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New Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong has taken former president John Dramani Mahama to the cleaners for asking illegal miners popularly known as “galamseyers” to vote against incumbent NPP in 2020 elections because they have been thrown out of jobs. According to him, he is very disappointed that the former ...

It was a tense moment at Manhyia Palace on Wednesday as NPP executives went on their knees to apologise to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The plea for forgiveness follows an outburst by the Asantehene that there are active attempts by some people close to government to pitch him against the Akyems. Acting General Secretary, John Boadu and Ashanti ...

Vice president Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commended churches and other religious bodies for their contribution to actualizing President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of a Ghana Beyond Aid. Citing the Church of Pentecost as an example of indigenous churches that have, through their own homegrown resources, provided a wide range of infrastructure being utilized by countless Ghanaians, Dr Bawumia underscored ...

JoyNews investigations have uncovered that the state-owned Metro Mass Transit Limited lost over GHC1 million, as a result of under-valuation of more than 200 buses sold by the company. The buses were declared “unserviceable” and as a company policy, they were supposed to be sold off as scrap. JoyNews, however, found out the valuation process was compromised and this has ...

A 14-year-old boy is performing wonders by serving as the only veterinary service provider in some 15 communities within the Volta Region. The boy, Oscar Abutiate, who operates as the only “veterinary doctor” at Worawora and its environs in the Volta Region, says he learnt the skill from his father who is now old and retired from the job. The ...

The Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has cautioned the board of the Metro Mass Transit Ltd. (MMT), not to tamper with evidence as it probes the alleged shady deals involving the Managing Director of the company, Bennet Aboagye. In a letter to the Board of the MMT, Mr. Amidu said there would be a criminal investigation into the matter following a ...

Starr News has exclusively obtained a list of the one million jobs that the government boasts to have created upon assumption of office some 16 months ago. The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations claims the government has created close to two million jobs so far. Mr. Ignatius Baffour-Awuah disclosed on Tuesday at the launch of the Nation Builders’ Corps ...

The Northern Regional Director of Ghana Health Service, Dr. Samuel Quarshie has fled from office to an unknown destination for over a month now, after an armed group, who accused him of unnecessary meddling in the affairs of other staff, threatened him to do so or face forceful ejection. Worried senior staff of the health service in the region told ...

Former Power Minister Dr. Kwabena Donkor has disclosed that disbursement of the $500million ECG privatization package under the Power Compact II agreement has already begun. This is before the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) finalizes the paper work related to the implementation of the Compact II agreement with Meralco Consortium. MiDA last month selected Meralco Consortium which is led by the ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that as his administration seeks to establish a world-class labour force comparable to any in the world, concerns of workers in the public sector over their remuneration must be addressed. It is for this reason that an Inter-Ministerial Committee has been established by the Ministries of Employment and Labour Relations and Finance to ...