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The Office of Former President Jerry John Rawlings is not happy about reports that the former Ghanaian leader has passed on. There have been social media reports that the first president of the Fourth Republic has passed away, reports which 3news.com have always considered false. It appears JJ Rawlings’ office is about to take a hard stance against faceless persons ...

The medical director of Ridge Regional Hospital Dr Thomas Anaba has been relieved of his post, Starrfmonline.com can confirm. Dr. Anaba’s appointment was supposed to last till 2020 and had the option to re-apply but has been revoked. He was appointed on February 1, 2016 during the tenure of former President John Mahama. It is unclear why the Public Service ...

A Ghanaian man resident in the United Kingdom (UK) has won a four-year legal battle to stay in Britain with his wife even though they had a “proxy wedding”. Neither Albert Awuku, 43, nor his bride – of Ghanaian descent but a German citizen who can live in the UK under EU free movement rules – needed to be present ...

Misunderstanding broke at the Ghana International Press Centre in Accra on Monday 15 May among some supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) following the disruption of a press conference organised by a youth 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 ...

Joy News has learned that three senior officials of the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) were detained last week by the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) as part of investigations into alleged misappropriation of funds there. Executive Secretary Samuel Sarpong and Director of Public Affairs Nana Yaa Jantuah and an Accounts Manager were held last Friday but granted bail ...

A Deputy Information Minister, Nana Ama Dokua, has promised to set up a special fund for the total rehabilitation of the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital, (TQMH) at Mampong Akuapem, a municipal referral hospital in the Akuapem North Municipality in the Eastern Region. The Deputy Minister who also doubles as the Member of Parliament was shocked at the state of disrepair of ...

Musician, A Plus says he has only been granted license by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Ltd(BOST) to haul fuel to designated areas thrice a week contrary to media reports of his monopoly on the business. Reports were rife that, A plus, a sympathizer of the Akufo-Addo government held a monopoly on the haulage of fuel and thereby ...

President Nana Akufo-Addo has left Ghana on Monday to begin the second phase of his official working visits to some countries of the ECOWAS region. This phase will see President Akufo-Addo visit three countries in the sub-region including Senegal, Guinea and Cape Verde. Already, he has paid working visits to Burkina Faso, Togo and the Ivory Coast in the first phase ...

Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Marfo says respect for teachers in the country has dwindled over the years. He said this is regardless of the fact that teachers play a key role in the development of the country. The Senior Minister made this known during the 10th Congregation of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) College of Education at Cape Coast. The former ...

The family of Gregory Afoko, the suspect in prison custody for his alleged role in the murder of Upper East Regional Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Adams Mahama, has piled pressure on the police to do due diligence by serving the same invitation on the Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Bukari, and the Minister for Women, Gender ...