stop paying allowances to trainee teachers, nurses – Adei

Government has been urged to stop giving allowances to both nurses and teacher trainees and invest such funds in Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET). Professor Stephen Adei, Former Rector of the Ghana Institute of...

Asuogyaman DCE buys GHC1,850 Printer for GHC16k

The Asuogyaman district assembly in the Eastern region has been hit with a massive price inflation scandal that has angered residents of the district. Documents sighted by Starr News reveal prices of some equipment including...

Times are hard in Ghana – Gyampo

Outspoken academic Ransford Gyampo has called on the Akufo-Addo government to fix the hardships facing Ghanaians and stop the "mediocre" exercise of comparing their performance to the erstwhile John Mahama administration. According to him, the...

Shama: Aboadze, Abuesi youth call for DCE’s removal

The youth of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Shama District towns of Abuesi and Aboadze have called for the sacking of the District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area. According to them,...

UW/R: Massive exodus hits PPP in Wa

Seven Executive Members of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) in Wa in the Upper West region have resigned from the party, citing lack of leadership. The executives from both constituency and regional level of the...

Bank crisis: gov’t has saved jobs – Oppong-Nkrumah

Information minister-designate Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah says government has saved jobs in the banking industry despite claims of jobs losses in the wake of the banking crisis. According to him, even though some jobs have been lost...

Govt outlines strategy in China relationship

The Akufo-Addo administration has outlined its strategy for dealing with China. The strategy which is drawn out of an eight (8) year program is principally focused on tapping into china’s resources that fit into Ghana’s...

Referendum for new regions to proceed despite court suit – EC

The Electoral Commission says it will go ahead with the conduct of referendum for the creation of the six new regions in spite of the Supreme Court suit challenging the exercise. A civil society group,...

NPP MP mourns, constituents wail over abandoned road

A disappointed lawmaker for Navrongo Central, Joseph Kofi Adda, and some distraught constituents are in tears over an important road the legislator says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) disowned at its own stronghold...

Govt slashes Allowance for Youth In Afforestation staff Over NABCo

Government has slashed the allowances of the staff of the Youth in Afforestation program in order to accommodate the cost involved in paying workers of the newly introduced Nation Builders Corps (NABCo). The allowance for...