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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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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 …
Read More »Russia destroys aircraft repair plant in western city of Lviv
Russian missiles have hit an aircraft repair plant near Lviv in western Ukraine, a city that has become a safe haven for people fleeing the war. Emergency vehicles raced to the site of the strike, just 6km (four miles) from the city centre, after three loud explosions were heard early …
Read More »Takyikrom: Pregnant women are carried on doors to access nearby health facilities
The Chief of Takyikrom in the Achiase district of the Eastern Region, Nana Nyarko has given a worrying account of how expectant mothers in the area are often carried on broken doors to access healthcare at the nearby Aprade community. According to the Chief, the Aprade community is about one …
Read More »Nuru E/A primary school roofing ripped off, headteacher seeks support from government
A rainstorm that lasted more than an hour at Janga in the West Mamprusi Municipality of the North East Region on Sunday evening (13 March 2022) has razed down several houses including school buildings and other structures in the community. Many of the residents have been rendered homeless including women …
Read More »Review free SHS – Prof. Adei tells government
Prof Stephen Adei has urged the government to review its flagship Free Senior High School policy. Speaking on Joy News, the economist and Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission stated that the flagship programme has stretched the already impacted economy seeing that government allocates about GH¢7.5 billion every year to the …
Read More »Armed robbers attack KsTU student’s hostel at Asafo
Fear has gripped students of Kumasi Technical University (KsTU) in the Ashanti region following attacks on male student’s hostel by armed robbers at Asafo. The students fear that if adequate measures are not put in place, they might be forced to quit school to protect their lives. Their concerns follow a …
Read More »3-year-old boy accidentally shoots mother to death
A three-year-old naive boy has accidentally shot and killed his 29-year-old mother Daejah Bennett, after picking up a gun and shooting her with it. The incident happened at around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, after the kid found a gun while the family were sitting inside their car in …
Read More »Teachers paying rent for gov’t bungalows valid – GES
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has justified the decision for teachers to pay 10 per cent of their salaries to occupy government bungalows. According to the GES, the letter from Western Regional Education Director was purely based on the Ministry of Finance’s circular which the GES fully endorse. “Management of …
Read More »Withdraw 10% basic salary bungalow rent directive If you want peace – GNAT to GES
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has called on the Ghana Education Service (GES) to immediately rescind its decision for its members to pay 10 percent of their basic salaries as rent for staying in government bungalows. The GES has directed teachers living in all government bungalows to get …
Read More »Ebenezer SHS students sit on floor over inability to pay GH¢600 each for broken desks
Forty-five General Arts students of Ebenezer Senior High School in Dansoman, a suburb of the Greater Accra Region have been studying on the floor since Thursday, March 10. This is because the headmistress of the school has parked all the desks from the classroom because the students could not pay …
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