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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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Ban on fishing to start on August 7 – MOFAD
Posted on | CommentGovernment has imposed a one-month ban on all fishing activities in the country. The ban takes effect from August 7 to September 4, this year. Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, announced this at a press … Read more →
Govt to train 10,000 SHS students annually in entrepreneurship
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry for Business Development has launched an initiative dubbed ‘Schools Entrepreneurship Initiative’ (SEI) to serve as a solution to graduate unemployment, as well as incubate students at the secondary school level with entrepreneurial skills. The initiative is aimed at … Read more →
Ghana drops in 2017 Economic Freedom rankings
Posted on | CommentGhana has scored 103 out of 159 countries in Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) ranking, taking the 16th position as the most economically free country in Africa. Mauritius secured the first position, Rwanda was second, Seychelles came third, Botswana placed fourth … Read more →
‘Pidgin, short-hand’ cause of mass failure in English – WAEC
Posted on | CommentThe Public Relations Officer of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Agnes Teye Cudjoe, says the 2018 WASSCE Chief Examiner’s Report attributes the massive failure in English to the use of Pidgin language and short-hand by students. According to WAEC, … Read more →
2018 WASSCE results are not bad – Dr Prince Armah
Posted on | CommentThe Founder of the Institute of Education Studies Dr Prince Armah has described as “unnecessary apprehension” assertions of mass failure in the 2018 WASSCE results. The Educationist who is also a lecturer at the University of Education Winneba said a … Read more →
Nana Addo cuts sod for Left Bank Irrigation expansion
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for work to begin on the rehabilitation and expansion of the Kpong Left Bank Irrigation Project (KLBIP) at Torgorme in the North Tongu District in the Volta Region. The … Read more →
Kumasi-Northern sector rail line MoU signed
Posted on | CommentA memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the government and the China Civil Engineers Construction Corporation (CCECC) for the construction of the Kumasi to the north section of the country’s railway project. The MoU will be consummated in … Read more →
Minister – ‘Support fishermen with premix revenue’
Posted on | CommentThe Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Elizabeth Afoley Oquaye, has said that fishermen who may suffer the direct impact of the ban on fishing in August 2018 to seek financial aid from their district assemblies. She said the fishermen could … Read more →
22 Nabbed Over Tramadol and Cocaine Peddling
Posted on | CommentTwenty-two persons have been arrested in a joint operation by Ghana and Nigeria officials over a two-month period. Officials seized substantial quantities of drugs including 15.7 kg cocaine, 9.21 kg heroin, 8.17 kg methamphetamines, 596.338 kg cannabis, 4 kg of … Read more →
NHIA cries; Increase funding to sustain scheme
Posted on | CommentThe National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said its current financing model is unable to fund its daily operations. According to the NHIA, its source of finance; 2.5% of Value Added Tax and 2.5% contributions from SSNIT, which amounts to $25 … Read more →
Ghana lost GH¢892M to financial irregularities in MDAs in 2017
Posted on | CommentGhana lost GH¢892 million in the year 2017 to what is described as financial irregularities in the operations of various Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs). This is according to the 2017 audit report released by the Auditor General, Daniel Domelevo. … Read more →
Fishermen, fish mongers demonstrate against August ban
Posted on | CommentOver 200 fishermen and fishmongers on Friday, demonstrated at the Albert Bosomtwi-sam Fishing harbor in Sekondi in the Western Region over the pending ban on all fishing activities offshore beginning August 2018. They say even though they agree in principle … Read more →
Dr. Okoe Boye appointed board chair of Korle-Bu
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo has appointed NPP Member of Parliament for the Ledzokuku Constituency, Dr. Bernard Oko-Boye as the Board Chairman of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare to the Minister of Health, dated … Read more →
Amnesty Int’l – Tamale Death Sentence Unfortunate
Posted on | CommentHuman Rights Group, Amnesty International, has lashed out at a High Court Judge in Tamale for sentencing a man to death for killing his wife’s relative in a ferocious sex row. Nabinte Lokwai, 35, was sentenced to death by hanging … Read more →
Youth besiege Sawla police station after cop slept with suspect’s lover
Posted on | CommentA swift intervention by the SWAT team of the police in Sawla in the Northern Region prevented some irate youth said to be members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), from vandalizing the police station over the arrest of … Read more →
19 Killed In China Industrial park explosion
Posted on | CommentAn explosion at an industrial park in the Sichuan province of China has left 19 people dead and 12 others injured, officials say. In a statement quoted by Reuters, the authorities in Jiang’ a county said the blast … Read more →
$150m loan for roads approved by Parliament
Posted on | CommentParliament has approved a $150-million loan from the International Development Association (IDA) to finance the development of road infrastructure in the country under the Transport Sector Improvement Project (TSIP). The TSIP seeks to improve road safety and strengthen the institutional … Read more →
Gov’t raises entry requirements for basic school teachers
Posted on | CommentAs part of the broader educational reforms, the Government has rolled out a transformational educational mechanism by raising the entry requirements for primary school teachers to match those of other professions. “From October this year, all new entrants to the … Read more →
Farmer remanded for mistakenly shooting uncle
Posted on | CommentA 40-year-old farmer who mistook his uncle, Kwame Opoku Douglas, 44, for a game and shot him has been remanded to police custody. Alex Asante’s plea was not taken when he appeared before the Enchi District Magistrate Court, presided over … Read more →
AMA Road Safety Report: Over 60% of highway crashes recorded on N1
Posted on | CommentAbout 60% of road crashes on major national highways in Accra, were recorded on the N1 highway. This is according to the first AMA Road Safety Report, analyzing data from 2011 to 2015. The report was put together by the … Read more →
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