Two of the biggest voices in the transgender community are speaking out against President Trump’s plan to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. armed forces. Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox took to social media on Wednesday to condemn Trump’s announcement. “There are 15,000 patriotic transgender Americans in the U.S. military fighting for all of us,” ...

Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education, on Wednesday inaugurated the National Council for Curriculum Assessment (NACCA). The NCCA is one of the three bodies established under the Education Act 778 (2008), as part of efforts to ensuring greater efficiency and strategic management of education delivery in the country. It was set up to handle the process of determining the ...

PAUL POGBA’S performance for Manchester United against Barcelona showed he is at the same level as Andres Iniesta and Toni Kroos. Those are the thoughts of Jose Mourinho. Pogba produced a typically all-action display and came close to scoring against Barcelona, but could not prevent the Red Devils from slumping to a first defeat of their pre-season tour. The Frenchman ...

Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has jumped to the defence of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs. Charlotte Osei; claiming she’s being made a “target of scrutiny”. Kweku Baako, commenting on the issue on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’, called for thorough investigations into the EC allegations but however would not fault Mrs. Charlotte Osei for responding to the allegations for the ...

One person has died in a galamsey pit collapse at Wassa Nananko in the Western Region. The pit reportedly caved in when three illegal miners were operating in it. One of the miners was trapped in the pit leading to his death. The two others sustained injuries. The two survivors sustained injuries. According Starr News’ Western regional correspondent, Emmanuel Ohene ...

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has rejected allegations that it is disqualifying female applicants with heavy bosoms and bottoms. According to the army, the documentation for body selection processes is not disclosed to the applicants and, so, wondered where such allegations were coming from. The army has been undertaking recruitment exercises for this year since last week. The process is ...

President  Akufo-Addo says the two major expectations of Ghanaians as far as his government is concerned is the elimination of corruption and the creation of jobs, particularly for the youth between the ages of 15 and 24 years. Speaking at a ceremony held at the Kempinski Hotel to launch a book entitled “Making Africa Work”, a handbook for Economic success, ...

The Minority in Parliament has demonstrated “hypocrisy” and “double standards” in their criticism of the raid by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service of former Power Minister Dr Kwabena Donkor’s home in connection with investigations into the controversial $510 Ameri deal. “I hate the hypocrisy, double standards and audacity of the Minority in Parliament to unlawfully ...

Joy News sources say the Chair of the Electoral Commission (EC) and her six deputies have been directed by Parliament to prepare a Constitutional Instrument that will guide their work. Parliament believes that the regulation, which will have a force of law, will be a permanent solution to the ongoing disagreement between the EC Chair, Mrs. Charlotte Osei, and two ...

The French Ambassador to Ghana Francois Pujolas has said that he was dazed by the rise of Emmanuel Macron to political stardom. French voters in May, 2017 elected the unknown Macron politically as their president. He defeated far-right candidate Marine Le Pen wining 66.06percent of validate votes cast. The result is remarkable considering he, a centrist independent, campaigned without a ...