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GES releases 2023 academic year calendar for public schools The Management of Ghana Education Service (GES) has released the 2023 academic calendar for all public schools. This covers senior high second­ary and technical schools, junior high schools, primary schools and kindergarten. A statement signed by Deputy Director General, Dr Kwabena Bempah Tandoh, asked various heads of schools to take note of the provisions in the calendar. “Regional Directors are by this letter directed to ensure that Heads of Schools for Basic and Second Cycle Schools in their respective regions take note of the provisions in the calendar and comply accord­ingly…

Mahama attends third day Adua prayers for late Yagbonwura Former President John Mahama has attended the third day Adua prayers for the late Overlord of Gonjaland, Yagbonwura Sulemana Tuntumba Boresa, in Damango. He was accompanied by the former Minority leader, Haruna Iddrisu and other national, regional and constituency executives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). “Together with other leading members, executives and members of the National Democratic Congress, I joined the sons and daughters of Gonja and well-wishers at the third day Adua prayers for our late father and Overlord of Gonjaland, Yagbonwura Sulemana Tuntumba Boresa, in Damango. “May Allah…

$6.3m project on safe mining launched The Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Develop­ment Programme (UNDP) and Unit­ed Nations Industrial Organisation (UNIDO), yesterday launched in Accra a $6.3m project to minimise the use of mercury in mining. The “PlanetGold Project” is meant to make small-scale gold mining safer, cleaner, and more profitable in the country. On the theme ‘Advancing for­malisation and mercury- free gold in Ghana’, it is being implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with UNDP, UNIDO and Global En­vironmental Facility for a five- year period spanning 2022 to 2027. The implementation of the project…

I’ ve no seat to sit on –Haruna cries out The Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu, on Thursday, February 9, 2023 walked into the chamber of the Parliament of Ghana , where discussions were ongoing about the consideration of the report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on the African Union Convention on cross-border cooperation ( Niamey Convention ), and told the Speaker that he has no seat to sit on. According to him, ever since he was ousted as the Minority Leader in a reshuffle that many have termed as a‘ palace coup’…