The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has resolved to suspend its industrial action temporarily. This followed an emergency meeting by UTAG’s National Executive Committee on Monday to evaluate their ongoing strike. Prior to this, meetings held between the leadership of UTAG, Parliament’s Education Committee, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, the Education Minister and […]
The government has reached an agreement with Future Gold Resources (FGR), the operator of the Bogoso Prestea Mine, to rehabilitate a resettlement community in the area for the displaced residents of Appiatse in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipality in the Western Region. It is an emergency measure to provide temporary accommodation for the affected residents while steps are taken to reconstruct their community. The resettlement community was meant […]
The Ministry of Education has disbursed GH¢133,950,053 to the National Food Buffer Stock Company Limited and the Ghana Education Service to cater for recurrent expenses, including perishables, for senior high schools (SHSs). The money had been disbursed as of February 7, 2022. “Contrary to claims of the non-payment of recurrent fees, feeding (perishables) and intervention […]
The 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) has shown that females and the youth between the ages of 15 and 24 years are the hardest hit by the country’s unemployment situation. The report indicated that the unemployment rate among the female population is 15.5 per cent higher than the rate for males, which is 11.6 […]
Two persons died in the early hours of Sunday after fire swept through Railway Line, a slum near Circle in Accra. The fire which started around 3am destroyed several wooden structures. A statement issued by the Ghana National Fire Service said it took six fire tenders almost four hours to douse the fire. “The fire […]
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has charged West African states to implement robust systems that will help cut the flow of financial resources to criminals who cause terrorism and political insurgence in the sub-region. He noted that Africa was losing an average of $88 billion a year to illicit financial flows, with a chunk of […]
The Tema High Court has dismissed a habeas corpus application by Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor who has been charged with treason felony and is currently in police custody. He is expected to reappear at the Ashaiman District Court on February 28, 2022. A habeas corpus is a writ issued by a court directing one who holds […]
One of the lead suspects in the rivalry groups behind last January’s violent clashes at Nima-Mamobi in Accra, has been granted bail by an Accra Circuit Court. Ibrahim Hussain, aka Kumodzi – the leader of the “Kumodzi group’, was admitted to bail with three other suspects, Farouk Dawda aka Omoni, Aziz Suleman and Zakari Mohammed aka Miller, […]
The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has put an injunction on the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The court, presided over by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson, on Tuesday afternoon [February 15, 2022] halted the strike which is currently in its fifth week. The order followed an application for interlocutory […]
The police administration has interdicted six officers involved in a shooting incident at Lamashegu, a suburb of Tamale in the Northern Region that resulted in the death of one person and injury of several others. The shooting incident occurred on Sunday, February 13, at about 1pm, and led to the subsequent attack on the Police by […]
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) will release 13,000 tablets to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) for the tracking of pregnant women from antenatal clinics until they give birth, the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has disclosed. He said government was working to link the National Identification Authority (NIA) database, the Ghana card, with the GHS, the […]
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has told all airlines through the International Air Transport Association (IATA), that the Ghana Card will from March 1, 2022, be recognised as an international travelling identity document, otherwise called e-passport for all Ghanaian holders travelling to Ghana. The GACL, following this week’s key ceremony at the headquarters of […]
