Oil money to fund Free SHS – Akufo-Addo

President Akufo-Addo has revealed his government will resort to “proceeds from natural resources” to fund the free Senior High School policy. The policy is to ensure that every student eligible to enter second cycle institution gains admission with free meal and tuition. “To ensure that no child is denied access to secondary education, we are removing one of the biggest […]

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Health service workers raise concerns over collective agreement implementation

The Health Services Workers Union (HSWU) has said Government’s decision to implement their Collective Agreement from January 2017 was against the principle of negotiation. According to the Union, they had signed a Collective Agreement with Government to take effect from January 2016, however, Government without consultation with the Union, decided to implement it from January 2017. It therefore called on […]

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TMA lifts ban on Carlos Ahenkorah

The six-month ban slapped on the Tema West Member of Parliament and the Deputy Minister for Trade, Carlos Ahinkorah, by the Tema Metropolitan Assembly, has been lifted.This comes after the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) appealed the ban.Mr Ahenkora was suspended after he attacked a TMA engineer who was supervising the flattening of unauthorised structures erected on the shoulders of a […]

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Nobody thinks about Ghana first – Mahama laments

Former President Mahama says contrary to public perception, party ideological training schools are not about brain washing people to become “ideological robots”. He said, beyond the teaching of ideologies, there is a lot of training dedicated to inculcating the spirit of nationalism, patriotism and community service into younger minds. He indicated, the Ghana Institute for Social Democracy set up by […]

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Exton Cubic threatens legal action over ‘gross abuse of executive power’

Bauxite mining and prospecting firm, Exton Cubic Company Ltd, has threatened to take legal action to reverse the revocation of its mining lease by Ministry of Lands and Water Resources. Mjoyonline.com has intercepted a correspondence between the firm and the Ministry in which Managing Director, Maxwell Amegashie, describes the decision by the government to revoke and invalidate its licenses to […]

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Second Karpowership berths at Tema Harbour

Ghana’s second Karpowership with a 450-megawatt capacity has been berthed at the Tema Fishing Harbour. The Karpowership deal was a makeshift arrangement by the erstwhile John Maham-led government to curtail the harsh implications of the infamous “dumsor” and its effects on businesses and Ghanaian households, as well as augment the country’s current energy supply capacity. The arrival of Karadeniz Powership […]

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We must not abandon Togo!

THE somehow deafening silence of Africa on the ongoing situation in Togo beats the imagination of many right-thinking people.  For us at Weekend Today, we still do not know what is delaying African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from intervening in the rising political tension in Togo. UNFORTUNATELY, Ghana, which shares border with Togo, appears to […]

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