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The Scholarship Secretariat has granted full scholarships to all continuing senior high school students of Denkyira Obuasi. The scholarship scheme is in line with measures by government in collaboration with stakeholders to aid in the restoration of the town which gained notoriety in May 2017 for the lynching of Major Maxwell Mahama. Those entering senior high school for the first ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has named Member of Parliament for Akim Swedru, Kennedy Osei Nyarko, as the new Deputy Minister of Agriculture. This was captured in a communication from the Presidency and read on the Floor of Parliament by the Speaker, Mike Oquaye. “Mr. Speaker, following the resignation of the former Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. William Quaitoo, MP, in consultation ...

Over 700 former workers of the now defunct UT and Capital banks are set to lose their jobs as the takeover bank GCB has begun issuing out termination letters. The affected staff have already received letters asking them to proceed home. Starr News understands GCB is only retaining clerical and top management staff of the collapsed banks. Sources have also ...

A Starr News undercover investigation into healthcare delivery in the Upper East region has dredged up some disturbing findings development watchers say can only leave everyone in the country either concerned and safe or aloof but dead alive. The underground mission, undertaken at a number of health facilities, uncovered nurses who have taken up the role of pharmacy technicians and ...

An Accra Circuit Court has granted businessman, Arnold Kwadwo Asante bail in the sum of GH 900,000 for allegedly defrauding the National Organizer of the NDC, Kofi Adams. The bail condition also entails 6 sureties who are gainfully employed. Lawyer Samuel Koomson based his bail application on the fact that the accused person is very sick. The accused person is ...

Ghana’s health sector has been identified as one with the weakest level of accountability, according to a Deputy Health Minister, Kingsley Aboagye Gyedu. Speaking at the launch of the Ghana Association of Doctors in Residency (GADOR) in Kumasi, Mr. Gyedu stated that “health professionals do not want to be accountable”, thereby contributing to the rot in the system. “If free ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that his government will soon roll out a programme that will see every school going child from basic to the secondary level enjoy free chocolate every day. According to him, this will boost local consumption of cocoa products. Speaking at this year’s World Cocoa Day celebration in Kumasi which coincided with the 70th ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his decision to wage war on illegal mining, known as galamsey, is one he does not regret and is prepared to see through till the end. He said he is fortified by the positive response from the many Ghanaians who believe that the move is right and until the desired results are achieved, there ...

The Central Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is predicting Ghana may record the high rate of teenage pregnancies following the implementation of free Senior High School (SHS) policy. Bernard Allotey Jacobs explained that, due to accommodation challenges, many of the young girls have been left on their own in hostels – a situation he described as ...

Lawyers have thrown their weight behind the Free Senior High School (SHS) scheme introduced by the Nana Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration. The Scheme has enrolled over 90,000 more second cycle students who would have dropped out of school. It covers tuition and other academic fees. “We’ve just started the free Senior High School programme which aims to guarantee secondary education to all ...