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The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has denied claims that it is unable to account for the $1.3 billion cocoa syndicated loan for the 2020/2021 crop season.     The Member of Parliament for Juaboso, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, on Thursday asserted that COCOBOD has failed to give a tangible explanation about …

The Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, has disclosed that children found loitering on the streets will soon get access to free formal education. The Ministry of Education made this announcement as part of a new policy known as the Complementary Education program. “We have children on the street, and …

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) is collaborating with the Ghana Education Service (GES) to launch Supplementary Readers on social security for teachers and students on March 15, 2022, in Greater Kumasi.     Produced by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), the supplementary Readers and …

starrfm.com.ghThe various Student Representative Councils (SRCs) in the Ashanti region are demanding immediate action to halt the funding delays and food shortages affecting Senior High Schools (SHS) in the region. The student body made the call in its address to mark the opening of its 25th Congress and launching of …

Visually impaired female students of Akropong School for the Blind in the Eastern region have called on stakeholders to pay special attention to the needs of females with visual impairment. The female visually impaired students believe much has not to be done to support vulnerable visually impaired girls in the …

General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has denied some posters having his pictures and that of the logo of the party vying for national chairmanship position. The NDC Scribe who is allegedly testing waters for his next step in his political career in a sharp …

Nine passengers believed to be students of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) have died in an accident that occurred Sunday dawn at Asuboi in the Eastern Region. The accident involved a Hyundai universe commercial bus with registration number AK 324-22 and a 40-footer container loaded with wood. The bus …

The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has revealed that a man and his wife were killed after a fire consumed a structure they lived in at Gyinyaase in the Asokwa Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Firefighters who rushed to the scene to battle the blaze said witnesses disclosed that the …

Nine (9) people have been confirmed dead after a Hyundai universe commercial bus with registration number AK 324-22 with passengers on board from Sunyani to Accra crashed head-on with an articulated truck parked off the road at Asuboi a section of the road on the Accra-Kumasi highway. According to police, …

The Supreme Court says no arm of government is a law unto itself. This is one of many legal arguments the Apex Court marshalled in support of its decision that cleared a Deputy Speaker of Parliament to vote and be counted as part of a quorum for decision making. Read …