GENERAL NEWS

A video on the internet tells the story of the helpless state of some, officers of the Ghana Police Service, begging and kneeling for illegal miners, or galamsey boys. The content of the video tells a story of familiarity between the police officers in the area and the boys, whose …

There was suspense in parliament briefly after the MP for  Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency and deputy majority Whip, Lydia Alhassan delayed in entering the chamber during a head count vote. After the minority were counted, it was time for the majority to vote but Lydia Alhassan was not in the …

Alistair Mathias, the man who smuggles $40 million worth of gold out of Ghana every month Al Jazeera, last week, released the first episode of a four-part investigative series on the smuggling of gold in Africa. The episode exposes the men and women behind the crime in various parts of …

Parliament on Friday, 31st March 2023, has by unanimous decision, rejected the Electoral Commission’s (EC) Constitutional Instrument (CI), that sought to make the Ghana card sole registration document for voting. This comes following the presentation of a report of the Committee of the Whole on the draft Public Elections (registration …

Parliament has passed the three tax bills which were tabled before it as part of government’s measures to generate more revenue. The bills namely the Income Tax Amendment Bill, The Excise Duty Amendment Bill and the Growth and Sustainability Amendment Bill were passed on Friday evening. Earlier, the government had …

Former Accra Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service Superintendent Effia Tengey has exited the Service. This follows 18 years of service She made this known in a message to a few friends as she pursues other interests.   She was a much admired and respected officer who …

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Nanton and Deputy Minister of Food and Agriculture, Hon.  Alhaji Mohammed Hardi Tufeirua was involved in an accident while on his way to Parliament to partake in proceedings on the three revenue bills currently being considered by the house.     …

Renowned business mogul and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Last Chance Travel And Tour Company, Mr. Bismark Amoh has donated assorted food items worth GHS20,000 to the Ghana Black Meteors at Noda hotel.       The items include, ten (10) packs of Malta, ten (10) packs of Don Simon, …

Around 6.30am last Wednesday 22/03/2023, I had a trauma call. I went to see this patient, a superintendent at Rio Tinto with a large leg laceration from boat injury. This patient is an indigenous guy. He was there with the wife who’s also a superintendent at Rio. Then there was …

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has granted financial clearance to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to employ some six thousand, three hundred and eighty-seven nurses (6,387) this year. The nurses comprise; Assistant Clinical and Nurse Assistant Preventive who completed in 2019 and June 2020 from various public health training institutions. …