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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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Slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake auctioned
Posted on | CommentA 33-year-old slice of cake from Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding has sold at auction for $1,375. The cake, still in its original white and silver presentation box, was sold online Thursday by Nate D. Sanders Auctions of … Read more →
Fidelity Bank buys ProCredit
Posted on | CommentFidelity bank has fully acquired ProCredit savings and loans company. The deal which is yet to be approved by the bank of Ghana and shareholders of the bank will see Fidelity bank purchasing all shares held by ProCredit’s two shareholders … Read more →
Forestry Commission says “Ghana to soon import water”
Posted on | CommentMr Samuel Afari-Dartey, Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission, has hinted that, Ghana would soon have to import potable water if the nation continues to lose its forests cover. He expressed regret that the rate at which the nation’s forest … Read more →
AGAIN: Fuel shortage hits Accra
Posted on | CommentWe can confirm that there is shortage of petrol and diesel in some parts of Accra. This follows visits to some pump stations in Adabraka and other parts of the central business district of Accra which revealed some stations do not … Read more →
PHOTO: Ebola Patient Flees clinic in search for food
Posted on | CommentThere were chaotic scenes as crowds followed infected man, who was wearing a wristband to show he had tested positive for the disease, and some stallholders argued with him as he approached. The patient escaped from Monrovia’s Elwa hospital, which last month … Read more →
POTAG to strike again
Posted on | CommentBarely a week after calling off their three-month old strike, polytechnic teachers are threatening another strike if their August salaries are not paid. POTAG embarked on a strike in May to protest the non- payment of their book and research allowance. The … Read more →
No national service postings this year due to Ebola scare?: NSS debunks: Check details
Posted on | CommentThe National Service Scheme (NSS) has debunked news making rounds that there will be no postings this year due to the Ebola scare. Consequently, the NSS at a press conference yesterday announced that postings will be released at 6pm today. … Read more →
Research reveals: 98% of Ghanaian pupils can’t read
Posted on | CommentA fresh survey has revealed that about 98 per cent of pupils in basic schools of Ghana can neither read nor understand English or any Ghanaian language effectively.According to the latest National Education Assessment report, only two per cent of … Read more →
The tragic story of a 16-year-old girl who was given to a guy for GHc5
Posted on | CommentA 16-year-old girl has lost her life at the Ridge Hospital in Accra because a 72-year-old self-styled prophetess/herbalist, called Elizabeth Charles, allegedly gave her to a guy for GH?5 and the guy impregnated her while she was only 15 years … Read more →
PHOTO: 29-Year-old cobbler arrested during robbery
Posted on | CommentA 29-year-old cobbler was in the early hours of Friday arrested by a joint Police-Military Patrol Team at Tema Community 25 breaking into a house to rob its residents. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mrs Beatrice Zakpaa Vib-Sanziri, Tema Police … Read more →
UTAG: Maintenance of book and research allowance as condition to end strike
Posted on | CommentUniversity teachers will hold a crunch meeting with government today to insist that the book and research allowance be maintained as a condition to end a protracted strike lasting over a month. “We expect that the [book and research allowance] … Read more →
Cholera kills 4 in Cape Coast
Posted on | CommentAbout 153 cases of cholera have been recorded in Cape Coast in the past two weeks. Four of the patients have died, with three deaths occurring at the Metropolitan Hospital at Bakaano while the other occurred at the Cape Coast … Read more →
PHOTOS: Man born with his head upside-down
Posted on | CommentA man born with physical disabilities so severe his head is UPSIDE-DOWN has defied the odds to become an inspirational public speaker. Claudio Vieira de Oliveira, 37, was born with his neck is folded back on itself, as well as … Read more →
Polytechnics to finally resume this week
Posted on | CommentSome Polytechnics across the country will resume academic work this week after three months of closure. This is according to the president of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG), James Dugrah. The decision to re-open follows government’s decision to pay … Read more →
Full Speech: What Otumfuo Osei Tutu II said at GJA Awards
Posted on | CommentKEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS MAJESTY OTUMFUO OSEI TUTU II, ASANTEHENE, AT THE ANNUAL AWARDS NIGHT OF THE GHANA JOURNALIST ASSOCIATION (GJA) AT THE BANQUET HALL, STATE HOUSE, ACCRA ON SATURDAY, 30TH AUGUST, 2014.It is a privilege to be your Guest … Read more →
Dogs eating corpses of Ebola victims in Liberia
Posted on | CommentDogs are digging up the corpses of Ebola victims buried in shallow graves in Liberia and eating them in the street, villagers have claimed. Furious residents of Johnsonville Township, outside capital Monrovia, raised the alarm after packs of wild dogs … Read more →
21 dead in Accra-Kumasi car crash
Posted on | CommentMedical staff at the Juaso Government Hospital were overwhelmed as casualties of a gory lorry accident that occurred on the main Kumasi-Accra road, soared. Doctors and nurses were overstretched as they attempted to save the lives of critically injured victims … Read more →
Cemeteries in Accra are full
Posted on | CommentAll the major public cemeteries in the Accra metropolis are full to capacity and may no longer be able to contain more bodies, the Accra Metro Director of Public Health, Dr Simpson Anim Boateng, has revealed. The Awudome Cemetery, the … Read more →
ADB earmarks $60m for Ebola fight
Posted on | CommentThe Deputy Health Minister Dr Victor Bampoe says the Africa Development Bank has earmarked $60m for countries affected by the Ebola virus. A further $150million is available by way of loans and grants to non-ebola affected countries in the sub-region. Dr … Read more →
Over 40 Ghanaians killed in Libya
Posted on | CommentPatrick Osman, a Ghanaian national who is currently living in Libya reveals toPeacefmonline.com that the situation in the country is worse than images shown on television or reported on the radio by the international media. According to him, he has witnessed … Read more →
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