92 year old legendary and distinguished broadcaster, Joe Lartey and his 94 year old wife, Emily are celebrating 70 solid years of blissful marriage and great companionship. He covered some of the most historic moments in this country from Gold Coast to Ghana. A legendary Broadcaster. He is popularly known for the ‘’over to you […]
A cop on duty on the Osagyefo Power Barge and under investigation for theft has shot himself dead. Sgt Fuseini Mohamuda with badge no. 37400G “shot himself dead with an AK47” after he sent, CPL Iddrisu Kafando Muntari with badge no. 551484L, whom he was on duty with to buy him a shaving blade on […]
Parliament has rejected important proposals made by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that would make the Right to Information Bill (RTI) more effective. Portions of the proposed amendments were to ensure specific actions which are pre-requites for effective implementation are given timelines in the law. The proposed amendments sought to tie the setting up of Information […]
The increasing spate of road traffic accidents in Ghana has claimed the lives of 46,284 people in 27 years. The figures covered the period between 1991 and 2018. Averagely, 1,714 people killed each year This means that on the average, 1,714 commuters were killed every year as a result of road traffic accidents. The year […]
One of the lawyers of the woman who was assaulted at the Shiashie branch of Midland Savings and Loans has denied reports that the case was dismissed because the victim failed to appear in court to testify. Samson Lardy Anyenini disclosed that Patience Osafo has not been informed of days the court will be sitting making it […]
The Ashanti Regional Police command has announced the arrest of six persons in connection with the killing of two ladies at Abrepo, a suburb of the Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. Superintendent Twum Barima speaking in an interview with Accra based Starr Fm said even though the six persons have been arrested, information available to […]
The former Medical Director of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Dr. Thomas Anabah has described as painful, the loss of several lives in the Tamale-Kintampo accident that took close to 70 lives with more than 30 of the victims confirmed by the police to have burnt beyond recognition. Of particular concern to the Chief Executive […]
More than 70 passengers on board two buses that collided head-on in the early hours of Friday March 22, 2019 on the Tamale-Kintampo Highway have died instantly, MyNewsGh.com can confirm. The accident occurred at Ampomakrom, a village near Kintampo in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Bono East Region, along the main Kintampo-Tamale Highway. It is has […]
Speaker of Parliament Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye yesterday directed the removal of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill from the House’s order paper. The directive was necessitated by demands by Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) for a second consideration stage that will make it possible for some amendments to be effected before the passage of the […]
The Chief Justice, Sophia Akuffo, has urged African countries to build the capacity of their judicial institutions as a means to stop Africans from being sent outside the continent to be tried for atrocity crimes. She was speaking at the West African International Justice Symposium, organised by WAYAMO, a not-for-profit organisation focused on strengthening the […]
The Coalition respectfully submits that the following clauses require further revising and refining to align the expected RTI Act, 2019, with among others, the Constitution: Transitional provision Introduce the following transitional provision as a sub-clause to the commencement clause in the Bill ‘The provisions of sub-section (3) of section 3, sections 42 and 50 shall […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is upbeat about the prospects of the justice delivery system in the country guaranteeing greater efficiency with automation of the courts and the judiciary as a whole. The paperless court system, President Akufo-Addo explained, “operates with minimal interference, and, if what we have seen so far with the paperless system […]
