At least 30 per cent of placement in the elite Senior High Schools (SHSs) will be reserved solely for students from the public schools and deprived communities under the government’s Free Senior High School Policy, the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has announced. He explained that the move was to ensure that children from those schools and communities ...

NPP’s Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as ‘Chairman Wontumi’ says he has first-hand information about Former President John Dramani Mahama’s secret meeting in the Ashanti Region. He was emphatic that, the immediate past president and some allies are planning to form a new National Democratic Congress [NDC] party which will sideline its original founder, Former President John Jerry Rawlings. “I ...

ducation Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has signaled government’s commitment to hand back the management of mission schools to religious bodies. The Minister told journalists at a stakeholder’s forum on education in Kumasi, the return of the schools to its previous management is a 2016 New Patriotic Party (NPP) manifesto pledge. The reiterated commitment will be nothing short of excitement ...

Ghanaian public officials are fond of quoting Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist to literally beg for more aid, anytime donor agencies give money or items to help facilitate their operations. This was the case when the European Union donated vehicles, IT equipment and other items worth about GHc 2.3 million to help manage the country’s borders more effectively, under the EU-funded ...

Manchester United predicted a record rise in annual revenue to between £560 million ($721.8 million, 652.4 million euros) and £570 million in their latest quarterly financial figures released on Tuesday. United had previously told investors to expect revenue of between £530 million and £540 million for the 2016-17 financial year. Broadcast revenue for the quarter rose by 12.9 percent to ...

Pressure group, OccupyGhana, has petitioned the Attorney-General (A-G) over what it claims to be minor charges purported to have been levelled against five Chinese accused of engaging in illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey. The five alleged ‘galamseyers’- Gao Jin Cheng, 45; Lu Qi Jun, 39; Haibin Gao, 26; Zhang Zhipen, 23, and En Huang, 31, a woman, also known ...

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Police Service has arrested two members of a syndicate producing fake voters ID card for sale. It follows a Starr News exposé about the activities of the syndicate which operates at Abeka Lapaz in Accra under the guise of providing printing and photocopying services. The production of the fake cards secretly takes place in ...

A Prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of former officials of the National Service Secretariat (NSS) has revealed to the court that an amount of GH¢280,000 was allegedly paid to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from the ghost names allowances. Silas Ewontuma, the third witness to be called by the state alleged that former NSS boss, Alhaji Alhassan Mohammad Imoro, ...

Celebrated Ghanaian born London-based singer Sonnie Badu has sent an epic birthday message to his Godfather Dr. Lawrence Tetteh. It’s an established fact that the gospel singer’s exposure with regards to his music career was largely influenced by Dr Lawrence Tetteh. The musician took to his Instagram account to wish his “Papi” long life, prosperity, more blessing in his ministry. ...

Staff of energy distribution company, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have refuted government’s claim that its debt keeps worsening on a daily basis. The Public Utilities Workers Union of TUC Ghana has expressed shock and regret at what they described as “unfortunate” the statement by Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko featured in the May 15 edition of the Daily Guide ...