GENERAL NEWS

A Police Constable, formerly of the Regional Operations Department of the Savannah Regional Police Command, Ernest Newton Dwamena, has died whilst on official duty at Buipe.   He died after a truck driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed him on the spot.   The incident happened on Wednesday, …

The president of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana, Justice Senyo Dzamefe, has decried the manner in which their allowances are being paid. He said the piecemeal approach in dealing with their allowances leaves much to be desired. Justice Dzamefe, therefore, called on government to better their conditions …

A former Presiding Member of the Sunyani West District Assembly and a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Bono Region, Bernard Oduro Takyi, has defected to the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Announcing his resignation on Sunday at a press conference with journalists, he explained that he …

The Ghana AIDS Commission has discovered “new behaviours” among young people which the commission says are the cause of the high rise of HIV infections. Figures from the commission show that 12,000 people died from HIV related causes in 2020 while 5,000 young people contracted the virus. The data revealed …

The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission, Steve Gyeremeh Atuahene, has disclosed that certain behaviours among young people are partly to blame for the rise in the number of HIV infections in 2020.     Per the records of the Commission, over 12,000 people perished from HIV related causes in …

An altercation occurred between the Minority members of the Health Committee of Parliament and soldiers on guard duties at the uncompleted 500-bed Military Hospital at Afari in the Ashanti Region last Monday during a familiarisation visit to the project site.   The soldiers said they were not under instructions to …

A member of the Justice Koomson Committee that probed the Ejura disturbances, Dr. Vladimir Antwi-Danso, has chided the family of the late Ibrahim Mohammed, popularly known as Kaaka, following its criticism of the committee’s report.   Dr. Antwi-Danso on Eyewitness News indicated that the family had no right to criticize …

Bright Berchie, a 30-year-old man believed to be an aide to Reverend Isaac Owusu Bempah, the Head Pastor of the Glorious Word Power Ministries International Accra, has been arrested. The suspect was allegedly seen in a widely circulated video, brandishing a weapon and issuing threats of death to police officers …

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Mr Yaw Buadu Ayeboafo, the Chairman of the National Media Commission has advised journalists against rushing stories to the press when all details of a doubtful story are not given. He said a good journalistic piece must not be subject to any ambiguity or falsehood, but its contents must be …