NEWS

The National Women Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Hannah Bissiw. says the party will not be ‘diplomatic’ in the 2024 elections. According to her, their decision to be civil and cooperating resulted in their defeat in the 2020 polls. Speaking to Nana Aba Anamoah on Starr Chat Wednesday, the former lawmaker said the party believes that but for ...

The Ho Technical University has officially signed an agreement with the Design and Technology Institute (DTI) to support the training of thousands of Ghanaian youth in Technical and Vocational Training and Education (TVET). The partnership will lead to the enhancement of the University’s TVET curriculum with the inclusion of DTI’s Precision Quality training, the upskilling of instructors and academic faculty ...

A total of GH¢97 million has been released to the National Food Buffer Stock Company (NAFCO) to mobilise food items in the various warehouses in the country for supply to senior high schools (SHSs). The amount, which covers the first quarter of the year, is to ensure that there are enough food items in the various warehouses for supply to ...

Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has emphasized government commitment to support the work of journalists in Ghana. The Minister said this on Wednesday May 5, 2021, on a three-day tour of the North East, Upper East, Northern, Savannah and Upper West Regions to engage with journalists. The tour forms part of government’s efforts in taking inputs from relevant stakeholders ...

A delegation from the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and Africa Environmental Sanitation Consult (AFESC), the research and consultancy firm of Jospong Group of Companies and Sanitation giants, Zoomlion, are in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, to understudy that country’s waste management system and good environmental and sanitation practices. The visit will enable the delegation to learn at first hand how those ...

The old students Association of Wesley Girls’ Senior High School says the school’s policy on fasting is being mischievously misrepresented. It comes in the wake of the impasse between the school and the Ghana Education Service (GES) over the right of a Muslim student to fast during the ongoing Ramadan. The school says it is their long-held practice not to ...

Security Analyst Adib Saani has called on the government to address the concerns of agitating Ghanaians to prevent any further escalation of their grievances. The #Fixthecountry campaign which started over the weekend on social media was in protest against economic hardships in Ghana but was compounded by the fuel price hikes. The government has since reduced the fuel margins by ...

The alleged National Security Operatives arrested for engaging in illegal mining in the Atewa Forest have been picked by armed military personnel and moved to Accra. The suspects were earlier transferred from the Asamankese police station Tuesday, where they were apprehended by a mob to the Eastern Regional Police Headquarters. The suspects were transported in the police branded Bus Wednesday ...

Sir Sam Jonah’s recent speech courted opprobrium from many “politunists”, whose only stock in trade is posing as well-meaning citizens and taking advantage of a broken system. As any observers would imagine, the Old Gold Fox’s reflections of where Ghana is headed was meant to open a new can of worms that could feast on his ornamented flesh. But as ...

Failing to administer the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine within the 12-week timeframe could compromise the immunity provided by the first dose, Deputy Director-General of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Titus Beyuo, has noted. “If you have not taken the second dose, it is possible the immunity might have gone down and, therefore, your risk of getting the virus ...