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An ultramodern library and ICT centre boasting of full internet connectivity and teachers’ common room has been commissioned for the New Juaben Senior High School at Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The 602,000-cedi facility financed by the MTN Foundation, replaces the poorly ventilated library that was stocked with obsolete books and give the students and teachers the opportunity enhance their digital knowledge, . The new library with a 200 seating capacity and the 20-seater ICT centre, is expected to both students and the teaching staff a better learning and teaching environment. For five years, Huawei, partners for the project, will…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Head of the Government’s Economic Management Team, will on April 3, lead government team to a Town Hall Meeting at the College of Physicians and Surgeons to answer questions from the public on government policies and programmes. The meeting, under the auspices of the Ministry of Information, would enable government officials, including state actors such as Ministers of State, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives and heads of agencies to provide account of their stewardship and provide vital information to the public. It would also afford Ghanaians the opportunity to ask pertinent questions bordering…

Vice president Mahamudu Bawumia[/caption] Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and Head of the Government’s Economic Management Team, will on April 3, lead government team to a Town Hall Meeting at the College of Physicians and Surgeons to answer questions from the public on government policies and programmes. The meeting, under the auspices of the Ministry of Information, would enable government officials, including state actors such as Ministers of State, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives and heads of agencies to provide account of their stewardship and provide vital information to the public. It would also afford Ghanaians the opportunity to…

Malik [L] showing his reddish eye and a bruise on his leg with Raissa on her hospital bed[/caption]The Inspector-General of Police has directed the immediate interdiction of three policemen who allegedly assaulted Ghanaian Times journalists including a nursing mother last week. They are: Inspector Isaac Opare – Ministries Division/Accra No. 37698 Sgt. Ebenezer Akron – Accra Regional Police Headquarters No. 50852 L/Cpl. Evans Kofi Ntim – Police Visibility/Accra “The Inspector-General of Police has further directed the Accra Regional Crime Officer to take over the investigation of the case from Ministries Police Station,” Director General of Public Affairs Department of the…

Maxwell Konadu, second Assistant Coach of the Black Stars has been discharged of his duties in the national team, head coach Kwesi Appiah has confirmed. The confirmation follows reports rife in the local media earlier this year about the sack of coach Konadu. Coach Konadu was noticeably absent from the team’s first training session at the Accra Sports Stadium, ahead of an Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2019 qualifier against Kenya on Saturday. Asked why he was absent from the training, Coach Kwesi Appiah replied that, the former Asante Kotoko coach was no longer part of the Black Stars technical…

An associate professor at the University of Ghana has described as “elementary knowledge,” the President’s assertion that the weakening value of the cedi is the result of Ghana’s over dependence on imported goods. Professor Ransford Gyampo argued Wednesday that there are major causative factors causing the depreciation of the cedi other than what he termed the “basic export-import explanation” given by President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday. He said it is basic knowledge that a country that imports more than it exports, would run into balance of payment deficits and have serious issues with its currency stability. The cedi performed poorly…

An associate professor at the University of Ghana has described as “elementary knowledge,” the President’s assertion that the weakening value of the cedi is the result of Ghana’s over dependence on imported goods. Professor Ransford Gyampo argued Wednesday that there are major causative factors causing the depreciation of the cedi other than what he termed the “basic export-import explanation” given by President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday. He said it is basic knowledge that a country that imports more than it exports, would run into balance of payment deficits and have serious issues with its currency stability. The cedi performed poorly…

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the Minority’s press conference on the economy and the performance of the cedi should have been done earlier since government has already taken steps to salvage the situation. Addressing the media on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, after the minority’s conference, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said the minority provided no new information on the economy, and that the issues they stated are already known to Ghanaians. “The substance of their presentation today essentially is that the cedi has depreciated and that investors are taking hits, and this is an already acknowledge point. Government has already been…

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the Minority’s press conference on the economy and the performance of the cedi should have been done earlier since government has already taken steps to salvage the situation. Addressing the media on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, after the minority’s conference, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah said the minority provided no new information on the economy, and that the issues they stated are already known to Ghanaians. “The substance of their presentation today essentially is that the cedi has depreciated and that investors are taking hits, and this is an already acknowledge point. Government has already been…

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey says the decision to obtain French as a second language is a major concern of the Government of Ghana, in line with national priorities. She reiterated plans by government to include the promotion of the learning of French in basic schools and across all other levels of learning, as part of a general reform of Ghana’s education sector. The Foreign Minister, however, regretted the inadequate number of French teachers in the country and limited learning and teaching materials, encouraging more participation and support in this area. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey was…