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The Speaker of Parliament, Alban S.K Bagbin, has said that as Leader of the House, he can only be impartial but he cannot be neutral. Speaking in reference to current issues before Parliament concerning the 2022 Budget and Financial Statement, the Speaker said “the concept of majority rule should give way to participatory inclusiveness. Given the current changes, Parliament cannot ...

The national executives of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have agreed to suspend the industrial action which has traveled beyond a month. It comes after a court directed them to resume work while they negotiate with government over their grievances. The decision is also coming on the back of last week’s meeting between the executives and the Parliamentary ...

Commercial road transport operators have incread transport fares by 15 per cent. The new fares will take effect Saturday, February 26, 2022. It includes fares for shared taxis, intra-city (tro-tro) and intercity (long distance). The transport unions wanted a 30 percent upward adjustment but after a meeting with stakeholders on Monday, 21 Februry 2022, the operators agreed to a 15 ...

The Human Rights Division of the Accra High Court has fixed March 28, 2022 to rule on a motion for interlocutory injunction filed by Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and his officers. Mr. Xavier Sosu is praying the court to stop the IGP from any attempt to infringe on his rights. In ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Ghana, on Thursday, 10th February 2022, to begin a 10-day working visit to France, Guyana, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. President Akufo-Addo’s first port of call will be Brest, France, where, at the invitation of Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, he will participate in the One Ocean Summit, to be held ...

The Association of Road Contractors has described the declaration of 2022 as “Year of Roads’’ by the government as more of sloganeering than a reality. The association explained that 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 were all declared as years of roads but “we did not see anything as stakeholders in the built industry.” The association said nothing was seen in correspondence ...

Electrochem Ghana Limited has scaled up the construction of community pans for salt winning by artisanal miners in communities bordering the company’s concession in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region. Ten of the community pans that have already been built for Nakomkope within the Agbakpe community are being filled with mature brine (saltwater) which will crystalize into ...

The Black Stars of Ghana have dropped positions on the latest rankings released by the world football governing body, FIFA today. The four time African Champions dropped nine places and are now ranked the 61st best men’s national team in the world according to the February rankings. In Africa, Ghana can’t be found in the top ten (10) best male ...

The NDC Youth-led Yentua Demonstration commenced Thursday morning 10, February 2022, in Accra. The demonstration is to protest the introduction of the E-levy. The demonstrators converged at the Obra Spot where the march started. Clad in red attire, the demonstrators walk through the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue through Farisco, Striking Force, the Kinbu Road, the Octagon, the National Theatre through the ...

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said the E-levy spelt cake he cut during his 65th birthday was a gift from a businessman who is not even a family remember nor affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP). According to him, his intent was not to provoke Ghanaians as it is being speculated by some social media users. Some Ghanaians ...