GENERAL NEWS

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is worried about the recent power outages in the Ashanti Region. Speaking during a courtesy call on him by the Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Asantehene said the intermittent power outages had destroyed his electrical appliances. “I have been experiencing power …

The government has decided to place a levy on all electronic transactions to widen the tax net and rope in the informal sector, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said. Presenting the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy in Parliament on Wednesday (17 November), Ofori-Atta said the new charge will …

The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, insists that he was not wrong in associating himself with the Majority side to approve the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Nana Akufo-Addo government on  Tuesday, November 30, 2021. The First Deputy Speaker included himself in the total number of Members …

  Opposition Members of Parliament were heard singing the Revolution song as they objected to the approval of the 2022 budget statement. “Revo revo revolution Has a long way to go But has come to stay Cadres may go Cadres may come But the revolution has come to stay,” they were heard singing. This …

The old students of Presbyterian Boys’ Secondary School (Presec Legon) have revealed that they will petition organisers of National Science and Maths Quiz (NSMQ), Primetime, over what they say is a “raw deal” during the competition’s finals. In a statement on Wednesday, the Global President of the Ɔdadeɛ Alumni and …

Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey,  has called on Ghanaians to demand Food Handler’s Certificate from food vendors before patronising their food. This according to her would help reduce the high incidence and consequences of foodborne diseases in the city and ensure best …

Tollbooth workers in the Greater Accra region demonstrated on Monday, 30 November 2021 over the government’s decision to abolish tolls, which has rendered them jobless. According to them, the directive from the Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Atta, is having an adverse impact on their livelihoods. Mr Amoako-Atta directed …

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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Accra on Tuesday, 30th November, to attend the 45th Annual Legislative Conference of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, being held in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America.   The event, which will be attended by US Vice President, Kamala Harris, …

Residents of Oforikrom West in the Oforikrom Municipality in the Ashanti Region say they are living in fear due to incessant robbery attacks in the area. The inhabitants recount how some persons have been robbed of their belongings and killed; a situation which has forced some persons to close from …