GENERAL NEWS

The angry youth of Amanase, a community near Suhum along the Accra to Kumasi highway embarked on a spontaneous protest last night after a speedy and rashly driven vehicle crushed a pedestrian to death. The accident occurred at about 7:30pm Thursday. The angry youth burnt tyres on the road creating …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an injunction against the strike by lab scientists at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). The NLC issued a directive asking the lab scientists to suspend their strike, which is in protest to a decision by the management of KATH in the Ashanti Region, …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pleaded with Ghanaians not to spread misinformation or share untruths or controversial material on the upcoming census process. He noted that the data collected will “enable us to measure the social and economic status of our nation, and to receive the invaluable inputs necessary …

The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) is proposing being given more biting capacity to be able to prosecute individuals and state agencies who misuse oil revenues. The Committee, which is an offshoot of Parliament, is mandated to track, evaluate and monitor proceeds from Ghana’s oil fields and its proper …

All is set for The Church of Pentecost to plant and nurture one million trees across the country as part of the church’s Environmental Care Campaign. The Chairman of the church, Apostle Eric Nyamekye, on Thursday, May 27, 2021, ceremoniously planted some trees at the General Headquarters of the church …

A 54-year-old caregiver Clara Ayani-Ampah, who allegedly battered 11-months-old baby girl whilst feeding her has been arrested by the Police. Greater Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer ASP Afia Tengey confirmed the news of her arrest on Friday May 28 and added that she will be put before court. The …

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged the AfCFTA Secretariat to move quickly and implement an open sky policy for member states of the AfCFTA to ease travels and boost trade in Africa. The AfCFTA, with its headquarters in Ghana, is aimed at boosting and accelerating intra-African trade and …

The Health Committee of Parliament has asked aggrieved medical laboratory scientists to call off their ongoing strike and petition it to look into their issues. According to the Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Ayew Afriyie, human lives must not be sacrificed on the altar of outstanding issues that can be …

Management of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has adjusted the academic calendar and dates for Senior High Schools (SHS) / Senior High Technical Schools (SHTS) for the 2021 Academic Year and wishes to inform all Heads of Schools to take note and to communicate same to staff, students and parents. …

Revenue mobilisation is one of the major functions of any Metropolitan, Municipal or District Assembly in Ghana’s system of decentralisation and local governance, and it is a basis of enduring relationship between the local governance institutions and residents in their respective jurisdictions. It is useful, I think, that at this …