Ghana adopts ‘Community Scorecard’ health monitoring system

Ghana can now boast of a transparent health monitoring mechanism, following the adoption of the Community Scorecard (CSC). The CSC, which is a community-based qualitative monitoring tool, would enable communities to scrutinize health projects at the local level monitor activities, performance evaluation of services, projects and even government administrative units. The CSC would also enhance community engagement at all levels […]

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Government unveils plans to make vocational, technical education attractive

Deputy Minister in charge of Technical and Vocational Education, Barbara Asher Ayisi, says technical education is not for school dropouts but for students who have the talent to excel. She said the Ministry was working assiduously with a team to organize a seminar on the importance of technical education with the view to demystifying the notion that vocational education was […]

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IGP places ¢15,000 bounty on Kwabenya jailbreakers

The Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu has placed a ¢15,000 bounty on the head of the Kwabenya jail breakers. In a press conference on Thursday 25, 2018, the Inspector General of Police David Asante-Apeatu said eight persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of two police officers in the last seven months. Three suspects have been picked […]

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Disclose what killed Mills before you ask of Bawumia’s health status – NPP to NDC

The Acting Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw Adomako Baafi has described calls by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for government to disclose the health status of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to Ghanaians as illogical. According to him, the opposition NDC lacks the moral right to make such calls since they blatantly refused to […]

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GITMO 2: ‘It’s pure nonsense’ – Ayine counters government’s ‘no exit agreement’ excuse

A former Deputy Attorney General, Dominic Ayine, says claims by the government that it is unable to repatriate the two Guantanamo Bay detainees because of a binding agreement between the previous government and the US is false. The current government says although a January 2018 deadline for the return of Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby and Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef […]

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Eduman sex tape: Headmaster sacked

The headmaster of Breman Eduman D/A Basic School in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region, Robert Sepey, who is seen in a sex video with a former student, has been relieved of his post. He has also been directed to meet a two-man disciplinary committee “for the appropriate disciplinary actions”. The decision was taken by the Ghana Education Service […]

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“Bitcoin is not yet legal” – Bank of Ghana

The Bank of Ghana has announced that trading and using the popular crypto-currency known as Bitcoin in the country is not yet legal because it is not recognized as a legitimate form of currency in the country. The Governor of Ghana’s central bank, Dr Ernest Addison at a media briefing to conclude the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) annual meetings on Monday, […]

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