VIGILANTISM AND RELATED OFFENCES BILL, 2019 MEMORANDUM The object of the Bill is to disband political party vigilante groups and proscribe acts of vigilantism in the country. Recent public elections including by-elections held in the Fourth Republic have been characterised by violence particularly by-elections held in the following constituencies: Akwatia, …

Two persons who robbed a trader at the Arts Centre in Accra have been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison. An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced the two, Billy Kwasi, 18years and Yaw Joseph, 25 years for robbery and causing unlawful harm to a trader. Billy …

Call it bail for sale. You will be spot on. In the midst of all the present concerns about the integrity of the security system, we are witnessing crime in the crime office. Corruption Watch (CW) has caught police officers taking money in order to grant bail. This is happening …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced the introduction of a new school uniform for Junior High School (JHS) students. Students are expected to start wearing the new school uniform from next academic year, 2019 – 2020. The Director-General of the GES, Prof Kwasi Opoku Amankwa announced this at a …

Two men who killed an ex-police officer and dumped his body into the Volta Lake at Old Marine, near Akosombo in 2007, were yesterday sentenced to death by an Accra High Court. Ebenezer Tei, aka Rastaman, a fetish priest and Felix Okpanye, farmer, who claimed to have powers to double …

Cases of rabies had increased to 78 in 2017 from 44 recorded the previous year, making it the second highest number since 2014 which had 82 cases. Similarly, 63,283 dogs were vaccinated against rabies out of an estimated 1,302,834 dogs recorded in the country at the end of 2017. Speaking …

The Tema Community One Police is investigating the circumstances under which armed robbers allegedly broke into the National Investment Bank branch at the Meridian enclave on Sunday dawn. They, however, did not steal anything. The robbers numbering six, armed with knives and other implements entered the banking hall at about …

More than 50 illegal operators in the postal and courier services industry were yesterday arrested by a joint taskforce team in an exercise to sanitise the sector. The exercise, embarked on by officials of the Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission (PCSC) and the Greater Accra Regional Police Motor Traffic …

More than 600 Students of Ahmadiyya Girls Senior High School (Amass Girls) in Asokore in the Sekyere East District of Ashanti Region have displaced after heavy downpour ripped-off the school dormitory. The students according to report are currently stranded while others on Tuesday night were forced to sleep in classrooms …

A woman identified only as Rita has been arrested by the Somanya Police Command for dumping her five-year-old son into an abandoned well over neglect by his father. Emmanuel Tetteh, a freelance Journalist in the area told Starr News scanty information gathered indicates the mother went on a local Information …

Three Senior Lecturers of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) who were dismissed based on recommendations by a disciplinary committee had officially had their dismissal reversed according to checks by MyNewsGh.com. Dr. Emmanuel Osei Sarpong, the immediate past Head of Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (HPERS), Professor Ephraim …

The Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a policeman and three others to a total of 70 years imprisonment for robbing a supermarket at Nungua in Accra on December 12, 2017. Corporal Raymond Amegashie will serve 20 years in prison, Ibrahim Ayirebo was given 18 years while Bright Dorkanu and Stanley …

The police have arrested a university graduate, who allegedly joined four others in an attempt to rob his father of money at Timber Market in Accra, last Saturday. Richmond Ansah Otman, 30, and his accomplices (names withheld) were reported to have planned to rob his father (name withheld) of his …

Professional Counselor, Motivator, Speaker, Author and Entrepreneur, Counselor Frank Edem Adofoli has given the reason why most nurses in the country are unable to marry despite attaining the mandated age. In an article he posted on his Facebook page sighted by MyNewsGh.com, he observed most of them have issues with relationships. …

A 35-year-old Nigerian student, who beats up her 12-year-old daughter with knife and a pair of scissors leaving her with bleeding wounds, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Rebecca Ojo Udonsi had accused her daughter of stealing GH¢119.50 cedis but the victim denied it. …

It’s turning out that one of the men suspected to have shot and killed Ahmed Hussein-Suale, an operative of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Tiger Eye Private Investigation Team, was indeed arrested but let off the hook by a police patrol team. Circumstances under which the man was released by the police …

Pupils in kindergarten (KG) to primary six will from the next academic year, which starts in September, have a new education curriculum that will put a premium on reading, writing, arithmetic and creativity. Dubbed the 4Rs, the new 12-subject curriculum will provide pupils with the needed foundation skills required for …

A seven-member team of Ghanaian doctors has performed the first-ever brain surgery in the country, without cutting the skull. The minimally invasive brain surgery is the technique by which health workers safely remove brain and skull-base tumours through smaller and more precise openings that minimise collateral damage; that is, injury …

Students of the University of Education, Winneba return to school today after it was temporarily closed due to a series of protests by students. The students have been calling for the dismissal of the school’s Vice Chancellor for firing some lecturers and workers. Three out of the eight dismissed lecturers …

The 2019 edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) begins today. Final year Senior High School (SHS) students are expected to take part in the exams in various centers across the country. The examination is commencing with Basketry 3 project work. Per the timetable, the first core …

North Tongu MP Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described as a “national disgrace” recent events in the educational sector where some teachers in the Ashanti region had to write examination questions on the chalkboard following a directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to heads of schools not to collect printing …

His Royal Majesty Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin has said the dignity of teachers must be restored and protected because of the crucial role they play in national development. According to him “If Ghana will move forward we have to come back and restore the dignity of teaching in our …

It was all drama and laughter on Wednesday morning at the Ejusu District Court in the Ashanti Region, as 4 suspect gentlemen who appeared before the court for allegedly stealing 7 fat goats from their neighbour pleaded not guilty with the claims that their actions were just a prank (April …

A Ghanaian police Chief Inspector Israel Theophilus Dotse of Mobile Force Unit in Accra who went to Lome in neighbouring Togo to buy car engine has died under suspicious circumstances MyNewsGh.com has learnt. The Aflao District Police Command revealed to MyNewsGh.com that they had information from Togo Police that a …

Although he probably thought he had been set free after allegedly stabbing the breast of his victim, a self-styled footballer at Ashongman Estate, a suburb of Accra, has been re-arrested following a directive issued by an Accra Circuit Court. According to the Prosecutor, Inspector Samuel Ahiabor, Kwabena Akiti, 23, was …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has justified its decision to halt the collection of printing fees in basic schools across the country. But, GES said it did not direct the teachers to write examination questions on chalkboards. There have been concerns over teachers writing examination questions on chalkboards for pupils …

A fake pastor who engaged eight apprentice seamstresses last Monday at Berekum in the Bono Region in a morning prayer session ended up robbing them of their four mobile phone tablets valued at GH¢2,850.00. The ‘pastor’, who vanished into thin air after committing the crime, is yet to be arrested. …

The Odikro of Abonko near Mankessim in the Central region, Nana Takyi VI, aka Eric Abban is in the custody of the Saltpond District Police for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old girl. Information gathered by Adom News indicated that on Thursday, April 4, 2019, the girl was on her way from school when …

A magistrate court in Somanya in the Eastern region has remanded six persons into prison custody in connection with the protest over incessant power outages in the Krobo enclave.   The suspects, who are residents of Nuaso and Somanya, were rounded up by the police in their attempt to allegedly …

Two friends who conspired and kidnapped a 14-year old boy at Ejisu in Ashanti Region have been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment in hard labour by Juaben Circuit Court. Thirty-eight year old unemployed Charles Appiah and Manasseh Fumey, who is 29 lured the teenager to KNUST Junction in Kumasi. They …