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A clash between students of the Enyan Denkyira Secondary Technical School in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central region, and some youth in the town over a girl has left about eight students injured. Seven male students and a girl who required medical attention after the incident have since been treated and discharged from the Ajumako Government Hospital. ...

The Finance Ministry has denied reports suggesting that government has directed security agencies in the country to halt their ongoing recrutiment exercises. A statement which purported to have come from the Ministry claimed all security agencies had been directed to halt their recruitment with the exception of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB). However, a statement from the Finance Ministry Tuesday ...

Minister for Works and Housing Francis Asenso-Boakye says about US$32million is needed to complete the Saglemi Housing project. He however says his ministry is taking all necessary measures to get the facility completed for us. The abandoned facility has been brought to the spotlight and to the chagrin of Ghanaians following the filming of the neglected near-completed homes by politician ...

The possible reaction triggered by comments made by Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson a.k.a. Bulldog on the United Showbiz programme, aired on Accra based United Television (UTV) on Saturdays became the focus of the trial at the Accra Circuit Court Tuesday. Theodosia Antwiwaa Appiah, who is the second prosecution witness in the trial of Bulldog, testified that the alleged comments made ...

The Students Loan Trust Fund (SLTF), has warned the public, especially applicants of the loan to refrain from paying so-called “processing fees” to online scammers who promise to expedite the application and payment process for them. According to the Head of Public Relations of the SLTF, George Ferguson Laing, the Fund has an open application process which ensures that all ...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Ford Motor Company has de3dicated considerable resources to assist global communities and humanitarian organisations involved in helping the most vulnerable members of our society. As part of its COVID-19 relief programme, Ford Motor Company Fund (Ford Fund) – the philanthropic arm of Ford – has extended its community support by donating GH₵117,000 to the Maltiti Foundation ...

People are now moving between districts and regions at similar levels to before the novel coronavirus hit Ghana in early 2020. That is according to a new report on travel within the country by Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), Flowminder Foundation and Vodafone Foundation. The GSS and Flowminder discovered that following a sharp reduction in travels during the partial lockdown of ...

The Volta River Authority (VRA) has met stakeholders in the Upper East Region on the Environmental Impact Assessment and Resettlement Action Plan Reports for the proposed Pwalugu multipurpose dam. The meeting, which took place at Bolgatanga, was to seek the inputs of stakeholders and address concerns to form the basis for the final document that will be acceptable to all ...

Ghana’s indigenous eCommerce & SMS messaging company, Hubtel.com has entered into a partnership with Visa, to expand access to seamless payments on its eCommerce platform. This partnership with Visa provides consumers with access to more merchant services on Hubtel’s eCommerce platforms. It also allows Hubtel to explore further innovative payment services such as “tap to phone,” amongst others, to reduce ...

An industrialist and economist, Mr Tony Oteng-Gyasi, has called for urgent investigations into how China earned a better price for its first consignment of cocoa export than what Ghana received for its premium cocoa beans. He told the Graphic Business on April 23 that the investigations must be immediate and help to establish why 500 kilogrammes (kg) of the bean ...