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The 2023 academic year for first and second-cycle schools across the country will begin from tomorrow, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. While it will be the commencement of the first semester for second-cycle schools, it will be the first term for basic schools. This is the third year in a row in which the academic year is commencing from January, after it was jolted by the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic from March 2020, during which schools were forced to close down. Per the provisional 2023 academic calendar released by the Ministry of Education and the GES…

A 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the murder of 14-year-old Jermaine Cools in Croydon, south London. Jermaine Cools was wounded in London Road, Croydon, near West Croydon railway station following a fight involving a number of people on November 18. He attended hospital but died a short time later. A youth, now aged 17, was arrested and charged with Jermaine’s murder and possession of an offensive weapon On Monday, the defendant, who cannot be identified because of his age, appeared at the Old Bailey for a plea hearing. He pleaded guilty to murder, having previously admitted…

Prince Harry has described the Queen Consort as a “villain” and revealed he is “not texting” his brother as yet another tell-all interview is aired ahead of his book release. The Duke of Sussex claimed Camilla’s willingness to forge relationships with the British media made her “dangerous” and said there would be “bodies left in the street because of that” during his interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. He also spoke with ITV presenter Tom Bradby on Sunday, where he was seen denying branding the royal family as racist and accused that them of “getting into bed with the devil”. But speaking on…

Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress in the capital on Sunday, climbing on top of its roof and breaking the glass in its windows, witnesses say. Others demonstrators were seen gathering outside the presidential palace and Supreme Court, although it was not immediately clear whether they had managed to break into the buildings. The events have been described as an ‘anti-democratic demonstration’. The incidents, which recalled the January 6, 2021 invasion of the US Capitol, come just a week after leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in on January 1. Bolsonaro supporters have been…

A former deputy sheriff will spend the rest of his life in jail after pleading guilty to several sex crimes. This included putting his sperm into a cake his wife had made for her students at the school she taught at. Dennis Perkins, 46, from Louisiana, was given a 100-year sentence and follows in the footsteps of wife Cynthia, 37, who was sentenced to 41 years in prison in February for pleading guilty to her role in her husband’s crimes. The pair were involved in producing child pornography and as part of her sentencing, Cynthia agreed to testify against her…

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and balloon sticks will be banned by the end of the year under new legislation. Environment Secretary Therese Coffey will unveil the latest green law next week, claiming it will have a “huge impact” on the number of pollutants clogging up the planet’s rivers and seas. The single-use plastics take around 200 years to decompose. Plastic straws, cotton buds and drink stirrers have been banned since October 2020, while plastic bags have carried a 5p charge since 2015. Businesses still using plastic cutlery and trays will now be forced to invest in sustainable alternatives, the government…

Ken Ofori-Atta The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking giant steps to have debts of Ghana, along with five other countries cancelled. If the negotiations go through, Chad, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Ethiopia and Zambia, are also to benefit from a possible cancellation of debts owed their respective international creditors. The possible cancellation of debts owed international creditors by Ghana and the other countries follow the “distressed debt challenges” of the countries. Making the disclosure in an interview on Wednesday, Managing Director of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva stated that, “It is very important for their people that we find the resolution…

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that this year will be tougher than 2022 for most of the global economies as the United States, European Union and China see slowing growth. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said 2023 will be a “tough year”, with one-third of the world’s economies expected to be in recession. “Why? Because the three big economies, [the] US, EU, China, are all slowing down simultaneously,” Georgieva said during an appearance on the CBS programme “Face the Nation” on Sunday. The remarks come after the IMF in October cut its global growth forecast…

Nantional Identification Authority (NIA) has indicated it preparedness to begin registration of Ghanaians outside the country onto the National Identity Register (NIR). The Authority has designed in collaboration with the Identity Management Systems II Limited (IMS II) and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MoFARI) headed by the Acting Chief Director of the Ministry, Ambassador Ramses Joseph Cleland have formed a joint committee as part of the preparedness to commence the registration of Ghanaians abroad. Sections 4(1)(a) and 7(1)(a) of the National Identification Authority (NIA) Act, 2008 (Act 750) mandate the NIA to register Ghanaian citizens…

An Accra High court has placed an interlocutory injunction on the residential policy decision by the University of Ghana (UG). This was after some frustrated students of the Commonwealth Hall of the University on Friday, January 6, 2023, filed a lawsuit against the university for directing residing students to seek accommodation outside the campus as a result of possible perennial housing problem at University as some freshmen always have to rent outside the campus during reopening periods. On October 26, 2022, University of Ghana asked the continuing students of Commonwealth Hall to find accommodation outside the campus. “All continuing students…