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The Ghana Education Service (GES) has made “minor adjustments” to the 2018/2019 academic calendar, particularly for double-track schools. “This is to ensure that the SHS 1 students in Double-Track schools will complete the end of second semester together and allow schools that wish to have their SHS 1 students write the same end of semester exams flexibility to do so,” a release to all regional directors of education indicated. According to the release on Thursday, May 2, Green Track students will begin their mid-semester break on Friday, May 10 as scheduled. This means Gold Track students will also begin their…

Founder of the All People’s Congress (APC) has described the current state of the country as a situation ‘beyond hopeless’. He said the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has failed Ghanaians. “I think so far, they [NPP government] have failed Ghanaians”, he told Johnnie Hughes on  TV3 New Day Thursday. According to him, President Akufo-Addo worked better as a presidential candidate in 2016 than he did as the substantive president of Ghana. That, he believed was what made Ghanaians hopeful in the NPP. Mr Ayariga lamented that Ghana has deteriorated under the leadership of Akufo-Addo. “What do we find?…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has revised the disbursement plan of incentive packages for staff of senior high and technical schools. According to a release on Thursday, May 2, both teaching and non-teaching staff will benefit from the package. While 80 per cent goes to teaching staff, 20 per cent will go to non-teaching staff in each secondary school. While 60 per cent of the allocation for teaching staff will serve as base rate, the rest will be based equally on rank and approved total instructional hours per week. For non-teaching staff, half of the 20 per cent will serve…

Lionel Messi has scored 26 Champions League goals against English clubs – 14 more than any other player[/caption] Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his side produced their best Champions League away performance for two seasons in Barcelona – despite losing 3-0. Luis Suarez gave Barca a first-half lead in the semi-final first leg, but the Reds were on top after the break. However, Lionel Messi struck twice late on – including a stunning free-kick – to give his side a clear advantage to take to Anfield on Tuesday. “I don’t know if we can play much better,” said Klopp. “I think it…

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched a policy document to assist in the effective prosecution of tax offenders. The policy is expected to help reduce the high rate of non-compliance of tax laws in the country by potential taxpayers, especially in the informal sector. According to the GRA, voluntary tax compliance has not been encouraging among income earners in the informal business sector. Although the GRA has in recent times stepped up efforts to rope in more income earning individuals into the tax net, some business owners still find ways of evading tax. The Authority is however hopeful the…

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has launched a policy document to assist in the effective prosecution of tax offenders. The policy is expected to help reduce the high rate of non-compliance of tax laws in the country by potential taxpayers, especially in the informal sector. According to the GRA, voluntary tax compliance has not been encouraging among income earners in the informal business sector. Although the GRA has in recent times stepped up efforts to rope in more income earning individuals into the tax net, some business owners still find ways of evading tax. The Authority is however hopeful the…

A thirty-minute storm that hit Sekondi-Takoradi municipality has left in it wake destroyed billboards and avenue trees. The storm which was preceded by ghastly winds started around 11 :45 Wednesday morning when workers were preparing to observe this year’s May Day. More than 20 billboards lining up the road leading to the Kwame Nkrumah roundabout were ripped apart. In one instance, a billboard belonging to an automobile company fell on a parked white Volkswagen saloon car. No body was hurt as the occupants were relaxing in an eatery nearby. At the Kwame Nkrumah roundabout close to 15 billboards were torn…

The Executive Director of Child Rights International, Bright Appiah, has called on the government to support the families of the three kidnapped girls of Takoradi with what he described as “psycho social service”. Mr. Appiah believes providing the families with clinical psychologists will go a long way to calm their nerves while they hope to see their children as promised by the police. Speaking on TV3’s Midday Live Tuesday, the child rights activist urged the government to prioritize the mental health of the girls’ families. He observed that the continuous silence of the police on the matter, especially their failure…

Tema-based Delhi Public School (DPS), received a total of 26 medals, the highest for a single school in the 2019 edition of Toyota Ghana’s Dream Car Art Contest. A total of 12 students were chosen from all participating schools this year for the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Best Innovative Concept and Neatest Artwork awards categories. Out of the 12 DPS International students were eight in total, with two of them namely Niyathi Mahesh Shenoy and Adrijaa Pal, winning gold medals, while Bahira Adom won a silver medal. Three out of the rest of the eight namely Raj Mukesh Thakwani, Leticia…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) government have been honest with the people of Ghana with regard to the challenges that confront the country. He said, even when the truth caused disaffection in some Ghanaians, he did not hesitate to let them know. Akufo-Addo was speaking at the 2019 May Day celebration parade at the Black Star Square in Accra, where Ghanaian workers converged for the occasion. “I have been as candid as possible with the people of Ghana, even if sometimes the truth is been unpleasant”, he said. The President acknowledged…