Emmanuel Reinfred Okyere, Western Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has said his outfit targeted the registration of about 438,340 more active members in the month of November 2020. He said the Directorate at the beginning of 2020 set the target of registering 1,107,330 members onto the Scheme but has so far registered 668,990 hence the membership ...

The Sefwi Wiawso Municipal Assembly in the Western North region joined the country to celebrate the 36th edition of the National  farmers day. The program was held at Sefwi Nkonya town Park within the Municipal. The program was under the theme:” Ensuring Agribusiness Development In Covid- 19 Challenges and Opportunities “. The Municipal Chief Executive For Sefwi Wiawso Hon. Louis ...

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said he built the “most beautiful” market in the whole of West Africa in the Ashanti Region during his first term in office. Listing all his achievements in the Ashanti Region to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on the second day of his 6-day tour of the region, the presidential candidate of the main ...

Founder and leader of United Progressive Party (UPP), Kwasi Addai Odike, has jumped to the defence of former President John Dramani Mahama over his recent comments made in Kumasi about the political affinity of the Ashantis. The NDC flagbearer who is on a 6-day tour of the Ashanti Region asked the electorates in the region, the stronghold of the ruling ...

The Alliance of Civil Society groups working in the extractive, good governance and anti-corruption sectors, are challenging Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu to investigate and prosecute all persons involved in the controversial Agyapa Mineral Royalties agreement. The demand follows a damning corruption risk assessment report from the OSP which alleged bid-rigging and other breaches in the royalties deal. Addressing the media ...

Senior Political Science Lecturer, Ransford Gyampo, has made statements that contradict popular notion that lawyers and legal brains had a major role to play in the drafting of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution and therefore have a better understanding of it than regular Ghanaians. According to Prof. Gyampo, Ghanaian lawyers openly boycotted processes leading to the drafting of the 1992 Constitution which ...

Some 14 persons have sustained injuries in a gas explosion at the Mighty Gas Filling station in Ho, the Volta regional capital. The injured persons have been rushed to the Ho Teaching Hospital and are currently receiving treatment, according to information picked up by Starrfm.com.gh. Eyewitnesses reported that the swift response by personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service helped ...

Economist Dr Jerry Monfant has blamed government’s handling of the banking sector for the country’s current economic challenges. Government has attributed the economic challenges including dwindling revenue, increase in spending, and a high debt to GDP ratio to the Covid-19 pandemic. But Dr Monfant said the claim is questionable. Speaking on the Morning Starr he said “we tend to believe ...

The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) has described as a cheap and lazy the approach by government in addressing challenges of the Electricity Company of Ghana. Deputy Energy Minister in charge of petroleum Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, on Tuesday, November 10 at an energy forum, announced that the government is looking for avenues to handover ECG to a private concessionaire ...

Correspondence from Ashanti Region: It was a tough time for famous traditional worshipper, Nana Kwaku Bonsam, on Tuesday morning when he appeared before the Asantehemaa Nana Ama Konadu’s traditional court at the Manhyia Palace, the seat of the Ashanti Kingdom. This was when the Akomadan-Afrancho based fetish priest appeared before the court to answer why he invoked curses on the ...