Participants at the just-ended workshop on climate change and air quality in Accra have identified waste burning, emissions from car exhaust and the use of firewood for cooking, among others, as the major cause of air pollution in Accra. The participants, in a recommendation at the end of the workshop, stressed the need for clear […]
The National Union of Ghana Students on Friday paid a working visit to the family of the late teacher, Mr George Bosompem Somuah who was murdered by some youth purported to be old students of Asiakwa Salvation Army JSS where the deceased was a teacher. The Union commiserated with the bereaved family and offered its […]
An eight-member delegation of Ghana National Council of Private Schools -GNACOPS has engaged officials of SSNIT in a close door meeting in Accra. The meeting was held to officially inform the leadership of SSNIT about a newly introduced interventional policy called GNACOPS Volunteers Service Scheme (GVSS). Through this initiative, young untrained teachers will be upgraded […]
The Tema TDC District Court has ordered the police to make available to legal counsels of accused persons the comprehensive report of autopsy conducted on the body of Mrs Josephine Tandoh Asante. Mrs Asante, then Marketing and Public Affairs Manager at the Tema Port of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) was murdered on […]
The Zenu-Atadeka police near Ashaiman and the Environmental Health Unit of the Kpone Katamanso Municipal Assembly (KKMA) are expected this morning to exhume the body of a 70-year old woman who was killed by her grandson and the body secretly buried behind her house. This reporter’s investigation reveals that madam Patience Aku Hushie lived in […]
The National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) has commended government and the College of Education Teachers Association (CETAG) on their handling of issues relating to unpaid allowances. According to NUGS, the roadmap reached by both parties gives hope that there is an end in sight to the impasse which has lingered on for some time […]
Nana Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, Immediate past Chairman of the National Media Commission and media consultant has eulogized late veteran journalist Edward Ameyibor, describing him as a rare gem in the journalism profession. According him, Oga as the late former President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) was popularly known, taught him everything that he needed to […]
The Statistical Service has budgeted US$ 83 million to undertake the 2020 Population and Housing Census. Over 60, 000 personnel will also be employed for the census. The exercise which is a United Nation’s requirement will take place within a period of three weeks and end at the end of July 2020, with a pilot […]
Two persons who escaped from the United States of America and found peaceful abode in the Northern Region of Ghana after allegedly committing various crimes have been busted. The duo, whose identities are immediately not known, were arrested by Ghanaian security agents with intelligence support from their U.S. counterparts. The date and time of their […]
The Northern Regional Police Command has seized two trucks loaded with rosewood and believed to belong to another Chinese National. Sources with knowledge on the matter intimated to BestNewsGH.com that the trucks were from Tumu in the Upper West Region and belongs to one Mr. Hu, a Chinese national. The said Mr. Hu according to […]
Twelve people working for the National Identification Authority (NIA) have been dismissed for violating the directives, rules and regulations of the authority. Four other officers have been suspended for one month for other minor offences which are contrary to the NIA’s directives, rules and regulations. The Head of Corporate Affairs of the NIA, Assistant Commissioner […]
The Minister of Education, Hon Mathew Opoku Prempeh on Monday led a delegation to visit the family of the late teacher, George Somuah who was callously murdered by some social miscreants at Asiakwa in the Eastern Region. After commiserating with the bereaved family, the team interacted with the aggrieved teachers who have laid down their […]
