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The opening of schools for first-year senior high school ( SHS ) students has been rescheduled to March 18. The first years were initially expected to start school on March 10. The Ghana Education Service (GES) explained in a statement that “this Is to enable the students and parents have ample time to prepare for … Read more
The Ghana Grid Company Limited GRIDCo has said its technical team is working to restore power after some challenges led to a total shut down. This release comes after all parts of the country experienced interruption in power supply around 2PM on Sunday March 7, 2021. According to GRIDCo, the technical team is working to … Read more
Information gathered by globecalls.com indicates that some health workers who are supposed to conduct the COVID-19 test for free are charging some ridiculous fees. It was a national call for everybody to get tested until the arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX facility in India. While that sounds like a relief to the … Read more
The Bureau of Public Safety has advised the government to consider including a broad system that will monitor and evaluate all recipients of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. “The government should strongly consider including, as part of its vaccination program, a broad system of continuous surveillance to monitor and evaluate persons who have received the AstraZeneca … Read more
As part of efforts to demystify the fears and conspiracy theories surrounding the Coronavirus vaccines, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will be the first recipient of the recently acquired doses. Going a step further to increase the public’s trust and to encourage Ghanaians to take the jab of the COVAX vaccine, the president’s vaccine shot … Read more
Death kills great people, but the legacy remains forever! Felicia Dede Adadzawa will go down history as a charismatic, long-suffering, selfless, hardworking, and role model to many due to her spirited fight for justice and equal rights for women and children. Adadzawa is no match for any modern woman who grew up in modern times … Read more
A carpenter at Ayigbe Town in Accra, George Amoah is in the grips of the Korle Bu police for allegedly stealing a coffin worth GHS2000. The suspect was arrested after a complaint and a tip-off on the incident. According to the Accra Region Police PRO, DSP Effia Tenge, the personnel traced the stolen coffin to … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanuh, has urged officers of the Ghana Police Service to enforce the laws in cases involving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) persons. This comes in the wake of the closure of office space for a group, LGBT+ Rights Ghana at Kwabenya in Accra on Wednesday, … Read more
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced that the 2020 Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) will be released on Sunday, February 28. A statement issued by the Service on Friday said a total of 494,530 candidates out of 533,693 candidates qualified to be placed into Senior High Schools (SHS) and Technical and Vocational … Read more
Private legal practitioner, Lawyer Faisal Ibrahim says recording sexual intercourse of same sexes in Ghana is legitimate. He noted that contrary to the position of some lawyers that it is a breach of privacy for one to take a video of persons having sex privately, it is acceptable if it is a case of unnatural … Read more