The Conference of Heads of Special Schools (COHESS) has decided to put on hold the reopening of the schools until feeding grants are released. It has, therefore, directed all heads of the 24 special schools in the country not to reopen the schools until further notice. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of ...

The hotel employee who leaked footage of Jay Z being attacked by his sister-in-law Solange Knowles has been fired. The video, which was first published by US celebrity website TMZ, showed Beyonce’s sister lashing out in a lift after the Met Gala on 5 May. A security guard intervened in the apparent altercation. There is no audio ...

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Authorities at the University of Ghana have denied reports that some students of the University may not graduate this year following the introduction of a new grading system. Under the new system, a student can only be graded “A” if he obtains an 80% score in an examination whilst under the old system a 70% ...

Local Government Analyst, George Kyei Baffour says government’s failure to release monies owed to the district assemblies can be blamed for the uncollected refuse piling up in Accra and around the country. Refuse collection companies in Accra have refused have stopped collecting refuse generated by residents for the last month. The companies say they are currently ...

HTC has officially launched the HTC One mini 2, a compact, trimmed-down version of its flagship Android phone, the HTC One M8. Visually, there are no big surprises here. The HTC One mini 2 has a 4.5-inch screen (as opposed to HTC One M8′s 5-inch form factor), and its looks are pretty much copied from its ...

Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has dismissed speculation linking him with a move away from Anfield this summer. The 27-year-old Uruguay international signed a new four-and-a-half year contract in December and denied that a clause allows him to join Real Madrid or Barcelona this summer. “There is no clause that suggests a priority for a specific ...

The member of parliament[MP] for Nadowli/Kaleo In the Northern Region, Mr. Alban Kingsford Sumani Bagbin has denied questioning the relevance of the on-going national economic forum on Facebook. According to peacefmonline.com and the Finder newspaper, Mr. Bagbin questioned the relevance of the forum using his Facebook account. But Mr. Bagbin  denied the reports saying he ...

Government lost potential tax revenue of $3.86 billion  between 2002 and 2011, representing an average of $368 million a year, to trade misinvoicing A new report released on May 12. 2014 by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington DC-based research and advocacy organisation said through these fraudulent trade transactions, $14.39 billion in illicit capital flowed either ...

It was fun and excitement as the first set of winners in the Glo Let’s Go To Brazil promo were unveiled to the public at a ceremony in Accra on Wednesday. At the event, Globacom presented four winners with their symbolic boarding passes to confirm their trip to watch Ghana matches live in Brazil next ...

The Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) will begin an indefinite nationwide strike today. POTAG is protesting the unwillingness on the part of government to pay their Book and Research Allowance for the 2013/2014 academic year. In a statement to its branches across the country, the association instructed its members to lay down their tools ...

Trade unions in Turkey have announced a one-day strike in protest at the country’s worst ever mine disaster which has claimed at least 282 lives. Union officials said the recent privatisation of the mining sector had made working conditions more dangerous. Three days of mourning for the victims began on Thursday. Anger erupted against the ...

A high-powered Ghanaian delegation is scheduled to leave Accra Thursday for South Sudan to negotiate the release of intercepted military equipment to Ghanaian soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in that country. The South Sudanese authorities intercepted arms, ammunition and other items in a container which was mistakenly labelled as construction materials by the United Nations ...

The police have mounted a search for Dr. Prince Tetteh, purported co-founder of the London-based Worldwide Miracle Outreach Church (WMO), who is alleged to have been involved in numerous fraudulent activities. Dr. Tetteh, said to be the younger brother of Reverend Dr. Lawrence Tetteh, a renowned evangelist, is alleged to have defrauded about 110 persons ...