GENERAL NEWS

The Minority in Parliament has rejected assertions by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that the former President John Mahama’s administration is partly to blame for the country’s return to the IMF.   Dr. Bawumia speaking at the launch of the two new high-level Information Technology programmes at the Accra Business …

The Member of Parliament for Akatsi North and Ranking Member of Parliament Committee on Education, Peter Nortsu Kotoe, has said that as of today Friday July 15, the Government of Ghana has still not finished paying the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the conduct of the 2021 Basic Education …

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has given all in-service non-qualified teachers up to 2024 to get themselves trained as teachers, else the law will kick them out of the classroom. “By 2024, if you are not a trained teacher, you cannot be allowed to practise,” the acting Director, Licensing and …

The body conducting the Ghana School of Law examination has cancelled a paper scheduled for today over suspicions that it leaked hours before the paper. A copy of the Civil Procedure paper is said to have been shared on some social media platforms prior to the time it was scheduled …

The President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo turned heads with his dance moves on Thursday night. During this year’s France National Day celebration, the President honoured the France Ambassador, Ann Sophie Ave’s invitation as she commemorated it in Ghana.     video credit:  zionfelixdotcom         The two were …

A 17-year-old student of Apersua Community Day Senior High School near Nkurakan in the Yilo Krobo Municipality in the Eastern region has died in a motorbike accident. The accident occurred on Thursday morning July 14, 2022. The deceased Emmissah Bright, a first-year General Arts student was pronounced dead on arrival …

Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Dr John Kwakye has said that it is a fact that Covid-19 and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war impacted negatively on the Ghanaian economy.   Also, he said, it is a fact that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration inherited economic …

The 2021 Auditor General’s (A-G) report indicates clearly that financial irregularities have significantly dropped from GHS2,165,542,368.14 in 2016 to GHS1,080,931,937.00 in 2021, representing over 50% reduction from the 2016 figure to the 2021 figure. Irregularities generally do not represent monies being necessarily stolen or having disappeared. It could also mean …

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The Atewa forest reserve has been a subject of litigation following the decision by the government of Ghana to mine bauxite in the critical watershed and biodiversity hub located in the Eastern Region of the country. But, even before the case could fully go on trial between some environmental groups …