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President Nana Akufo-Addo has ordered the Ministry of Finance to with immediate effect, suspend the use of the controversial management software in the educational sector, which has triggered agitations in the sector. Government through the Public Services Commission adopted the use of the Human Resources Management Information System (HRMIS) in 2012 to establish a comprehensive and a common human resource database for all public service employees in the country. Some government institutions were moved onto the system in phases. The Controller and Accountant General recently migrated employees of Ghana Education Service onto the HRMIS but the various teacher unions have…

The National Teaching Council has begun registering prospective candidates to sit for the teacher licensure examination. It has consequently asked the teacher training institutions to submit names of trainees who have passed their final College of Education examination to the Council for their registration for the licensure examination. “Institution that fails to abide by this directive may deny their students access in registering for the [exams],” a statement issued by the Council Tuesday said. Meanwhile, the Council announced fresh candidates will be required to pay 220 cedis to register for the licensure examination while those re-sitting will pay 100 cedis…

Almost everyone has an opinion about how many times you can wear jeans before tossing them into the washing machine. Some people argue that wearing denim more than three times is just gross. Others wear a single pair of pants upwards of 10 times before washing. A rare few, like Levi’s CEO Chip Burgh, forgo washing altogether to preserve the quality of their clothes. Considering your body sheds more than 30,000 cells every day, it’s pretty disturbing to think about what lurks beneath the surface. So, we decided to look into whether all that dead skin and bacteria buildup poses…

The Paramount Chief of Ekumfi Traditional Area, Odeefo Akyin XII, has directed all sub-chiefs and family heads to within one month start the cultivation of pineapple to feed the Ekumfi Pineapple Factory or face his wrath. He said his area cannot suffer the same fate as Komenda with their sugar factory. Works on the construction of the Ekumfi Pineapple Factory, the first under the One-District One-Factory Programme, was commissioned by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in 2017. A 200-acre land was released by the chiefs and people of Ekumfi for the project. The National Coordinator for the Programme, Madam Gifty…

Gospel artiste Chosen YesuBa has dropped the official release date and tracklist of his music project ‘Last Days EP’. The ‘Last Days’ Extended Play(EP) is a gospel rap project aimed at urging all especially the Christian youth to lead exemplary lives. The 7-track Gospel rap music piece talks about the present day church, the end times and untoward lifestyles that are morally corrupt; the tracklist are as follows: The Reality 2. Christlike Living 3. Yesu ReBa 4. Soul Grind 5. Heaven on my mind 6. Wana(Who?) and 7. HE is coming. The ‘Last Days’ EP is not your regular praise…

Police prosecutors have slapped murder charges on seven persons accused of killing two police officers last week at Kasoa in the Central Region. The seven, including the key suspect in the shooting incident Eric Kojo Duah, who were put before the Kaneshie District Court Monday, are facing additional charges of conspiracy and abetment of crime. The lower court is expected to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to require the prosecution of the suspects and accordingly commit them to stand trial at the High Court. The suspects whose name were given as Eric Duah, Isaac Amissah, Ibrahim Zakari, Isaac Mensah,…

Comedian and actor Kevin Hart was taken to hospital with “major back injuries” on Sunday following a car accident in Los Angeles. According to the California Highway Patrol, Hart was being driven in his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda on Mulholland Highway at the time of the accident. The driver, Jared Black, lost control of the car and it tumbled into an embankment, the report stated. Black also sustained major back injuries. A third passenger was unhurt. The accident happened just after midnight. Oscars controversy Black, the fiancé of the third passenger, Rebecca Broxterman, was determined not to have been driving under…

Comedian and actor Kevin Hart was taken to hospital with “major back injuries” on Sunday following a car accident in Los Angeles. According to the California Highway Patrol, Hart was being driven in his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda on Mulholland Highway at the time of the accident. The driver, Jared Black, lost control of the car and it tumbled into an embankment, the report stated. Black also sustained major back injuries. A third passenger was unhurt. The accident happened just after midnight. Oscars controversy Black, the fiancé of the third passenger, Rebecca Broxterman, was determined not to have been driving under…

A student pilot in Australia safely landed a light aircraft during a flying lesson, after his instructor passed out at the controls. Western Australian man Max Sylvester made a distress call to air traffic control about an hour into his flight on Saturday when his teacher collapsed beside him. Operators at an airport in Perth helped him guide the aircraft to the ground. Mr Sylvester was later praised for his quick response and composure. In his emergency call, a recording of which was later made public, he describes his teacher’s condition before taking instructions on flying the plane. “He’s leaning…

Defending champion Novak Djokovic is out of the US Open after quitting because of injury against Swiss 23rd seed Stan Wawrinka as defeat loomed in an electrifying fourth-round match. Djokovic, 32, retired with a shoulder problem seconds after a double fault left him two sets and a break down. Loud boos greeted the Serb’s decision, with more heard as he walked off court. “I’m sorry for the crowd. They came to see a full match but it wasn’t to be,” said world number one Djokovic. Three-time Grand Slam champion Wawrinka had dominated the last-16 contest in a boisterous atmosphere at…