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The Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, has begun a 14-day self-isolation, 3news.com has gathered. He was asked to take this precautionary measure on the advice of his doctors. This could have been occasioned by reports that some Supreme Court judges have tested positive for coronavirus. The infections at government institutions and private firms are said to be among the latest increased cases to be recorded in Ghana. This has prompted the Minister of Trade and Industry to outline some guidelines for companies in slowing the spread of the virus. The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations also followed up with a…

Staff of the Ghana Airport Company Limited Wednesday demonstrated against management for what they say is a move to privatize the country’s foremost airport. A memo from the Presidency to the Minister for Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, on March 24, 2020, approved the latter’s request to “facilitate the engagement of TAV-SUMMA Consortium as strategic partners to the Ghana Airport Company Limited”. The approval, as was contained in the memo, was “for the improvement of service delivery and expansion of infrastructure at the Kotoka International Airport”. But the staff say the arrangement will eventually leave the management of the airport in…

The Headmistress of KNUST SHS in the Ashanti Region has been interdicted. Felicia Asamoah Dankwaa was asked to step aside for investigation to begin into the circumstances that led to the death of one final year student. The student had suffered an ailment but his mates claimed teachers abandoned him to his fate. They alleged that their plea to use the headmistress’s vehicle to transport the boy to a near-by facility was rejected. They also told journalists on Tuesday night that teachers available at that time deliberately ignored the boy because they feared being infected with Covid-19. It was after…

Aide to former President John Dramani Mahama and a former Deputy Transport Minister, Joyce Bawah Mogtari, says news that she has tested positive for coronavirus is false. She said it is a propaganda being spun by the New Patriotic Party (NPP). Posting on her Facebook page on Wednesday, Madam Mogtari said: “As someone who has been fighting the stigmatization of recovered persons, I will be the first to announce my status and help in the education and advocacy to reduce the stigma.” She also indicated that the former president is “hearty and going about his duties”. Source: 3news.com|Ghana

A group calling itself the Graduate Democrats Caucus (GRADEC) has lauded the appointment of academic Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemag as 2020 Vice Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). In a statement issued by the Executive Committee, GRADEC said Prof Opoku-Agyemang will return the position of the Vice President to a “decent political discourse”. “The job of a vice-president of Ghana requires a person who is a deep thinker, mature mind, self-disciplined and honest,” the statement said. “These are attributes that come naturally to Prof. Naana Opoku Agyemang and we are of the firm belief that she will…

The Minister of Education, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has been discharged from the hospital, the former Public Relations Officer of his ministry has said. Speaking on Covid-19 360 on TV3 on Tuesday, Vincent Ekow Assafuah said the Minister was discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) last weekend though yet to attend to office duties. On Wednesday, Dr Opoku Prempeh’s Press Secretary, Rodney Nkrumah-Boateng, in a statement indicated that his boss was discharged “with a positive rapid antibody test result”. The Minister is expected to be “further monitored”. “He is currently at home resting and would like to…

The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, has described as false assertions by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) that Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang cancelled the teacher trainee allowance in the Mahama-led government. He said it cannot be a ministerial decision and that it was a decision taken by cabinet. Sammy Gyamfi explained that the teacher trainee allowances were only replaced by the student loan scheme just to ensure “equity and equality among tertiary students”. The NDC national executive officer gave this clarification on Wednesday, July 8, when he addressed journalists at the party’s headquarters…

The Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) says the performance of the new biometric voter registration (BVR) kits has justified its decision to discard the previous ones. According to the Deputy Chairman in charge of Operations, Samuel Tettey, the speed of the new BVR equipment has seen increased registration at most centres just a week into the compilation of the new voter register. “[This] is because they are robust, they are user-friendly and they are also fast,” Mr Tettey told journalists at a maiden encounter on Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Six days into the exercise, which began on Tuesday, June 30, the…

Director of Public Affairs at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Agnes Teye-Cudjoe has said the examinations body will go ahead with its plan of conducting the examination for final year students in spite of some schools recording Covid-19 cases. She told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning show on 3FM Wednesday that the Council is in constant engagement with the Ghana Education Service (GES) on the impending examinations. Asked whether WAEC will suspend the examinations this year, she said: “We will cross the bridge when we get there”. Following the directive of President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo that schools…

Chair of the Ghana Education Service (GES) Council Michael Nsowah has said it is too early to decide whether or not to suspend schools, following the some senior high schools recording Covid-19 cases. He told Alfred Ocansey on the Sunrise morning programme on 3FM Wednesday that the GES will wait for an update from the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Heath Services on the situation to determine whether or not to close down schools. His comments come after the President of National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, called for the closure of the schools, following the current…