National Service Releases PIN Codes For 2022/23 Registration For Nurses -

Dec12022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

National Service Releases PIN Codes For 2022/23 Registration For Nurses

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has released 4,330 PIN Codes for registration by eligible Ghanaian-trained nurses of all accredited tertiary institutions in the country. The registration will enable them to enrol for their mandatory national service for the 2022/2023 service year. “All eligible trained nurses are therefore requested to log onto the Scheme’s website on www.nss.gov.gh to follow the online enrollment procedure.” Registration “The period of registration spans from Monday, November 28, 2022 to Monday, December 5, 2022. Assumption of national service is on Wednesday, 4th January, 2023,” a press release issued and signed by the Executive Director of the NSS, Osei Assibey Antwi, stated. Management The NSS management, therefore, directed all prospective nationa...

Nov232022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

2022 WASSCE results to be released on Nov. 30 – WAEC

Ghana News

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that results for this year’s WASSCE will be released on November 30. The Council says it has successfully completed the marking and co-ordination of the papers at all 49 venues and has commenced the processing of the results. WAEC in a statement said investigations into examination irregularities detected during and after the exams are ongoing. “The Council is hereby urging school authorities and candidates who have been invited to its Offices to assist with investigations into suspected cases of malpractices to endeavour to honour the invitations to facilitate the speedy resolution of those cases,” the statement noted. It added that candidates’ refusal to honour invitations to assist with investigations shall not ...

Nov232022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Qatar 2022: ‘Ghana game the most difficult’ – Ronaldo

Ghana News, International, Sports

Portugal captain, Cristiano Ronaldo, has described their opening World Cup group game against Ghana as the ‘most difficult’ in the competition. Portugal and Ghana face off on Thursday November 24, 2022, in the first game of Group H at Stadium 974 in Doha. Speaking about Portugal’s chances of winning the World Cup, the 37-year-old noted that the team must focus their attention on winning their first game against Ghana, which he described as the ‘most difficult’. “I believe our national team has tremendous potential to win the World Cup. We will see. I believe we can. I have that hope, that belief, ” he began. “But like these competitions always teach us; we must think calmly. We must think and focus on the first group game. We must think about the Ghana game which is the most d...

Nov232022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

SIM Card registration: Telcos start blocking subscribers in phases

Ghana News

Telecommunications companies (Telcos) in the country have begun blocking SIM cards of mobile subscribers yet to register their SIM cards. The exercise is in compliance with a recent directive from the Ministry of Communications and Digitalization. The telcos are AirtelTigo, MTN, and Vodafone. “On November 11, 2022 the Ministry announced some measures to be implemented by Operators. Since the 20th of November 2022 our members have been blocking data services for all subscribers who have only completed stage 1 (linkage to Ghana Card) but not stage 2 (biometric capture) of the SIM registration process, as directed by the Ministry”, a statement from the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications said. “The Chamber is encouraging all subscribers who have acquired Ghana cards but are yet to c...

Nov112022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

World Cup 2022: Government won’t fly supporters to Qatar – Sports Minister

Ghana News, Sports

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mustapha Ussif, says the government is not in a position to finance trips of supporters to the World Cup in Qatar which starts later this month. “…in view of the current situation our country finds itself in, the government has decided it won’t be financing supporters to the World Cup,” Ussif said on Thursday at a press briefing to receive financial support for the Black Stars. In previous tournaments the Black Stars has participated, the Ministry facilitates trips for supporters and other Ghanaians to the host country to support the senior national team. However, with the current economic state of the country where many are reeling from the impact of the global economic crisis, Mr. Ussif and his sector deem it unfavourable to fly supporters to t...

Nov82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Government to establish rice processing factory in Kintampo

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The yet-to-be established factory is expected to facilitate value addition and increase rice production in the Bono East Region. The government has announced plans to establish a rice processing factory in the Kintampo municipality of the Bono East Region. This will bring to five the number of factories in the region operating under the One District, One Factory (1D1F) programme. The factory is expected to facilitate value addition and increase rice production in the region, officials said. The Bono East regional minister, Kwasi Gyan, made this known at the climax of the 2022 Bankadi Kurubi festival in Kintampo. “We understand that times are hard but be rest assured that the government is hoping to turn things around with the Planting for Food and J...

Nov82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Swap our debts for climate interventions – Akufo-Addo to rich countries

Ghana News, Headlines Today, World News

President Akufo-Addo has asked rich countries to allow heavily indebted poor African countries to swap their debts with climate interventions. The President has been addressing the world at this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference, (COP27) in Egypt. Ghana is currently facing a crippling economic crisis fueled by huge debt. The debt situation is proving to be a major stumbling block to getting an IMF deal in time. Ghana is seeking a $3 billion bailout but the IMF has made it clear it will not lend to a country with unsustainable debt levels. The IMF team has already worked with the finance ministry to complete a debt sustainability analysis. The IMF executive board is expected to base its fin...

Nov82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Akufo-Addo to COP27: Climate change a global emergency, redeem US$100 billion pledge

Ghana News, Headlines Today, World News

President Akufo-Addo bemoaned the fact that climate adaptation costs are currently outstripping current international public finance flows. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described climate change as a “global emergency”, and has urged the developed world to redeem a 13-year-old pledge to make available US$100 billion annually to help developing countries fight the scourge of climate change. Delivering Ghana’s national statement at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC, or COP27, on Tuesday (8 November 2022), President Akufo-Addo bemoaned the fact that climate adaptation costs are currently outstripping current international public finance flows. According to the Presiden...

Nov82022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

52.2% of Ghanaians blame COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine war for hardship, research shows

Ghana News, Headlines Today

The findings of the research show that 52.5% of Ghanaians believe that COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine conflict have affected the Ghanaian economy Research conducted by the UK-based Info Research and Assessment UK Ltd shows that a majority of Ghanaians believe the economic challenges facing the country have been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The findings of the research show that 52.5% of Ghanaians believe that COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine war are the principal factors influencing of the global economy and creating the hardship that has plagued the Ghanaian economy. The poll was conducted between 27 October and 3 November this year, with a sample size of 254,759 people, drawn from all 16 regions in the country. Economic crisis The p...

Nov42022 by Samuel AnsongNo Comments

Over 80% of Ghana School of Law candidates pass final exams

Ghana News

More than 80% of final-year students of the Ghana School of Law have passed their final exams. The exams were conducted in July by the Independent Examination Committee (IEC) of the General Legal Council (GLC) to choose qualified law students to be called to the Ghana Bar. The IEC is an institution created under the authority of Parliament in 2018 with the sole mandate to conduct and manage entrance examinations for admitting law students and other internal exams taken by the students. The final results were released on Thursday, November 3, 2022. According to Citinews, over 80 percent out of the over 800 Part Two Professional Law Course students have passed the exams. The Professional Law Course students are candidates who started and completed their professional law cours...

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