Two trucks loaded with bags of fertilisers meant for the “Planting for Food and Job (PFJ) programme have been impounded at the Paga Border. That was when the drivers of the trucks tried to cross the border into Burkina-Faso on Sunday evening. Each of the two trucks was carrying 2000 (25kg) Planting for Food and […]
Some 62 foreign students have been stopped from sitting the Basic Education Certificate Examination underway across the country. The students, Nigerians and Togolese, were stopped after authorities within the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region found, a Ghanaian headteacher had allegedly registered them for the one-week exams. Innocent Agblevor, the headteacher of a private […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has called for a change in the governance structure of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social justice and promote decent wotk by setting international labour standards. According to President Akufo-Addo, African Ministers of Labour, at their last […]
The Government of Ghana (GoG) remains unrelenting in its decision to mine bauxite in commercial quantity from the Atewa and two other forest reserves, as it consults the United States Forest Service (USFS) for technical support to ensure strict adherence to best management practices. This step taken by the government is an indication that it […]
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has projected that it will cost the government at least GH¢189 million to provide loans for almost 50,000 tertiary students who are likely to apply for loans in the 2020/2021 academic year. The estimated student population represents 10 per cent of the annual tertiary enrolment, which is expected to […]
Following the arrest of a gun-wielding suspected terrorist in a Catholic church at Hamile last week Sunday, the military has provided security for worshippers of that church today. JoyNews’ Rafiq Salam reported of heavy military patrols around the church and its adjoining communities. George Naaikur has expressed satisfaction at the development. He is a member of […]
An arrest warrant has been issued for the arrest of Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). This follows his refusal to honour an invitation to report to the Director General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, to assist in investigations into the recent spate […]
United Krobo Foundation a pressure group in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality is calling on the Power Distribution Services (PDS) to write -off the purported debt of Ghc84,625,624.87 it claims to be accumulated bill owed it by customers in the Krobo area. Addressing the media on Sunday, the pressure group said Krobos cannot pay the […]
A total of 517,332 candidates from 16,871 public and private basic schools nationwide will this morning begin the 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). Made up of 263, 616 males and 253,716 females, representing an increase of 7,508 over the 2018 figure of 509,824, they will converge at 1,880 examination centres. They will be supervised […]
There was a drama amidst uncontrollable laughter at Fijai, a suburb of Sekondi/Takoradi when a suspected thief who was arrested in the community told those who arrested him that he had forgotten his real name. The suspect, in his early 20s, was arrested on Saturday dawn around 4am with items including footwears, bags, crates of […]
The Centre for Defence and Security (CDS) has called on government to improve the quality of political direction to the security agencies to stem the tide of kidnappings in Ghana. The statement, which was signed by Yaro Kasambata, executive director of the centre, said the recent spate of kidnappings points to resilient checks. Listing about […]
A hunt is underway for a teenage girl who reportedly fell overboard from a luxury cruise ship in the early hours of yesterday morning. The missing person, who is believed to be American and wearing pink pyjamas, vanished after being seen by her parents at 1am. They stated that she had stayed on the balcony […]
