A total of  67,382 candidates who qualified for Senior  High School  this year  could not be placed into  any of  their  selected  schools,  the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. Meanwhile, 423,134 students have been placed automatically and are expected to report to school on September 11 this year. “Candidates placed on the Green Track will resume on September 11, [...] The post 423,134

A new law that seeks to limit government’s annual deficit spending to 5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), is in the offing, the Senior Minister, Mr. Yaw Osafo-Maafo has announced. According to him the enactment of the law had become necessary due to the inability of governments to ensure fiscal discipline. “Ghana has experienced inconsistent growth in its [...] The post Govt

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says Ghana is aiming to replicate China’s development model which has, over the last three decades, created progress and prosperity for the masses of the Chinese people. “We are witnessing, today, how China’s aggressive development of the market economy, on the wheels of industrialisation, in this new era of “Socialism with Chinese characteristics”, has lifted [...] The post Ghana

About 10,000 farmers and groups in the Lawra Municipality are to receive free supply of cashew seedlings from the Municipal Assembly for planting under the government’s “Planting for Export and Rural Development”(PERD) programme. The assembly has already procured and distributed 44,000 early-maturing and high yielding varieties of cashew seedlings of Brazilian origin to over 500 farmers. Mr Bomba-Ire Martin Domotiere, [...] The post 10,000

The President, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo will soon officially launch the Planting for Export and Rural Development(PERD) programme and the District Centre for Agriculture, Commerce and Technology(DCACT) concept as an appendage to complement the government’s flagship programmes, particularly the Planting for Food and Jobs(PFJ) segment. Mr Augustine Collins Ntim, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development announced this during [...] The post President

Reigning Ghana Premier League (GPL) champions Aduana Stars FC have officially parted ways with their Japanese American trainer Kenichi Yatsuhashi less than two months after his appointment. The former Inter Allies and Hearts of Oak tactician was brought in as a replacement for Yussif Abubakari but has since endured frosty relationship with the Dormaa based side capped by his side’s [...] The post Aduana, Kenichi

The Chief Executive Officer of Hearts of Oak, Mark Noonam, has condemned the behaviour of their irate supporters that caused destruction during their friendly encounter against rivals Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Sunday. The Phobians tasted a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Asante Kotoko, to record back to back losses against their arch rivals in [...] The post Hearts

Ghana’s U-17 male national team, the Black Starlets will be in action today in Niger where they play the Nigerien’s in the group opener of the West Africa Football Union Zone B competition. The mini tournament is a new format for qualification to the African U-17 championship which would be held in Tanzania in 2019. It will in a way [...] The post Black Starlets face Niger today appeared

A former star player of Liberty Professionals and RTU has urged the authorities to pick up the pace with regard to naming of members of the Normalisation Committee of Ghana football. The ex-attacking midfielder, Louis Walters, said the processes to begin the restructuring of Ghana football must not be delayed further “since hundreds of players are bread winners of their [...] The post Consider

Over 2000 participants and exhibitors are expected to attend the eighth Pre-Harvest Agribusiness Exhibition and Conference slated for October 3rd to 5th at the Aliu Mahama Stadium in Tamale in the Northern Region. The Pre-harvest conference, an annual international event, brings together stakeholders from the agricultural industry, comprising both the public and private sectors to discuss policies affecting the sector, exhibit [...] The post 2000

Madam Christina Carl Oparebea, Central Regional Director of the Centre for National Culture (CNC) has encouraged graduates to endeavour to seek additional skills to their professional qualifications to make them more employable. That she indicated would help stem the increasing spate of graduate unemployment to contribute meaningfully to national development. Madam Oparebea was speaking at a colourful graduation for 37 [...] The post Graduates

Infinity 970, a local Non-Governmental Organisation, has organised its second youth variety show for children of Osu and its environs to climax this year’s Homowo’s festival celebration with a call on pupils to make reading a lifetime habit. Dubbed ‘Read for life’ the programme sought to sharpen the reading, writing and communication skills of pupils. The show which was also [...] The post ‘Parents

Vision Seed Academy, a basic school in La, a suburb of Accra, has held its 19th graduation ceremony with a call on parents to improve on their moral training roles and academic supervision of their children. Reverend Dr Victor Adjei Mensah, the General Overseer of Higher Praise Tabernacle, the guest speaker, said the moral upbringing of children would ensure they [...] The post Vision Seed Academy

The government has been cautioned against long-term borrowing without a long-term development plan to ensure that the monies received are put to proper use. Rather, it should engage in such long-term borrowing based on the development agenda approved by Parliament. Dr John Gatsi, Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Coast cautioned in an interview explaining that should be the case since [...] The post ‘Don’t

The Minority in Parliament has expressed concerns over government’s plans to float a $50 billion bond for a period of 100 years. Plans by government to go for a $50 billion century bond can affect the fortunes of the country in the near future. President Nana Akufo-Addo announced last Saturday that his economic management team is considering floating a $50 [...] The post Minority raises

Co-ordinator of the Third World Network (TWN-Africa), Dr Yao Graham has challenged the government to do a lot to convince the citizenry loans and other Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) signed with countries must be administered purposefully. He explained that fears of political appointees tended to misuse facilities and agreements were not misplaced because the citizenry felt they do not benefit [...] The post Yao

The President of the Pharmacy Technicians Association of Ghana (PTAG), Prince Boateng has called on government to give financial clearance for Ministry of Health and other government institutions to employ its members. According to Mr Boateng, the lack of financial clearance for its members to be employed had created a huge gap in the pharmaceutical service delivery, especially in the districts [...] The post Employ

Poverty is a term that has varying definitions. The UN says “Fundamentally, poverty is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity. It means lack of basic capacity to participate effectively in society.”   The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $1.90 per day and moderate poverty as living under less than $3.10 [...] The post LET’S END POVERTY appeared

The Nsawam District Police Command has mounted a search for eight armed robbers, who attacked the C.K Mining Company at Kofi Quaye near Nsawam, in the Eastern Region, last Sunday. The robbers were reported to have exchanged gunfire with a policeman on duty at the company, and made away with an unspecified amount of money and a pump action gun [...] The post Armed robbers attack C.K Mining Company