GENERAL NEWS

The Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has sworn in a 3-member Interim Management Committee to oversee the affairs of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) as part of efforts to restructure and revamp it. The Chairman of the 3-member IMC is Nobert Cormla-Djamposu Anku. The other members are William …

  Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned Ghanaians against indiscriminate patronage of foreign telenovelas.   According to him such telenovelas being shown on networks in the country are not only corrupting women to the point their husbands no longer recognize them but destroying the country’s culture too.   The …

The Police Hospital in Accra is experiencing congestion which has resulted in some patients receiving treatment on stretchers and chairs on the verandah, Ghanaian Times investigations has shown. A visit by the Ghanaian Times to the facility last Wednesday revealed that there were only 11 beds for patients on admission …

Deputy Minister-designate for Trade and Industry Herbert Krapah has reiterated calls for the travel costs of the president to be made known to all Ghanaians. For him, it will be in the interest of transparency for such details to be published. The Government Spokesperson on Governance and Legal Affairs said …

Techiman South Member of Parliament (MP), Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, says the families of two persons who died as a result of violence in the Techiman South Constituency during the 2020 general election are being given four-bedroom houses as compensation. He says support has also been extended to those who …

The embattled former Member of Parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency, Kennedy Kwasi Kankam, has cautioned some media outlets to retract and apologize on what he describes as inaccurate facts leveled against him. There seems to be a looming record sue on some media houses as Kennedy Kankam has hinted his lawyers …

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) has cleared the embattled former Member of parliament for Nhyiaeso Constituency, Kennedy Kwasi Kankam, of alleged misapplication of the his share of the Common Fund. Chief Executive Osei Assibey Antwi in an interview on Akoma FM‘s current affairs and political show GhanAkoma explained to host …

A Deputy Attorney General-designate, Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, has opposed calls for the abolishment of the death penalty from Ghana’s statutes. The nominee believes Ghana is not yet at the level where it will do away with such a law. Groups like Amnesty International Ghana have called on President Akufo-Addo, the Attorney …

Landlords and landladies will be paying taxes on the rent advance they take from tenants soon, the Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah has revealed. The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah According to the GRA boss, his outfit will begin implementing …

2021 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS. 2021 POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS (2021 PHC) INTRODUCTION Sunday 13th June marks the start of the 2021 Population and Housing Census. We are all therefore encouraged to support such exercise. We are to give accurate answer to aid in decision making for better development. Development …