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Staff of energy distribution company, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have refuted government’s claim that its debt keeps worsening on a daily basis. The Public Utilities Workers Union of TUC Ghana has expressed shock and regret at what they described as “unfortunate” the statement by Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko featured in the May 15 edition of the Daily Guide ...

The Director of Public Relations and External Affairs at the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) Nana Yaa Jantuah has tendered in her resignation from the Commission. A memo addressed to the Executive Secretary, Samuel Sarpong but intercepted by Joy News says the resignation is expected to take effect on November 17, 2017. Nana Yaa Jantuah has however applied to take ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the clergy, the Ghana Bar Association (GBA), as well as Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), to make their voices heard on important matters affecting the nation. According to the party, their loud silence does not augur well for the democratic dispensation of the country. Commenting on the fracas between the Minister for Gender, ...

The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs, Charlotte Osei is walking in quicksand as pressure mounts on her to justify why portioning and furnishing of the new EC office must cost the taxpayer a colossal amount of GH3.9 million. What is making it worse is the decision of the EC Boss to unilaterally sign the contract without the express approval ...

Seventeen students of the Takoradi Technical University in the Western region have been suspended for examination malpractices. This was after the disciplinary committee of the school found them guilty of the misconduct, Starr News has learnt. Two others were warned, with one of them suffering a paper cancellation to atone for his conduct. In all, the offending students included 14 ...

Misunderstanding broke at the Ghana International Press Centre in Accra yesterday among some supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) following the disruption of a press conference organised by a pro-NDC pressure group called Action Movement. The group, addressing the press, blamed former President John Dramani Mahama for the party’s defeat in the 2016 polls and urged him not ...

The Energy Minister says the challenges bedevilling the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) may lead to its collapse if they are not remedied urgently. Mr. Boakye Agyarko revealed the country’s power distributor is currently operating with a capital deficit of GHS2 billion, a situation that threatens its survival. Speaking on the last day of the National Policy Summit 2017 at the ...

A former Managing Editor of the Accra Daily Mail, Alhaji Harruna Atta has denied being a card-bearing member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). According to him, former president John Dramani Mahama who is his younger brother knew he could deliver as a career diplomat and that is why he appointed him as Ghana’s envoy to Namibia and Botswana. ...

The former vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ernest Aryeetey, whose tenure of office ends in August this year has stated that acquiring and applying common sense is more important than possessing a PhD. In an interview on Radio Universe’ Campus Exclusive on Monday, Professor Ernest Aryeetey took the opportunity to address issues at the University of Ghana. He ...

Rampaging residents of Akyem Abekoase in the Atiwa District of the Eastern region have set ablaze excavators, generators and new mining equipment worth $1.5 million belonging to Adjei-Dankwa Investment. It is unclear what triggered the violent action of the gun, machete-wielding youth numbering about 300. The incensed protestors tied the security man on duty before going on the demolition spree. ...