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Government has announced its preparedness to increase the research funding of tertiary education teachers from 0.3 per cent to one per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Also, government’s budgetary allocation to tertiary education shall be at least 2.5 per cent of GDP while at least 50 per cent of …

Four suspected Chinese illegal miners have been arrested by Operation Vanguard personnel in Dominase-Nkwanta in the Amenfi West District in the Western Region. The suspects, Zhun Yun Sheng, 31, Zhong Jun, 30, Wei Xui Wu, 29 and Liin Lital, 26, together with two excavators that were found at the site …

Mr Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor-General, on Friday, said the Audit Service would by the end of this month release a special audit report it conducted on some public institutions that were involved in financial misappropriation. He assured of his unflinching commitment towards the enforcement of anti-graft laws, noting that …

The Minister for Interior, acting on the advice of Northern Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument, has renewed curfew hours imposed on three communities in the Northern and Oti Regions. A statement signed by Mr Ambrose Dery, the Sector Minister and copied to the Ghana News Agency on Friday, …

After an unsuccessful suicide attempt in the parliamentary chamber on Thursday, Members of Parliament on Friday again lamented over the security risks to which they are exposed, stressing again that security needs to be beefed up in the House and its precincts. On Thursday, a man identified as Joseph Mensah, …

A section of librarians in Ghana have expressed concern about lack of reading among majority of school children, leading to the high rate of examination failures. They said the poor reading habits had led to poor grammar, bad spellings, and the use of short hands, leading to poor performance in …

The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) on Friday warned the public against the patronage of a recently emerged online investment trend called Loom. A statement signed by Jacqueline Avotri, Head of Public Affairs, EOCO, said the Loom was a scam and the general public should desist from investing and …

Six persons accused of kidnapping the two Canadians nationals in Kumasi were on Friday remanded when they appeared before an Accra High Court. The six, Sampson Aghalor, alias Romeo, Elvis Ojiyorwe and Jeff Omarsar, are Nigerians, while Yusif Yakubu, Abdul Nasir and Seidu Abubakar, alias MBA are Ghanaians resident in …

The 160-bed capacity new Upper West Regional Hospital is 99 per cent complete but will not be opened for operations until it is fully completed and staff trained to handle sophisticated gadgets that have been installed. The Resident Engineer at the Hospital, Mr Ahmed Abo Shamaa, who led an inspection …

Seventeen year old Master Forgive Kwame Dunugbe, pupil of Ashaiman Number Two primary school, has been killed over a pair of slippers in Ashaiman. Ms Benedicta Attiaku, sister of the deceased, told the Ghana News Agency that her brother went to her Mother’s food joint near the Ashaiman Circuit court …