The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has cautioned Ghanaians against the indiscriminate patronization of foreign telenovelas. According to him such telenovelas being shown on networks in the country are not only corrupting women to the point their husbands no longer recognize them but destroying the country’s culture too. Speaking as a special guest at the launch of a book of ...

Ghana will from today Tuesday 15th June to Saturday 19th June 2021, host the mid-year statutory meetings of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS). Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway who announced this at a press conference in Accra on Monday, June 14, 2021, said the meetings will be held for 5 days continuously. ...

Saudi Arabia has announced that it will admit no more than 60,000 pilgrims for this year’s hajj. The country said due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all pilgrims must be from within the kingdom. A statement issued by the Saudi authorities last Saturday further noted that this year’s hajj, which will begin in mid-July, will be limited to those aged from ...

The Minority Leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, has charged President Akufo-Addo to deal with the seeming breakdown of law and order in the country following the killing of a policeman and one other in a daylight robbery attack at Jamestown in Accra. He was speaking to Starr News at the launch of a book by former first deputy speaker Ken ...

84-Year-Old actor, Paa George, has expressed discomfort and lack of enthusiasm for today’s Ghanaian music, suggesting majority of the music being churned out lately lacked understanding. Speaking in an interview on Atinka TV on Friday night, the veteran actor who featured in a number of Kumawood productions, compared today’s music to music from back in days. According to him, the ...

Shatta Wale had intense verbal exchanges with entertainment pundit Arnold Asamoah Baidoo on UTV’s United Showbiz programme on Saturday. This was after the latter described him as the most “confused and inconsistent” Ghanaian artiste. Shatta Wale recently came under heavy criticism over statements he made during his State of the Industry Address weeks ago. He said in that address that ...

Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced the completion of the sale of its Dussafu Marin permit asset in Gabon to Panoro Energy ASA (Panoro). Tullow, on Wednesday, 9 June 2021, received a payment of $39 million from Panoro for the Dussafu asset and $5 million of contingent consideration relating to the Equatorial Guinea transaction. The transaction also included contingent cash ...

The Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Rev. Ammishaddai Owusu-Amoah, has announced that rent tax will be implemented before the year ends. According to the commissioner, businesses Liable to pay Rent Tax include businesses or individuals who receive income from letting or leasing a property and an agency that qualifies to withhold tax. Speaking at the Ghana Financial Intermediation ...

Hosts Brazil began the defence of their Copa America title with a comfortable victory over a Covid-affected Venezuela in the tournament’s opening match. Talisman Neymar scored one and assisted another, adding a second for Tite’s side with a second-half penalty before setting up Gabriel Barbosa late on. Paris St-Germain defender Marquinhos bundled in a 23rd-minute opener after Venezuela failed to ...

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has tasked the Ministry of Youth and Sports to institute a monthly National Fitness Day. Speaking at the commissioning of an ultra-modern astro turf at Adjiringanor in the Adenta Municipality in Accra on Thursday, evening, Vice President Bawumia said promoting fitness should be an essential part of Ghana’s healthcare delivery system, hence he has ...