Vice-President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has responded to critics who recently attacked him for saying that he will choose the Ghana card over infrastructural projects if he has to. Dr. Bawumia said he is unfazed by the criticism because they smack of an ‘impossible mindset’. Speaking at the launch of the E-pharmacy platform on Monday, he […]
The National Service Scheme (NSS) has held the first-ever National Service Visitation Day across the country. It was designed to find out at first-hand how the activities of service personnel were impacting their personal development, user agencies and the nation. In the current service year, the NSS has deployed 110,324 graduates who are undertaking their […]
A gang of six armed robbers said to terrorise people in the Bono East region is in the hands of the police. The suspects, Issa Mohammed alias Baba/Container Money (23), Kelvin Antwi alias Demon (21), Reagan Kwaku Boakye alias Baby Face (22), Kwaku Boateng alias Star Boy (18), Elija Osei (24) and Gyimah Sadique (33), […]
The Director of Ghana School of Law, Yaw D. Oppong has provided insight into what ‘Makola’ means. In an interaction on the JoyNews’ The Law on Sunday, he stated that the name of the area where the Ghana School of Law is located, Makola, has two meanings in the Ga language, depending on the tone used in pronouncing […]
Ivana Trump, Donald Trump’s first wife and the mother of three of his children has died aged 73. “She was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman, who led a great and inspirational life,” Mr Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social. Ms Trump, who was born in what is now the Czech Republic, […]
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has noted that Ghana has been hit by a quadruple whammy in the last few years resulting in the country’s quest to seek support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Dr Bawumia said the country will not be going to the IMF for support had it not been for […]
A woman was arrested on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after injuring a car park attendant. The woman described in a Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) statement as a “female foreigner” allegedly parked on the pedestrian crossing at the Terminal 3 departure frontage of the KIA. She allegedly also refused […]
The government and Organised Labour have agreed on a 15 per cent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA). This takes effect from July 1, 2022 and will be paid at a rate of 15 per cent of base pay. The negotiations between the government side and Organised Labour concluded on Thursday evening This was made known at a […]
The National Teaching Council (NTC) has given all in-service non-qualified teachers up to 2024 to get themselves trained as teachers, else the law will kick them out of the classroom. “By 2024, if you are not a trained teacher, you cannot be allowed to practise,” the acting Director, Licensing and Registration of Teachers at the […]
The rehabilitation of the Ofankor-Nsawam road will begin next Wednesday, the Ministry of Roads and Highways has stated. The scheduled works on the 33.4 km stretch, which forms part of the AccraKumasi road network, are expected to last for two years, ending in July 2024. Funded by the government, the project will be undertaken by […]
The Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has stated that the Lands Commission rightly exercised its constitutional mandate to protect public lands when it demolished structures on state lands at Mpehuasem, East Legon in Accra. The Deputy Minister in charge of Land and Forestry, Benito Owusu-Bio, explained that the demolition exercise carried out near Ideal […]
The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) has released GH¢12 million as loans without guarantees to students in tertiary institutions across the country. A total of 10,000 students from 148 tertiary institutions in the country accessed the loan which is the first payment since the “No Guarantor Loan Scheme” was launched a month ago. The Chief […]
