The Trade Union Congress (TUC) Ghana has called on the government to pass the Affirmative Action Bill now. The Affirmative Action Bill seeks to increase women participation and representation and participation in governance, public positions of power and all decision-making bodies of the country. Additionally, it also requires all sectors to reserve a percentage of their employment for women, whilst ...

Musician and Political Activist A-Plus born Kwame Asare Obeng has threatened to kill himself. The “Letter To Parliament” hitmaker has bared his heart out in an exclusive four minutes forty seconds speech during his birthday party at his residence in Accra on Friday, March 6, 2020. He has sent a strong message to his detractors and anybody who wants to ...

A Senior Physician Assistant for Sefwi Asawinso in the Wiaso District of the Western North Region, Mr Felix Annin, is appealing to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Ministry of Health, as a matter of urgency, to complete the abandoned Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound to aid healthcare delivery in the area. According to Mr Annin, the ...

After gaining admission at the Johns Hopkins University, for a master’s degree programme, Dr Fathia Kareem applied for a scholarship at GETFund but was refused two years in a row. Her story is testament to what many say is a failed and broken system at the GETFund Secretariat, especially after it emerged that government officials, and not brilliant and needy ...

The absence of Ex-President John Mahama from Ghana’s 63rd Independence Day celebration at the Kumasi Sports Stadium and the circulation of an empty chair with his name embossed on it to ridicule him, has taken away the beauty and shine the event would have brought. But in the end, neither the messages of President Akufo-Addo, nor his Special Guest of ...

Burkina Faso on Monday reported its first two cases of coronavirus, the health minister said, becoming the sixth country in sub-Saharan Africa affected by the virus. Health Minister Claudine Lougue told reporters that the two patients, a husband and wife, had recently returned to Burkina Faso from a trip to France and were now in isolation. The man is 73-years-old ...

The suspected killer of J.B Danquah, the former Member of Parliament for Abuakwa-North, has revealed in court that he is being haunted by the ghost of the late MP. Daniel Asiedu stated in court Tuesday, March 10, that he was engaged by some people to kill the late J.B Danquah and was paid GHc20, 000 to commit the crime. “I ...

The first deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei-Owusu has blamed the rising road carnage in the country on poor law enforcement. According to him, state officials employed to enforce traffic regulations often shirk their duties and political actors are also intimidated by threats of vote losses. The comments come on the back of the Monday accident at Kintampo in the ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on government to reduce the prices of petroleum products following the sharp drop in the price of Brent Crude on the international market. According to the party, the relative stability of local currency and the drop of oil in the global market over the last two months should affect the price of ...

Hon Joe T joined the Saki Nmlitsakpo Chief Nii Tetteh Oglie and his council with the general public in a Keep fit Exercise organised within the area by the chief on Saturday 7th March, 2020. This is to foster unity among the older and younger generation for a healthy society Hon Joe T thanked all for coming especially the Saki ...