The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana, TUTAG, has rejected the government’s proposal to pay its members extra allowances instead of migrating them onto the public university single spine salary structure. Government officials led by the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations reportedly proposed the payment of entertainment and responsibility …

Residents of Asokwa especially commercial drivers and market women are angry with the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area over some radio comments she made last week. Madam Patricia Appiagyei amongst other things suggested that Asokwa had no problems during her interview on Kessben fm. Some people in her …

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has taken a major step towards its agenda to recapture power in the 2020 election with the inauguration of a 21-member election manifesto committee. Chaired by a former Minister of Health under the Mills-led administration, Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo, the committee will tour all the 16 …

Residents of Kentinkrono in the Oforikrom municipality of the Ashanti region are angry at the municipal assembly for their inability to open for services, a constructed and equipped Community-Based Health Planning and Service (CHPS) compound that have been left to rot for years. The health facility which was constructed by …

The Vice-Chancellors of Technical Universities in Ghana have given strong indications that the academic calendar of technical universities may be extended by three weeks if the ongoing strike by lecturers and administrators is not called off by the end of this week. The group which has been appealing to the …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is expected to award 100 teachers across the country on 27 November 2019 at the Manhyia Palace. The awardees are basic school teachers teaching in deprive communities across the country for a period of five years. The 7th Otumfuo teachers awards seeks to appreciate hardworking teachers …

The Ghana Education Service says it has commenced the process of posting teachers who completed Colleges of Education in 2018. Only trainees who have written and passed the Teacher Licensure Examination, and are completing their National Service are eligible. “Candidates who duly applied online will be shortlisted and postings effected …

A study done by a German scientist, Dr. Karen Weatherby, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, has revealed that staring at women’s breasts is healthy and also elongates men’s lifespan. The study, which was carried out over a period of five years, involved 500 men, half of …

Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bantama Constituency, Fiifi Mensah has mounted a spirited opposition to President Akufo-Addo and his party’s manifesto commitment of getting Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chiefs Executive (MMDCEs) elected by the end of 2020, MyNewsGh.com reports. The Electoral Commission has scheduled December …

Scores of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) members who voted in the just-ended parliamentary primary at Ofoase-Ayirebi Constituency in the Eastern Region ended up sustaining injuries following a clash between the supporters of two aspirants. The Gyiwani D/A Primary/Junior High School located in between Ofoase and Ayirebi where the …

Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the Bantama Constituency, Fiifi Mensah has mounted a spirited opposition to President Akufo-Addo and his party’s manifesto commitment of getting Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chiefs Executive (MMDCEs) elected by the end of 2020, MyNewsGh.com reports. The Electoral Commission has scheduled December …

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has accused the government of not taking their concerns seriously despite their strike. Chairman of the Accra Technical University branch of TUTAG, Dr. Ibrahim Zubairu, told media that government’s posture is disrespectful to both students and teachers. TUTAG went on strike on October …

The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has set April 25, 2020 to hold presidential primaries for the general elections that year. The party will also hold primaries for constituencies with NPP MPs that year, a statement from the party announced Monday. The party has already elected candidates for constituencies where …

Former President John Mahama says the NDC will initiate plans to review and strengthen the National Health Insurance Scheme should the party return to power in 2021. The NDC flagbearer said that the introduction of the capping and realignment act has reduced funding sources and thus affecting quality health care …

Former Second Lady, Matilda Amissah Arthur has exposed what could pass for lies allegedly peddled by Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II about how the late former Vice President, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur was transported from the Airforce gym to the hospital. The Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin in his account …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the PDS scandal is Ghana’s biggest corruption scandal ever. Addressing a press conference in Accra Monday morning on the PDS issue, the General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketiah said the NDC was demanding that the government “completely abandon the idea …

Members of the Graduate Unemployed Nurses and Midwives Association will today, Monday, 21 October 2019 picket the Ministry of Health (MoH) to demand their immediate employment. The association is made up of public-trained nurses and midwives who graduated in 2017 and 2018 and have been home unemployed. “We are going …

Of his impressive record as the member of parliament for Ejisu Constituency , the President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo did not mince words in his acknowledgement and joyous recognition of the forceful and sacrificing efforts extraordinaire of Honorable Kwabena Owusu Aduomi in constructing human centered …

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has revealed what he describes as several attempts on his life after he handed over power to former President Hilla Limann in 1979. According to the former president, the attempts became so intense that he was persuaded to leave Ghana but he refused to do …

The Minority in Parliament has rejected government’s proposal to resort to restrictive tendering in selecting a private partner for the management of the power sector in the country . “Whilst recognising the prerogative of the MCC in the determination of a particular procurement method in the selection of a PSP, …

Action Patriots for Justice, a pleasure group in the ruling NPP is calling on the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffu Addo to trigger article 89 0f the constitution and let us have representatives in the council of state. According to the group, in order to be fair to the constitution …

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Health Service Workers Union(HSWU) elections which was scheduled to come of Friday October19, 2019 has been called off. The suspension is due to a court injunction placed on the elections by two aggrieved members of HSWU- Awuni Akyireba and Emmanuel Kusi Sarpong, who are also …

The Retired referee has expressed his disappointment at delegates after failing to win in the Ashanti Regional Football Association elections. The Former referee, Osei Nsiah, says his opponent Osei Tutu Agyemang ‘Kotoro’ won the regional elections after feeding delegates with packs of ‘Waakye’ in the early morning. According to Mr. …

Fathia Nkrumah enjoys a near-mythical place in postcolonial Ghanaian history. Her skin colour mattered; she was not a black African. Her native country mattered; Egypt is ancient, biblical and mystical. Yet, the wife of Ghana’s first president is known exactly for that: being the wife of Ghana’s first president. As …

The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection has told teachers to stop complaining about the food they receive from caterers implementing the School Feeding Programme. Cynthia Morrison said the caterers are only doing the teachers a favour because the programme covers only school children. “There are a lot of …

A bus conveying students from the University of Energy and Natural Resources in Sunyani to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi has caught fire. Photos circulating on multiple online platforms show huge flames breaking out through the windows of the white bus. The cause of the fire is yet …

Administrators of Technical Universities have declared an indefinite strike. The administrators, who are members of the Technical Universities Administrators Association of Ghana (TUAAG) say their decision is premised on the failure of the government to address their concerns. Key among these is their base pay in line with their new …

The Electoral Commission (EC) has started building a media monitoring team to help identify the originators and facilitators of fake news in the lead up to next year’s elections. The aim is to prevent misinformation from obstructing the electoral process, the Chairman of the Commission, Mrs Jean Mensa, has said. …

A school bus conveying students of the University of Energy and Natural Resources from Sunyani to the campus of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi has been engulfed by fire. According to Ghpage.com sources, the bus was carrying level 300 Electrical Engineering students of the university to …

Kwesi Pratt has accused Oppong Nkrumah, Amewu and others of being members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) stating that their move to welcome the PDS deal and engage shareholders, shows their inconsistency and incompetence as government appointees. He said following the charade of suspending PDS and their hypocritical comments, …