sighted by Ghanaweb.com, the woman who seemed a bit ‘disorganized’ and almost …

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has been notified that the current six channels that it operates would be reduced to three. The state broadcaster has, therefore, been directed by the Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to “consolidate” its programmes within two months. Digital channels run by GBC include GTV Sports+ (a channel …

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, claims the body of a Rwandan official that was reported to have gone missing was actually at the facility’s morgue. Emmanuel Twagirayezu died on July 9 whilst receiving treatment at the hospital having contracted coronavirus. The deceased was said to be a medical director …

A father of one of the four kidnapped Takoradi girls who have been declared dead by the police still does not believe the account of law enforcement authorities. After two years, Alexander Koranchie says there is no way his daughter, Priscilla Mantsebea Koranchie is dead despite the police confirming that …

Management of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital late Monday exhumed the body of a high-profiled Rwandan who died of COVID-19. Dr. Emmanuel, as the deceased has been identified, had been sent to the facility, popularly known as Ridge Hospital, by his family for treatment after he tested positive for the Coronavirus. He, …

One person has been killed in Banda in the Bono Region over a confrontation at a registration centre. Starr News understands that the scuffle at the registration centre began after some persons associated with the NPP parliamentary candidate for the constituency confronted brother of the MP for the area, Ahmed …

An Accra Fast Track High Court has dismissed an application filed by MTN, Vodafone and the National Telecommunications Authority (NCA), challenging the basis upon which a consumer organisation had sued them for breaching sections of the Subscriber Identification Modulation (SIM) law, L.I. 2006. The High Court in Accra found the arguments of the telecommunications …