AMA fights CHRAJ over demolished Old Parliament House
Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has declared as illegal the decision of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to demolish the Old Parliament House on the High Street in...
View ArticleMinority jabs gov’t over free SHS
Minority in Parliament yesterday jabbed the Akufo-Addo-led government that the current state of the free Senior High School (SHS) programme being rolled out was not the one the governing New Patriotic...
View Article‘Nduom Sports Stadium ready for WAFU tourney’
Resident engineer at the Nduom Sports Stadium, Ing Budu Barnes, has said that the match venue for the WAFU tournament is ready. He therefore assured patrons who will troop to the Nduom Sports Stadium...
View ArticleFree SHS Enrollment hit by hitches
Reports that emanated from the enrolment of fresh students at the various senior high schools (SHSs) across the country indicated that the exercise on the first day was laden with some structural...
View ArticleOperation Vanguard, so far so good
THERE is no gainsay the fact that our sustained fight against illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey, is yielding huge dividends. What is driving this success story is the political will by the...
View ArticleDepoliticise Free SHS—Nduom
President and Chairman of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) in the 2016 election has cautioned government against over politicisation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme. According to...
View Article‘BoG minimum capital not good’
President and Chairman of Groupe Nduom, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has stated that the Bank of Ghana’s (BoG’s) decision to increase the minimum capital requirement for all banks from a one hundred and...
View ArticleNYA to hold forum on job creation for youth
National Youth Authority (NYA) will be holding a stakeholder dialogue on the 20th of September, this year to deliberate on plans and programmes to uplift the standard of living of Ghanaian youth in...
View ArticlePaperless system dumped for manual system
Officials at Ghana Ports and Harbours have abandoned the newly introduced paperless system for the manual one, Starrfmonline.com has gathered. This follows the challenges that characterised the...
View ArticleInt. Automobile exhibition slated for Accra
Auto Parts West Africa Show in partnership with local spare parts dealer associations in Ghana is set to organise the maiden international automobile exhibition to promote and expand the automobile...
View ArticleStudents beg for CSSPS placements
As the window for the Computerised School Selection Placement System (CSSPS) draws to a close, some students have still not received their exams results. That is because the West African Examination...
View ArticlePOJOSS rejects student chop box
Pope John Senior High School (POJOSS) in Koforidua, Eastern Region, has rejected wooden chop box brought to the school by some beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School yesterday. The school said...
View ArticleFree SHS: Continuing Students On Scholarships Will Not Be Abandoned
The government has assured continuing students on scholarships in senior high schools (SHSs) of its readiness to continue supporting them financially. Beneficiaries include those on the Scholarship...
View ArticlePolice Questions Manasseh Azure…
The Police Criminal Investigative Department has interrogated Joy News’Manasseh Azure Awuni, the architect behind robbing the Assemblies investigations. He was interrogated not as a complainant or...
View ArticleAkufo-Addo launches free SHS today
President Akufo-Addo will today [Tuesday] launch the government’s flagship education program, Free Senior High School to mark its take-off across the country. The event which would be held at the...
View ArticleKorle Bu Worker Hit By Stray Bullet
A Quality Assurance officer at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Solomon Quarshie, has been hit by a stray bullet. The incident happened around 4:00pm on Monday evening. He was taken to the hospital’s...
View ArticleFree SHS: GES Summons School Heads For Allegedly Charging Fees
The Education Ministry has summoned some heads of senior high school over claims they are charging fees exempted under the free SHS policy. Former Director of Education at the Ghana Education Service...
View ArticleCommuters stranded as ferry fails at Dambai
Hundreds of commuters have been left stranded at the Kete Krachie-Dambai Ferry Station as vehicles and persons cannot be ferried across the river. Authorities at the ferry station say the situation...
View ArticleSupport Fight Against Corruption, Galamsey”, President Akufo-Addo To Ghana...
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appealed for the support of Members of the Ghana Bar Association to help guarantee the success of the “battles” against corruption and...
View ArticleInjured great white shark Fluffy given pool refuge
It looks incongruous at first glance: a great white shark swims in a pool as relaxed-appearing sunbathers watch on. The unusual scene was part of a rescue effort for the 1.5m (3ft) juvenile shark,...
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