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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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Google and Microsoft hit by slowing economy
Posted on | CommentSales at the tech giants Alphabet and Microsoft have slowed sharply, adding to fears of a downturn in the economy. Alphabet, which owns Google and YouTube, said sales rose just 6% in the three months to September, to $69bn, as … Read more →
Mercedes-Benz pulls out of Russia
Posted on | CommentMercedes has become the latest Western company to pull out of Russia, following the invasion of Ukraine in February. The German-based firm stopped manufacturing in and exporting to the country in early March. But now it says it will withdraw … Read more →
Takoradi: 1 injured after being struck by vehicle on Fijai – Effia highway
Posted on | CommentOne person has been seriously injured after a vehicle veered off the Fijai-Effia highway to strike a billboard. A Nissan pick-up truck with registration number GT-1954 T branded with International Anti-Leprosy Organisation about 9:00 am on Wednesday, October 26, coming … Read more →
Transport fares up by 19% from Oct. 29 – GPRTU
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has disclosed that the Union will increase transport fares by 19% effective October 29. According to Godfred Abulbire, General Secretary of the Union, the increment is due to the recent hikes in fuel … Read more →
60 Bags of aluminium sulphate instead of 20 used treat water due to galamsey – GWCL
Posted on | CommentIllegal mining activities in Ghana have become the concern of various Ghanaians as it keeps destroying our forest reserves and various water bodies. The likes of River Ankobrah, Bia River, River Tano, Amoya Stream and others that serve as drinking … Read more →
Police arrest 2 suspects in connection with disturbances over land at Dzorwulu
Posted on | CommentThe Police have arrested suspects Nana Owusu Banahene and James Quainoo in connection with some disturbances at Dzorwulu Accra, over a disputed land. The suspects allegedly organised some thugs with an excavator to demolish a four-bedroom apartment building at Dzorwulu … Read more →
BoG meeting with banks, forex bureaux over cedi fall takes off
Posted on | CommentThe Bank of Ghana (BoG) meeting with Managing Directors of Banks and some forex bureaux as part of moves to stabilize the forex market today, Tuesday October 25 has commenced in Accra. The ongoing meeting also forms part of efforts … Read more →
Rishi Sunak sworn in as UK’s new Prime Minister
Posted on | CommentLiz Truss’s tenure as Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister came to an end Tuesday, after 49 days in office, and Rishi Sunak’s premiership begins, as he picks up responsibility for Britain’s battered economy and deeply divided politics. Here’s how the day … Read more →
Interest rates hit 33%; government misses T-bills sale by 16%
Posted on | CommentInterest rates inched up to 33% to reflect surging inflation and the rapid depreciation of the cedi. The increase in interest rates is however lower than the current inflation of 37.2% and the rate of cedi depreciation which is more … Read more →
VIP Jeoun increases fares for trips across Ghana
Posted on | CommentLast week, the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) was preparing to come out with new rates. This was a result of what they said is the increasing fuel prices amid its attendant hardship suffered in the current economic downturn. … Read more →
Sam Jonah advises Akufo-Addo on handling economic challenges
Posted on | CommentGhanaian businessman and chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Sam Jonah, has advised President Akufo-Addo to begin solving Ghana’s economic crises by tackling the importation of foreign goods. Speaking at the 60th anniversary of the University of Cape Coast … Read more →
Debt restructuring to weaken cedi; BoG partly to blame for cedi woes – JP Morgan
Posted on | CommentGlobal leader in financial services and US firm, JP Morgan has warned that the probable debt restructuring of Ghana’s debt would further weaken the Ghana cedi, even if an increase in Foreign Exchange Forward Auction sizes or reversal of the … Read more →
Ghana, Ivory Coast boycott cocoa meeting over pricing
Posted on | CommentTwo major world cocoa producers, Ivory Coast and Ghana have boycotted World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) meeting in Belgium over pricing. The industry meeting to be held in Brussels scheduled for this week would not see representatives of the two world … Read more →
Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly revenue increased by 18.94%
Posted on | CommentThe Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) has between January and August this year raised GHC9.345 million in Internally Generated funds. The amount represented 62.8 per cent of a projected internally generated revenue of GHC14.874 million. Mr Abdul Mumin Issah, Metropolitan Chief … Read more →
Fire guts prostitution base in Sekondi
Posted on | CommentA fire outbreak at railways in Sekondi, in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, notoriously known to be a hub for prostitutes and criminals, has rendered hundreds homeless and destroyed valuable properties The fire started in the early hours of Sunday afternoon, October … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo sacks Director-General of GES
Posted on | CommentThe Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has been dismissed. The Office of the President announced the termination of Prof. Opoku-Amankwa’s appointment in a letter dated, Monday, October 17, 2022. “The Ministry of Education has informed … Read more →
Food and Beverage Association joins GUTA strike
Posted on | CommentThe Food and Beverage Association of Ghana (FABAG) has served notice that its members within the retail sector will close down businesses effective Wednesday, October 19, 2022. According to the association, the decision is in line with the Ghana Union … Read more →
Sekondi traders lament over economic challenges
Posted on | CommentSome traders in the Sekondi Market are lamenting over the current economic challenges and standard of living in the country. Skyy Power FM’s reporters, Alex Tagoe and Solomon Obeng were at the Sekondi Market on Tuesday, October 18, to interact … Read more →
Cedi Depreciation, high inflation temporary – BoG
Posted on | CommentThe Second Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Elsie Addo Awadzi, has described as ‘temporary’ the continuous depreciation of the cedi and upward trend of the country’s headline inflation. She believes that speculative behaviour by Ghanaians is working … Read more →
Ghana Cedi now world’s worst performing currency
Posted on | CommentGhana’s cedi slumped to become the world’s worst-performing currency this year as investors continued to squeeze foreign capital to the west African country before a deal with the International Monetary Fund. The currency of the world’s second-biggest cocoa producer depreciated … Read more →
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