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 …
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My father wanted me to stop modeling and be a Lawyer – Tiffany
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 …
Read More »Boy,17, lynched for stealing ‘Pragia’ motorbike
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 …
Read More »Anaesthetists declare indefinite strike
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 …
Read More »Free SHS food suppliers threaten to withdraw services over non payment
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 …
Read More »Free SHS food suppliers threaten to withdraw services over non payment
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 …
Read More »Man Kills Rival For Having Sex With Wife In Toilet
“Upon my return from work, I heard my wife moaning inside our toilet and when I went close, I spotted her having sex with a man inside the toilet, and I kicked the man to the ground…” These were the words of a 46-year-old electrician who has been arrested for …
Read More »Ghanaian teachers to benefit from ‘world class’ Teacher Survey App
A ground-breaking innovation, certain to create a significant impact across the education landscape in Ghana, is about to be launched. Known as TeacherTapp Ghana, this teacher survey mobile app, is aimed at gathering information regarding the daily lives of teachers and education in general, through a series of programmed questions …
Read More »Anaesthetists to strike from Friday over title change
Members of the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) have served notice they will embark on strike from Friday, January 31, 2020. According to the association, their appeal to the Medical and Dental Council over plans to change their name has been ignored. They claim the MDC has instead …
Read More »3 Nigerian stowaways land in Ghana instead of Spain
Three Nigerians have become the latest suspects to be arrested by the Tema Port Authorities in the year 2020 after they failed in their attempt to stowaway to Europe. The three stowaways who have since been placed in police custody had boarded the vessel from Nigeria in hope of going …
Read More »Man, 52, jailed for defiling 3-year-old girl
A 52 year old unemployed, who defiled a three-year-old girl at Apatrapa New Site, near Kumasi, has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by a Kumasi Circuit Court. Owusu Sebi pleaded not guilty to the offence but was found guilty after trial by the Court, presided over by Comfort Tasiame. …
Read More »Another fire incident at Accra Academy
There is another fire outbreak on the campus of Accra Academy, a few days after a similar incident on the campus. The Alema Hall fire according to GhanaWeb sources started round 8:30 pm. This is the second time since January 15, when the first fire outbreak swept the same Alema …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ethiopian isolates 4, Kenya, Ivory Coast test suspected cases
The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in several other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. The World Health Organisation’s Africa emergency response program manager Michel Yao advised health ministers in the region to activate standard flu screening at …
Read More »New ambulances can locate caller, connect to nearest health centre
The newly-commissioned ambulances are fitted with digitised state-of-the-art dispatch management system, integrated with the national digital property addressing system which will automatically generate the digital address location of the caller, President Akufo-Addo has disclosed. This according to the President, will enable the control centre to determine straightaway the nearest ambulance to dispatch, he …
Read More »One person arrested over bizarre exhumation of corpse
The Nkawkaw District Police Command has arrested one person in connection with the exhumation of remains of a deceased at Awenade, a community near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region. The suspect Nana Kwaku Ampadu, 39, was picked up by Police Monday, January 27, 2020 at about 12:35 pm at his …
Read More »Midwife calls for security for CHPS compound
Madam Faustina Lami Abatera, the Midwife in charge of the Kolinvai Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound located in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has called for security guards to protect the facility and medical equipment. She said the facility which has a nurses’ quarters …
Read More »Takoradi-Tarkwa railway ready for free passenger service
The Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has successfully completed its reformation exercise on the Takoradi-Tarkwa Railway line and urged the public to patronize its services for free on the stretch beginning today, Tuesday January 28. The GRCL said it was fully prepared to begin passenger services after a concurrent test …
Read More »SHSs risk closure over lack of funds and food
Senior High Schools in the country risk closure over lack of funds and shortage of food. Funds have not been disbursed to the schools since the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year affecting the smooth running of the schools. Starr News checks in the Eastern region reveal most schools have …
Read More »Farmer guns down Surveyor
A 34-year-old Mapping and Surveying apprentice, Thomas Yaw Kyame, has been gunned down by a farmer after mistaking him for a game. The incident occurred at Sikorkor, a farming community near Agavenya in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region. The body of the deceased has been retrieved …
Read More »National Security operative killed at Awoshie
A 32-year-old man has been arrested by the Anyaa Police for allegedly stabbing a National Security operative to death. The suspect, Emmanuel Gyeabour, according to the police, stabbed Alhaji Abdul Mummin Salia, aka Sly, 36, in the neck at Awoshie, Accra after a misunderstanding had ensued between the two over …
Read More »Ghana Health Service calls for forensic probe into conduct of Internal Audit Director
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called for a forensic probe into the conduct of the Director, Internal Audit Division of the GHS, Mr Kwabena Hemeng-Ntiamoah, who is alleged to have misappropriated millions of cedis meant for audit assignments. A document sighted by the Ghanaian Times suggested that the forensic …
Read More »Ghana tightens surveillance as Cote d’Ivoire deal with suspected coronavirus case
Health officials in Ghana have tightened surveillance at Ghana’s border with Cote d’Ivoire after a suspected case of coronavirus was reported. Ever since the disease surfaced in China, many countries are on the alert to ensure it does not find its way to their setting. The Director-General of the Ghana …
Read More »Two arrested for stealing 300 cattle from Kete-Krachi
Two out of four persons who stole 300 cattle from Kete-Krachi in the Oti Region have been arrested by the Police in Savannah Region. Ibrahim Imoro and Amadu Imoro were said to have taken the stolen cows to a farm settlement near Kosorgbor in the Savannah Region. They were arrested …
Read More »Gov’t to distribute over 300 ambulances Tuesday
Emergency healthcare services in Ghana are to receive a major boost from this week, following the dispatch of over 300 Ambulances, over 300 EMT Drivers and support staff and 30 Dispatchers to 275 constituencies nationwide from Tuesday. The ambulances were procured under the government Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) …
Read More »Chinese man killed by compatriot in Asankragua
A Chinese national, Wei Yan Wen, has allegedly been stabbed to death by his compatriot at Asankragua in the Wassa Amenfi West District of the Western Region. The suspect, Lee Buau Huan, is believed to be a friend of the victim who was stabbed following a supposed disagreement over a …
Read More »Jealous man stabs girlfriend to death in Bauchi, Nigeria
Tragedy struck in Bauchi on Friday when a jealous man, simply identified as ‘Solomon’ stabbed his girlfriend, Patience Zakkari, to death for picking a phone call from another man. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent reports that the incident occurred around 1.30 am in the house of the deceased …
Read More »Gambaga Girls SHS abolishes double track system
The Gambaga Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has reverted from the ‘Double Track System’ to Single Track owing to massive infrastructural development in the school. The ‘Double Track System,’ under the Free SHS policy was in two sessions; the Green …
Read More »BAWKU: Most wanted armed robber and murderer arrested with fully loaded weapon
The Bawku Divisional Police Command in the Upper East Region has arrested 25-year-old Issaaka Salifu who is on its wanted list for series of robberies and murder cases, MyNewsGh.com has confirmed. It is gathered that the suspect was arrested by a police patrol team on Friday night and had in his possession …
Read More »Armed men invade community as developer takes over farmlands at Obregyima
Residents of Obregyima near Panpanso, a farming community in the Nsawam Adoagyir Municipality of the Eastern region are agitating against the destruction of their farmlands by a developer who has come to the community with armed men. Large hectares of farmlands have been graded destroying crops and fruits planted by …
Read More »Man shot dead by unknown assailants at Adenta
Unknown assailants in a Hollywood style shot and killed a 38-year-old shop manager at Adenta SSNIT Flats in broad daylight. The deceased, Maxwell Daitey Agamah, alias Max, who was the Manager of Megakuda Fan Depot, a Fanmilk agent, near the Adentan Community School, was lured out of the shop by …
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