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 …
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Cal Bank Super League Pulls Huge Turnout In Western Region
The 2019 CalBank Beach Soccer Super League has kicked off in the fishing town of Abuesi in the Western region of Ghana. After an elimination preliminary round, four teams representing the top four beach soccer playing districts locked horns on Saturday October 19th as the action produced a total of …
Read More »KATH’s local elections suspended after court injunction
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 …
Read More »Cal Bank Super League Attracts Massive Attendance In Western Region
The 2019 Cal Bank Beach Soccer Super League has kicked off in the fishing town of Abuesi in the Western region of Ghana. Four teams representing the top four beach soccer playing districts locked horns on Saturday October 19th as the action produced a total of 36 goals on day …
Read More »[VIDEO]: School feeding policy is for pupils, not teachers – Gender Minister silences ‘whining teachers’
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 …
Read More »Photos: University of Energy bus catches fire mid-way to Kumasi
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 …
Read More »Administrators in Technical Universities declare indefinite strike
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 …
Read More »VIDEO: University of Energy & Natural Resources student bus engulfed by fire
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 …
Read More »Ghana has ‘lost organisation’ since winning 2009 U-20 World Cup – Andre Ayew
Ghana captain, Andre Ayew, says his country needs to improve its organisation if it is to return to the highs that saw it winning the U-20 World Cup in 2009. Ayew, who led the Black Satellites to victory against Brazil in the final in Egypt 10 years ago, reflected on …
Read More »Sand To Gold Project To Lay Foundation For Beach Soccer Industry
The extraordinary evolution of beach soccer in Ghana will take a new dimension from today, Saturday 19th October 2019 when the “Sand to Gold” project is activated. The fishing community of Abuesi in the Western region is expected to host the first leg of the CalBank Super League with newly …
Read More »[VIDEO]: Nsawam prisoners enrolled on NHIS – Bawumia
The Ghana News Agency has reported that 80) per cent of inmates at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison have been registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This is to enable them get access to quality healthcare. That is not all, an additional 40 medical practitioners have been seconded …
Read More »Group protests renaming of Navrongo UDS after C.K. Tedam
A group calling itself the Concerned Navrongo Citizens for Development in the Kassena-Nankana Municipal is demanding the suspension of plans to rename the now autonomous University for Development Studies, Navrongo campus after C.K. Tedam. The group on Friday marched on the streets of Navrongo in protest to the change. President Nana Akufo-Addo …
Read More »Five Dutch players are “willing to play” for Ghana
Ghana coach James Kwesi Appiah has revealed having held successful talks with five players in the Netherlands about pledging their international futures to the Black Stars. Appiah has been on a European scouting mission from last week, with reports speculating planned trips to Germany, England, Spain, Italy, France, Belgium and …
Read More »Ghana’s food in danger as chemicals pose health threat
Some traders have called on the Government to stop farmers from applying chemicals to the food they grow because the chemicals pose health threat and shorten the life span of most of the perishable food items like vegetables and fruits. In an interview on the World Food Day today, the …
Read More »Schools in Sunyani to be closed today
The Bono Regional Coordinating Council in collaboration with the Sunyani Municipal Education Directorate have declared Friday, October 18, 2019, a holiday for schools in the Sunyani township. This was due to the one-week funeral observation rite of the late Nana Yaa Nyamaa Puduo II, the Paramount Queen of the Sunyani …
Read More »VIDEOLegon students mock ‘chalewote’ girlfriend
A video has emerged of some University of Ghana students making a mockery of a colleague lady who was recently in the news for slapping her boyfriend with slippers commonly known in Ghana as ‘chalewote’. The young lady identified as Karen became an internet sensation last week for slapping her …
Read More »Boxer dies in hospital four days after suffering brain injury in Charles Conwell fight
Boxer Patrick Day has died aged 27 – four days after suffering a brain injury in a fight against Charles Conwell. The American was put into a coma on Saturday after he was knocked out in the 10th round of his super welterweight bout in Chicago. Promoter Lou DiBella confirmed …
Read More »Kwesi Appiah has not met the required standards – Fred Pappoe
GFA Presidential candidate, Fred Pappoe, has given his assessment of the second stint of Black Stars head coach, Kwesi Appiah. Since Appiah came back to the team, he has guided the team to one tournament which is the 2019 AFCON in Egypt. However, Ghana got eliminated in the Round of …
Read More »African Team of the decade: Mikel in, Essien, Gyan absent
Vincent Enyeama One of the finest African goalkeepers of all time, Enyeama was part of the Nigeria team that won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2013, and also represented the Super Eagles at two World Cups. In 2010, he was an Israeli champion with Hapoel Tel-Aviv, and then …
Read More »NDC can’t end Double-Track within 90 days – Deputy Education Minister
A deputy Minister of Education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, has dispelled claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it could use 90 days to complete 100 E-Block Schools started by the John Mahama-led administration and were at various stages of completion before they left power to create enough space …
Read More »Gari fotor introduced onto school feeding menu
A two-day nutrition training programme has been organised for caterers at Agona Bobikuma and Agona Kwaman in the Agona West Municipality in the Central Region. The event was aimed at engaging the caterers in the preparation of gari fotor and introducing it onto the school feeding menu in the two …
Read More »‘Wonder goal’: Premier League remembers Tony Yeboah’s strike against Wimbledon
A legend, a hero and one of Ghana’s greatest ever footballers in the 20th century, Anthony Yeboah dazzled fans everywhere he played. Tony Yeboah, on 21st August 1995, broke the hearts of Liverpool fans as he hit a thunderous volley past kepper David James. Yeboah’s powerful volley in the 51st …
Read More »Sex for Grade Can Produce Intellectual Bankrupt – Education Lecturer
Education Lecturer at Walter Sisulu University in Mthatha, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Dr. Y. Gyeke Darko has appealed to the government of Ghana and the Council of the various Universities to implement policies that will deter lecturers from offering grades in return for sex in tertiary institutions. Dr. …
Read More »Ghana Beach Soccer: “Sand to Gold” Industry Concept Gets American Endorsement
Texas based American philanthropist Jerry Teeler has commended Cal Bank for the consistent support and investment they have dedicated to beach soccer for almost a decade. The biggest indigenous Ghanaian financial body, once again reaffirmed their support and commitment to the sand based sport with 150,000 cedis to the Ghana Beach …
Read More »Official list of delegates for 2019 GFA elective congress
GHANAsoccernet.com has “intercepted” the delegates list for the National Division One, Women and Constituent bodies ahead of the Ghana FA elections next week. Forty-eight (48) Division One league clubs will cast their ballot to elect three members on the Executive Council slot as well as vote in the presidential election. …
Read More »SHS Gold track set to re-open on November 12
The Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said November 12 is the new date for the re-opening of Senior High School (SHS) Two Gold Track. The decision was made at a joint meeting between the Management and Conference of Heads of Assisted Senior High School (CHASS) Executives. A …
Read More »Sex for grades: Lecturer openly dares female students
The raging controversy about sex for grades scandal that has hit two prominent West African Universities, the University of Lagos and University of Ghana lingers. In a recent development, a senior lecturer in a Nigerian university has dared some of his students. Only identified as liyu Maigado, he sought to …
Read More »GFA Elections: Wilfred Osei submits petition to CAS over disqualification
CEO of Tema Youth and GFA Presidential candidate, Wilfred Kwaku Osei, has sent a petition to the Court of Arbitration to get the NC to overturn the decision to disqualify him from the impending GFA Elections. The NC announced that Osei was unable to meet the stated requirements and thus, …
Read More »The curse from 12 yards: Five times Ghana lost on penalties at tournaments
If there is anything in football that Ghanaians and Ghanaian footballers dread most, then its penalty shootouts. Ghana’s record when it comes to the ‘lottery’ as some call it, is nothing short of abysmal. Penalty shootouts have become Ghana’s perennial nemesis and whenever it gets to that stage of a …
Read More »Ghana Are You Ready For The Extraordinary Boot Camp
The Mr. Fitness Boot camp organized by Leornard Akoto affectionately called Mr. Fitness GH, CEO of Burnit Fitness and also the founder of Mr. Fitness Book Camp. Leonard Akoto is the personal and fitness trainer for former Ghana Black Stars skipper Stephen Appiah. This year’s boot camp will bring people …
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