For a while now, Ghana has been sliding on the press freedom index. The country has dropped three points to rank at 30 on the 2020 World Press Freedom Index released on April 21, 2020 by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Ghana ranked 27 on the 2019 Index, a drop of three points from the rank […]
The Editor of the Finder Newspaper, Elvis Darko is pushing for security and protection for journalists in the country. This follows the passing of TV3’s Edward Kwabi Jnr. who was the Editor and Head of Political desk, who died on the night of Monday, March 2, 2019. BestNewsGH.com reports Mr. Darko as premising his call […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 21st May, 2019, gave assent to Right to Information Act, at a brief event at Jubilee House, the seat of the nation’s presidency. In his remarks, before giving assent to the Act, President Akufo-Addo expressed his satisfaction that the passing of the Act came […]
The Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Ghana, the Media Coalition on RTI and OccupyGhana (all together as the “Coalition”) have congratulated Parliament for the passage of the Right To Information Bill after 17 years of being in the pipeline. ‘’We congratulate this 7th Parliament for completing the long awaited passage of this piece […]
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has honoured the Editor of The Finder newspaper, Mr Elvis Darko, as the Best Media Personality of the year 2018 for his in-depth and comprehensive articles on taxation published in The Finder. Elvis Darko was honoured for playing a pivotal role in disseminating information on tax issues to taxpayers and […]
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 […]
Three journalists from the Ghanaian Times newspaper who were on their way for the day’s assignment yesterday morning said they were assaulted by about 10 police officers at Kinbu in Accra Central. The case is being investigated by the Ministries Police Station. One of the police officers, by name Sergeant Ebenezer Asiedu, has lodged a […]
By Elvis DARKO, Rwanda Zipline, the company that specialises in using drones to deliver emergency medical supplies, is optimistic about replicating its success story in Rwanda in Ghana. In a little over two years of operations in Rwanda, Zipline has decreased the amount of blood hospitals keep in stock while increasing access to real blood […]
The Media Coalition on the Right to Information (RTI) Bill will tomorrow, Friday November 30 2018 begin their planned road action to sensitise the generality of the Ghanaian people on the importance of the Bill and why they must play a part to pressure parliament to pass it. Already, they Coalition has secured an approval […]
The Ghana Police Service has given approval to the Media Coalition on the Right To Information (RTI) Bill to embark on their planned series of roadside activities to sensitize the general public on the importance of the Bill and the need for them to add their voices to persuade parliament to pass it. A letter […]
A member of the interim steering committee of the Media Coalition on the Right To Information Bill, Elvis Darko was today arrested by a joint police and military team for wielding and showing placards opposite parliament house. The RTI team strategically chose the pavement in front of the Accra International Conference Centre because they wanted […]
The Media Coalition on the Right to Information Bill (RTI) have accused Members of Parliament of deliberately frustrating the passage of the Bill, with the ruling New Patriotic Party’s KT Hammond and the opposition National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Sam George leading the charge of frustrating the process. In a statement issued a while ago by […]
