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Former deputy Education Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has called on government to revise upwards the monies allocated to the Free SHS program in the 2018 budget. The North Tongu MP is of the view that the current allocation which is little over GHS1billion is woefully inadequate for the program. The government in the 2018 budget earmarked some GH¢1.2billion to the ...

A High Court in Accra has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Yaw Anokye, to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of two African-American women at Akwamufie in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region, in May 2015. Yaw Anokye was found guilty by a seven-member jury after he had confessed to killing the two women in their 70s. Delivering her ...

Vice president Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in a tribute to mark the one year anniversary of the passing of his former press aide Kwabena Boadu, said a “large void” has been left in his life. Boadu died in the Upper West region on November 24, 2016 in the line of duty. Bawumia leaving the cemetery In a Facebook post on Friday, ...

After the unfortunate passing of popular radio show host, Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong, fondly known and called KABA by his many ardent listeners and colleagues, a lot of news concerning the journalist have started popping up. In a recent development, senior Multimedia colleague, Captain Smart has alleged that the “Ekosii Sen?” show host was indebted to a car company to ...

The Medical Director of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital Eugene Dordoye has apologized unreservedly to staff and nurses of the facility after a strike by the nurses crippled activities at the hospital on Thursday. The nurses on Thursday, November 23, began a sit down strike to press home their demand for the removal of Dr. Dordoye. The nurses accuse Dr. Dordoye ...

Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has stressed that it is better for children to learn and eat under trees than hawk on the streets and go hungry. Reacting to Member of Parliament of North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa’s statement that the 2018 budget did not provide enough funds to address the current challenges the programme is facing, Dr ...

The West African Examinations Council has withheld the results of a total of 1,873 candidates who took the WASSCE for private candidates. According to a statement issued by WAEC, the candidates are alleged to have been involved in various examination malpractices. The Council has, however, released results of 117, 306 candidates who took the exams and assured to release the ...

Six people have been confirmed dead with some 39 others sustaining various degrees of injury after a Metro Mass Transit (MMT) bus traveling from Sunyani to Kumasi, collided head-on with an Opel Taxi cab at Boaso, a farming community near Bechem in the Tano South District of the Brong Ahafo Region. The Opel was being driven by 30-year-old Samuel Kojo ...

A deputy Minister of Communication Vincent Sowah Odotei was on Thursday, November 23, 2017 sacked from Parliament when he appeared to answer questions about his ministry. The Minority argued the junior minister was not “well placed to answer probing follow-up questions” hence the need to defer the session. According to Starr News’ Parliamentary correspondent Ibrahim Alhassan, the Speaker Prof. Mike ...

Ace broadcaster Kwadwo Asare-Baffuor Acheampong affectionately called KABA would be buried on January 20, 2018, a family source has told 3news.com. The burial is expected to take place at Akwamu Adumasa in the Eastern region. The decision to bury him at Adumasa was influenced by the fact that he was from a royal family and would therefore be appropriate to ...