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The industrial action by the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has entered its 7th week, as members have refused to return to the classrooms in blatant disregard of GTEC’s directive and the subsequent freezing of their July salaries. The teachers laid down their tools in protest of their poor conditions of service and the government’s failure to …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has released the fixtures for the 2024-25 Ghana Premier League Season. The start date of Friday September 6, 2024, is 82 clear days from the end of the just ended 2023/24 season. FC Samartex 1996 will open their defence of the Premier League title with an away tie at Dreams FC. Giants Hearts of Oak …

What a difference a week makes! It’s been filled with game-changing scientific breakthroughs and community-led innovations, passionate activism that called out the big issues around access to the latest advances, and the promise of renewed political commitment to sustaining an effective response to HIV. All of these elements came together at AIDS 2024 with our theme, Put people first! From the …

The Ministry of Health has clarified details regarding the service contract with Service Ghana Auto Group Limited amid concerns raised by Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa. He claimed a procurement deal for ambulance spare parts valued at $34.9 million was a scheme by former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, former Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, and the private …

The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said that the credit scoring system that he is proposing in Ghana will make it easier for the ordinary Ghanaian to purchase essentials such as cars, mobile phones. He says it will also ensure that Ghanains obtain loans at lower interest rates. With the very significant issuance of …

Former General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Professor Titus K. Beyuo has criticized the government’s handling of nursing admissions and recruitment. Speaking during the second edition of Adom TV’s Badwam Sectorial Debate on Friday, July 26 at the Accra Digital Center highlighted a troubling trend, alleging that admissions to nursing training colleges have been restricted to 50% or less, with …

About 30,000 non-professional teachers in pre-tertiary institutions have been given a window of opportunity to regularise their stay in the classroom by the end of the year. Under a special dispensation through a collaboration between the National Teaching Council (NTC) and the Ghana Education Service (GES), the teachers have up to December to obtain the appropriate teaching registration and licensing. …

Construction on the 64km Ashaiman to Akosombo Junction Road has resumed after being halted for nearly a year. The project, a key component of the Eastern Corridor Road upgrading (Lot 1), is vital for enhancing transportation infrastructure in the region. The project involves creating a dual carriageway from Ashaiman Roundabout to Akosombo Junction, building a flyover at Ashaiman Roundabout, an …

Mr Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Director of Communication for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team, has criticized the Minority’s recent invitation for the NPP flagbearer to join the mid-year budget review debate as a tactic to shield John Dramani Mahama from a direct confrontation with Dr. Bawumia. The Minority caucus in Parliament extended an invitation to Dr. Bawumia following his challenge to …

Deputy General Secretary for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Mustapha Gbandi, has blamed Koku Anyidoho and the President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the fracas that happened at Asomdwe Park on July 24, 2024. The NDC and other sympathizers were at Asomdwe Park on July 24, 2024, to celebrate 12 years after the passing of John Evans Atta Mills. …