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Public schools to pay utility bills The Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) has hinted that utility bills of all public schools would be paid by parents as government withdraws subsidy for Senior High Schools (SHS). The president of CHASS, Samuel Ofori Adjei confirmed the news saying "subsequently, we have to pass on the payment of the utilities to parents". This development is as a result of government decision to withdraw payment of utilities to all public institutions including public schools, hospitals and security agencies. A letter from the Ghana Water Company says government will no longer pay the utility bills of Ministries, Departments and Agencies. The directive which was given in January this year, will take retrospective effect when implemented.

FGJ applause TUC The Forum for Governance and Justice (FGJ) has commended the Trade Union Congress (TUC) for heeding to the Presidents plea for redrawing the ultimatum they set to government concerning the tariffs adjustment. The FGJ in a statement expressed their appreciation to organized labour for heeding to the several appeal by the President of the Republic and various civil society groups. The group, however, called on government and its functionaries to take the necessary steps to positively engage the Trade Union Congress to find a lasting solution to the current challenges that the nation is facing. They entreated Ghanaians that “our patriotism and selfless attitudes are most needed as our national pledge and anthem entreats to selflessly devote our hearts and minds to the good course of Ghana”. The FGJ, therefore, called on every Ghanaian to rededicate themselves toward the development of the nation.  By; Joshua Kweikuma Quaye Ghananewsl...

Old Fadama on fire Old Fadama, a slum community in Accra is on fire. Currently Part of the community has being destroyed by the fire. The fire which started about an hour ago could not be put out due to inaccessibility to the place. Personnel from the Ghana National Fire Service have not been able to gain access to the area under fire. The intensity of the fire has destroyed many of the structures in the area.   The immediate cause of the fire is unknown but some local narrated that the lights were out but they only got to know that the lights had been switched on and as a result, they heard that fire was popping through their homes. They implied that the possible cause of the fire could be as a result of the connection between the power outage and the power that was turned on subsequently The some of the inhabitants are therefore making efforts to put out the fire as most of them are relying on their buckets of water, throwing sachet water into the fla...

CLOGSAG call off strike The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) has officially called off its nationwide strike action over an unpaid and Top Up premium. The strike action was called off on Wednesday, following the intervention of the National Tripartite Committee, which resulted in the signing of a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU). The MOU will allow for amicable settlement of the impasse on payment of Top Up/premium to members of CLOGSAG. The statement signed by the Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, Isaac Bampo Addo, indicated that the decision was taken at an Emergency National Council meeting held at the National Secretariat of CLOGSAG on Tuesday. The statement added “We take this opportunity to acknowledge the immense support of the industrial action by the entire CLOGSAG fraternity. We sincerely appreciate your tenacity of purpose, endurance of threats with which you embraced and participated in this all important endeavour”

Farmer lynched for beheading step daughter A 45-year-old farmer was lynched by a mob after he beheaded his three year-old step daughter, Efua Otoo, at Kyekyewere in the Tarkwa Nsueam Municipality. The incident occurred on Thursday around 10:40 hours and his body, together with the head of Efua, has since been deposited at the Effia Nkwanta Hospital morgue by the Nsueam police. The older brother of the deceased, Enoch Thomson told the Ghana News Agency that his mother, Ataa Krobo, and his step father, who they only know as Kwesi, have been living together for the past five months. He said on Thursday around 10:30 hours whilst returning from school to drink water at home, he met his step father holding a black polythene bag with a cutlass in it. Thomson said there was nobody in the house when he got home so he started searching for his grandmother and sister, as his mother had left for the farm. He said when he attempted to open one of the doors leading to a room...

Another dead whale washed ashore in Ellembelle district. A dead whale has been washed ashore at Asanta in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region on Tuesday night. According to "Friends of the Nation", a social and environmental group, this incident adds up to the number of dead whales washed ashore within a 30-day period to six and total of 17 since 2009 The group argued that the ever increasing death of whale “is an indication that something wrong is happening in the marine environment [that] needs to be investigated.” There is strong suspicion that oil exploration activities in the Western Region could be the cause of the death of the whales. The Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, the Fisheries Commission and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its preliminary investigation into the dead of the fifth whale at Nkontompo in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis, also in the Western Region explained that...

Lebanese Government Offers Scholarship To Top Students In GIJ. Seven students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) have been offered internal scholarship by the Lebanese government. The scholarship, which was first of its kind at the university sought to empower first year student of the University who have distinguished themselves among their co-equals. The scholarship covers tuition fees, books, accommodation and other academic materials. The beneficiaries include, Mr Richard Dzikunu Mawutor, Mr Sheriff Appiah, Miss Emma Obiri, Mr Manasseh Sugartan Anor, Miss Eugenia Aforfa Kumi, Miss Leonora Amakuor Akpey and Jeffery Owuraku The Lebanese government as part of its gratitude to Ghana and its people who received the Lebanese migrant 150 years ago, which included  a group of Lebanese businessmen and women have mandated the embassy to create a welfare fund to finance social and educational activities in Ghana. The Ambassador of Lebanon, Mr Ali H. ...

PPP will demonstrate until Ghana is corruption free-Ms Eva Lokko The vice presidential candidate of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP),Miss  Eva Lokko has indicated that the party will not stop demonstrating  against corruption until pragmatic solutions and steps are ruled out by government to curb it. Ms Eva Lokko spearheaded the demonstration against corruption dubbed “ayefe notse” in Accra on Thursday. The party marched through some principal street of Accra to campaign and demonstrate against the canker. Hundreds of demonstrators were clad in red attire, wielding placard with different inscription: some reads “Chop, chop go kill Ghana,” "Incorruptible leadership, our goal," "Say No to corruption," "Abuse of poverty too much,” and "Put our interest first" to drum home their demand. According to Ms Lokko, “From today, we will organize activities to let Ghanaians know what corruption is about and how it is affecting every sing...