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The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) says it is ready to partake in the special examination before being granted the license to teach. The National Teachers Council (NTC) of the Ministry of Education announced that teachers will now have to pass a special examination before being granted the license to teach. The move, according to the NTC, is to ...

A group calling itself Integrity Against Corruption (I.A.C) which professes association to the National Democratic Congress has condemned recent attacks on former President Jerry Rawlings. Many party people have taken Rawlings to the cleaners and questioned his motives for constantly charging the party and officials of corruption, a move often met with denials by party officials. About a fortnight ago ...

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has served notice henceforth all teacher trainee graduates will take a licensing exams. “Before we recognize you as a professional teacher, you will need to be licensed,” Rev. Jonathan Betteh, the GES Public Relations Officer told Morning Starr host Francis Abban Tuesday. According to him, the move is part of the sector’s professional development and ...

A group calling itself, Integrity Against Corruption (IAC) within opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta region has strongly chastised some members of the party for taking a swipe at the party’s founder J.J Rawlings. The former president last week incurred the wrath of a former deputy chief of staff under the erstwhile Mills/Mahama led NDC government, Dr. Valerie ...

The Bank of Ghana has announced that three more Banks have been licensed to begin operations in the country soon. The banks will take the number of licensed banks in the country to 34 after two banks – UT Bank and Capital Bank – collapsed on Monday. The governor of the Bank of Ghana Dr. Ernest Addison addressing a press ...

Charles Nana Frimpong, a businessman, who allegedly shot a 33 year- old driver and a mechanic at Alajo Railway Crossing over an argument has been charged with murder. This follows the death of Yaw Boadi, the victim at the Ridge Hospital in Accra Last Wednesday. Appearing before the Abeka District Magistrate Court on Monday amidst heavy Police presence, the Police ...

Hope of retrieving body of the tourist who drowned in Boti Falls is fading out as search entered day six without any headway on Monday. 32-year-old Jeremiah Bediako, Supply Manager of Mobile Enterprise located in Accra -Ridge drowned last Tuesday when he managed to rescue one of his American friends who was drowning in the river. He visited the site ...

Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies, Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has warded off suggestions that greed drives his business interests. Joseph Siaw Agyepong owns over 40 companies including the country’s largest waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited; SUBAH Infosolutions; the Road Safety Management Services Limited, which has been awarded the mandatory vehicle towing contract. The controversial business mogul in ...

Details are emerging that the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, demanded ¢1 million to renovate a bungalow before she could occupy it as her official residence. Sources say the building, located behind the El Wak Stadium, closer to the Cantonments Post Office and the Lands Commission in Accra, does not appear to be dilapidated but the current ...

A former Deputy Energy Minister under the erstwhile John Mahama administration, John Jinapor has questioned the credibility of Akufo-Addo’s analysis on the effect of Dunsor on the economy during the NDC government regime. Jinapor describes as inaccurate, the calculation as referenced by the President on the power outages under the Mahama administration. President Akufo-Addo at the National Policy Summit Monday ...