Jerry John Rawlings has justified the inhumane torture meted out to Kweku Baako, Kwesi Pratt, Akoto Ampaw, Mawuli Goka, and their ilk, being jailing without trial. According to him, these people regarded themselves as intellectuals and didn’t know when and what to say at the right time, therefore, he ordered their imprisonment, just to contain […]
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has waged into the brouhaha surrounding the deployment of military personnel along Ghana’s borders. A statement issued by the former President and sighted by BestNewsGH.com said the deployment has created so much suspicion and calls for intelligent flexibility and diligence. The former President said the restrictions emanating from COVID-19 have […]
Officials of the Scholarship Secretariat led by the Registrar of Scholarships, Mr. Kingsley Agyemang have paid a working visit to former President Jerry John Rawlings. BestNewsGH.com is told the visit which took place on Wednesday June 10, 2020 was to inform the former president about new policies and initiative rolled out by the secretariat since […]
Mr Koku Anyidoho has bemoaned the insults rained on former President Jerry John Rawlings and himself by their own party members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on social media. Speaking at the 41st-anniversary of the June 4, 1979 uprising in Accra on Thursday, 4 June 2020, the former Director of Communication at the Presidency […]
Fellow countrymen and women, let me on your behalf say a big thank you to our soldiers and service personnel for the reward of the victory of that fateful June 4th. I thank you all not only for June 4th but for 31st December as well, which pre-empted a repetition of another even bloodier June […]
Paul Adom-Otchere, host of Good Evening Ghana says Prof. Kwesi Botchwey’s likely nomination as John Dramani Mahama’s running mate will not please the founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) because of some fractious relationship between Rawlings and Botchwey. According to Adom-Otchere, if John Mahama selects someone that will get the blessing of Rawlings, then the former […]
Former President Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has commended the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) for the introduction of motorized slashers and pruners for effective control of weeds on cocoa farms as well as the removal of excess branches and mistletoes on cocoa trees. Interacting with a delegation from COCOBOD led by the Executive Director of […]
Identical twins, Lydia and Linda Awui who were born conjoined and were separated at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in 1999, three months after their birth, called on former President Jerry John Rawlings on Friday to thank him for his kind support in ensuring that the bill for the procedure was taken care of. Accompanied […]
An Accra High Court has refused a bail request by defence lawyers in the trial of persons accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The court presided over by Justice George Buadi in its ruling noted that the accused persons were lawfully arrested and have not been kept in custody unreasonable. Defence lawyer Victor Adawudu […]
Former President Rawlings says the creation of the Oti Region out of the once Volta Region is due to years of neglect NDC. He says though some interest groups approached him to speak out on the creation of Oti Region, he was constrained by the reality of deprivation in the area by his own party. […]
We are here to join you to bid goodbye to one of the most formidable warriors in this continent. And I feel especially privileged to represent my country and President Nana Addo to deliver this humble tribute. I thank those who preceded me for what they also had to say. Ghanaians, especially those familiar with […]
Former president Jerry John Rawlings says he’s shocked at the national television broadcaster, GTV, for describing Robert Mugabe as a rebel leader. Mr Rawlings in a social media post Thursday night said a GTV news anchor on Wednesday, September 11, tagged the late former Zimbabwean president as a rebel leader. It is unclear who the […]
