Between 70 and 90 per cent of the annual budgetary allocation to the educational sector goes into the payment of teachers' salaries, related allowances and study leave, the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has stated.
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Deputy Minister of Education in charge of General Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has denied media reports that he has had to cut short a trip to the United States of America in order to return home to fix the confusion that has rocked the…
A child-centred organisation, Child Rights International ( CRI), has called on the state to use the case of the four Takoradi girls to come up with reforms that will specifically spell out the guidelines on how issues of child kidnapping…
The families of three of the four girls at the centre of the Takoradi kidnapping case have objected to the declaration by the police that the skeletal remains found in a cesspit in Takoradi included those of their missing relatives.
T…
Fair women, whether natural or bleached, are at a higher risk of developing ectopic pregnancy, a new study by the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has revealed.
According…
The Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has asked a serving military officer, Brigadier-General Charles Awity, to stop holding himself as the Chief of Kwabeng in the Atiwa West District in the Eastern Region.
He said Brigadier-G…
A flu-like illness could travel around the world in 36 hours and kill 80million people, experts have warned.
A century ago the Spanish flu pandemic infected a third of the world's population and killed 50million people.
If a similar …
Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, says the collapses and fainting spells of some of the parents and students at the Black Star Square were staged.
According to the Minister, some persons who wanted to mar the efforts of the …
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has said that majority of Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates who have thronged the Black Stars Square with their parents in connection with placement into senior high schools (SHSs…
The Ghana Meteorological Agency is forecasting a rainstorm across the country on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
In its weather forecast for Wednesday, the GMA said while the Upper West, the Northern, Bono East, Volta and Eastern regio…
The Centre for Victims of Injustice (CenVI, GH) has received with shock news on Monday 16th September 2019, of the results of the DNA test conducted by the Ghana Police on some bones retrieved from the premises of the alleged kidnapper of …
The National Inspectorate Board (NIB) under the Ministry of Education, has revised its inspection manual and adopted a new approach to inspection for the enhancement of quality standards in pre-tertiary schools.
The current focus has sh…
The Yendi Municipal Hospital has organised an open-day at the hospital and was attended by heads of government institutions, Imams, Pastors, Chiefs, representatives of political parties, staff of the hospital security men among others
I…
The Zipline Technology, the world's first medical drone delivery service, has announced the appointment of Mr Paul David Hewson, popularly known in the showbiz industry as "Bono", to its board of directors.
Mr Hewson, who is an activist…
Savannah Signatures, a Non-Governmental Organisation operating in the Tamale Metropolis, has honored four health facilities operating in the Northern and Savannah regions for being instrumental in registering pregnant women to receive mobi…
The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has commenced a maiden Women's Leadership Development Programme (WLDP) to empower women in the security sector towards thoughtful leadership, career advancement and self fu…
South Sudan risks being plunged back into full-scale conflict if hardliners are allowed to sabotage last year's peace agreement, a group of UN experts has warned.
"South Sudan’s political elites are strangely able to live oblivious to t…
Mr Sampson Quaye Agbavitor, Environmental Health Officer at Kasoa - Adam Nana Zonal Council has advocated the operationalisation of a sanitation court within the Awutu Senya East Municipal Assembly (ASEMA).
He noted that this would help…
Stakeholders in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector have reiterated the need to effectively engage the private sector to achieve the country's sustainable sanitation goals.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (S…
Mr Ernest Kofi Osafo, the Managing Director of Takoradi International Company (TICO), said the country needs to promote her indigenous values, arts and culture and uphold them to advance the development agenda.
"Cultural values had alwa…
The West Africa Road Safety Organisation (WARSO) as part of measures to ensure road safety will formulate a Non-Motorised transportation policy for the continent.
The policy, when adopted will prescribe institutional arrangements, gover…
The Food and Drugs Board on Monday organised a sensitization seminar for producers and importers on the new directives for packaged water.
The directives enjoined all non-retail producers and manufacturers of bottled and sachet water to…
SANOFI, a global healthcare company, has in partnership with the Eastern Regional Hospital (ERH) launched an innovative Diabetes and Hypertension Clinic (DHC) programme.
The partnership will see SANOFI collaborating with ERH for up to t…
The Oncology Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, the country's second largest referral facility, is set to treat its first cancer patient by the close of the month with the Hospital's oncology expansion project almost complet…
The management of HPW Fresh and Dry Limited, a fruit processing company, has installed solar panels to generate 360 kilowatts power to help the company reduce its electricity dependency on the national grid.
The power generated by the s…
A specialist in the management of sports-related knee injuries, Dr Herve Ouanezar uses a unique and advanced approach to anterior cruciate ligament surgery
In line with the UAE’s aim of providing leading healthcare services, Consultant …
Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a form of TB caused by bacteria that do not respond to isoniazid and rifampicin
Zimbabwe is set to roll out a Shorter, Highly-effective, Oral Regimen for Rifampicin-resistant Tuberculosis (S…
Those working in the financial industry in Ghana may hear the words ‘digital’ and ‘innovation’ more than five times a day. These terms have become buzzwords, and are routinely dropped into PowerPoint presentations, meetings, and general bu…
Lifelong learning has become one a critical success point for the,organisation and the individual in the future defined by the Fourth Industrial Revolution
One of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the promotion …
Peter Tabichi from Kenya, who was named World's Best Teacher earlier this year, has met US President Donald Trump at the White House ahead of a speech he is giving at the UN General Assembly.
Brother Tabichi, a member of the Franciscan …
GUBA Enterprise is proud to announce the support of the Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio at the GUBA Awards USA 2019. The awards ceremony will take place on 26th September 2019 at the Pierre, A Taj Hotel in New York City. Mayor Blasi…
World’s Leading Mobile Operators to Disclose Climate Impacts as Part of New GSMA-Led Climate Action Roadmap
GSMA-Led Climate Initiative to Develop Decarbonisation Pathway for Mobile Sector
Many of the world’s largest mobile operator …
The Accra Digital Centre, a government of Ghana mini Technology Park, under the Ministry of Communications, set up to harness the digital potential of Ghana by promoting digital entrepreneurship and innovation has been announced as the 2…
None of the eight people indicted by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service over the 2018 Commonwealth Games visa scandal which became known as the ‘Australia Visa Scandal,’ has been prosecuted.
In spit…
The Acting IGP, James Oppong Boanuh on Monday announced the results of a DNA test has confirmed that remains retrieved in the course of police investigations are those of four missing girls that went missing in Takoradi last year.
The…
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has directed parents and their wards to resolve issues with their Senior High School (SHS) placements at home instead of massing at the Black Star Square in Accra.
According to the GES, their issues c…
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo has reiterated the government’s commitment to ensure that development is spread across the country.
The biggest problem facing the government, he said, was the near empty treasury it inherited, bu…
Mr Freeman Gobah, Country Director, Pencils Of Promise, (POP) said it is possible for Ghana to achieve high literacy rates.
"The task of ensuring increase in literacy levels in our public schools in Ghana is daunting, but the good news …
Mr Philip Ayamba, the Programme officer of the Zuuri Organic Vegetables Farmers Association (ZOVFA), has urged Municipal and District Assemblies (MDAs) in the Upper East Region to take responsibility for the protection of their environment…
NORSAAC, a Tamale based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has trained 43 residents on domestic revenue mobilisation in the Tamale Municipality and its environs.
The training was aimed at whipping up interest of women and young people …
The Minister of Roads and Highways has inaugurated the Tema Community Three Junction Road, buit to ease vehicular traffic flow in the harbour enclave.
Mr. Kwasi Amoako Attah unveiled a plague together with the Deputy Minister of Transp…
The Zuuri Organic Vegetable Farmers Association (ZOVFA) is collaborating with stakeholders in Agriculture to empower women to improve on gender equity through agriculture.
The stakeholders are the Commission for Human Rights and Adminis…
The Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) has held her National Delegates Conference with a call on churches to abide by the word of God in order to avoid mistakes borne out of human will in their work.
This year's conference…
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) office in the Lambussie District has been handed over an office space and taken delivery of assorted equipment including two motorbikes and a computer to aid mobility and office work.
Mr Braim…
The Media Network on Migration (MENOM) Foundation and the Centre for Migrations Studies (CMS) of the University of Ghana have trained journalists and students to equip them with knowledge on migration and the ECOWAS card.
The training w…
The National Identification Authority (NIA) says it has registered 2,902,526 eligible Ghanaians for the Ghana Card in the Greater Accra, Volta and Oti regions since the registration started on June 4, last year.
It said out of the figu…
G5 Sahel Heads of State at a Summit on Friday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, have strongly declared support to Desert to Power, an Africa Development Bank-led initiative.
The summit, "Harnessing solar energy for the socio-economic develo…
The European Union (EU) has called on Africa to tackle issues of corruption in a more realistic way to create economic opportunities for their people to stay and build the continent.
According to Mr Dirk Buda, the Head of Political Scho…
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JLL’s research into global property transactions reveals that in the first half of 2019, there was a 42% increase in the value of mixed-use property transactions
A new report from JLL (JLL.com), the world’s largest professional services…
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