ore than 500,000 final-year junior high school students will today, Monday, 14 September 2020, begin sitting their week-long Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).   The 2020 edition will end on Friday, 18 September 2020 at all designated examination centres throughout the country.   Figures from the West African Examination Council …

Israel is to impose a new national lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus – with tough restrictions coming into effect on Jewish new year. The country’s second lockdown begins on Friday and lasts at least three weeks. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the measures would “exact a heavy price …

This year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) will commence tomorrow, Monday, September 14, 2020, and end on Friday, September 18, 2020. Below is the final timetable which, according to the West African Examination Council, was amended in July 2020: Adomonline

wo Los Angeles police officers are in a critical condition after being shot in what police are calling an ambush. Video of the incident shows a figure approach the officers’ vehicle, before opening fire and running away. Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva called the act “cowardly”. The suspect remains at …

A trending video sighted by My News Ghana has shown an SS3 student who just finished writing his WASSCE exams proposing to his girlfriend. The students had just finished writing their exams and were leaving the school compound when the boy followed her to propose to her. The romantic boy …

Details are emerging about the possible murder of Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Ghana. He is said to have been killed at his home in Accra. While details of his death and possible murder are sketchy at this moment, his colleague at …

United States (US)-based Ghanaian pastor, Ofori Slyvester, who murdered his beautiful wife, Barbara Tommey, by shooting multiple times has been brought before a court in the US. The 35-year-old pastor, who is the leader of Floodgates of Heaven, a church based in America donned blue-black apparel with his nose mask …

Ghana has recorded two new COVID-19 deaths pushing the country’s death toll to 285. Also, 75 new cases have pushed the country confirmed cases to 45, 388 whiles 44, 267 clinical recoveries have been recorded. Meanwhile, Ghana’s active cases have seen a decline. The country’s active cases are now 836. …

Boris Johnson has urged Conservative MPs to back his plan to override part of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement. In a Zoom call with about 250 of them, he said the party must not return to “miserable squabbling” over Europe. The EU has warned the UK it could face legal action …

A 28-year-old drug courier has been jailed in Australia after colliding with two parked police cars in a van filled with methamphetamines. Simon Tu had 260kg (570lbs) of the drug in the van when he swerved across the road and hit the vehicles in July 2019. Officers tracked down the …

The first peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have begun in the Gulf state of Qatar, after months of delay. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the meeting “historic” as he flew to Doha for the opening ceremony. The talks were due to start after a …

The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Deputy National Youth Organiser, Edem Agbana says his party is going to increase the Student Loan Trust Fund by 100% and reintroduce the Student Loan Trust Fund Plus. Speaking on Joy News’ Joint Caucus, Agbana stated that this has become necessary because his party in …

Israel and the Gulf state of Bahrain have reached a landmark deal to fully normalise their relations, US President Donald Trump has announced. “The second Arab country to make peace with Israel in 30 days,” he tweeted. For decades, most Arab states have boycotted Israel, insisting they would only establish …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said it will advise its members against performing their core duties if the government fails to pay their Book and Research Allowance (BRA) by Monday, 14 September 2020. This follows what the association describes as the “countless attempts” to see the authorities …

The Ghana National Teaching Council has announced the postponement of the Ghana teacher licensure examination (GTLE) scheduled to take place on Thursday, 24 and Friday, 25 September. The new dates for the exam are now October 1 and 2, 2020. A statement issued by the National Teaching Council and signed …

The Facebook posts of a Ghanaian pastor who has made headlines in Ghana across the world for shooting his wife to death suggests he was deeply troubled. Sylvester Ofori murdered his 27-year-old wife, Barbara Tommey, in the United States outside an Orlando credit union where she works around 9 am …

Covid-19 patience have run for their lives after a ventilator in the ward the were admitted caught fire. The footage that was shared on social media shows four medics, who are dressed in hazmats, surrounding a patient on a hospital bed in Vadodara, India. Fortunately all the patients rescued as medics …

The EU is demanding the UK ditches plans to change Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal “by the end of the month” or risk jeopardising trade talks. The UK has published a bill to rewrite parts of the withdrawal agreement it signed in January. The EU said this had “seriously damaged trust” …

The United States government has revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers under an order issued by President Donald Trump accusing some of them of espionage and working for the Chinese communist party, the State Department said Wednesday September 9.   As tensions between Beijing and Washington …

A member of the NDC’s manifesto committee Prof. George K.T Oduro says the party is yet to conclude on the implementation strategy to face out the double-track system under the free SHS policy. According to the former Pro-VC of the Cape Coast University, the party will unveil their roadmap to …

In fact, Bernard says the last time he went to the doctors was in 1950, aged 18, to have a fitness test for the National Service. And if there were two things Bernard would have to pick to explain his remarkable constitution it would be at least one hot meal …

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Oheneba-Owusu Danso has been admitted at a special ward of the hospital after reportedly testing positive for COVID-19. Although there has been no official communication about his condition, a source at the hospital said Dr. Owusu-Danso is coping. The …

Fire has destroyed Greece’s largest migrant camp, the overcrowded Moria facility on the island of Lesbos. About 25 firefighters with 10 engines battled the flames as migrants were evacuated. Some suffered injuries from smoke exposure. Reports say migrants protesting against coronavirus rules may have started the fire, though this is …

A fresh graduate of Yendi Senior High School (SHS), Rahman Abdul Basit, has been killed in a robbery-attack-caused accident at Mpaha in the Central Gonja district.   Young Basit, who was heading home after successfully completing his West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination, was a victim of an accident which …

The US is to block key exports from China’s Xinjiang region due to allegations that they are produced using forced labour. The proposed bans include cotton and tomato products which are two of China’s major commodity exports. The Trump administration has been ratcheting up pressure on China for its treatment …

South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) has called US President Donald Trump “divisive, misogynistic and disrespectful” in response to reports that he was dismissive about Nelson Mandela, the country’s first black president. Mr Trump said the Nobel Peace Prize winner was “no leader”, according to his former lawyer Michael …

The leadership of a New York police force has stepped down following the death of a black man who was hooded and restrained during an arrest. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren told a city council meeting that the chief of police and deputy chief had announced their retirement. A grand jury …

The Ghana National Council of Private Schools (GNACOPS) has expressed its support for the abolishment of the double-track system by Presidential Candidate, John Dramani Mahama. Speaking at the manifesto launch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Mahama asserted that he will abolish the double-track system by bringing onboard the …

Republican President Donald Trump, accused by Joe Biden of putting lives at risk in his handling of the coronavirus, on Monday called his Democratic rival “stupid” and demanded an apology for what Mr Trump called anti-vaccine rhetoric. Trailing in national opinion polls as the United States (U.S.) death toll from …

Report convened has it that GES has released verified data of teachers that will qualify for the payment of the legacy arrears. We hereby publish this data for all CCT Ghana members that are affected to check in their names in the list. We also want to state that GES …