The Ghana Railway Pensioners Association (GRPA) under the Cap. 30 pension scheme have appealed to the government to pay all pension arrears due them following the recent increment in public sector salary. Government on the 1st January 2017 and 1st January 2019 announced a 12 and a half and 10 per cent separate salary increases […]
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ICGC donates ECT equipment to psychiatric hospitals
The International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) has donated three Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) machines to psychiatric hospitals to boost psychiatric healthcare across the country. The equipment, which were presented to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Mental Health Authority, Dr Akwasi Osei, is to be used to induce seizures to provide relief from mental disorders. […]
Gov’t inaugurates 5-member emoluments committee
President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has inaugurated a five-member Committee to make recommendations on the salaries and allowances payable, and the facilities and privileges available, to article 71 office holders. The inauguration was done in accordance with, article 71 (1) of the Constitution and the Committee is expected to submit the recommendations to him and to Parliament. […]
83 year old widow hit by Kate Middleton and Prince William’s police outrider left in critical condition
A widow in her 80s is in a serious condition in hospital after an accident involving the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s convoy. William and Kate were on their way to a ceremony in Windsor on Monday when a marked police motorbike in their convoy was involved in a collision with the woman on Upper […]
Ghana Bauxite Company closed down as aggrieved staff set company bungalows and vehicles ablaze
The Ghana Bauxite Company in Awaso in the Western North Region has shut down as aggrieved workers staged a violent demonstration that resulting in the burning of company properties. Company bungalows, offices and cars were torched by the angry staff who said their working conditions need to be improved. There is a security meeting ongoing in the region in […]
Big relief for health institutions as first lady makes donations
Heads and representatives of a number of health institutions, constituencies and Municipal Assemblies yesterday left the Office of the First Lady of the Republic, H.E. Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo with delight and relief after being presented with assorted hospital equipment for their various facilities. The donations follows requests made by these institutions to the […]
EC projects to register 700,000 new voters in limited voter registration
The Electoral Commission (EC) has projected to register 700,000 new voters as its limited voter registration exercise began nationwide yesterday. As part of the effort to achieve that target, the EC has designated 1,573 selected centres nationwide, in addition to its district offices where the exercise is taking place. According to the commission, it had […]
4 year old boy falls into swimming pool and drowns while his parents were asleep during vacation
A 4-year-old boy has drowned in a swimming pool in Kos, Greece, after falling in while his parents were asleep. The family were on an airline (TUI) package holiday to the Atlantica Holiday Village resort when the incident happened. The unnamed British child woke up before his parents on Saturday morning and wandered to the pool. By the time […]
A/R: 25-yr-old man arrested for attempting to kidnap 2 children in Nyinahin
A 25-year-old man has been arrested for attempting to kidnap two children at Nyinahin Baniekrom in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti Region. The suspect, Joseph Appiah, popularly called Kojo Appiah, was arrested by the locals and handed over to the Nyinahin police on Saturday, 15 June 2019. A 25-year-old man has been arrested […]
The Bible is an excellent financial advisor – Siaw Agyepong
The Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong has said that the Bible is an excellent financial advisor. According to Dr Agyepong, the Word of God contains all that one needs to obtain the vast riches of God. The Executive Chairman of Jospong Group of Companies Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong has […]
There will be 9.7bn people on earth by 2050 – UN population report
The World Population Prospects 2019 estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today’s figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the end of the century, the planet will have to sustain around 11 billion. India will overtake China, sub-Saharan Africa population to double. India is […]
I am not sabotaging my boss-Deputy IGP
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (IGP), James Oppong Boanu, is fighting back allegations that he is thwarting the mandate of his boss, David Asante-Apeatu, by varying posting and transfers the latter did. Mr Oppong Boanu, says it is untrue, claim that the authority of the IGP, who is due to exit office in few […]