The National Service Scheme (NSS) and the National Teaching Council (NTC) will, from September this year, roll out a programme that will allow national service persons posted to the classrooms without teaching certificates but who are willing to teach after their service to obtain professional teaching certificates. On completion of the one-year online professional teacher […]
Government has met the leadership of some trade groups and transport operators in what is the first of a series of engagements with key sector players within the Ghanaian economy. The three-hour engagement session took place in Accra on Monday, June 27, 2022 and provides government with an opportunity to assess the impact of the […]
Arise Ghana, the group seeking to lead a two-day demonstration in Accra beginning Tuesday, June 28, to protest the current economic hardships, says its lawyers have filed an appeal against the High Court ruling asking the demonstrators to follow routes proposed by the Police Service. The High Court ruled that the demonstration should take place […]
The Senior Partner of AB & David law firm, David Ofosu-Dorte, has predicted that Africa’s food import will increase from $35 million to $110 billion in the next three years. “That’s food import and that tells you how much we are sending outside. “There is no magic wand about the fact that the dollar to […]
Traders have called on the government to take urgent steps to reduce fuel prices to mitigate the economic hardships they currently face. According to the traders, the continued increment in fuel prices had increased the cost of transporting foodstuffs from the farm gates in the rural areas to urban markets. They also said middlemen who […]
An Accra High Court has ruled that pressure group, Arise Ghana can stage its protest only between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The court additionally directed that the protest should commence at the Obra Spot here in Accra and end at the Independence Square. This was the decision of the court in connection with […]
Parliament has passed the Criminal and Other Offences (Procedure) (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to provide for plea bargaining in the administration of criminal justice. When assented to, the law will ensure the speedy trial of cases and help decongest the prisons. The memorandum accompanying the bill named the benefits of plea bargaining, hence the amendment, to […]
The government will, from today to Wednesday, conduct a series of engagements with key sector players in the economy to assess the impact of the economic mitigation measures announced in March this year. The exercise is expected to enable the government to determine whether or not the measures have provided enough cushioning from the adverse […]
The Ghana Police Service says it expects the courts to give directions today (Monday, June 27, 2022) on whether the two-day demonstration led by Arise Ghana, including picketing the precincts of Jubilee House into the night, should proceed as planned. Arise Ghana is mobilising the public for the demonstrations in Accra beginning 3pm on June […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on traditional authorities to partner metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to deal decisively with illegal mining (galamsey) which has resulted in the pollution of water bodies. He has also given an assurance that the activities of the Operation Vanguard will be deepened to help combat the menace […]
The lifeless body of a teenage girl has been found in a drain at Ablekuma Manhean in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Some residents say the body was discovered early Thursday morning. One of them, who spoke to the press, said the deceased’s hands were tied when the body was discovered. […]
Eight medical personnel are to stand trial accused of criminal negligence in the death of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona. A judge has ordered a culpable homicide trial after a medical panel found Maradona’s treatment was rife with “deficiencies and irregularities”. Maradona died in November 2020 of a heart attack in Buenos Aires, aged 60. […]
