32 NSS Officials Granted Bail
Thirty-two of the interdicted officials of the National Service Scheme were granted bail by an Accra Financial High Court yesterday, in the sum total of GH¢ 20 million. The court, presided over by...
View ArticleGhanaian Engineers Are Lazy
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Progressive Modern Construction Company, Alhaji Abdula Ahmed-Abdullah, has lambasted road and building engineers in the country for doing shoddy jobs which he...
View ArticleWe're Not Guinea Pigs - Samia Nkrumah Goes Wild
The Chairperson of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Samia Yaba Nkrumah is urging Ghanaians to rise up against the commercializing of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in the country. The CPP...
View ArticleRawlings: Ghana Can Turn Around
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has commended authorities at the Achimota School and others such as Wesley Girls for the special effort they have made not only to maintain...
View ArticleLI On Ghanas Tobacco Control Law Is Ready - Health Minister
Ghana’s Minister responsible for Health, Alex Segbefia, has assured the citizenry that the Legislative Instrument (LI) needed for the enforcement of the Tobacco Control Measures of the Public Health...
View ArticlePublic Sector Payment Structure Not Sustainable
Professor Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, Founding Dean of the University of Cape Coast’s Faculty of Law, has expressed the need for reforms in the public sector payment structure. He said the current...
View Article130 National Service Staff Sent Home
One hundred and thirty staff of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) have been interdicted over various acts of financial impropriety. A statement from the Secretariat signed by Acting Executive...
View ArticleEU Pledges More Funding To The North
The European Union (EU) has pledged to use more than half of its financial support to the country this year to develop the three Northern Regions, as a way of addressing poverty and maternal health. Mr...
View ArticleMinistry Directs Public Institutions To Pay Water Bill
The Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing has directed all public institutions to, as matter of urgency, pay their water bills from their budgetary allocations. It further asked the...
View ArticleDelhi University clears credit system
Delhi University’s executive council on Thursday passed the proposal to implement Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) from this year’s academic session, even when the varsity departments are saying that...
View ArticleGPRTU, GRTCC Condemn Action Of Drivers
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Ghana Road Transport Coordinating Council (GRTCC) have dissociated themselves from the strike by some...
View ArticleEconomy Will Soon Bounce Back Seth Terkper
Mr Seth Terkper, the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning on Wednesday expressed confidence that the progressive policies and measures adopted by government would lead the economy back to a record...
View ArticleGhana To Build More Passport Offices In Regions
Director of Passport, Alexander Grant Ntirikwa, has revealed that his office is progressing steadily in its efforts to acquire more offices to provide passports to Ghanaians. Mr. Grant speaking on...
View ArticleAdb IPO Will Benefit Ghana - Federation Of Labour
The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFOL) has welcomed the adb Bank Limited’s intended Initial Public Offering (IPO), insisting that the move would be of benefit to the operations of the bank and the...
View ArticleFormer NCERT chief Sinclair to face probe
Former NCERT director Parvin Sinclair’s decision to review the national curriculum for school education at the fag end of the UPA regime has landed her in fresh trouble. The HRD Ministry has initiated...
View ArticleMore Than 100 Million Children Still Not In School
A data published by UNESCO on school enrolment globally, reveals that 58 million children of primary school age and 63 million adolescent of junior secondary age are not enrolled in school. This...
View ArticleFuel Price Hikes Due To BDC Debt?
THE explanation given to last Sunday's increment of petroleum prices seems not to have gone down well with the general public and other identifiable groups. The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has...
View ArticleAfrican Union Day Marked In Accra
A flag-raising ceremony to mark the 52nd anniversary of the African Union (AU) was held in Accra Monday, with a call on African leaders to do more to empower women to achieve the union’s agenda 2063...
View ArticleSmokers Urged To Drop Habit
The Ministry of Health is calling on smokers to drop the habit and regain their health and advocate tobacco cessation. The call was made in a statement issued by Mr. Alex Segbefia, Minister of Health...
View ArticleChildren At Risk Of Exposure To Tobacco
Ghana on Tuesday joined the world to mark the 2015 International No Tobacco Day with a caution that children are gradually being endangered by their exposure to tobacco substances. Statistics from the...
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