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A project to ensure high literacy among kindergarten and primary pupils in the Kwahu Afram Plains South of the Eastern Region has commenced following findings that only two per cent of kindergarten pupils in the area can identify alphabets and read with comprehension.   An annual monitoring in 2018 revealed that 98 per cent of pupils in the area do not have any reading material at home while 68 per cent did not have any kind of learning support at home. The situation, which has been persisting, is said to be affecting academic performance of pupils in the Afram Plains.…

A Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), Mr Kwesi Jonah, has said the impending referendum is not to decide whether or not Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) should be elected. Instead, it would be a referendum that would ensure the amendment of article 55(3) of the 1992 Constitution to allow political parties to participate in local governance elections in the country. Mr Jonah clarified this during a multi-stakeholders forum to clarify misconceptions surrounding the impending referendum on political parties’ participation in local governance elections to ensure that members of the public understand the issues…

Electricity consumers in the country will from July 1 pay more for electricity as the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has approved an 11.17 per cent increment for the power distributors. The increment announced in a statement Friday by the PURC, is for recovery of total electricity revenue requirement for the regulated electricity market. “The key objective of the tariff review was to sustain the financial viability of utility service providers as well as ensuring delivery of quality service to consumers,” it explained in the statement The decision to review the tariff was based on proposals received from stakeholders, including…

Electricity consumers in the country will from July 1 pay more for electricity as the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has approved an 11.17 per cent increment for the power distributors. The increment announced in a statement Friday by the PURC, is for recovery of total electricity revenue requirement for the regulated electricity market. “The key objective of the tariff review was to sustain the financial viability of utility service providers as well as ensuring delivery of quality service to consumers,” it explained in the statement The decision to review the tariff was based on proposals received from stakeholders, including…

Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah[/caption] Evidence has emerged that state prosecution witness, Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah tried to get certificate on Lithovit fertilizer renewed, when the product was a subject of his own investigation. The witness was the chairman of government’s transition team on cocoa when the previous administration handed over power in January 2017. Dr. Adu-Ampomah who is a former deputy chief executive of COCOBOD in charge of agronomy and quality control had in January 2017 recommended to government, in his report, to investigate the alleged anomaly in the testing as well as subsequent annual renewal of certificate of Lithovit fertilizer. Dr.…

Vivo Energy Ghana is sponsoring two hardworking Shell retailers, together with their spouses and a service champion for a sterling business performance and demonstrating a customer-centric approach to their business. Mr. Augustine Osei-Bonsu, the Country Retailer of the Year, Mr. Yiadom Boakye Boateng, Gold Retailer and Richmond Amegah, Service Champion of the Year will enjoy an all-expense paid trip to Sydney, Australia to participate in the Shell Global Smiling Stars Programme. Elizabeth Sampson of Vivo Energy Ghana was also adjudged the Territory Manager of the Year at the 2018 Vivo Energy Ghana Retail Conference and Awards Dinner. A total of…

Vivo Energy Ghana is sponsoring two hardworking Shell retailers, together with their spouses and a service champion for a sterling business performance and demonstrating a customer-centric approach to their business. Mr. Augustine Osei-Bonsu, the Country Retailer of the Year, Mr. Yiadom Boakye Boateng, Gold Retailer and Richmond Amegah, Service Champion of the Year will enjoy an all-expense paid trip to Sydney, Australia to participate in the Shell Global Smiling Stars Programme. Elizabeth Sampson of Vivo Energy Ghana was also adjudged the Territory Manager of the Year at the 2018 Vivo Energy Ghana Retail Conference and Awards Dinner. A total of…

A 62-year-old landlady, Hawa Mohammed, has been sentenced by the Madina District Magistrate Court to a 12-month jail term with hard labour or pay a fine of GHȻ2,400, which is equivalent to 200 penalty units, for causing her tenants to dispose waste indiscriminately. Madam Mohammed owns a house from which two women were caught on tape dumping rubbish in running water during a downpour on June 3, 2019. The viral video caught the attention of many including people who vowed to have the women prosecuted for what they said was unlawful. The La-Nkwantanang Madina Municipal Assembly picked up the matter…

Ghana’s firebrand Kuchoko crooner and radio show host Blakk Rasta was invited to the inauguration of Oman Ghana Baako in London over the weekend and it looked like the organisers bargained for more than they expected as Blakk Rasta sat quietly throughout the event, which started about five hours late. The artiste was booked to deliver a speech and possibly sing a couple of songs to pep up the crowd of over 500 people, one of the biggest Ghanaian gatherings in London in recent times. The colourful ceremony looked like an end-of-year party as patrons drank and ate amidst music…