NEWS

Two issues have been in the news lately – the AMERI Energy Deal and the Mandatory Towing Levy- and they have triggered a fair measure of public rumblings. Both are legacies from the previous political regime. Both involve pre-commitment of fiscal obligations of some sort for many years to come. Article 35(7) of the 1992 Constitution, under The Directive Principles ...

The battle for the legalisation of homosexuality in Ghana wages on as a member of parliament for Assin South, Mr.John Ntim Fordjour has hit hard on some Ghanaian gay activists calling for the rights of the LGBT community to be respected. Earlier,a group of gay activists in Canada have secured 1000s of signatures from top politicians of Canada in favour ...

The Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyepong, has backed claims that some appointees at the Flagstaff House take money from people seeking to meet the President. “Abu Jinapor and Asenso-Boakye are not the only two alleged to be involved in corrupt activities at the presidency, they are many others as well. When I started complaining about the president ...

Musician Kwame A Plus has said he is writing to the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) company limited to cancel a contract he has with the state oil firm following criticisms against him by supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) that he bagging contract after contract right after the party won power after the December 2016 elections. ...

The Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Elizabeth Afoley Quaye has said her Ministry is investigating claims that some Chinese engaged in fish farming in the country are using steroids to produce tilapia. “At the moment, the Water and Research Institute is testing the fish to find if there is any presence of steroids at all, and also to establish the genetic ...

The government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been renaming the policies and projects started by the Mahama administration in order to take credit for those projects, Edward Acquah (Fayah), the Ekumfi Constituency Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has said. According to him, the Planting for Food and Jobs programme launched by Mr Akufo-Addo is the brain child ...

Squatters occupying the shoulders of the tunnel linking East Legon to the Spintex Road have been advised to vacate the area in two weeks in their own interest. The presence of the trespassers is hindering attempts to speed up the construction of a second subway in the area. Government is working with a contractor to put up a second by-pass ...

The One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign of Millennium Promise and its partners, Ashanti regional health directorate of Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), have hit their target of training 1,800 Community Health Workers to deliver quality health care services at the door steps of people living in rural communities in Ghana. This follows their ...

A Medical and Social Entrepreneur Dr. Yao Mfodwo is proposing that senior citizens must constitute majority of government boards. Speaking at the first annual stakeholders’ forum on ageing matters held in Accra, Dr. Mfodwo argued senior citizens have a lot of experience which must be tapped to improve Ghana’s corporate governance system. He reiterated that retiring at age 60 is ...

The interdicted Head of IT for the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) Dr. Caleb Afaglo has dismissed claims that his academic credentials are questionable. The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) has interdicted Mr. Afaglo over claims that his certificates are fake and therefore he does not deserve his position at SSNIT. But responding to the charge in ...