The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission says it has successfully completed drafting modalities for the payment of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to all public sector workers. Demands for COLA resulted in weeks of labour agitation and industrial actions leaving government to commit to paying workers 15% of their salaries. The workers had argued […]
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Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Prof. Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, says a review of the Free Senior High School Policy is underway. This exercise, he reveals is geared at determining which of the cost components government can relinquish to parents to pay. “…we can do the analysis and then come up and say that, […]
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Renowned economist and businessman, Dr. Kofi Amoah, has asserted that Ghana is being run by people who cannot run the country. According to him, the country is at its lowest point, a clear indication that Ghana’s economy is not being managed by strategic thinkers. Dr. Amoah said this while reacting to a news article that […]
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The National Teaching Council NTC, in partnership with WORLDREADER is organising a free online workshop for all teachers nationwide. WORLDREADER is an NTC accredited service provider that trains teachers on literacy (Digital reading) and classroom management skills. Worldreader is organising an online literacy training for Basic school teachers for 8 credit points. Worldreader is an […]
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The Divisional Police Command of Kpando Municipal on the 19th of July 2022 received a brand-new Toyota Helux from the First Sky group of companies. Over the years police in the municipality has faced many challenges in executing their duties diligently, one of which is a vehicle for patrols. So the Divisional Police paid a […]
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Labour Unions are pushing for a drastic overhaul of the emoluments of Article 71 officeholders. This they say will create a fair pay policy system for public sector staff and bring restraint in the level of public spending on salaries and emoluments. Many unions including the Trades and Union Congress (TUC) have joined this call […]
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Chairman of Parliament’s Finance Committee says government needs approval of the $1bn loan by Parliament to pay salaries and deal with other critical commitments. According to Kwaku Kwarteng, the loan before Parliament will also assist the country meet its debt obligations. The Minority in Parliament has stalled the passage of the loan for weeks now. […]
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Almost nine out of 10 Ghanaians (87%) say the country is heading “in the wrong direction,” the latest Afrobarometer survey on the economy, public services, and taxation has found. According to the survey, a large majority of citizens give unfavourable assessments of both their personal living conditions and the nation’s economic condition, and few are […]
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Pump prices of fuel have shot up 287 percent since January 2017 to date, according to data from the energy think-tank Institute of Energy Security (IES). In January 2017, a litre of petrol and diesel sold at GH¢3.65 and GH¢3.63 respectively, but now sells at GH¢11.32 and GH¢14.05 respectively, with 2021 and this year witnessing […]
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Private Legal Practitioner Christian Lebrecht Malm-Hesse has revealed that divorce is expensive. He said people are trapped in bad marriages because they lack the money to go through the divorce proceedings. According to him, on the average, one needs a minimum of not less than Ten Thousand Cedi (GHC 10,000) to commence divorce proceedings in […]
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