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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed worry over the high expenditure programs being pursued by the government. According to the fund, even though the Akufo-Addo government promised to save money, the nature of the projects it is embarking on makes it difficult to leave up to the promise. The Fund is, therefore, suggesting that government is not allowed to ...

The Manager in Charge of the Ghana Cocoa Board CEO’s office, Fiifi Boafo, has stated that GHc 5 million was spent by the Mahama government, not only to refurbish the guest house at Bole, but also construct additional facilities. This comes after the office of John Mahama refuted claims that the former President influenced the construction of the Cocoa Research ...

A former Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr. Valarie Sawyerr, has suggested that the Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, is struggling to clean the mess caused by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s elephant-sized government. Madam Valarie in her recent epistle opined that, Akufo-Addo’s ten-month reign has been fraught with the “Bond saga, the MacDan saga, the BOST saga, the AMERI saga, ...

The Central regional Police command has expressed concerns over the increasing number of defilement cases in the region. According to the command, by the second quarter of the year, it had recorded some 114 cases of defilement. Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Irene Oppong who disclosed this to Starr News’ Central regional correspondent Kwaku Baah-Acheamfour, said though the ...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana COCOBOD, Joseph Boahene Aidoo, says government is investigating the withdrawal of $400 million cedis out of the $1.8 billion cocoa syndicated loan secured for the 2016/2017 crop season, between December 20th and January 2017, when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, had already lost the 2016 elections and were on their way out ...

Renowned Dancehall Artiste, Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly known as Shatta Wale has called on various media houses to stop referring to him as ‘self-acclaimed Dancehall King’. Speaking on Adom FM’s Drive Time Show ‘Ofie Kwanso’ which is hosted by Jerry Justice, the ‘Ayoo’ hit maker expressed his dissatisfaction with the ‘self-acclaimed’ title journalists and bloggers use in referring to ...

It is alleged in portions of the ‘leaked’ Kwesi Botchwey report that Ashanti Regional Executives of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the run-up to the 2016 elections had to resort to unconventional means to make the party appear it was indeed poised for its one million votes target. One of the measures it adopted was staging defections from ...

A former Minister for Trade and Industry, Ekwow Spio-Garbrah has disclosed that he will file his nomination to contest for the presidential slot of the opposition National Democratic Congress. Dr. Spio-Grabrah told host of Starr Chat Bola Ray that he has what it takes to win the presidential slot of the NDC ahead of the 2020 general elections. “I’m going ...

Concerned national service personnel have rejected plans by the management of the National Service Scheme (NSS) to introduce insurance packages of NSS personnel in the country. A statement signed by Emmanuel Asenso Adusei, Accra Metro, said: “The National Service Scheme has launched a mandatory insurance policy to deduct money every month from the non-taxable allowance it pays to service personnel ...

Former president John Mahama has described as palpable falsehood allegation by the CEO of COCOBOD that he ordered the construction of a guest house in his hometown Bole for his personal benefit. Joseph Boahen Aidoo accused Mahama of influencing the construction of an “unnecessary guest house” using funds belonging to COCOBOD. “The penchant to siphon funds through inflated contracts was ...