The District Chief Executive (DCE) for North Tongu, Divine Osborne Fenu has lamented the sad loss of innocent residents of Battor in the Volta Region during the recent clash between two factions resulting from the injunction on the Hogbetsotsoza festival. According to Mr Fenu, his life is being threatened by some …

Registration for trained teachers to be enrolled for the mandatory one-year national service begins today, Tuesday, 20 December 2022. This was announced by the National Service Scheme (NSS) when it released PIN codes for trained teachers to be enrolled for the mandatory 1-year national service. A total of 28,976 PIN …

A Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Mr Peter Nortsu-Kotoe says the National Teaching Council (NTC) will review the 2023 teacher licensure examination to make it subject based. “With the review, for instance, if you go to the university and you study geography or basic education, the licensure …

The Minority members on the Trade, Industry and Tourism Committee of Parliament have won by a majority decision to reject the GH¢80 million additional budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture for the National Cathedral of Ghana. The allocation was contained in the Appropriations Bill of the …

The new look of banknotes featuring the image of King Charles has been unveiled by the Bank of England. The portrait will be the only change to existing designs of £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes and will start to enter circulation from mid-2024. New notes will feature the King’s …

The newly elected General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey has served notice to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the new NDC leadership is in to expose the government over issues of corruption and incompetence. Kwetey was elected along with other executives including Chairman …

In 2017, the new government based on campaign promises reduced or abolished 18 taxes that were bringing in revenue. It was dubbed the nuisance tax. This brought a massive reduction in government revenue. To make up for the revenue shortfall, the government adopted borrowing. This increased Ghana’s bond market activities …

The Association of Passengers has said it expected the reduction in transport fares to go beyond the current 15.3 per cent that has been agreed on by transport operators. According to the association, since fuel prices continue to fall daily, the transport operators should have reduced fares further. Despite not …

A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Gabby Otchere Darko has said that the delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) elected propagandists as their national executives during the congress on Saturday December 17. In a tweet reacting to the outcome of the NDC’s internal elections, Mr …

Ghana’s finance ministry said on Monday it was suspending debt service payments on certain categories of external debt including Eurobonds, commercial loans and most bilateral debt, amid the worst economic crisis in a generation.   Ghana had already announced a domestic debt exchange programme and on Tuesday said it had reached a …