The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service has invited heads of some secondary schools in the Ashanti region over an alleged ‘food for cash’ ongoing in their schools. The Ministry of Education in a letter intercepted by starrfm.com.gh addressed to the Ashanti regional director of the GES noted that “management has received a letter from the Criminal Investigations ...

Award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie, has decalred his full support for  recent calls to #FixTheCountry. The Sarkcess Music boss is known for addressing some national issues through music. He has expressed his opinion on issues of national interest in his songs such as  ‘Economy’, ‘the Masses’ and said most recently, ‘Happy Day’ He voiced out his opionion on the ongoing ‘FixThe ...

The King of the Igbo community in Ghana, Eze Dr Chukwudi Jude Ihenetu, has debunked the assertion that Nigerians living in Ghana are corrupt and responsible for the crimes in the country. There is an assertion in Ghana that Nigerians are responsible for most of the country’s criminal activities such as prostitution, cybercrime and armed robbery. However, speaking on Ghana ...

An Economist at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Lord Mensah, says Ghana’s economy has been in distress since 2017 adding that the government must reduce its appetite for borrowing from the local market. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Monday, May 10, Dr Mensah said the government must also restructure its policies and put in place policies that ...

Deputy Finance Minister-designate John Kumah has conceded that the Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) introduced by former Finance Minister Seth Terkper during the Mahama administration, has been helpful to the Akufo-Addo government in clearing a lot of energy sector-related debts. Now known as ESLA PLC, the company’s key objective is to resolve the energy sector debts. Speaking to Nana Yaw ...

At least 15 people have been killed by a landslide at a clandestine gold mine in Guinea’s north-eastern Siguiri region. Overhanging rocks collapsed on Saturday morning, crushing some victims and burying others inside the mine. A government spokesman has said the “exact circumstances and causes of the tragedy” will be investigated. A local Red Cross official said two women were ...

Ghanaian actress Rabby Bray has revealed that auditions for Season 2 of the reality show, ‘Rabby’s Starlet’ would begin in June 2021. According to the actress, the success of the maiden edition has prompted the need to commence Season 2 of the show which affords beautiful young ladies the opportunity to showcase their talent in a series of educational and ...

A game-worn jersey belonging to Michael Jordan from his second season at the University of North Carolina sold for a record $1.38m (£1m) on Saturday. It is the only known shirt photo-matched to the basketball legend’s 1982-83 season with the Tar Heels. It sold for more than three times the previous record for a Jordan jersey. “As the final price ...

A gunman shot dead six people and then himself at a birthday party in Colorado Springs on Sunday, US police said. The shootings took place at a mobile home park where families had gathered in one trailer to celebrate. “The suspect, a boyfriend of one of the female victims, drove to the residence, walked inside and began shooting people at ...

The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Abu Jinapor, has pledged the government’s support to the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) towards scaling up a technology developed by the institution to purify water bodies polluted through illegal mining activities. He said the discovery of that technology was a major boost to the government’s quest to restore the ...