Government has put together a team to develop a comprehensive conditions of service for the Civil and Local Government staff to improve their working conditions. The team comprises the Senior Minister, Minister

The South Korea Week was celebrated last Friday at the residence of Mr Kim Sungsoo, Korean Ambassador to Ghana. It brought together Korean residents in Ghana, ministers of states, Members of Parliament, media practitioners, journalists and filmmakers. The South Korea Week is celebrated

The Ghana Institute of Planners (GIP) is appealing to heads of institutions to stop recruiting unqualified people to fill positions of spatial and policy planning in the country. President of the institute, Alfred Kwasi Opoku noted that the sidelining

The chiefs and people of Kpalime traditional area last Saturday climaxed the 23rd edition of Kpalikpakpa festival in Kpalime Duga. The celebration was on the theme: “Accelerating development through peace and unity” Addressing the durbar, Mr John A. Pwamang, the acting Executive Director of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), challenged the chiefs and the people to … The post ?Kpalikpakpa

THE Ghana Civil Service yesterday held an open day and citizen’s engagement for staff within the ministries enclave as well as traders and drivers at Tema Station in Accra. Staff of the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC),

The Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Accra, Mohammed Nii Adjei Sowah yesterday gave account of his stewardship since assuming office in 2017. The town hall meeting which brought together development partners, assembly members, trade

Societe Generale Ghana Limited has donated GH¢50,000.00 in support of the 35th National Farmer’s Day celebration. The bank which has been a constant supporter of the yearly celebration presented the cheque through the Deputy Managing

ALL the seven communities in the Avatime Traditional Area in the Volta Region, will embark on cultivation of brown rice as from the next farming season. This was announced by the Paramount Chief (Osie) of  Adza -Tekpor VII, at a durbar

The Head of the Local Government Service (LGS), Dr Nana Ato Arthur, has hinted that, the service will soon begin sanctioning staff of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) as well as the Regional Coordinating Councils (RCCs) that may cause any financial infraction from now on.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his government has succeeded in turning around the fundamentals of Ghana’s economy, which he inherited from the previous administration. He said currently, all the fundamentals are pointing in

The Sissala East Municipal Police Command in the Upper West Region have impounded a truck of Rosewood at Kasana, a surburb of the municipality. Briefing the Ghanaian Times at Wa, the Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector Gideon Ohene Boateng said the police in Tumu,

Eighteen fishermen including a 14-year-old boy who were arrested at Prampram for allegedly engaging in illegal fishing, yesterday appeared before a Circuit Court here in Tema. The fishermen are David Kwameh, Ayem Acquah, Joshua Annor, Ishmael Ayyitey, Mustapha Lamptey, Joseph Ashieley and Jonathan Commodore.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Lawra in the Upper West Region, Mr Martin Bomba-ire, has announced a tremendous increase in the student enrolment in the area because of the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy implemented by government.

The Enchi College of Education in the Aowin Municipality of the Western North Region has held its 15th matriculation for a total of 350 students. Mr Philip Ntaah, Principal of the College said the College received a total of 1,300 applications for the 2018/2019 academic year but only 350 students were considered

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has given approval for the extension of the mid-semester break, from November 12, 2019 to November 15, 2019. Students are therefore expected to return to school over the weekend to ensure, that full academic work resumes

The Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies (UDS) Professor Gabriel AyumTeye, has cautioned the public not use the isolated reported sex for grades cases to tarnish the images of the universities in the country. “Media reports on sex for grades should never be used as a yardstick to

The Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Dr Emmanuel Akwetey has stated that political party financing in the country has become a lucrative business for some people. “Those who are financing parties today see election as business and the kind of profits they make, they

Management of Siemens Ghana, has paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, to discuss partnership opportunities in the promotion of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education in Ghana and to present Siemens sponsored Senior High School students who participated in the Eskom Science Expo for Young Scientists, an annual … The post Siemens

Bernard Mornah, the National Chairman of the People’s National Convention (PNC), has kicked against the upcoming referendum on the assembly elections on December 17, 2019, because the involvement of political parties in the Assembly elections will not help the candidates as most of the communities do

A Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Kwesi Jonah, has urged Parliament to pass Article 243 in time to allow for the election of Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) since adequate consultations and political consensus had been reached and the