GENERAL NEWS

Parliament will this week begin considering memoranda it has received from the public on the Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex (LGBTQ+) Bill. The Bill, also known as Proper Human Sexuality and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, is now before Parliament’s Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. So far, …

The Deputy Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has informed Parliament that the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Government would be presented on November 15 and not 17 as it was initially advertised. He explained that the reason was to enable the House to attend its post-budget workshop with members …

A video has been released showing the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, appealing to some demonstrators against blocking roads. On October 25, the MP led some of his constituents to demonstrate against poor roads in the constituency. Part of the protest turned violent when Police attempted to arrest …

The Health Ministry says from November 10; it will begin the recruitment of private and public trained nurses who graduated from health training institutions in 2019. A statement issued on Thursday and signed by the Chief Director, Kwabena Oku-Afari, stated that “Degree and Diploma nurses and midwives from both private and …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has thrown its weight behind the proposal by the Association of Road Contractors to increase road tolls in the country. The Association of Road Contractors proposed an upward adjustment in road tolls to a minimum of GH¢2 for saloon cars as a bold …

Economist at the University of Ghana Business School, Prof Godfred Bokpin fears that government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy will deepen the inequality gap in the country. A report by Oxfam Ghana has revealed that Ghana is currently failing in its quest to minimize inequality, especially in the …

The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), has urged its members not to increase  fares until it concludes negotiations with the government at its upcoming meeting on Tuesday, November, 9 2021.   According to the Union, even though its talks with government to scrap some taxes and levies placed on …

The 1992 Constitution of Ghana provides for the principle of equality before the law. Simply put, all persons in Ghana are equal before the law, and no one is above the law. That notwithstanding, the same constitution grants immunities, including what is referred to as permanent immunity or impunity (i.e. …

The chief of Nyamekrom, a suburb of New Juaben South Municipality in the Eastern Region, Nana Kwame Nuro Agyepong II, has called on the government to fix the recently collapsed makeshift bridge and also their roads to curb unemployment and armed robbery in the community.   A torrential rainfall two …