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Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said no government can operate without borrowing, promising that the current administration will responsibly use of loans contracted. The Vice President’s comments seems a defence of criticisms that the Nana Akufo-Addo led government was piling debt up at an alarming rate, especially when they had spoken against same prior to winning the race to ...

The Director for the Youth Employment Agency in Banda Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region has been hospitalized after he was attacked by some irate men. Sampson Densu was attacked in his office and beaten to pulp by the unknown men. Information gathered by Starr News indicate that Mr. Densu’s attackers were opposing his continuous stay in office. Narrating his ...

Overlord of the Ashanti Kingdom, Otumfour Osei Tutu II has sent a word of notice to all sub-chiefs of the kingdom to keep their distance from the newly crowned Oheneyere of Daban, especially when it comes to issues of lands. ?Oheneyere Afua Amaado was successful inaugurated during a colorful ceremony over the weekend the Daily Heritage newspaper reported. The Asantehene ...

The GHC51 million judgement debt which was paid to the businessman, Mr Alfred Agbesi Woyome, is missing from the accounts of the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Controller and Accountant-General’s Department (CAGD), the 2016 Auditor-General’s Report has revealed. According to the report, the MoF and the CAGD failed to capture the amount in their accounts in 2016. The omission ...

Managers of the Student Loan Trust Fund (SLTF) say they have only been tasked with the disbursement of teacher trainee allowances, rebutting reports that the allowance has been converted into a loan facility. “For the avoidance of doubt we would like to state that, in line with Government policy to restore the allowance effective 2017/2018 academic year, the Ministry of ...

Tweet The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners is demanding the ban on legal and illegal small scale mining to be lifted after the six months suspension elapsed. They also said that if the ban remains in force, government must announce new ways by which they can carry out their operations. Early this year, ...

Watch a Livestream of Adom TV’s morning show, Badwam as Hosts; Omanhene Kwabena Asante and Nana Yaa Brefo, together with panellists on the show share their opinions and scrutinise issues making the headlines in the country. Topical issues making the news nationwide, as well as trending stories in the world of business, entertainment, sports and others will be discussed on ...

At least 200 banker to banker illegal lotto operators in the Greater Accra region have formalized their operations with the National Lottery Authority (NLA). The move is part of efforts to sanitize the lottery business in Ghana. The NLA has given all illegal lotto operators up to December to formalize their business or risk closure. It has vowed to clampdown ...

The staff of the erstwhile UT and Capital Banks will undergo skills assessment requirements in order to be employed at GCB bank. At a press conference on Tuesday (August 15, 2017) the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GCB, Raymond Sowah said they will retain some staff based on the job skills the employees have. “We shall conduct a skills assessment ...

National Association of Graduate Teachers [NAGRAT] has kicked against the introduction of a licensing examination for graduates of Colleges of Education. President of NAGRAT, Christian Addae-Opoku said it will not make sense that the Ghana Education Service will mandate the schools to produce professional and after the graduation of the trainee teachers, make them write another exam before they are ...