GENERAL NEWS

The Coalition of Youth Organisers has waded into the “unfortunate” incident last weekend when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was booed by patrons at the Global Citizen Festival staged at the Black Star Square in Accra. The embarrassing incident was widely reported by the media, leaving political parties divided on …

Some passport applicants in the country are seething with anger following the inability of passport offices across the country to release their passports despite the expiration of their collection dates.   According to Starr News sources, the passport office is currently only attending to priority cases as the company which …

At least three illegal miners are feared dead after an underground mining pit caved in on them at Akyem Twepiase near Kyebi in the Eastern region. The exact number of victims trapped has not been established but sources say at least three persons were in the pit when it collapsed. …

A Chinese national has allegedly slashed the throat of his Ghanaian employee, Isaac Boateng, at Kweikuma, a community in the Sekondi-Takoradi municipality of the Western Region. The Chinese company the perpetrator works for has been contracted to erect structures close to the apartments of the Ghana Navy flats area at …

The Civil and Local Government Staff Association Ghana (CLOGSAG), has called on the government to halt the political appointment of chief directors into the civil and local government services. Speaking at the 5th Nathan Quao Lecture in Accra, today, Thursday, 29 September 2022, on the theme: “Abuse of Political Power …

The peaceful demonstration against a Salt Mining Campany in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region last Tuesday, September 27, 2022, was almost marred after a protester shot another protester in the thigh. Sources at the scene said that the shooting incident happened just as the protest match was …

Pressure group Occupy Ghana has criticized government for what it describes as lip service to the pledge to fight illegal mining.   In an open letter to the President, Occupy Ghana expressed disappointment at what it described as obvious ‘impotence’ in spite of the huge resources at governments disposal to …

Amidst the worsening economic conditions and government plans to secure an IMF support programme, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is hopeful of a “Ghana miracle” to salvage the economy. Addressing the media on the state of the Ghanaian economy on Wednesday, the Minister said, “the sanctity and the well-functioning of the …

The Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts & Culture, Mark Okraku-Mantey, has revealed that Ghana has been declared the No.1 tourism destination in West Africa, by the World Economic Forum. He made this revelation in an interview with Prince Tsegah on Usay Weytin on Hitz FM.   “For your information, at …

The Vice President of Ghana, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has admitted that it will take a while for Ghanaians to accept the Cylinder Recirculation Model. Dr. Bawumia says transitioning from the current state of cylinder recirculation needs time to be accepted by all.   Under the Cylinder Recirculation Model, no consumer …