The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) of Ghana, on Friday, inducted 106 newly qualified doctors, who were trained both locally and abroad. They included professionals trained by the University of Ghana, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, as well as those who …
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Mahama cries over Free SHS again
It seems former President John Mahama is not doing away with sharp bitterness towards the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme by the Nana Addo led government. The former President whose opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party claims to be a socialist party and as such expected …
Read More »Fake prophet arrested
The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a self-styled man of God for allegedly defrauding a woman of her money through false prophecies. The suspect Francis Kojo Mudor, according to the police, prophesied to the victim that she would die through an attack by armed robbers. He managed to collect …
Read More »GNAT hails basic education reforms
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has hailed the introduction of a new basic curriculum as part of ongoing reforms within the education sector, which will take effect from the 2019/2020 academic year. GNAT is particularly enthused with the introduction of History as a subject, saying it will help …
Read More »PHOTOS: Police chase 8 key suspects
The police administration is on the heels of eight persons including a policeman, Yemeni, Lebanese and some Ghanaians alleged to have engaged in various misconducts. A police gazette signed by Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (COP), Director General/ CID listed the suspects as Abdul Rari Ould Mohammed, 44, a Yemeni businessman, …
Read More »Zongo Chief who ‘KILLED’ Ahmed Suale also linked to FRAUD – Police Sources
Abdul Rashid Meizango alias Zongo Chief , the 29-year-old suspect who is in police custody for allegedly playing a role in the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, MyNewsGh.com has gathered from the Accra Regional Police Command is also being investigation to a case of fraud. The suspect our sources reveal, was alleged to …
Read More »Huge Free SHS investments compromising quality education – Mahama
Former President, John Mahama, has predicted a fall in quality education at both junior and senior high school levels due to excessive investments in the Free Senior High School programme. He said education in the country is bound to suffer if the government continues to expend all its financial resource …
Read More »Full document: Vigilantism and related offenses bill 2019
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, …
Read More »Two armed robbers jailed 25 years for stealing mobile phone
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 …
Read More »Police officers caught trading bail for money
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 …
Read More »GES introduces new school uniform for JHS students
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 …
Read More »Ex-Cop killers sentenced to death
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 …
Read More »Ghana records highest rabies cases in 2017
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 …
Read More »Police foil attempted bank robbery in Tema
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 …
Read More »Police arrest 50 illegal courier, postal services operators in Accra
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 …
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Over 600 SHS students displaced by rainstorm at Sekyere East District
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 …
Read More »Woman drowns son in well over father neglect in Somanya
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 …
Read More »CONFIRMED: 3 dismissed senior UEW lecturers OFFICIALLY reinstated
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 …
Read More »Police man, three others jailed 70 years for robbery
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 …
Read More »Son joins gang in a robbery attempt against father
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 …
Read More »Nurses’ marriages don’t last anymore because they are now very materialistic- Counselor Adofoli
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. …
Read More »Nigerian jailed six years for assaulting daughter
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. …
Read More »Blow by blow: How Anas boy ‘killers’ were nabbed
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 …
Read More »GES receives new basic school curriculum
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 …
Read More »Historic: Ghana performs first brain surgery without cutting skull
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 …
Read More »University of Education, Winneba reopens today
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 …
Read More »2019 WASSCE begins today, candidates to be verified to curb impersonation
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 …
Read More »Writing exam questions on chalkboard “national disgrace” – Ablakwa
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 …
Read More »Let’s restore dignity of teachers – Okyenhene
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 …
Read More »4 men plead guilty for stealing goats; tell court it was ‘April fool’
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 …
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