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Shortage of antiretroviral drugs hit Ashanti region

Shortage of antiretroviral medications has hit the Ashanti Region, Starr News has learnt. Persons Living with HIV have been moving across ART centres in various hospitals to no avail. Starr News sources say there has been an emergency requisition sent by the Ashanti Regional Medical Stores to get some stock …

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Asamoah Gyan should come down to the local level – Yahaya Mohammed

Ghana striker Yahaya Mohammed believes international colleague Asamoah Gyan must change his ways to succeed in the Ghana Premier League (GPL). Seventeen years after leaving Liberty Professionals for Italian Serie A side Udinese, the forward has made a return to his homeland by putting pen to paper on a one-year deal with …

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Ex-Ghana winger Quincy Owusu-Abeyie makes U-turn from retirement at age 34

Ghana international Quincy Owusu-Abeyie has made a return to football after joining Dutch amateur side SV Robinhood Amsterdam. The 34-year-old announced his retirement from football a year ago and ventured into music after difficult spells with the likes of Arsenal, Spartak Moscow, Panathinaikos and Boavista. He, however, joined SV Robinhood …

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CAF announces referees for continental assignments

The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has announced referees for the second leg matches of the CAF Champions League involving Asante Kotoko and Ashgold in Ghana and Burkina Faso respectively. According to CAF, the game between Asante Kotoko and FC Nouadhibou at the Accra Sports Stadium would be handled by referee Komlanvi Aklassou from …

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New Hearts coach Kosta Papic meets playing body

Newly appointed Accra Hearts of Oak coach, Kosta Paic has met the playing body ahead of his first game on Friday, December, 4 against Karela United. The Serbian trained was named as the head coach on Tuesday following the demotion of Edward Nii Odoom to the youth. Papic arrived in …

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I’ll quit boxing if Mahama gifts me a 2-bedroom house – Patrick Allotey

Boxer Patrick Allotey has said former President John Dramani Mahama has been his biggest fan and, so, he (Allotey) will retire from the sport if the presidential candidate of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) gifts him a two-bedroom house. The former WBO Africa Super welterweight champion told Docta Kay on Accra100.5FM’s Nkran …

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NUGS lauds NDC over promise to absorb full tertiary fees

The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has lauded the NDC and its leader John Mahama for the latest update of the party’s tertiary education policy proposal. The policy proposals dubbed ‘Kyemu Pe’ and ‘Fa Ninyinaa’ will see the full absorption of fees for all fresh tertiary students admitted from …

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Partey out with ‘significant’ injury

Thomas Partey‘s bid to return to full fitness is taking time, with Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta saying the midfielder is likely to miss “the next few games” with a “significant injury.” The Ghana midfielder has not featured for the Gunners since picking up an injury during the 3-0 loss to …

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Asamoah Gyan, Manager slapped with GHS1m suit over extortion and rape case

Renowned Entertainment journalist, Anthony Osarfo, has sued footballer Asamoah Gyan and his manager, Samuel Anim Addo, for cooperating with the state to maliciously prosecute him. Background In June 2015, Daily Guide reported that one Sarah Kwabla was threatening to leak a s*x video involving herself and Asamoah Gyan. However, the said Sarah’s …

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Second-year JHS, SHS students break on December 4

All junior and senior high schools across the country will go on a break from Friday, 4 December 2020 to Tuesday, 8 December 2020, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced. A letter addressed to all Deputy Directors of Education and signed by the Deputy-Director General of GES Anthony Boateng, …

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PTA has not been cancelled – Nsowah

Chair of the Ghana Education Service Council (GES) Micheal Nsowah has clarified that the activities of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) in schools have not been cancelled. He told TV3 during a forum on Education Privatization in Ghana on Monday, November 30. His clarification come after a Professor of Educational …

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NDC promises to absorb all fees for 2020/2021 tertiary students

The National Democratic Congress has promised to absolve all fees for SHS students who will be going to tertiary institutions in the 2020/2021 academic year. “The National Democratic Congress (NDC), announces that it has accepted for incorporation in the Peoples’ Manifesto, the recommendation of the Education Policy Group of the …

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Ghana FA postpones five GPL games indefinitely

The Ghana Football Association has rescheduled some outstanding games in the 2020/21 Ghana Premier League indefinitely. According to the FA, the games postponed indefinitely is due to the upcoming General Elections scheduled for December 7, 2020, and the participation of the two Ghanaian clubs in the Africa Inter-club competition this …

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2020 CALBank Open Golf Championship Ends In Grand style 

The 2020 Calbank Open Golf Championship finally kicked off Saturday 28th November 2020 at the Achimota Golf Course, in all One hundred and fifty-two golfers across the country graced the event.    The Tournament started with a ceremonial Tee off by the Managing Director of CalBank, Mr Philip Owiredu, Mr …

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Asante Kotoko, FC Nouadhibou share spoils

Kumasi Asante Kotoko recorded their third draw of the season when they played FC Nouadhibou in the 2020 CAF Champions League at the Cheikha Boidiya stadium in Mauritania on Sunday, November 29. Maxwell Konadu made few changes to the side that drew against Berekum Chelsea at the Golden City a …

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UEW Kumasi, Mampong campuses change name

The College of Technology Education in Kumasi (COLTEK) and the College of Agriculture in Mampong – Ashanti (CAGRIC) which have been carved from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) to form a new university has its own Governing Council now. The University is now known as the Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training …

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