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The Inspector General of Police has disclosed that 18 Police officers have been arrested and are facing trial for various traffic offences. The IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare made this revelation at a durbar with Service Personnel in the Bono Regional Capital Sunyani on Friday. According to him, the war …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has cautioned the Ministry of Finance and the government of Ghana, for that matter, to abandon any plans to reclassify its members’ Pension Funds for the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).   According to the Association, any attempts to include GMA’s Pension Funds in the …

Former Chief Justice, Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo has joined pensioners picketing the Finance Ministry to demand a total exemption of their investments in the controversial Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP). Mrs Akuffo was seen holding a placard with the inscription ‘We depend our bond yields to pay our rent, medical …

The Member of Parliament for Anyaa Sowutuom, Dr. Dickson Adomako Kissi, has lauded President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) education policy to enhance the country’s manpower resources.   He said the effort of Nana Akufo-Addo had made a way for especially …

The Western north regional branch of the Ghana Association of Assembly Members (GAAM) has explicitly condemned the military attack on Hon. Mohammed Abdullah, Assembly Member for the Zongo electoral area, and the Zongo community in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality. They have criticised the military officers’ brutal and unwarranted conducts.   Hon. …

Airline passengers travelling to Ghana will no longer be required to fill out landing forms from March 31 this year. Disclosing the innovation in a Facebook post on Friday, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia explained that it “is because the same information can be obtained electronically.” “Furthermore, the Ministry of …

The Minister of Defence Dominic Nitiwul has said criminals tried to blow up a bridge using improvised explosive devices for the first time in Bawku in the Upper East Region, fueling growing violent spillover from a jihadist war across the border in Burkina Faso. The once vibrant border town is …

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Since its announcement on December 5 last year, government’s Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) has been met with fierce opposition and widespread public resistance. Apart from individual bondholders, civil society organisations, academics, finance experts as well as the Minority in Parliament and a host of other well-meaning Ghanaians have vehemently …

A gas tanker driver and his conductor have been rushed to the hospital after their vehicle fell on its side and caught fire at Sokoban Ampayoo within the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly. Firefighters struggled for hours before dousing the flame. They managed to prevent the fire from spreading to other areas. …