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The Member of Parliament for Ketu South in the Volta Region Abla Dzifa Gimashie has called on the government to put measures in place to alleviate the suffering of people living in the border towns. Hundreds of residents in the Ketu South Municipality are currently on the streets in the municipality as they demand the opening of the Aflao Border. ...

The Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional area in the Eastern region, Daasbre Professor Emeritus Oti Boateng is reported dead. Starr News sources reveal that the King has been dead for some weeks now after a short illness but the news was kept private due to cultural rules. He was 83. He attended Konongo Odumasi Senior High School for his ...

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has said the Government of Ghana’s borrowing would have been larger, putting even more pressure on credit and interest rates in 2020. But, he noted that, the BoG “bailed out” the government’s budget with GHc10b, equivalent to $1.7bn financing of the deficit. He said over spending by the Ministry of Finance must be checked. “Seems ...

Actor Elikem Kumordzie has apologised to ex-wife and Zimbabwean star, Pokello Nare for his inability to make their marriage work. In an Instagram post to wish her a happy birthday on Tuesday August 24, he admitted he messed up and asked for forgiveness. “I’d like to seize the opportunity to render an apology to you for not consciously holding us ...

The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) has received accreditation from the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) to run a one-year Master of Arts programmes in Development Communication (MADC) and Public Relations (MAPR). The tertiary institution is expected to start its new graduate programmes, in October 2021, under the Department of Liberal Arts and Communications in the School ...

GHANA CAN now withdraw almost $1 billion in special drawing rights (SDRs) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to boost her economy following the challenges posed by the global pandemic. This was made possible after the IMF board recently agreed that a general allocation of SDR 456.5 billion (equivalent to about $650 billion) should be implemented on August 23, 2021, ...

The Attorney General has filed a process to set aside a ruling by the Supreme Court that resulted in the removal of Justice Clemence Honyenuga from the ongoing COCOBOD trial, on which he had sat since 2017. In the estimation of the Attorney General, the Supreme Court’s ruling contains fundamental errors in law which have manifestly resulted in a miscarriage ...

The family of slain social media activist, Mohammed Macho Kaaka, has expressed displeasure with the manner in which the Ghana Police Service is handling the investigation and prosecution of suspects in the case. According to the family, the police have “deliberately peddled misinformation” to achieve a premeditated outcome in the trial of Baba Iddi, a brother of Kaaka who is ...

Fifa will receive $201m (£146m) in forfeited funds seized during a corruption probe, the US Department of Justice has announced. More than 50 defendants have been criminally charged since the Department of Justice unveiled its corruption probe in 2015. Twenty-seven people and four corporate entities have pleaded guilty, with two people convicted at trial. The repayment will begin with an ...

The Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has said it did no wrong in writing off some GHS23.9 million debt attributed to expired fertilisers and agrochemicals from its books in 2018. In a statement, the management of COCOBOD said: “When the current management took over administration in 2017, it was surprised to find out that there were significant volumes of chemicals and ...