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A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red on Friday July 27, but even if the celestial show isn’t visible from your corner of the world, there are still ways to watch the eclipse live. For residents in Accra, they will have the chance to watch the event at 19.30 (7.30pm GMT). The entire event will last 3 ...

The wife of the late former Vice President, Matilda Amissah-Arthur has slammed “wicked” politicians who maligned and peddled falsehood about her husband. Delivering a tribute at the funeral service of the late Vice President Kwasi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, at the International Conference Centre, Accra, the former second lady said she is surprised by the love shown by the same people who ...

A devastating head-on collision between a ‘trotro’ and a 4×4 vehicle at the Ebony junction close to Dzorwulu has resulted in the death of the bus conductor (mate), with the bus driver critically injured. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened early Friday morning when the trotro driver, driving from the 37 Military hospital road, lost control of his vehicle ...

The Moree Senior High School has been renamed Kwesi Amissah-Arthur SHS to immortalize the late vice president under the John Mahama administration. The second cycle institution is located within the hometown of the former governor of the Central Bank. In his tribute at the funeral of Mr. Amissah-Arthur at the Accra International Conference Centre on Friday, 27 July 2018, President ...

On a day filled with grief, the late Kwesi Amissah-Arthur’s widow, Matilda Amissah-Arthur’s tribute was tinged with anger on a day the nation had gathered to pay final respects to the former Vice President. In Matilda Amissah-Arthur’s tribute, she said she had been amazed by the number of people who had shown her love following the passing of her husband, ...

The Member of Parliament for Wa Central, Abdul-Rashid Pelpuo, has urged the government of Ghana to turn a blind eye to the request of Nigerians in Ghana for an amendment of Section 27 (1) of the GIPC Law of the GIPC Act which prohibits foreigners from operating in the retail business sector. According to the former Minister of State in ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South Constituency, Dr Clement Apaak has expressed worry over how some government officials and government-paid-lobbyists are treating the issue of the double track SHS system. According to him, these government officials and lobbyists display arrogance in their reaction to the legitimate concerns Ghanaians are raising about the double track SHS system. In a statement, ...

A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana Prof. Ransford Gyampo has backed calls by the Finance Minister that the government’s free Senior High School programme should be restructured to target only the poor and vulnerable. Prof. Gyampo’s comments come in the wake of similar suggestions by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. “The issue of free education, I don’t ...

Former Minister of Education, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has expressed fears that the double tracking system for students who will be admitted into SHS1 in September for the 2018/2019 academic year may not yield positive results as it’s likely to impact negatively on the students education. Government has announced that it is set to roll out a double Tracking ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has eulogised the late former vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur describing him as a “true son of Ghana”. Mr Rawlings said, as an economist, Mr Amissah-Arthur exercised his duties with dignity and a good sense of humility. Mr Rawlings in a tribute said he realised Mr Amissah-Arthur was not a person to be regarded lightly when ...