Ghana will revert to writing the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in May/June in 2024, the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has announced. He explained that currently, Ghana was doing a gradual recovery learning, based on contact hours in the classroom. “We are hoping that by 2024, we […]
The government will use the mid-year budget review (MYBR) to be presented Monday, July 25 to rally the nation behind a prospective programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that is intended to improve upon the country’s balance of payment (BOP) and fast track the economic recovery. It would also use the opportunity to call […]
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has granted amnesty to all customers who owe the company or have issues with their connections. The amnesty is to enable various customers pay their arrears. In a statement on dated Sunday, July 24, 2022, the management of GWCL said the amnesty will start from August 1 to 31, 2022. Below […]
Brother of the late President John Evans Atta Mills has disclosed, for the first time, what may have caused the death of the statesman ten years ago. Many Ghanaians including the former aide to the late president, Koku Anyidoho have raised questions about circumstances leading to the death of John Evans Atta Mills. Mr. Anyidoho […]
Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, says a review of the Free Senior High School Policy is underway. This exercise, he reveals is geared at determining which of the cost components government can relinquish to parents to pay. “…we can do the analysis and then come up and say that, […]
A shadow report on the mental health and human rights situation in the country by 32 nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), has called on the Mental Health Authority (MHA) to establish a visiting committee to monitor the activities of traditional and faith-based healing centres, otherwise known as prayer camps in the country. It explained that the failure […]
Nearly GH¢5 billion was paid in cash as bribes to public officials last year, a new survey that gauges the actual payment or actions that constitute bribes has revealed. The 2021 maiden Ghana Integrity of Public Services Survey (GIPSS) report, which was launched in Accra yesterday, is the first survey on the actual payment of […]
Parliament has approved a $750 million loan agreement to finance capital and growth-related expenditures in the 2022 budget. The facility forms part of the government’s international capital market programme (ICMP) aimed at raising funds to finance critical infrastructure projects in sectors such as roads, energy, railways and health, as captured in the 2022 budget. Proceeds […]
Work has commenced on the rehabilitation and modernisation of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra. Expected to be completed in nine months, the $3-million project entails the building of a new Presidential Library, a training centre, a new restaurant and a VVIP lounge. Others are an artistic freedom wall and a music and light […]
Only Ghanaian candidates are left to write the West African Senior High School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), scheduled from August 1 to September 27, 2022. This is because the other four-member countries of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) — Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia — have returned to the May/June calendar and had […]
The daughter of Ghana’s first President, Samia Nkrumah, has commended the government for the moves to upgrade the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum to a standard that befits the stature of her father, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. “I appreciate the fact that it is happening under a government that is considered not really enthusiastic about Kwame Nkrumah and […]
The National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) has initiated a process to roll out a new policy for the removal of disabled vehicles from the road. The policy provides three options for funding the removal of breakdown vehicles to safety. The policy gives the Ghana Police Service the mandate to compulsorily tow vehicles that have broken […]
