The Member of Parliament for Wa East Constituency, Dr. Godfred Seidu Jesaw says government must spend a substantial amount of the budgetary allocation towards improving access to potable water supply. According to him, the move will alleviate the water challenges of citizens especially rural folks. In his contribution on the floor of Parliament on World […] The post Wa

The big news stories in this edition of Eyewitness News are;  Achimota School rejects GES’ directive to admit Rastafarians  Retirees petition CLOGSAG over payment of past credits by SSNIT  Achimota School admission saga: GES’ directive undermines school authority – Prof. Aryeetey  We’ll oppose any lawsuit demanding admission of dreadlocked students – NAGRAT  Federation of Labour […] The post Eyewitness

The People’s National Congress (PNC) has lauded Parliament for approving the 2021 budget statement and economic policy document. “PNC congratulates the Parliament of Ghana for approving the budget after an extensive debate and voting where the majority won. We believe democracy won,” the party said in a statement. The party in the statement said it […] The post PNC

The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) has endorsed and recommended the locally manufactured Science set. The Ghana-made Science Set is currently the first and only material required to successfully execute the new Standards-based Curriculum, for upper primary, Junior High and Senior High schools. The new curriculum places learners at the heart of every […] The post NaCCA

World Vision Ghana has launched a farmer-managed natural regeneration project in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region to reclaim degraded lands and build resilience to climate extremes. Under the five-year project, small holder farmers in 35 beneficiary communities will be supported to prune and manage shrubs to become trees thus helping to […] The post WVG

The Telecom and IT professionals Union says the management of Huawei has begun addressing challenges that resulted in last week’s strike by providing members with data that was used to compile a job evaluation report. The union declared a strike which was intended on March 15, 2021, in protest of poor conditions of service. The […] The post We’re

Vodafone Ghana has once again proven to be a pacesetter in achieving and sustaining gender diversity and equality. The telecommunications giant recognises the competence and unique contribution of women and is fully committed to the cause of ensuring equal opportunity, empowerment and adequate representation of women in all sectors of national endeavour. With a senior leadership team […] The post Championing

Easy Water for Everyone, a non-profit organisation with the aim of addressing the lack of potable water in sub-Saharan Africa has provided some 26 communities in Ghana with pure and safe drinking water and is in the pipeline of doing more. The NGO, founded by Dr. Nathan Levin and Linda Donald has since 2018, reached […] The post Easy Water for Everyone

End Modern Slavery (EMS) of Engage Now Africa (ENA) has helped to secure justice for a 12-year-old girl who was allegedly defiled by an Imam at Mameng, a village at Kwahyia in the Eastern Region. Mr. Afasi Komla, Director of Operations at Engage Now Africa who is also the leader of End Modern Slavery (EMS) […] The post Eastern Region: Imam jailed 10 years for

Achimota School has rejected the directive of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to admit two Rastafarians with dreadlocks. This is the outcome of an extensive meeting between the parents of the two boys, officials of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and management of the school. Authorities of the Achimota School had on Thursday turned home […] The post Achimota

Achimota Senior High School has rejected the directive of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to admit two Rastafarians with dreadlocks. This is the outcome of an extensive meeting between the parents of the two boys, officials of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and management of the school. Authorities of the Achimota school had on Thursday turned […] The post Achimota

Some retirees have petitioned the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) against what they fear are attempts by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to short change them. They are accusing SSNIT of luring them to sign acceptance forms for their benefits when there are ongoing negotiations on the payment of past […] The post Retirees

The Ghana Water Company Limited in the Eastern Region says activities of illegal small scale miners, popularly referred to as galamsey, continue to hinder water operations. Currently, the water company is rationing water in most parts of the region and has on numerous occasions shut down water treatment plants at Osino, Bunso, and Kyebi as […] The post Galamsey affecting

A lecturer has filed a suit urging the Supreme Court to declare that man was created by God and not through the evolution theory propounded by scientists. The evolution theory explains that man evolved from apes. Sir Johnson Anane, an Assistant lecturer at the Sunyani Technical University, argues that the evolution theory is an affront […] The post Lecturer asks Supreme

Ghanaian songstress, Yaa Yaa, has replied to a suggestion recently proffered to her by actress and television personality Nana Ama Mcbrown. On the back of complaints that her works have not received enough attention from the media, Nana Ama McBrown advised that she should show a bit of skin in order to gain more visibility. […] The post Yaa Yaa

The Old Achimotans Association, alumni group of Achimota School has waded into the raging controversy brewing in the school over the admission of two Rastafarian students into the school. The Ghana Education Service directed the School to accept the students following the public backlash that greeted the School’s decision to reject them over their dreadlocks. […] The post Achimota

In commemoration of World Oral Health Day (WOHD) 2021, Pepsodent Ghana, has today launched the #BrushWithMe campaign to rally parents and guardians to start and encourage a day and night teeth brushing routine with their children. This campaign was developed after a new global research conducted by Pepsodent showed that the global COVID-19 pandemic had […] The post Pepsodent Ghana

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says it will file a joinder to any suit that may be filed against Achimota School over its refusal to admit a Rastafarian student. Last week, two students with dreadlocks were refused admission into the school. The family of one of the students says it is considering filing […] The post We’ll

  The GES’s bold pro-religious liberty guidance on dreads has not and will not open the so-called floodgates, thereby allowing all sorts of ritualistic practices to be imported into our public schools. The guidance does not in any way prevent schools from creating and maintaining an orderly environment that facilitates learning for students who must, […] The post Kwaku

The Ghana Federation of Labour has expressed reservations about the government’s newly proposed taxes outlined in the 2021 Budget Statement and Economic Policy. The government, through the caretaker Minister for Finance, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu in delivering the 2021 budget announced the government’s proposal of introducing six new taxes. These taxes include a COVID-19 Health Levy; 1% […] The post Federation