NEWS

Over 300 workers of defunct Heritage Bank have been asked to go home. The workers were given the marching orders today, February 28. Management of CBG which was asked by the Bank of Ghana to assume ownership of the bank after its license was revoked has collapsed all the branches of the bank leaving only two. Speaking to Starr News ...

Editor in Chief of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has been urged to advise investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas following his approach of fighting corruption. The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako who gave the advice accused Anas of doctoring interviews he has with people. His comments follow another ...

The management of St. Paul’s Lutheran School has presented a citation to businessman Seidu Agongo for adopting and sponsoring 17 pupils there over the past few years.The 17 are among 81 pupils Mr Agongo adopted five years ago and has been sponsoring from the basic to the university level.Realising that education was the only means by which he could help ...

Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said the work of the inter-ministerial committee on illegal mining will continue until further direction comes from above. According to him, the government will examine the raw footage of the investigative piece by Anas Aremeyaw Anas which captured some officials of the committee taking bribes to compromise their roles in the fight. Commenting in ...

The world’s two biggest cocoa producers are considering setting a minimum price for their beans in a bid to derive more value from growing the chocolate ingredient, according to two people familiar with the matter. The industry regulators of Ivory Coast and neighboring Ghana are in talks to study a price that will fall in a range of 1,700 pounds ...

The Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa has told Citi News that the findings of the committee constituted to investigate the January 13 shooting in Alavanyo Dzogbedze which resulted in the death of three persons and injury of some others are too sensitive to be made public. According to the minister, the report has been made available to the ...

The National Teaching Council (NTC) has released the results of the maiden teacher licensure examination. Out of the 28,757 teachers who wrote the examination, 21,297, representing 74 per cent, passed, while 7,472 failed. The results of 26 candidates have also been withheld pending the completion of Investigations into their alleged involvement to examination malpractice, while 12 have had their entire ...

The Government has been urged to review and abrogate all oil contracts signed by former President John Mahama. According to Member of Parliament for Adansi-Asokwa and a former deputy Energy Minister, KT Hammond, the oil exploration companies have not renewed an initial three year deal they signed with the country despite their continuous lifting of oil. Mr. Hammond made this ...

The government has started paying contractors for projects that have been executed under the GETFund. A number of contractors are said to have received their cheques after a protracted delay. The president of the Association of Building and Civil Engineering Contractors of Ghana (ABCECG), Mr. Prosper Yao Ledi, when contacted confirmed that some members of the Association have received their ...

Anas and his Tiger Eye Pi team are set to present a petition to the office of the Special Prosecutor investigate the suspects who were caught taking bribes to facilitate illegal mining despite the government clamp down on the act. “The team will Send a petition to the office of the Special Prosecutor, which I believe is ready, and the ...