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Senior Minister Mr. Yaw Osafo Maafo has warned that government will no longer employ public servants and maybe forced to lay some off because the public sector is choked. The Senior Minister was speaking at the 2017 Ghana Economic Forum on Monday where he said, “the public sector is full in terms of employment [and] we can’t employ anybody in ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said his seven-month old government is already fulfilling the promises and commitments made in the lead up to the December 2016 elections. According to him, despite the “economic mess” inherited by his administration, he will deliver. He stressed, “when we came into office, we were met with huge debts and no money. It is ...

Veteran journalist, author and African affairs specialist, Cameron Duodu, has waded into the raging debate of who founded Ghana. In a conversation with the host of The Lounge, Kwaku Sakyi-Addo last Friday, Mr. Duodou said: “We don’t have a founding father; we have founding fathers. Like in the United States, they give everyone his due.” There has been a longstanding ...

The driver of a parked truck which took off down the hill killing two on the spot at the racecourse in Kumasi has been picked up by the Suame Police command in the Ashanti region. The DAF truck carrying cement suddenly moved plummeting down and knocking into other stores and any person in sight on Monday dawn. It took the ...

Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye last Wednesday, August 2, 2017, practically insulted operatives of one of the country’s biggest market by urging Members of Parliament (MPs) to approach business of the house with the highest level of decorum, but not like people in Makola Market. Rating himself and the MPs above the traders, the Speaker stated “There is ...

Government has once again suspended the implementation of the mandatory tow levy following days of public backlash. The decision is an outcome of a meeting between the Transport ministry and the Road Safety Commission, Myjoyonline has learnt. The mandatory tow levy was first suspended in June after it became public that motorists would soon pay annually, between GHS20 to GHS200 ...

The deportation of the 2016 National Campaign Manager of the governing New Patriotic Party, Peter Mac-Manu from Kenya seems to have created some form anxiety in that country. Mac Manu who was leading a team of election observers was prevented from entering Kenya which has its election scheduled for Tuesday, August 8, 2017. Earlier reports suggest that Mac Manu was ...

On Monday July 31, 2017, I joined a group of persons with diverse backgrounds – marketers, communicators, policy makers, players within the tourism industry and activists of sustainable development to begin a week long fact-finding tour of Germany under the theme “Environmental protection and green tourism in Germany”. The day started with a short tour of the famous Scandic hotel ...

Illegal small-scale miners have denied claims by the Operation Vanguard anti-galamsey taskforce that they (miners) opened fire on Vanguard personnel prompting the firing of reprisal shots by the force that led to the killing of one miner at Wawase on Sunday. One of the miners, Adamu Alhassan told Accra100.5FM on Monday that the Vanguards rather fired the first shot at ...

The Head of the Ahmadiyya Mission in Ghana, Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih has charged President Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo to bring all on board if he really wants Ghanaians to be citizens and not spectators. According to him, if the person charging you to be a participant or citizen does not extend to you a hand of invitation, how do you ...