GENERAL NEWS

The Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN), a student wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has given the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo a two-week ultimatum to pay national service allowances. TEIN said it has become aware of the nonpayment of allowance to service personnel for a couple months. …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has given the government by end of June this year to grant the 20 per cent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) or risk the anger of over 240,000 teachers nationwide. According to GNAT the current delay continues to affect the meagre earnings of …

A Convener of the #FixTheCountry Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has said his group did not plan to embark on an armed demonstration as was reported by the Police in a statement. He said all they wanted was for a private security to protect the demonstration, not the Police. “I was at …

It was all tears of joy for a motor taxi operator, Bright Nana Owusu alias Gyamfi after he was acquitted and discharged of murder by the Criminal Division of the High Court in Accra. This was after a seven-member jury panel unanimously returned a not guilty verdict to the court …

The Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim, has said workers in the public sector are generally overpaid for work done. The Government Statistician said averagely, public sector workers were paid double for their output. He has, therefore, called for the creation of a Public Productivity Committee of Parliament to work …

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cut power to Wontumi radio and television in Kumasi Monday morning over GHC25,000 power theft. The radio and TV stations of the popular politician Bernard Antwi Boasiako are off. The Ashanti Regional Manager of ECG David Asamoah told Starr News that, ECG will …

As Government vaguely use “seed money” to endlessly dish out money for controversial National Cathedral project It is emerging that, the Akufo-Addo administration, has sent Ghanaians on an unknown journey with the construction of the controversial National Cathedral project to allow government elements to hijack the state coffers and hold …

The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) has urged the public to pay close attention to weather forecasts.   Mr George Kwadwo Ayisi,  said the Organisation is taking steps to help minimize the effects of floods on citizens. Mr Ayisi who disclosed this in an interview with the Accra based Neat …

The leadership of the Economic Community of West Africa met in Accra on Saturday to find a lasting solution to the political situation in Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso. At the meeting which was the sixth extraordinary meeting of the Authority of Heads of State and government on the political …

The Deputy Minister of Education, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, has announced that the Government intends to establish five Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Universities in five of the newly created regions in the country this year. In addition, 10 STEM Senior High Schools (SHS) and academies are being constructed …