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The third edition of the Accra International Book Festival will take place from October 29 – 31, 2020. The Afro-Book Festival is expected to bring together world-class writers, artists, musicians, scientists and politicians from across the world to discuss the major issues of the day. This year’s Accra International Book Festival will combine virtual author discussions with in-person meetings. The ...

Ghanaians have waded into the debate on which presidential candidate performed better in infrastructural development via the the second wave of the Ghana Election Poll which ran online from July 1 to August 1, 2020. A significant 71% of Ghanaian adults out of the weighted sample of 2,055 believed that John Dramani Mahama has performed better compared to 27% of respondents who ...

The Ghana Health Service has appealed to striking nurses to call off their strike and return to work to help in the fight against COVID-19. Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, stated that the nation was on the verge of winning the war against COVID-19 and it is unfortunate for nurses to strike at such a ...

The Herald, has landed reports from the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra, painting a bad picture about the US$150 per a person COVID-19 testing of travellers arriving in Ghana by the private company; Frontier Healthcare. The issues range from illegal operations, extortion, lack of staff, tax avoidance among others, some of which the policy research and advocacy group, IMANI ...

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has called on the National Labour Commission (NLC) to apologise to the striking nurses and midwives over the decision to block their industrial action in court. According to the GMA Chairman of the Ashanti region, Dr Paa Kwesi Baidoo, the move by NLC has the tendency to provoke the healthworkers. The NLC went to court ...

A 68-year-old British woman has been revealing to the British Press about how a Ghanaian man in his thirties managed to fleece her of £18,000 and more despite the endless bouts of hot sexual intercourse in a well-executed romance scam. Beth Haining, who retired having worked as a probation officer and social worker, thought that she had had enough experience ...

From Monday 21st September to Saturday 31st October, those who have just completed the BECE will be selecting the SHS they would like to attend. It is important to understand how the placement in schools works. Please pay attention if you have a child, ward or relative who is about to select his or her schools. Placement Following release of ...

A taskforce set up by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) is visiting hospitals to stop members of the association who are at post as their strike rages on. A Circular issued Monday by the leadership of the Nurses and Midwives in the Eastern region stated “All nurses, midwives, anaesthetist and PAs scheduled for morning and afternoon should ...

Some hospitals across the country have been deserted following the ongoing strike by Midwives and Nurses. Hospitals monitored by StarrFM.com.gh including the Ashaiman Polyclinic and the Komfo Anokye Hospital Triage area were visibly empty with skeletal staff moving around. A scene at the Ashaiman polyclinic   The Triage area of the Komfo Anokye Teaching hospital Starr News sources say the ...

The New Juaben South Constituency of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) in the Eastern Region has launched its 2020 Campaign and Manifesto. The Party is targeting at least 70,000 of total valid votes cast in both Presidential and Parliamentary election on December 7, 2020. In 2016, the NPP garnered 40,758 valid votes in the Presidential election representing 66.06% ,while in ...