Canada will sharply lower the number of immigrants it allows into the country for the first time in years, marking a notable shift in policy for the government as it tries to remain in power. Canada will bring in 395,000 new permanent residents in 2025, 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027, down from 485,000 […]
The Ministry of Energy has requested Parliament to suspend the controversial Ghana Energy Regulatory Authority Bill, which seeks to merge the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo). The proposed merger aims to create an independent Thermal Power Authority by consolidating the thermal plants of the Volta River Authority (VRA). […]
Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has explained that the military was deployed to Parliament on Tuesday based on a request from the Speaker of Parliament. They were there to provide security assistance for routine Canine and Bomb Sweeps of the Chamber. A press statement dated October 22, 2024 issued by Brigadier General E. Aggrey-Quarshie explained that […]
Ghanaians planning to apply for visas to the United Kingdom are directed to use a new Visa Application Centre (VAC) starting from October 22. The UK’s previous third-party VAC service provider, TLScontact, will be replaced by VFS Global on this date. Applicants in Ghana who began the process with TLScontact will also need to complete […]
Bishop Salifu Amoako, a prominent religious leader and father of the 16-year-old boy involved in the tragic accident that claimed the lives of two young girls in East Legon on Saturday, October 12, 2024, has called for an end to public discussions surrounding the incident. The accident, which led to the gory demise of the […]
A private legal practitioner and a one-time President of the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), Sam Okudzeto, has highlighted the crucial role of the judiciary in interpreting the law. According to him, “Parliament makes the law but Parliament doesn’t interpret the law.” His comments come in the wake of the confusion over the leadership composition of […]
The High Court in Accra has granted bail to Salifu Amoako and Mouha Amoako, the parents of Elrad Amoako, whose actions led to a crash that resulted in the deaths of two individuals in East Legon, Greater Accra Region. The couple, arrested on Tuesday, October 15, was charged with permitting an unlicensed person to drive. […]
The Ghana Police Service says it has arrested suspects, Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako and Mouha Amoako, parents of the suspect driver involved in the fatal accident that claimed two lives at East Legon on Saturday, October 12, 2024. #The parents of the 16-year-old suspect driver Elrad Salifu Amoako are currently in custody assisting the investigation. […]
A son of renowned Pentecostal Pastor and Founder of Alive Chapel International, Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako was on Saturday October 12, 2024 involved in a very fatal car accident which claimed the lives of two women in the East Legon area, in Accra. The 16-year-old son of the Bishop, Elrad Amoako who is an unlicensed […]
The Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) has closed the Prang-Atebubu stretch of the Atebubu-Kumasi Highway in the Bono East Region to traffic because the White Volta has submerged the Nyomoase Bridge on the highway. Several communities along the stretch have been cut off due to the flood, resulting in the slowing down of the movement of […]
The government has presented a Legislative Instrument (L.I.) to Parliament to revoke the existing law, Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) (Revocation) Instrument. L.I. 2462, that allows mining in forest reserves. The revocation of LI 2462 will lead to a total ban on mining in forest reserves. In accordance with Article 11(7) of the Constitution, […]
The Anti-Cocoa Smuggling Taskforce of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), in collaboration with national security, has apprehended a driver and a mate at Old Akrade in the Asuogyaman district for attempting to smuggle cocoa beans. According to a national security source, the task force received a tip-off around midnight about individuals transporting cocoa beans to […]
