The Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana is unhappy over delays in the release of their monthly allowances which have been in arrears for four months. According to the association, the arrears owed them fall between May and August, for the 2020/2021 academic year. In an interview with Citi News, the President …
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KATH pumps GH₵30 million to revamps its operations
The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, has invested an amount of GH¢30 million to provide ultra-modern equipment and retool its entire operations. This has helped to revamp the operations of the hospital, the second-largest referral facility in the country built resilience in its quest to provide quality, affordable …
Read More »Ukraine’s biggest zoo caught in the crossfire
The Mykolaiv Zoo bills itself as the best in Ukraine, but now the 4,000 wild animals it holds are trapped in a whole new sense, with Russian rockets landing among them. As air raid sirens wail across the city, which holds a key river crossing Russian troops need to pursue …
Read More »Demonstrating pupils assault linguist, convey palace stools to school
The pupils of Oseneso D/A Basic School in the Wassa East District of the Western Region, have embarked on a demonstration to protest the lack of chairs in their classrooms. The pupils are reported to have attacked the chief’s linguist and tore his shirt in the process. The pupils, who …
Read More »Government to cancel mandatory PCR test at KIA
The government is expected to cancel the mandatory PCR tests for vaccinated passengers at KIA, according to a document in possession of Starr News. The document details a number of restrictions government intends to ease including reopening of land borders and corresponding measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. This follows …
Read More »Teacher drowns during rainstorm at New Edubiase
The body of a 38-year-old teacher has been found in a drainage at Aburaso within New Edubiase in the Adansi South District following a severe rainstorm that hit the town on Sunday evening. The deceased, Francis Abu, an Assistant Headteacher of Adansi Atobiase D/A Basic school, got missing during the …
Read More »‘Please do not sponsor the war machine of Russia’ – Ukraine prez begs Germany
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Germans to boycott Russian gas and other goods. “Without trade with you, without your companies and banks, Russia will have no money for this war,” Zelensky said in a video message published on social media on Monday. No one has the right to …
Read More »Basic schools to end first term April 7 – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reminded heads of public basic institutions of the scheduled calendar for the 2022 academic year. According to the GES, heads of basic schools are to take note of the calendar and “implement accordingly.” In a statement issued by its Deputy Director-General, Mr Kwabena Bempah-Tandoh …
Read More »Wife chops off husband’s manhood after she caught him flirting with his niece
After catching him on spy camera demonstrating “strange” behaviour with his own niece, an enraged wife fully hacked off her husband’s penis. After the girl complained multiple times about her uncle’s behaviour, the wife from Son La, Vietnam, set up the camera near the girl’s bed. Mr. Nguyen Van H., …
Read More »11 pupils hospitalised after school building collapses in Paga
Eleven pupils of the Paga E/A primary school in the Kassena-Nankana West District in the Upper East region, have been hospitalised after the walls of two classrooms collapsed on them, GhanawEb’s Upper East Correspondent Senyalah Castro reports. A Monday (March 21) afternoon rainstorm, which swept through the town, ripped off …
Read More »Free SHS: ‘Review means cancellation’ – Will government eat humble pie over 2020 comment?
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over the weekend held a crunch meeting with key members of his government to decide on the way forward in mitigating the current economic downturn. Even before the government announces the outcome, Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah is reported by news portal citinewsroom.com as saying that all flagship programs by …
Read More »Contracting breast cancer does not amount to death penalty – BCI Boss allays fears
The President of Breast Care International (BCI) Dr Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai has allayed the fears among women that contracting breast cancer does not amount to death. She said the disease is curable when it is detected at the early stage and therefore advised women to go for regular checkups …
Read More »China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 crash: Video wen flight MU5735 crash 132 passengers
One China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 plane wey dey carry 132 pipo on board don crash for Guangxi province, Chinese state media dey report am. 123 passengers and nine crew members na im dey board, di Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAA) tok. E no dey clear di number of …
Read More »Nsesereso R/C Basic School pupils still sit on bare floor, stones to study
Some future leaders of the country in a farming community of Nsesereso near Dormaa Ahenkro through no fault of theirs cannot study under a convenient and congenial environment. These leaders of tomorrow, some of who could be Presidents, Ministers, Members of Parliament, Medical Doctors, Teachers, Chiefs, Businessmen and women and …
Read More »Rainstorm ruins clinic, houses and injures three children in the Savannah Region
A heavy downpour has ripped off the roofs of parts of the Kalba clinic in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District of the Savannah Region. The incident occurred on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The impact of the rain which battered the community, also rendered several residents homeless and injured three children in the …
Read More »Police arrest 12 commercial sex workers in Ho
The Volta Regional Police Command have arrested some twelve female commercial sex workers in the regional capital Ho. The ladies, 20 to 35 of age, were arrested on Saturday, 19 March, 2022 at a popular drinking spot near the Ho Technical University (HTU). Ho in recent times is flagged with …
Read More »Rainstorm rip off roof of health center in Kalba, authorities call for urgent support
Authorities of the St. Joseph Health Centre in Kalba, in the Savannah Region, are appealing for support to reopen the facility after it was closed down following a rainstorm that hit the community on Saturday, March 19. The health centre in Kalba in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba District was closed down after …
Read More »How people are financing themselves in this era of COVID-19
Table of Contents How people are financing themselves in this era of COVID-19 What are some solutions many people have relied on for cash? Bonus How people are financing themselves in this era of COVID-19 Cash is essential in our daily lives. We live in a world where money …
Read More »Bawumia opens Ghana’s first Islamic Nursing Training College
Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Saturday, 19 March 2022 joined leadership of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaa, from Ghana and Nigeria, at Aplaku, Accra, to open Ghana’s first Islamic Nursing Training College. Speaking at the ceremony, Dr Bawumia said despite the existence of over 90 public nursing training colleges …
Read More »Under new Constitution, baptised lay Catholics, women can head Vatican departments
Under the new Constitution for the Holy See central administration, any baptised lay Catholic, including women, shall be allowed to head most Vatican departments. Pope Francis made this declaration on Saturday, March 19, 2022 in yet another move in his reformist approach in running affairs of the Church. For centuries, …
Read More »Akufo-Addo did not think deeply before introducing Free SHS – Educationist
Professor Kwame Badu Antwi-Boasiako an educationist says the Nana Akufo-Addo led government did not think deeply before introducing the Free Senior High School policy. Speaking at the 63rd Anniversary, Speech and Prize Giving Day Celebration at the Agona Swedru Secondary School he said, the Free Senior High School policy should …
Read More »Avoid Corporal Punishment For Your Own Good – Education Director Warns
The Municipal Director for Asokore-Mampong Education Directorate in the Ashanti Region, Dr. William Kwame Amankra Appiah has called on teachers across the nation to avoid corporal punishment, because it does not help in our current system of education. The new Director who replaced Hajia Katumi Natogmah Attah made this comment …
Read More »Don’t ever abolish nurse trainee allowances – GRNMA President
The National President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Perpetual Ofori Ampofo, says the government should not heed to any calls demanding the cancellation of nurse trainee allowances. “I will not subscribe to any government abolishing the trainee allowance,” she insisted in an interview with TV3‘s Daniel …
Read More »Parents, PTA executives call for renovation of eighty year old Basic School
Committee members and residents of Edwinase in the Ejisu Municipality have called for the renovation of their eighty-year-old Basic School which has now become a death trap. According to the residents in the Ashanti region, school pupils are compelled to run home to save their lives whenever it is about …
Read More »VIDEO: Ken Agyapong pays US$145,000 for repairs of KATH cancer machine
Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has paid an amount of US$145,000 for the importation of parts of a crucial cancer treatment machine at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, KATH. He issued the checque during the week on Net 2 TV when some of the medics who work at …
Read More »Violent rainstorm rips classrooms at Kwabeng Anglican SHS
Three classrooms of Anglican Senior High Technical School in Akyem Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District of the Eastern region have been ripped off by a violent rainstorm recorded in the community Friday March 18,2022. The incident occurred at about 6:10pm. According to Agnes Minta, the Assistant Headmaster in Charge …
Read More »Only 4 MRI machines active – Health Minister
The Minister of Health has confirmed that Ghana has only four active Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines stationed in selected Government Hospitals. According to the Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu four (4) out of the seven (7) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Machines in major hospitals across the country are functional. The Minister in his …
Read More »UG: Student proposes amendment of SRC constitution to deny executive officers voting right at GA
A final year student of the University of Ghana, Felix Tawiah Ayittah has proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the Students’ Representative Council (UG SRC). Felix Tawiah Ayittah is on a quest to secure a declaration from the SRC Judicial Board which will deny executive officers their voting right …
Read More »Squatters on Tema General Hospital premises endanger staff, patients
Squatters have invaded the premises of the Tema General Hospital, posing danger to residing medical staff and patients at the facility. There have been several reports of robbery attacks on the hospital premises, which the Tema Metropolitan Assembly (TMA) believed were linked to the squatters; Mr Yohane Amarh Ashitey, the …
Read More »Torrential rain rips off roof of Bekwai SHS
Torrential rains in Bekwai in the Ashanti Region have ripped off the roof of some schools in the area. The rains, which lasted for hours on Thursday, 17 March 2022, caused an interruption in power supply, leaving the town in darkness. The roof of some classrooms at the Bekwai Senior …
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