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Members of the largest opposition party, National Democratic Congress (NDC) should be ashamed of themselves over their just ended “Unity Walk” that saw active participation of former president John Mahama; that is the verdict of Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Export Promotion Authority. Mr. Eric Amoako Twum said the NDC should have rather gone to the North to apologize to them for failing to fulfill all the promises they gave to the people of the three northern regions while in office instead of embarking on a walk. Scores of NDC loyalists and sympathizers joined former President Mahama and…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to be candid on the implementation of the “Free Senior High School” policy which takes effect today Monday. According to the NDC, parents of SHS students in Forms 2 and 3 are angry at the government for deceiving them: the thinking was that continuing students would be covered under the policy. About 400,000 students are expected to benefit from the education policy that will exempt first year students from paying tuition and other fees. The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the launch of the logo…

Greater Accra representative at Ghana’s Most Beautiful 2017, Ayeley, on Sunday beat stiff competition from nine others to grab three awards on a night illuminated by beautifully designed dresses, style and modelling. Ayeley, who was clothed by Milli K. Garment, was the toast of the night on the third week of the competition as she was adjudged the best contestant with evening wear, most disciplined and the lady with the most creative costume. This was after all the 10 ladies representing the regions of Ghana had strut their stuff on the runway in three rounds of modelling in causal, smart…

Details of new iPhones and other forthcoming Apple devices have been revealed via an apparent leak. Two news sites were given access to an as-yet-unreleased version of the iOS operation system. The code refers to an iPhone X in addition to two new iPhone 8 handsets. It also details facial recognition tech that acts both as an ID system and maps users’ expressions onto emojis. One tech writer said it was the biggest leak of its kind to hit the firm. Apple is holding a launch event at its new headquarters on Tuesday. The California-based company takes great efforts to keep…

Licencing examination of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana will from July next year be conducted online. The new online system, according to the Council, is to ease the laborious processes associated with the manual system, as well as strengthen the examination capacity of the council. Registrar of the Council, Felix Nyante, announced this at the Council’s 2017 mid-year review at Nsuta in the Ashanti region. He said the Dutch government has provided grant to the Council to revamp its examination processes and procedures. He said the grant is also to support the Council to strengthen its organizational capacity…

The Standing Committee of the People’s National Congress (PNC) has agreed on an early congress for the party as part of its preparation towards the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections. The decision, which was taken at the Committee’s meeting in Accra Saturday, will have to be approved by the party’s National Executive Committee. It has also agreed that election of national executives and flagbearer of the party, which were done on the same day be separated. Meanwhile the Committee has set up a three-member committee to develop an action plan on regarding the reorganisation of the PNC, which has in…

Ten weeks away from today, one of the 10 beautiful ladies contesting for this years TV3 Ghana’s Most Beautiful pageant will drive home the above sleek 4X4 vehicle. Among other enviable and mouth watering prizes, the lucky lady will have the pleasure to wear the covetous crown for the next year. Beyond, the exposure, bragging right and the opportunities that come with the pageant, which has become the most sought after in the country in the last decade, has become the motivation for the 10 ladies representing the regions of Ghana to give off their best.For the last three weeks,…

The Old Parliament House, opposite the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum in Accra, is being pulled down to pave the way for a new one to be constructed at a cost GH¢15 million. The amount is part of the budgetary allocation of GH¢37,816,401 approved by Parliament for the implementation of the activities and programs of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). Cymain Ghana Limited is the firm undertaking the demolition, which started on Friday. Fire destroyed portions of the facility four years ago. The Old Parliament House has been barricaded while a notice has been posted on the premises…

Minority leader of Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has lauded Akufo-Addo’s flagship education programme, the Free Senior High School, which is set offer total free education to all second cycle students in public institutions from this academic year. Though he said the initiative is “noble”, he questioned the sustainability of the sources of funding for the programme that requires a total of GH¢486 million this academic year. Government last Thursday released GH¢280 million as part payment of the total sum through the Ministry of Education to all the 647 schools across the country. Speaking at a durbar after the National Democratic Congress…