Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms. The news code legislation had been fiercely opposed by the US tech giants. Last week Facebook blocked all news content to Australians over the row, but reversed its decision this week …

The Member of Parliament for the Hohoe constituency and the Minister-designate for Railway development, John Peter Amewu says he is sure he would have garnered more votes in the Hohoe constituency should eligible voters in the newly created Guan District; comprising Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi (SALL) have voted in …

A twenty-two-year-old Toase Senior Senior High (SHS) form 3 student, Kwame Boadu known as Odoa has hanged himself to death inside his room at Barekese, the district capital of Atwima Nwabiagya North in the Ashanti Region. The unfortunate incident which occurred on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 has thrown family and …

Per GhanaWeb’s monitoring, there was an intense exchange between two members of the bar during the Tuesday, February 23, 2021, edition of Okay FM’s morning show Adi Akye Ebia. This was after a member of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s communication team in the ongoing presidential Election Petition case, Henry Nana …

Ransford Chatman Vanni-Amoah, former member/ Secretary – Komenda Sugar Project Management board has petitioned the Appointment Committee of Parliament to reject the re-nomination of Mr Alan Kyerematen as the Trade Minister. In a petition he co-authored with one Alhaji Mohammed Naziru, former Special Assistant Ministry of Trade & Industry under …

Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources Samuel Abu Jinapor has noted all the past sector ministers had problems fighting the illicit small scale mining (Glamsey) because supporters of the incumbent party and other big wigs were fighting against the process. He indicated that if given the nod to become the …

Ghana has received the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccines as announced by COVAX, making it the first West African country to receive them to combat the virus. The vaccines are expected to inoculate some 20 million Ghanaians but the first batch of 600,000 doses will be limited to arms …

A funny moment was witnessed during the vetting of the Ministerial nominee for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor; when Minority Chief Whip Muntaka Mubarak jokingly expressed concern over the nominee’s desire to give comprehensive answers to every question.   Jinapor who was answering questions from the Member of …

Former Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu has announced that the government of Ghana has paid all debt it owed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the last four years. He added that the power supply company now owes the Government of Ghana an amount of GHC400,000,000. “I also want …

The minister-designate for Railway Development, John Peter Amewu, has apologized and subsequently withdrawn his statements of “I’ll kill you” that he made on January 7, 2020. He said that it was an act he regrets and was only a result of an “overreaction” of his anger, something he says he …