The Speaker of Parliament has asked the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, not to touch monies belonging to pensioners. Alban Bagbin said the current economic crisis can be solved without the funds of the pensioner. Wrapping up on the business of the House on Thursday, February 16, the former Nadowli Kaleo MP said Parliament will resist […]
Mr. Peter Nanfuri, a former Inspector General of Police (IGP) during the era of late President Jerry John Rawlings has passed on at the age of 80. Peter Tenganabang Nanfuri was an iconic IGP in his time and distinguished himself to the admiration of many. Until his death on Friday February 17, 2023, he was […]
A new report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed that four out of every five public sector employees earn less than GH₵3000. Out of of the 688,000 persons employed by the government, 533,179 of them earn less than GH₵3000. This represents 80 per cent of the total workforce. The new survey titled the Ghana […]
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) through its Good Causes Foundation has commissioned a smart laboratory fully equipped with modern computer tablets for the Senior Correctional Centre at Dzowulu in the Greater Accra Region. The brand new smart laboratory which is equipped with 50 computer Tablets also comes along with a projector and one laptop for […]
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Justin Portal Welby,has described the country’s democratic process as exemplary in Africa, saying it is not based on tyranny but on clear policy and freedom of choice. He cited double voting in Northern Ireland and the recent January 6 storming of the US Senate by some elements, describing those occurrences […]
The Ministry of Education has announced the full operationalisation of seven science,technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) schools. They are the Awaso STEM School in the Western Region, Abomosu STEM School in the Eastern Region, Bosomtwe Girls STEM School and Bosomtwe STEM School, both in the Ashanti Region, while the Koase Sec/Tech (already existing school) is […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given an assurance that the policy measures being implemented by the government will drive the nation to overcome its current economic challenges shortly and bring relief to the people. Consequently, he has rallied Ghanaians to make sacrifices and work hard to support efforts at restoring normalcy in the economy, […]
The Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has said the activities of illegal miners are affecting power transmission infrastructure in some parts of the country. It said the illegal miners (galamseyers) either dug around the base of transmission towers or stole the steel beams used to build transformers for their illegal mining activities. The Chief Executive Officer […]
All qualified Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) candidates who are being placed into senior high schools (SHSs) and technical and vocational institutions are expected to report to school on February 20, 2023. This is part of the timetable the Ghana Education Service (GES) has released for the academic year for all SHSs and also basic […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has charged four public servants and a civil servant for allegedly failing to comply and declare their sources of income. Their failure to declare their sources of income is in contravention of the OSP Regulation (Operations), 2018 ( LI 2374). A statement issued by the OSP on Friday […]
A pathology examination has revealed that Shadrach Arloo, the 32-year-old man who died last week at the West Hills Mall during an encounter with a policeman and a private security personnel was choked by ‘wee’ [cannabis] in a black polythene bag. The cause of death has been given by a pathologist “as Asphyxiation and Obstruction […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has directed the Business Committee of Parliament to schedule the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, to appear before the House to brief members on affairs of the domestic debt exchange programme (DDEP). He said both sides of the House had agreed that the Finance Minister be scheduled to […]
