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Acting principal of the Ankaful Psychiatric Nurses’ Training College, Simon Dorgedon, is being accused of misappropriating a little over GH¢8,000 belonging to the school. Mr Dorgedon, according to some anonymous staff of the school, paid himself an amount of GH¢943.20 on February 14 as allowance for marking the end of first-semester examination scripts of trainees. It emerged, however, that Mr ...

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called on the Ghana Education Service to come clear over reports that they want the closing time of teachers to be extended. The teacher union claims some head teachers have asked their staff to extend instructional hours without the consent of their mother union. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr ...

Six mourners including two children and a pregnant woman have died in a boat accident on the Volta Lake at Affram Plains North District of the Eastern Region. The accident occurred on Saturday at about 5pm. The outboard motor canoe which had nine passengers on board, all mourners returning to the Bumbe Community after attending a funeral at Foekope encountered a strong windstorm on ...

Over 2000 unposted nurses from across the country will be picketing at the Ministry of Health today to persuade government to effect their postings. The nurses who completed their studies in 2016 say they have held several meetings with the Minister for health with a view to address their concerns but to no avail. They intend pitching camp at the ...

Following the appointment of former Attorney General, Martin Amidu as Special Prosecutor, former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on Japan and other developed countries to refrain from holding back in offering support to Ghana. Speaking in a meeting with the new Japanese Ambassador to Ghana, Tsutomu Himeno, Mr. Rawlings said: “the appointment of Amidu as Special Prosecutor from outside ...

A Communications team member of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region, Raphael Sarfo Patrick wants charges of manslaughter to be pressed against the Ashanti Regional Director of Highways, Ing. Christian Nti and other staff. According to the aspiring Regional Youth Organizer, the negligence of the Highways Director is the cause of many roads accidents in the ...

Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Suame, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu says it is not the role of parliamentarians to fix roads, build health clinics, construct schools and expand other infrastructural development in their constituencies. He said the President, Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies and sector ministers are the only mandated bodies to provide development across the country. Mr. ...

The National Security has begun on air operation to flush out adamant illegal miners scooping sand around the White Volta River at Nawuni, a village in the Kumbungu district, 40km southwest of Tamale the Northern Regional capital. This comes after the Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Dr. Clifford Braimah warned to engage national security personnel to ...

The former Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has toured some of NDC branches in the Eastern Region to monitor the ongoing reorganization and re-registration and reorganization process as well as whip up enthusiasm among party members. He said the victory of the NDC in the 2020 elections was largely dependent on the success of the exercise, urging all to eschew division ...

The Takoradi Technical University in the Western Region has awarded a full scholarship to Mr Frank Darko, a student of the University, who invented a bicycle that is ridden on water. The University announced the decision on its website. A BBC video of the young Ghanaian inventor in January 2018, went viral on social media. Darko said he invented the ...