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Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
Posted on with No CommentDonald Trump has said King Charles III will “be very safe” during his state visit to the US, which is due to begin later on Monday. Further security talks took place between the White House and Buckingham Palace after a … Read more →
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October inflation drops to 9.5%, lowest in 5 years
Posted on | CommentThe inflation rate for October 2018 dropped to 9.5%, down by 0.3% from the 9.8% recorded in September 2018. According to the Ghana Statistical Service(GSS), the figure is lowest rate that has been recorded in the past five years sine … Read more →
Tax stamp policy to extend to textiles – Ken Ofori Atta
Posted on | CommentThe government has revealed plans to extend the tax stamp policy to textiles in order to curb smuggling of the product in the country. The move is aimed at protecting textile companies in the country and to increase jobs in … Read more →
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab resigns over EU agreement
Posted on | CommentBrexit Secretary Dominic Raab has resigned saying he “cannot in good conscience support” the UK’s draft Brexit agreement with the EU. Theresa May announced on Wednesday evening that she had secured the backing of her cabinet for the agreement, after … Read more →
Ghana Budget: Gov’t not proud of hardships in Ghana – Ofori Atta
Posted on | CommentFinance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has admitted that there are hardships in Ghana, noting however, that government is not proud of it. In his initial commentary while presenting the 2019 budget statement in Parliament Thursday, Mr. Ofori Atta said the … Read more →
Ghana Budget: Collapse of 7 Banks cost Gov’t GH¢9.9bn – Ofori Atta
Posted on | CommentThe Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, has revealed that the collapse of seven banks – unibank, Beige Bank, Sovereign Bank, Construction Bank, Royal Bank, Capital Bank, UT Bank – has cost the government an amount of GH¢9.9 billion. According to … Read more →
Kweku Adoboli deported to Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe convicted former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli has been deported from the UK to Ghana, his country of birth, after Home Office officials put him on a flight from Heathrow airport on Wednesday afternoon. Adoboli, who was arrested in Glasgow on Monday … Read more →
Cut electricity tariff by 15% – TUC demands
Posted on | CommentThe Trades Union Congress (TUC) is demanding a 15% reduction in electricity tariff and an additional 12% cut in water bills a day before the finance minister presents the 2019 budget. In a statement, the TUC said their demand will … Read more →
Two Cops Wounded as Miners demand Shaanxi to Stop Mining
Posted on | CommentA near-midnight attack launched on a police squad in Talensi, a district in the Upper East region, by an angry mob suspected to be made up of small-scale miners has resulted in two wounded police officers hospitalised and a wild … Read more →
Central University won’t collapse – VC
Posted on | CommentThe Vice-Chancellor of Central University has stressed the success story of the University is enough reason to prove that the university is not collapsing as is being speculated by a section of the media. Professor Bill Buanar Puplampu says, “A … Read more →
SC to rule on suit against new regions Nov. 28
Posted on | CommentA seven-member Supreme Court panel presided over by Justice Sophia Adeniyira has set the 28th of November 2018, as date for its ruling in the case challenging the constitutionally of government’s decision to create six (6) new regions. The Applicants … Read more →
Prominent Zimbabwe female rangers denied visas
Posted on | CommentThe UK’s decision to deny visas for two pioneering female anti-poaching rangers to attend an awards ceremony has been criticised by organisers. Zimbabwean Nyaradzo Hoto risks her life every day to protect elephants from ivory poachers in an all-female anti-poaching … Read more →
China’s richest man, Jack Ma quitting his $420bn company to become a teacher
Posted on | CommentEarlier this month, on his 54th birthday, China’s richest man announced that he would step down as executive chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba. Jack Ma, the rags-to-riches entrepreneur behind China’s biggest tech company isn’t going to retire. He wants to … Read more →
We won’t allow any group to undermine KNUST management – Otumfuo warns
Posted on | CommentThe Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology [KNUST], the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has warned that disorder by students, alumni or any group within the University will not be tolerated. The Asantehene made the remarks … Read more →
Asempa budget was not good for business – Labour unions
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Federation of Labour and other Labour unions have bemoaned living conditions in the country despite the excitement that heralded the 2018 budget nicknamed ‘Asempa budget’ by the government. “This year has not been too good despite the Asempa … Read more →
Boy, 12, teenager arrested for robbery at Asante-Mampong
Posted on | CommentPolice in Asante-Mampong in the Ashanti region have arrested a minor and a teenager for allegedly robbing female students of Mampong midwifery and training collage. Kwabena Wireko, 12, and Kwame Frimpong, 19, were arrested by the police in connection with … Read more →
Brexit deal: Theresa May to face cabinet showdown
Posted on | CommentTheresa May faces a crunch cabinet meeting later as she tries to win colleagues’ support for a draft Brexit agreement between the UK and Brussels. Senior ministers will gather at Downing Street at 14:00 GMT amid calls to reject the … Read more →
Melania calls for national security aide Mira Ricardel’s firing
Posted on | CommentUS First Lady Melania Trump has called for a top national security aide to President Donald Trump to be fired. The first lady feuded with Mira Ricardel, the deputy national security adviser, during her tour of Africa in October, US … Read more →
Teacher trainees agree to undertake national service
Posted on | CommentThe leadership of Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has called on their members to register for the compulsory national service after an agreement with the Education ministry. The trainees have been protesting a directive by the ministry to undertake … Read more →
Free SHS: 196,000 Gold track Students start classes today
Posted on | Comment– About 196,000 first year students start classes today FIRST year students under the DoubleTrack Free Senior High School (Free SHS)system, who wereplaced on the Gold Track, will start classes today. The about 196,000 first year students expected to enrollare … Read more →
Napo schools Nobisco headmaster on computer placement
Posted on | CommentEducation Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh had some tough moments in Tamale last Friday when he visited some headmasters of public senior high schools in the regional capital ahead of the opening for students placed in the second batch of … Read more →
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