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NAGRAT says NaCCA knew of LGBTQ content before public outcry
Posted on with No CommentThe President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) knew about the controversial content in a Senior High School teacher manual long before public outrage forced its withdrawal. Jacob Anaba … Read more →
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Karpower barge to arrive in Ghana by October
Posted on | CommentThe much talked about Karpower barge from Turkey is now set to arrive in the country in October. Engineers working on the 225 megawatts power ship are almost done with their work to set sail to Ghana. For many this … Read more →
Full report: Proposal by striking doctors on service conditions
Posted on | CommentMembers of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), have left the consulting rooms and operating theatres after negotiations on their conditions of service with government hit a snag. All 1,700 members of the GMA across the country have also threatened to … Read more →
Full statement: Gov’t orders Doctors to call off strike with immediate effect
Posted on | CommentMinister for Employment and Labour Relations, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, has said the striking Medical doctors should with immediate effect call off the partial strike action and attend to patients. According to a statement released by the Labour Minister, the partial … Read more →
Wendy Konadu Wins Maiden FACE of NAHSAG Pageant
Posted on | CommentThe Saturday morning of 2nd August 2015 will go into history as one of the remarkable moments in the annals of the National Health Students Association of Ghana. The Face of NAHSAG Pageant was coined to select an ambassador … Read more →
OMCs reduce fuel prices
Posted on | CommentMore Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) will from today, Monday August 3 start reviewing their prices downwards. Joy Business’ George Wiafe reports that Total, Allied Oil and GOIL over the weekend became the first to drop their prices in line with … Read more →
Wedding gifts banned: Blamed for spiritual attacks on marriages
Posted on | CommentPresenting gifts at a couple’s wedding ceremony is age-old tradition. For many, the whole idea of a present is to please the couple and make them happy; for others, the main intent is to ‘shower’ the couple with things they … Read more →
PHOTO: Bill Gates wife carries water on her head in Malawi
Posted on | 1 CommentMelinda Gates, who is the wife of the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, was recently in Malawi for a visit. She said during her stay there, she joined women to fetch water and she carried 20 liters of … Read more →
PHOTO: New Ga Mantse installed
Posted on | CommentKingmakers of the Ga State have installed a new king in the person of Kelvin Nii Tackie Abia Tackie. At a ceremony in Accra yesterday, the paramount stool, Dzase, led by the Dzasetse, Nii Tetteh Kwei II, outdoored the new … Read more →
Fake Gynaecologist jailed
Posted on | CommentA quack doctor who defrauded four persons to the tune of Nineteen Thousand, Seven Hundred Ghana Cedis (GH¢19,700) under the pretext of making them fertile after injecting and prescribing various medications to them has been slapped with a 12-year-prison sentence … Read more →
Psychiatric nurses threaten strike
Posted on | CommentNurses of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital have announced they will lay down their tools on August 3, 2015. The strike is to protest what they say is the Ministry of Health’s refusal to settle their salary arrears. The nurses, in a … Read more →
We can’t call off strike – GMA
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has parried off pressure from government and other stakeholders to call of their nationwide strike. The doctors say their July 30 strike is to compel government to provide them with a document of their conditions … Read more →
Abortion pill legalized in Canada
Posted on | CommentCanadian health authorities have approved the drug RU-486, commonly known as the abortion pill. The pill, a combination of misoprostol and mifepristone, had been pending approval by Health Canada since 2012. It has been in use in the United States … Read more →
US gov’t to lion-killing Dentist: Hey, Obama wants to talk to you
Posted on | CommentHey, Walter Palmer, the Obama administration wants to talk to you. The severed head of Cecil the lion has now been located in Zimbabwe and turned over to officials there. However, the Minnesota dentist said to be responsible for Cecil’s killing is … Read more →
Doctor to govt: Stop churning out lies
Posted on | CommentAs the strike by the Ghana Medical Association begins to bite, the government has been warned to stop putting out false information to cause disaffection for doctors. A striking doctor, who does not want to be named, told Joy FM’s … Read more →
Retired military men storm parliament over unpaid pension
Posted on | CommentAngry retired military men yesterday stormed parliament to present a petition to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior requesting the committee to intervene for the government to pay their end-of-service gratuities and allowances, having been compulsorily retired in … Read more →
DISTURBING PHOTO: 2 killed in T.I. Ahmadiyya SHS riot
Posted on | CommentTwo persons are reported dead while dozens have been injured following a riot by students of the Salaga T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School in the Northern Region on Thursday morning to demand the removal of their headmaster. The dead persons, … Read more →
Acid found on Gregory Afoko
Posted on | CommentIt has emerged that the dress of Gregory Afoko, one of the two persons standing trial over the murder of Adams Mahama, Upper East regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which was retrieved by the police, contained acid. … Read more →
PHOTO: Fake medical student arrested at Korle Bu
Posted on | CommentA 25-year-old unemployed man was yesterday arrested for allegedly posing as a medical student doing his housemanship at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The fake doctor, identified as Ibrahim Nurudeen, was arrested while he was in an apparel … Read more →
PHOTO: Pastor sentenced for assault
Posted on | CommentA 36-year-old pastor at Kpalsi, a suburb of Tamale, has been sentenced to 60 days in prison with hard labour for physically assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Pastor Daniel Appiah Antwi was found guilty by the Tamale District Court for whipping … Read more →
PHOTO: ICGC Pastor kills wife
Posted on | 1 CommentThe Kasoa District police have apprehended a 41-year-old pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) – Old Times Assembly – for allegedly killing his wife. The suspect, Pastor Houkpe Archill Yao, purportedly committed the act at their Rock City … Read more →
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