NEWS

    Ace Investigative Journalist, Anas Aremyaw Anas, will be in Commonwealth Hall on Thursday 18th May 2017 at 6pm for the 3rd Public Lecture. The lecture which forms part of the 60 years Anniversary of Commonwealth Hall will be Chaired by Professor Harry Akussah, former Hall Master of Commonwealth Hall. The theme for the 60th Anniversary is,”60years of Vandalism: ...

A former Ghana High Commissioner to the UK, Victor Smith, has stated that the failure of former vice president Kwesi Amissah-Arthur to swiftly deal with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s 170 questions during electioneering could be one of the reasons the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lost the 2016 elections. Dr. Bawumia in the build up to the December 7, 2016 ...

Head of Surgical Unit at the refurbished Ridge Hospital says the resplendent edifice is a source of attraction to expatriate medical practitioners. Ralph Armah said both workers and patients are now happy to move into the facility and provide the needed services since the perennial problem of shortage of bed no longer exists. “For us, it’s having this hi-tech thing [facility] ...

The man described as a “Gem” in the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kennedy Agyapong, has charged at Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, challenging him to fix the country’s economy for the masses ,who are unemployed to find jobs. Very much ignoring the role of President Nana Akufo-Addo, Kennedy Agyapong insisted, “Dr. Bawumia, if the NDC has collapsed the economy, ...

It is emerging that the deal involving Africa & Middle East Resources Investment Group – otherwise known as AMERI Group or AMERI Energy – which had become the talk of town, will be abrogated by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government anytime soon. A highly-placed government source said the President Akufo-Addo-led government has decided to cancel the contract signed between ...

  Ghana Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Advisors (GARIA) is pleased to inform its stakeholders and the general public that it has moved to the 7th Floor of SSNIT Emporium, Airport City – Accra. GARIA is the leading association of practitioners and other persons with an interest in restructuring and insolvency formed on   8 August 2006 to play a leadership ...

A 23-year-old student, arrested over the defilement of a minor, resulting in pregnancy, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment. The Juaso Circuit Court, presided over by Mr. Fredrick Tetteh, handed down the punishment to Francis Darko after he pleaded guilty to the offence. Police Detective Inspector Birinkorang Peasah said the victim, aged 14, has been living with the father ...

Former boss of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Sylvester Mensah has called on supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to unite ahead of the 2020 general elections. Speaking at the NDC’s National Cadres Conference in Accra Tuesday, he said irrespective of the challenges that led to the party’s defeat in the 2016 polls, there is the need ...

On Tuesday, May 16, 2017 we published a story with the headline: “Only brilliant students will benefit from Free SHS – Napo” based on an interview the Education Minister Mathew Opoku-Prempeh granted us. The use of the adjective “brilliant” was based on inference and had no malice attached. We updated the headline later to reflect the minister’s quote after further ...

Educationist Prof D.K Agyemang has charged government to render an unqualified apology to Ghanaians for misleading them with regards to the free SHS policy. Barely three months to the implementation of the policy, the Education Minister Mathew Opoku Prempeh disclosed to Morning Starr host, Francis Abban that only students who passed their BECE exams will have the opportunity to enjoy ...