GENERAL NEWS

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 …

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 …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that the appreciation of the cedi against all major trading currencies is as a result of deliberate policy interventions introduced by the government over the last few months. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the strengthening of the cedi has not happened by chance, but …

AN ASPIRING Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Kwabena Duffuor, has congratulated winners of the national executive positions at the 10th National Congress of the NDC held at the Accra Sports Stadium in the Greater Accra Region on Saturday December 17, 2022. The opposition NDC during the …

It took 90 minutes of regulation, 30 minutes of extra time and a penalty kick shootout to decide it — but Argentina is the 2022 World Cup champion. It was the two superstars who stepped up first for their sides in the shootout. France kicked first and Kylian Mbappé, who …