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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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Ghana Marine Police to begin confiscating jet skis in Ada
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Marine Police has hinted it would begin confiscating Jet Skis and speed boats along the Ada estuary, ahead of this year’s Asafotufiam festival. Every August, the festival attracts thousands of people from all walks of life including Diasporans … Read more →
Full Statment: UTAG declares indefinite strike
Posted on | CommentThe University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declared an indefinite strike. According to UTAG, the decision to strike was necessitated by what they consider as government’s deliberate attempt to unduly delay the payment of their book and research allowance. … Read more →
Illegal chainsaw operators make $200m annually
Posted on | CommentIllegal chainsaw milling across the country accounts for over 84 percent of Ghana’s lumber supply annually with an estimated volume of 497,000 cubic metres and a market value of over $200 million, according to the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII). Executive … Read more →
3 Police officers in court for defiling 12-year-old girl
Posted on | CommentThree police officers of the Upper West Regional Police Command were on Tuesday remanded into prisons custody by the Wa Circuit court presided over by His Honor Bright Issac Kwentey for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old primary six pupil. The three, … Read more →
Dozens feared dead in Taiwan plane crash
Posted on | CommentAs many as 45 people are feared dead after a TransAsia Airways passenger plane crashed on one of Taiwan’s Penghu islands Wednesday, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported. At least nine other people were injured in the crash of the twin-engine … Read more →
Head Pastor of Shiva Linga Church jailed 15 years for defiling 8 girls
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Fast Track High Court on Wednesday sentenced Nana Akwesi Agyemang, the Head Pastor of Shiva Linga Church, Ghana, to 15 years imprisonment for defiling eight girls. The girls were between the ages of three and 12. This was … Read more →
Sierra Leone’s chief Ebola doctor contracts the virus
Posted on | CommentThe head doctor fighting the deadly tropical virus Ebola in Sierra Leone has himself caught the disease, the government said. The 39-year-old Sheik Umar Khan, hailed as a “national hero” by the health ministry, was leading the fight to control … Read more →
Read statement: Dismissed Korle-Bu CEO reappointed by new Health Minister
Posted on | CommentNewly sworn-in Health Minister, Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, has overturned an earlier directive by his predecessor, Sherry Ayittey for Rev. Albert Okpoti Botchwey to step down as CEO of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, saying after being made Minister, “wisdom” demanded that … Read more →
3 police officers, civilian defile 14-yr old girl
Posted on | CommentThree police officers have been remanded by a Wa circuit court to reappear on July 31, 2014 for allegedly abducting and defiling a 14-year old Primary Six pupil in the Wa municipality of the Upper West region. The three police men who … Read more →
PHOTO: Father dresses as Spider-Man every day to please son
Posted on | CommentA dad has given his son the ultimate action figure – by dressing up every day for him as superhero Spider-Man. Christopher Lee, 35, said he wears the £22 costume – with Christopher Jnr, three, in a matching one – as … Read more →
2nd year SWESBU Student hangs herself
Posted on | CommentA second-year day student of the Agona Swedru School of Business (SWESBU), Miss Lvy Owusu was on Monday found hanging in an uncompleted building at Agona Swedru. A Police spokesman pleading anonymity who made this known to newsmen at Agona … Read more →
GH?140,000 financial malfeasance hits Korle-Bu
Posted on | CommentThe Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) was in 2013 deprived of GH?140,776.30 meant for development projects, according to an interim forensic audit report done on the pharmacy department of the hospital. The audit, which covered the period between January 2012 and … Read more →
Prince George’s 1st birthday in pictures
Posted on | CommentPrince George celebrates his first birthday on Tuesday. It has been a busy 12 months since the third in line to the throne was first introduced to the world on the steps of a London hospital. Here are a selection … Read more →
Bank of Ghana given 2 weeks to file defense in cedi suit
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court has directed the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to submit in fourteen days their statement of case, in the current suit filed against it by a private legal practitioner, Dr John Ephraim Baiden, on the continuous depreciation of … Read more →
Korle-Bu faces shortage of drug
Posted on | CommentPregnant women in labour at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital at risk of life-threatening complications as the facility runs out of magnesium sulphate – an essential drug for stabilizing pre-eclampsia: a rare but severe condition that causes seizures during pregnancy Joy … Read more →
Public Hospitals to be closed tomorrow
Posted on | CommentThe Out-Patient-Departments in public hospitals will be closed on Thursday as doctors join other workers to protest worsening living conditions in Ghana. The General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Frank Serebour is even cajoling patients whose ailment may … Read more →
Importers and Exporters Association demand: We want to meet Prez. Mahama
Posted on | CommentThe Executive Secretary of the Importers and Exporters Association of Ghana says the group will only call off their intended strike if they meet the President, John Mahama. According to the executive secretary of the association, Samson Awingobit Asaki, the members of the … Read more →
In just one year: 70% hike in food prices (Full list of foods affected)
Posted on | CommentThe current economic challenges have pushed food prices above the means of most Ghanaians, who spend more than half of their earnings on food. The situation has been compounded by the free fall of the cedi, which has weakened households’ … Read more →
Average Ghanaian if given chance to decide what to do with the oil money will … Mensa Otabil
Posted on | CommentThe shortsightedness of many Ghanaians is a major problem for the country, Head pastor of the International Central Gospel Church, Dr Mensa Otabil says. In Pastor Otabil’s view, that subculture makes most Ghanaians unable to plan beyond their current circumstances. … Read more →
Full statement: Students demand immediate dismissal of Education Ministers
Posted on | CommentThe National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) are calling for the immediate dismissal of the Minister of Education and her deputy Samuel Okudezeto Ablakwa. The educational sector is currently battling with … Read more →
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