Suspected thieves have allegedly broken into the office of the Commander of the Tema Regional Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department, (MTTD), and made away with some items. The theft, which happened on Thursday, February 6, 2020, saw the intruders stealing two TV sets, one laptop, one GoTV decoder and …

The Ghana Health Service has said Ghana has recorded a total of nine suspected cases of the deadly coronavirus infection, but they have all tested negative. These nine cases include the two recent ones reported at the Korle bu Teaching Hospital on Wednesday. The two – a Chinese and an Argentine …

A virologist at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), Dr. Kofi Bonney has confirmed that tests on two suspected cases of coronavirus have proved negative. He explained that blood samples of the two suspects – A Chinese national and an Argentine – were been taken to the Noguchi for …

The head of the Public Health Department at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital has revealed that a lack of a well-resourced holding bay at the hospital caused pandemonium among doctors on Wednesday. Dr Philip Amoo said there was a situation in which two suspected cases of coronavirus were reported at the facility …

About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School (SHS) in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home and report back to school in a week’s time. This follows a fire outbreak that occurred in the school last Monday that destroyed their dormitory …

Government has directed the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to undertake educational infrastructure projects in all public senior high schools (SHSs) for successful implementation and sustenance of the Free SHS Policy. Madam Gifty Twum-Ampofo, the Deputy Minister of Education in-charge of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET), who announced this …

Two teacher unions and some teachers have hailed the decision of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to revise its promotion process. The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) and some teachers have expressed their satisfaction with the decision to switch from interviewing teachers …

A 34-year-old man has been arrested on the orders of the presiding judge of the Techiman Circuit court, Justice Alexander Graham, during Court proceedings Wednesday, February 5, 2020. The suspected fake lawyer named Iddrisu Yahaya was in court to represent some four accused persons standing trial in a robbery and kidnapping …

Two foreign nationals on Wednesday reported at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital having developed some symptoms suspected to be coronavirus. The patients, a Chinese and an Argentine who have been living together in the country for some days, have been isolated at the facility while blood samples taken have been sent …

A 29-year-old man has brutally defiled 13-year-old girls who are twins at Apam in the Central Region. The victims had reportedly been sent on an errand by their mother when the suspect beckoned them. The girls who were a bit hesitant decided to heed to the call. The suspect then …

The Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists have suspended their nationwide strike. The suspension of the strike is expected to take effect on Thursday, 6th February 2020. The suspension, according to the Association follows a “fruitful deliberation and goodwill shown by stakeholders and the leadership of the union in a …

A Sekondi High Court on Wednesday 5th January discharged the two Nigerian Suspects in the Takoradi kidnapped girls saga, Sam Udoetuk Wills and John Orji but were quickly re-arrested by the police and charged with murder at the Takoradi District Magistrate Court. This was after the State Attorney, Adeliade Kobiri-Woode, …

A 32-year-old mason who defiled an eight-year-old girl at Obogu in the Asante-Akim South Municipality has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour by the Juaso Circuit Court. Charles Amankwaa pleaded guilty to defilement and was convicted on his own plea accordingly by the Court presided over by …

Dunkwa-on-Offin (C/R), Feb. 4, GNA – Fire on Monday afternoon razed two male dormitories; Owusu Bore and Aggrey halls, at Boa-Amponsem Senior High School at Dunkwa-on-Offin in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality, displacing about 300 students. The inferno, causing extensive damage to property, took the intervention of the Municipal Fire …

The Ghana Police Serice has announced the arrest of six persons over missing excavators and other equipment seized by operatives of Operation Vanguard. The six persons arrested so far are; Horace Ekow Ewusi, Frederick Ewusi, Joel Asamoah, Adnan Haruna, Frank Gyan and John Arhin. According to the police, all suspects …

Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …

Nearly 300 students of Buipe Senior High School have been asked to go home after they lost all their personal belongings in a fire that burnt down their dormitory, Monday, February 3, 2020. Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in the Northern Region, Kanzoni Donald, in a …

A Kumasi based Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Mary James Opoku Ware, has described the current educational system in Ghana as defective. According to the renowned Radio preacher, the new curriculum introduced by the Ghana Education Service (GES) will gradually take away the mutual respect between a teacher and a student. …

About 290 students of the Buipe Senior High School in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region have been asked to go home after a fire outbreak on Monday morning destroyed portions of the school’s girls’ dormitories. The incident started around 7 am when the students were in classrooms. …

The Central Regional Vice Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Horace Ekow Ewusi, is in the grips of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), according to Adomonline.com. He is being interrogated over his alleged role in some missing excavators and other equipment seized from illegal mining operators. His arrest follows a request made …

The Minister of ’Education Minister, Dr.Matthew Opoku Prempeh aka ‘Napo’, has reiterated that the free Senior High School (SHS) policy will not survive under John Mahamah Presidency and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. Hon. Opoku Prempeh who also the MP for Manhyia South Constituency has therefore, admonished Ghanaians to …

The 37 Military Hospital has announced that it will from Friday, 7 February 2020, to Friday, 6 March 2020, close down two of its units for a fumigation exercise. The affected units are the Medical and Emergency Unit (MEU) and the Trauma, Surgical and Emergency Unit. A press statement signed …

Fire has gutted part of the Buipe Senior High School. The fire which swept through the girls’ dormitory, ClassFM 97.3 understands, have destroyed the personal belongings of the girls. The fire started Monday morning when the girls were preparing to go to class. The cause of the fire is not …

The Government of Kenya has applauded Ghana’s implementation of the double-track system which has seen enrollment into the Senior High School and some other second cycle institutions double over the past two years. It has accordingly, requested from the Government of Ghana, technical support and the design of a double …

There is nothing that is as beneficial to our health than the various gifts of nature. Unarguably, palm wine is one of them. Palm wine is a sweet, tasty drink that is gotten from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the Palmyra, date palms, and coconut …

The Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh says subjects that go contrary to the cultural values, norms and religious sensitivities of the country will not be accepted in the new school curriculum. The government in 2019 announced the introduction of a new curriculum for basic schools in the country. There …

Celebrated Ghanaian model Tiffany has confessed that his late father who happens to be a former director at the Bank of Ghana wanted her to be a lawyer instead of a model. Coming from a rich home, she grew up loving entertainment and modelling but her family did not like …

A 17 -year- old boy, Kwabena Agyei, was beaten to death by an angry mob on Friday morning for stealing a ‘Pragia’ Motorbike at Aboaso in the Kodie District of the Ashanti Region. According to eyewitness accounts, the victim, Agyei, was a native at Offinso Asamankama but traveled to Aboaso …

Members of the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists have laid down their tools effective today, Friday, January 31, 2020. The decision to declare an indefinite strike, according to the group is to protest the refusal of the Medical and Dental Council to rescind its decision to change the group’s …

Suppliers of foodstuff to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) for the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) feeding programme are threatening to withdraw their supplies if monies owed them are not paid forthwith. The Suppliers of foodstuff for the sustainability of the Free SHS Feeding programme who spoke …