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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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We’ve no policy regulating tertiary education in Ghana – Prof. Yankah
Posted on | CommentGhana has not had a policy regulating tertiary education in the country, at least not in the last twenty years. The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah, disclosed that the tertiary education space is only being … Read more →
Consolidated bank assesses skills of staff
Posted on | CommentCurrent employees of the Consolidated Bank Ghana Limited are to undergo assessment tests scheduled for September 15th and 16th, 2018. This follows the completion of application processes for all the workers of the bank. A memo to all staff and … Read more →
Be serious with subsequent licensure exams – Teachers to NTC
Posted on | CommentSome graduate teachers who completed their 3-day licensure exam on Wednesday, want the National Teaching Council (NTC) to take steps to ensure that the challenges that bedeviled the exercise are not repeated in subsequent exams. They cite delays, maltreatment and leakage … Read more →
Menzgold Suspends Dividend Payment After SEC Order
Posted on | CommentGold trading firm Menzgold has announced it has temporarily ceased payment of dividend to its customers in order to resolve the impasse with the state. The move comes after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered them to stop dividend … Read more →
Kofi Annan To Be Buried Today
Posted on | CommentGhana’s illustrious son Kofi Annan will be buried today, September 13, after a state funeral attended by world leaders past and present, traditional authorities among others. The funeral service begins at 8.30am at the Accra International Conference Centre. Annan led … Read more →
Menzgold “unable to comply with” directive to shut down – Lawyers
Posted on | CommentLawyers for troubled gold dealership firm, Menzgold Ghana, say the company cannot comply with a directive by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to shut down its trading activities for alleged infractions. The company says it finds the “directive to shut down or suspend its … Read more →
Forestry Commission reviews allowances of YEA beneficiaries
Posted on | CommentThe Forestry Commission (FC) has reviewed allowances of employees under the Youth in Afforestation Programme to align with allowances of employees under the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) programme. As a result, the commission, which was supposed to pay the beneficiaries … Read more →
Portion of Sofoline Interchange wall collapses
Posted on | CommentOne of the retaining walls of the Sofoline Interchange in Kumasi has fallen off due to heavy rains recorded in the metropolis in recent times. The wall, which is one foot thick at the top and two feet thick at … Read more →
Inflation rises to 9.9% in August
Posted on | CommentInflation for the month of August inched up to 9.9 per cent, 0.3 percentage points higher than the 9.6 per cent recorded for July 2018, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced. The increases were informed by rising prices of … Read more →
World leaders converge in Ghana to pay last respects to Kofi Annan
Posted on | CommentFrom the four corners of the world, more than 1,500 dignitaries, including heads of state and the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, are converging on Accra today for the burial service of Mr Kofi Annan in what is … Read more →
Apple unveils larger iPhones, health-oriented watches
Posted on | CommentApple Inc unveiled larger iPhones and watches based on the design of current models on Wednesday, confirming Wall Street expectations that the company is making only minor changes to its lineup. The world’s most valuable tech company wants users to … Read more →
Court grants I.T technician GH¢1.2million bail
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of GH¢1.2million with four sureties to an I.T expert for allegedly stealing GH¢1.29million from Global Access Savings and Loans, his former employer. Afum Larbi is also standing trial for … Read more →
Social Welfare Department shuts down over 60 ‘illegal’ orphanages
Posted on | CommentThe Department of Social Welfare under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social protection, has shut down over sixty orphanages in the country. Some of the orphanages were closed down for operating without a licence from the Social Welfare Department, … Read more →
Lightening kills trader at Pai Katanga
Posted on | CommentApraku Ethel, a 21 year old trader at Pai Katanga Market in Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality has been struck dead by lightening following a rainstorm while selling at the Market. Mr Issah Apolongo Assemblyman for Katanga electoral area … Read more →
Court remands two in custody over alleged fraud
Posted on | CommentTwo persons accused of defrauding a financial institution in Kumasi of an amount GH¢15, 000.00, have been remanded into prison custody by a Kumasi Circuit Court presided over by Justice Ekow Mensah. Seth Kofi Andoh, taxi driver and Dominic Attah … Read more →
Kofi Annan Was “The Secretary-General” – Mandela’s Widow
Posted on | CommentGraca Machel, widow of former South African President Nelson Mandela has said Kofi Annan will forever be remembered as “the Secretary-General” of the United Nations. “He will be remembered in my view as the Secretary-General of the UN. I think … Read more →
Is there Sekondi-Takoradi agenda on radio when most of the news and radio programmes are piped from Accra?
Posted on | CommentTune in to any of the 32 active radio stations in Sekondi-Takoradi during the prime media times (6am, 12pm, 6pm) and the major discussions and news are piped from an Accra Radio Station which discusses issues related to the country’s … Read more →
CSSPS posts only day students to Suhum Islamic Girls, Headmistress angry
Posted on | CommentThe Headmistress of the Suhum Islamic Girls Senior High School, Sherifa Abubakari, has expressed disappointment with authorities at the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) for supposedly converting her school from a boarding facility to a day school. Over … Read more →
We’ll sanction persons engaged in illegal electricity connections – Amewu
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Energy is developing measures to tackle illegal electricity connections in the country, the Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu has said. According to him, Ghana loses millions of cedis monthly through illegal connections and other activities. At a … Read more →
We won’t call off strike now – Physician Assistants
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Physician Assistants Association has vowed not to call off its nationwide strike action unless its demands are met. The Association on Monday directed its members nationwide to lay down their tools to register their displeasure over salary discrepancies that exist … Read more →
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