An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission is in currently in Ghana to have discussions with officials of the Government of Ghana, a statement by the Ministry of Finance, has said. This meeting will be the first since Ghana successfully exited the IMF, the statement said. “An international monetary fund (IMF) mission is visiting Ghana from Monday 30th September – Friday, ...
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All road contract issues won’t enter 2020, we’ll address them this year – Gov’t
The Government of Ghana will ensure that all issues relating to roads in the country including payment of contractors are addressed before the country enters 2020, an election year, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said. Speaking to Accra-based Joy FM Monday 7th October, 2019, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta said: “We have been here for some thirty two odd months and the ...
Read More »Corruption fight must begin from home – NCCE
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) said the fight against corruption must begin from the home and urged parents to lead by resolving to be incorruptible and good role models to their children. “This will give you the moral urge to effectively educate your children on the dangers of corruption while inculcating in them good values that include sincerity, ...
Read More »Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu threatens to resign over controversial CSE
Majority Leader and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has strongly debunked suggestions by a section of the public that his government is bent on introducing ‘alien’ practices into the Ghanaian society through the controversial Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE). “I will resign from the government if those suggestions turn out to be true”, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker ...
Read More »Hard drives containing Opuni trial, others stolen from Court
Hard drives in about five High Courts located in the Law Court Complex building have been stolen from system units of computers used for recording and storing Court records and proceedings, Starr News has learnt. The case of theft is believed to have happened during the just ended legal vacation which was observed from 1st August to 5th of October ...
Read More »Akufo-Addo’s Cabinet rejects CSE
The Cabinet of President Akufo-Addo rejected the proposed guidelines on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) when it came up for consideration, Kasapafmonline.com has learnt. The Minister of Education Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh who made the confirmation at the National Teachers Awards Ceremony in Kumasi said the country has no plans of implementing any policy that frowns on the culture and values ...
Read More »In Bed With the President of Ghana? By Andrew Solomon Feb. 9, 2013
By Andrew Solomon Feb. 9, 2013 Image Supporters of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at a gay pride parade in Hyderabad, India, Feb. 3.CreditCreditMahesh Kumar A/Associated Press WHEN my husband-to-be and I met the Ghanaian politician John Dramani Mahama at a friend’s wedding near Accra eight years ago, I liked him immediately. I kept up with his fortunes mostly ...
Read More »Jubilee House soldier in ‘coup plot’
The name of a soldier at the Jubilee House—the seat of government—is among those being suspected over the ‘Alajo Doctor’s coup plot.’ So far, Corporal Zakaria Waheed is among 11 others who are under investigations over their implication in the plot to destabilize the country and overthrow the government. His attachment to the seat of government where he has served ...
Read More »Kinderen niet verplicht het Wilhelmus te leren op school
Het hoeft voor kinderen niet per se verplicht te worden het Wilhelmus te leren op te school, als het aan de commissie ligt die de afgelopen twee jaar nadacht over de onderwijsstof op basis- en middelbare scholen. Het voorstel is echter wel in het regeerakkoord opgenomen, en minister Slob wil daar vooralsnog niet van afwijken. De commissie vindt het verplicht ...
Read More »Rawlings takes on ‘corrupt’ NPP appointees
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has bemoaned the fact that some NPP appointees are still in office when corrupt allegations have been levelled against them. In a keynote address delivered at a conference of cadres and activists of the revolution in Kumasi on Saturday, the former President while counselling the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to tread carefully in some of ...
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