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The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools, CHASS is demanding a blue print for the implementation of the Free Senior high school policy. The blueprint, according to the President of CHASS, Cecilia Kwakye Cofie would guide school heads to effectively implement the free SHS in all public schools. Madam, Kwakye Cofie made the comment while addressing the 55th national ...

The host of Metro TV’s Good Evening Ghana, Paul Adom-Otchere has launched a spirited defense against criticisms that he has been “compromised”. The Broadcast Journalist dedicated part of his programme on his Show to attack investigative journalist, Manasseh Azure Awuni and to also defend Jospong Group of Companies following an on-going exposé of alleged scandals involving the company. His outbursts ...

A 130-capacity e-library built for the Koforidua Technical University (KTU) from its own internally generated funds, has been officially inaugurated in a ceremony. MTN Ghana Foundation assisted with the supply of computers and accessories to the facility that cost GHC 560,000.00 complete. It would provide both the students and their lecturers’ access to electronic sources of information including journals and ...

Even before the much–touted Free Senior High School is fully rolled out as part of the campaign promise of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), would-be beneficiaries of the policy have become indifferent. A barrage of frustrations that have characterized the implementation of the exercise has made Free SHS a turn-off. In the wake of the Ministry of Education, through ...

Musician and sympathizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Obeng Asare known in showbiz as A Plus has launched a scathing attack at a Presidential staffer, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe hurling abusive words at him. A Plus soon after giving his statement to police investigators on corruption allegations leveled against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff at the presidency, went ...

The idea of charging some fee, so that vehicles which break down on our roads and highways would be removed immediately they happen, can no longer be postponed — it is, as the saying goes, an idea whose time has come. You do not usually find the NDC and the NPP agreeing to anything. But in this rare case, both ...

The Kwesimintsim Police in the Western region on Tuesday arrested one of Takoradi’s most wanted alleged robber, Nii Henry Addo, also known as dollar boy. Supt. Peter Lennox Aidoo told Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene Gyan the suspect was arrested at his hide out in Cape Coast The suspect who is believed to be a protégé of the notorious criminal Atta ...

The government has cited the Minority MPs for conscious, systematic efforts designed to create negative publicity for especially the Finance Minister. According to Deputy Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the National Democratic Congress Members Parliament in a series of news conferences, have consistently levelled unsubstantiated allegations against Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration. But Member for ...

The power of entrepreneurs and the free market is driving Africa’s economic growth from food production, as business wakes up to opportunities of a rapidly growing food market in Africa that may be worth more than $1 trillion each year by 2030 to substitute imports with high value food made in Africa. This is the main conclusion from the latest ...

The Chief Executive Officer of McDan Shipping Company Daniel McCauley has denied any wrong doing in the GH¢10.45million loan granted to his company by the ADB. According to him, claims that he leveraged on a perceived relationship with the finance minister to secure the loan are baseless and untrue. The Minority on Tuesday accused Mr. Ofori-Atta of usurping the authority ...