Authorities plead for more time to resolve concerns with School Placement
By Issac Asare Hundreds of parents on April 6, 2022, assembled at GNAT Hall in Accra to settle issues relating to their children’s Computerized Placement System. According to the parents, most of the placement issues of students have not been resolved despite a number of assurances from the Free Senior High School Secretariat. Correspondent Isaac […]
Tension mounts in Pramso, Bosomtwe District of Ashanti over relocation of cemetery
By Nicholas Osei-Wusu There is tension and agitation among inhabitants of Pramso in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti following the relocation of the Town’s main Cemetery to a new site. In the following report, our Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Nicholas Osei-Wusu said the increasing agitation among the indigenes also has to do with the Health and […]
Calls for more dynamic approach to education on E-Levy
By Gloria Anderson Panelists on GBC’s Current Affairs programme FOCUS have asserted that poor communication on the E-Levy Policy has led to the rejection by Ghanaians leading to increased panic withdrawals. The Panellists directed that the government focus more on rather engaging all stakeholders on the need for the E-Levy. A Lecturer and Lawyer at […]
Police in Upper East ban use of Cargo Trucks and Tricycles
By Peter Agengre The Upper East Regional Police Command has placed a ban on the use of cargo trucks and tricycles popularly known as motor king meant for carrying goods from transporting passengers in the Region. The Command has observed that it is becoming an emerging trend and in most cases leading to road crashes […]
Ghana Hairdressers & Beauticians Association, GHABA, launches 50th Anniversary
By Bright Kofi Agamah Bamcok50@gmail.com The General Secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union, ICU-Ghana, Morgan Ayawine, says the current global technological developments call for institutions and individuals to embrace digitalisation for quality service delivery and enhanced productivity. He said the digital transformation has a lot of employment opportunities, which can contribute to addressing […]
Three persons in Police grip for possession of narcotics and ammunition at Teanoba
By Joyce Kantam Kolamon A Special Search Operation led by the North East Regional Police Command has led to the arrest of three persons for possession of Narcotic drugs and Ammunition at Teanoba, a community at Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi Municipality. Two of the suspects, Kolgu Dawuda, 45 and Mohammed Bugri, 31, were arrested […]
Lands Commission to open Offices at Ahafo and Bono East
By Yvonne Atilego The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu-Bio would be inaugurating the Lands Commission’s Ahafo and Bono East regional offices on Thursday 7th April and 8th April, 2022 respectively. It is a constitutional mandate for the Commission to establish its offices in all the sixteen regions of Ghana. The exercise […]
Addressing increasing teenage pregnancy: Assembly bans children from pubs, nightclubs
The Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly in the Upper East Region has banned children from nightclubs, pubs, drinking bars and other public places and gatherings reserved for adults. The move is to address the increasing spate of teenage pregnancy cases in the municipality as well as the high rate of absenteeism among school pupils leading to abysmal […]
GAF Bus involved in an accident on Accra-Tema Motorway
By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A bus believe to belong to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has been involved in an accident on the Accra-Tema motorway. The accident occurred between the Adjei-Kojo and Tema Abattoir stretch of the Kwame Nkrumah Motorway (N1) popularly known as the Accra-Tema motorway. According to an update from the police, MTTD Personnel […]
Justice for Sankara: Former Burkinabe President, Compaore sentenced
The former President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore has been sentenced to life in prison, for complicity in the murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, more than 30 years ago reports the BBC. Mr. Compaore who ruled the country for almost three decades, was sentenced in absentia by a military tribunal, with his former head […]
