EDUCATION

Teacher unions’ strike will hinder preparation for BECE – Eduwatch

July 12, 2022

A Revenue and Financing Fellow with the African Education Watch has said the ongoing strike by the pre-tertiary teacher unions will block the success of this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE). Geoffrey Ocansey says prospective candidates would have lesser time to prepare for the examination if the industrial action continues. In a Prime Morning […]Continue Reading

SPORTS

Otto Addo assures Ghanaians new Black Stars additions aren’t here just for the World Cup

July 12, 2022

Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo, has dismissed the idea the new players who declare their readiness to play for the national team did so because of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Inaki Williams, Mohammed Salisu, Tariq Lamptey, Patrick Pfeiffer, Stephan Ambrosius and Ransford Yeboah are the six players to have been confirmed by the […]Continue Reading

EDUCATION

Ancilla School donates to Weija Leprosarium

July 12, 2022

Pupils of the Ancilla Basic School at Haatso in Accra have presented a cash donation and assorted items to the inmates of the Weija Leprosarium in Accra. The cash donation, which amounted to Gh¢8,000 and packs of second-hand clothes and shoes was motivated by the school’s corporate social responsibilities. Assistant Headmistress of the school, Rev. […]Continue Reading

POLITICS

Government awards contract for commencement of Adwoa Safo’s legacy project

July 12, 2022

The government of Ghana has awarded a contract for the Dome-Kitase road rehabilitation project in the Greater Accra Region to the First Sky Group. The $1.65 million project, which will cover 23 kilometers, will start from the Dome Roundabout in the Greater Accra Region and end at Kitase, near Peduase in the Eastern Region. The […]Continue Reading

NEWS

GRIDCo demolishes illegal structures under high tension lines at Bawaleshie

July 12, 2022

The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has led a taskforce to demolish illegal structures sited under some of its high tension lines in the Ayawaso West Wuogon municipality. The move, according to GRIDCo, forms part of efforts to reduce the growing human activities around its poles.The power generation company also explained that the site is not […]Continue Reading

Business

We won’t accept an appeal; come with a mandate – Workers tell govt

July 12, 2022

The Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) has sent a prior notice to the government ahead of their meeting to come with a mandate not an appeal to resolve the agitation for 20% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) by organized labour. In an interview with Alfred Ocansey on 3FM Sunrise Morning Show, the General Secretary of […]Continue Reading

Business

Public Services Workers declare strike

July 12, 2022

Members of the Public Service Workers Union (PSWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have declared strike starting Tuesday July 19. They cite the rising rate of inflation in the country and other factors as the reason behind their decision. A press statement announcing the decision on Tuesday July 12 said “This situation is further […]Continue Reading

Business

Going to IMF is most appropriate thing to do – Andani

July 12, 2022

The decision by the Government of Ghana to seek an International Monetary Fund (IMF) intervention is apt, former Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic Bank Ghana, Dr. Alhassan Andani, has said. He explained that in every economic establishment, one will get to a point where expenditure exceeds the income generation. Therefore, there will be the need […]Continue Reading

Business

GPHA workers stage demo over 20% revenue collection

July 12, 2022

Workers of the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) are up in arms over the refusal of a private company to allow them collect 20 percent revenues. Workers are clad in red and are demanding a rescission of the decision by management. Labour to meet gov’t today over COLA demand The Forum for Public Sector […]Continue Reading

ENTERTAINMENT

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child

July 12, 2022

Sir Mo Farah was brought to the UK illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant, he has revealed. The Olympic star has told the BBC he was given the name Mohamed Farah by those who flew him over from Djibouti. His real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin. He was flown […]Continue Reading