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GES announces instalment plan to clear teachers’ salary arrears
Posted on with No CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the government has approved the payment of outstanding salary arrears owed to newly recruited teachers under the 2024 financial clearance. The approval, according to the Service, was granted by the Ministry of … Read more →
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Grades manipulation hit UPSA
Posted on | CommentGrades manipulation scheme at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), formerly Institute of Professional Studies (IPS), has been uncovered. Documents available to Joy News reveal that 22 final year students of the school – who were supposed to graduate, last … Read more →
US$3.1m SIF support for 4,000 farmers
Posted on | CommentThe Social Investment Fund (SIF) is to provide US$3.1 million in loans to about 4,000 farmers to boost agribusiness across 22 selected districts in the country. Executive Director of the Fund, Mr Joseph Acheampong said 40 per cent of the … Read more →
Takoradi: Mad woman’s baby stolen
Posted on | CommentA newly born baby girl belonging to a mentally-derailed woman in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis has been reported stolen. According to the Department of Social Welfare in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Area (STMA), all efforts to trace the individual who … Read more →
Bank charges up by 100%
Posted on | CommentBanks in the country have began charging almost 100 percent increase in tariffs for maintenance of personal and corporate current accounts as well as other charges, Business Finder understands. The financial intermediaries say the increases have become necessary because of … Read more →
Tidal waves kill Fisherman at Axim
Posted on | CommentTidal waves that ravaged several homes and displaced many residents in the Nzema East municipality of the Western Region last Sunday led to the death of a fisherman. Residents of Brawire and Akyenim, both suburbs of Axim, capital of the … Read more →
Accra: Man beheads son
Posted on | CommentA 34-year-old man has beheaded his three-year-old son and hanged himself at Ablekuma Pentagon in Accra. The deceased, Philip Dzakpasu according to reports, slit the throat his son, Kelvin Mawuli Dzakpasu in his sleep on Tuesday. The cause of his … Read more →
Charlotte Osei’s explanation on EC’s new logo “Juvenile nonsense” – Lecturer
Posted on | CommentSenior Political Science lecturer of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Dr Richard Amoako Baah has pooh-poohed the explanations given by the Electoral Commission boss, Madam Charlotte Osei regarding the commission’s decision to come out with a … Read more →
FPSO: Why the frequent breakdown
Posted on | CommentTHE frequent irregular breakdowns of the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) Kwame Nkrumah vessel have dire implications on the country, energy think-tank Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has said. According to Dr Ishmael Ackah, Head of Policy Unit … Read more →
New York First Lady receives Ghanaian students (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentWife of New York Mayor, Chirlane McGray has commended efforts by governments in developing nations to improve the lives of young people and position them ahead of imminent challenges posed by the new world order. First Lady McGray made the … Read more →
Central University Students crashed to death by tipper truck
Posted on | CommentNews just in suggests three students of the Law Faculty of the Central University College in Prampram have been crashed to death by a tipper truck, Tuesday evening. Details about the fatal crash are sketchy but sources say damage to … Read more →
2,469 fire outbreaks recorded in first quarter of 2016
Posted on | CommentTwo thousand four hundred and sixty nine (2,469) fire outbreaks have been recorded within the first quarter of the year as against 2,036 within the same period in 2015; representing 21.27 per cent increase, the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) … Read more →
WASSCE ‘connection’: 2 arrested for extorting monies from SHS students (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentTwo persons have been arrested by the Nungua District Police Command for allegedly extorting monies from final-year students of three senior high schools (SHSs) in Accra, on the pretext of helping them to pass their West African Senior Secondary Certificate … Read more →
Father of 3 commits suicide
Posted on | CommentKOFI NTI, a 42-year-old mobile money agent resident at Junction 1 near the Koforiuda Polytechnic in the Eastern Region, allegedly committed suicide last Monday morning. The deceased purportedly hanged himself on a mango tree with a nylon rope following the … Read more →
Dzifa Attivor must retract and apologise for tribal comments – Peace Council
Posted on | CommentThe National Peace Council has asked former Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor, to retract and apologise for tribal comments she made to grassroots supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region. The Council says the comments made recently … Read more →
J.J. Rawlings donates GHC 5,000 to assault victim
Posted on | CommentFormer President, Jerry John Rawlings has donated GHC 5,000 to the 16-year-old boy, Andy Dodoo, who was bathed in acid by a tenant of his dad’s. The money is to help cushion the cost of medical bills accrued at the … Read more →
VIDEO: Secret camera catches maid pour her urine in her boss’ juice
Posted on | CommentThis is the disgusting moment a maid was allegedly caught pouring urine into a cup of juice. The drink was requested by the head of the family the woman works for in what is believed to be Kuwait. According to … Read more →
Kenya’s controversial ex-first Lady dies
Posted on | CommentKenya’s controversial former first lady, Lucy Kibaki, has died in a London hospital of an undisclosed illness. She gained notoriety for slapping a cameraman in 2005 when she stormed the offices of a private media group in anger at the … Read more →
We want NDC MP banished – Atebubu Queen Mothers
Posted on | CommentQueen mothers of Atebubu Traditional Council in the Brong Ahafo region want the Member of Parliament for Atebubu-Amantin Sanja Nanja banished from the town. Their plea is in support of Nana Afua Donyina, who was allegedly subjected to vitriolic attack … Read more →
Western Region: 2 kill elder brother and bury him secretly
Posted on | CommentDadieso police have arrested a family of four in connection with the Murder of a relative at Gyapongkrom in the Suaman District of the Western Region. The four are Kwasi Gyimah, 52 his wife Abena Tawiah Somiah and thier two … Read more →
Takoradi: Fetish priestess converts to Christianity after face-off with Bishop (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentThe fetish priestess who walked into a church in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis last Sunday, April 17, 2016 to question the Church’s consistent harassments on her has eventually bow to the cross. The Priestess, 42, who gave her name as Tawiah … Read more →
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