GENERAL NEWS

A video has been released showing the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, appealing to some demonstrators against blocking roads. On October 25, the MP led some of his constituents to demonstrate against poor roads in the constituency. Part of the protest turned violent when Police attempted to arrest …

The Health Ministry says from November 10; it will begin the recruitment of private and public trained nurses who graduated from health training institutions in 2019. A statement issued on Thursday and signed by the Chief Director, Kwabena Oku-Afari, stated that “Degree and Diploma nurses and midwives from both private and …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has thrown its weight behind the proposal by the Association of Road Contractors to increase road tolls in the country. The Association of Road Contractors proposed an upward adjustment in road tolls to a minimum of GH¢2 for saloon cars as a bold …

Economist at the University of Ghana Business School, Prof Godfred Bokpin fears that government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy will deepen the inequality gap in the country. A report by Oxfam Ghana has revealed that Ghana is currently failing in its quest to minimize inequality, especially in the …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), has urged its members not to increase  fares until it concludes negotiations with the government at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, November, 9 2021.   According to the Union, even though its talks with government to scrap some taxes and levies placed on …

The 1992 Constitution of Ghana provides for the principle of equality before the law. Simply put, all persons in Ghana are equal before the law, and no one is above the law. That notwithstanding, the same constitution grants immunities, including what is referred to as permanent immunity or impunity (i.e. …

The chief of Nyamekrom, a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern Region, Nana Kwame Nuro Agyepong II, has called on the government to fix the recently collapsed makeshift bridge and also their roads to curb unemployment and armed robbery in the community.   A torrential rainfall two …

President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has charged the newly constituted Governing Board of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) to do all within its mandate to protect the interests of the Ghanaian utility consumer.   The PURC, according to the President, appears to be efficient when it …

The CEO for Tree Crop Development Authority, Mr Williams Quaitoo has stated that, minimum fix price for cashew production in 2021-2022 cashew season will be announced by the agriculture ministry in December this Year.   He said, all important factors to be considered in arriving of cashew Price have been …