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In August/September, 2000, I was admitted to Commonwealth hall (G25), number 34 out of the 68 students who had residential status at the time. I was called all the way from Sephwi bekwai by a friend to check the Ghanaian times of my name appearing as number 34 out of the the 68 students given residential status. I was very ...

A total of Eighty-Seven meningitis cases have been recorded in the Eastern region this year out of which nine (9 ) have died. The deceased persons include the 16-year-old form two student of the Koforidua Secondary Technical School(SECTEC) who died last Friday at the Regional Government Hospital, Koforidua. This was disclosed by the Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfuor, at ...

85 cases of the deadly Influenza H1N1 have been recorded so far in the recent outbreak at the Kumasi Academy in the Ashanti region. 11 out of the number are currently on admission at various hospitals in the region. The outbreak of influenza H1N1 which occupied the attention of the nation over the past two weeks is now under control, ...

Maverick Assin Central lawmaker, Kennedy Agyapong has described Ghanaian prophets who capitalized on the gullibility of section of Ghanaians to enrich themselves as armed robbers. It is his wish that those persons are arrested and treated same like criminals who are engaging in nefarious activities in the country bemoaning their conduct in recent times. In recent times, a number of ...

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has shut down Metro TV over non-payment of taxes, ClassFMonline.com, has gathered. The station was closed down in the early hours of Tuesday, 12 December. A source within the Accra-based television station said the new owners of the station, Jospong Group of companies, were not aware of certain liabilities left by the previous owners, thus ...

About 232 out of the 674 public senior high schools (SHSs) in the country score below 30 per cent in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) annually. Some of these schools score zero per cent, indicating that not a single student from such schools qualifies to enter any tertiary institution in the country. A Deputy Minister of Education ...

Parents and guardians of Kumasi Academy are to be compelled to return their wards to school for vaccination after four students died of swine flu. The Parent-Teacher Association of Ghana is summoning an emergency meeting next week to that effect. National President, Alexander Yaw Danso, says the move has become necessary as health officials struggle to have students show up ...

An anonymous old staff of the Kumasi Academy (KUMACA) has revealed that some evil head teachers and teachers of the school have been using virgin students’ blood for ‘juju’. According to him, the heads and teachers who are due for transfer to other schools have spiritually fortified themselves with powers which require virgins blood hence the killing of first-year students ...

Six accused persons suspected to have been involved in the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama are to be discharged by the Accra Central Magistrate court. A Chief State Attorney, Evelyn Keelson told the court presided over by Worlanyo Kotoku that upon the instructions of the Attorney General, there are not enough evidence to prosecute the six and their orders for ...

Ghana’s quest to turn its coastlines of Accra into a tourism enclave will be given a shot in the arm on Friday as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cuts sod for the Marine Drive Project. The project, which covers 241 acres, stretching from the Osu Christianborg Castle to the Centre for National Culture (Arts Centre), has been divided into three ...