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Newmont To Provide Relief Payment For 8,000 illegal Structure Owners – Newmont Africa has concluded discussions with the government, traditional authorities and community stakeholders and commenced payment for the removal of over 8,000 speculative unauthorised structures in the $850 million Ahafo North Mining Project. An Inter-Agency Committee led by the …

An Evangelist Arrested For Sodomizing 15-year-old Boy – A 37-year-old evangelist, Frederick Darko, is in the grips of the Gomoa Nyanyano police for sodomizing a 15-year-old boy. The victim alleged that the evangelist has been sodomizing him for about two years now. Frederick Darko, a self-styled evangelist had sought permission …

UPNMG Worried Over Migration Of Ghanaian Nurses, Midwives To UK – The Union of Professional Nurses and Midwives, Ghana (UPNMG) has expressed concern about the seeming migration of Ghanaian health workers, especially nurses and midwives, from the country to the UK to work. The union, in a communiqué after a …

E-Levy: A full list of transfers that will be free of charge and some tips on how to avoid it – The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has identified the transactions that would not be impacted by the new tax policy as Ghanaians prepare for the implementation of the Electronic Transfer …

Why having a degree is not enough for the job market – Data from the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) of the University of Ghana shows that only 10 percent of graduates find jobs after their first year of completing school and that it may take up to …

UTAG To Embark On Strike January 10 – The Secretary to the University of Ghana Teachers Association (UG-UTAG), Prof Ransford Gyampo has said the National Leadership of the Association has served notice for an expected UTAG industrial action on the 10th January 2022. According to him, all stakeholders have been …

Public Sector Workers To Enjoy 7% Rise In Base Pay Employment Minister – The Employment and Labour Relations Minister, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, has announced a seven percent increment in the base pay of public sector workers for the year 2022. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah said the four percent increment which was announced earlier …

TEWU Declares Strike Over Unpaid Professional Development Allowances – The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) has called on its members across the country to withdraw their services from tomorrow, Wednesday, January 5, 2022 over their unpaid professional development allowances. Addressing the media, the General Secretary of the Union, Mark …

NADMO Donates To Victims Of Sankore Senior High School Fire Outbreak – The Ahafo Regional Director of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Mr. Collins Osei Bonsu has given relief items to the victims of the Sankore Senior High School fiery blaze on behalf of the Director – General, Mr …