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Two drivers have died in a fatal accident involving an Intercity Scania Marcopolo bus with registration number GE 8136-16 belonging to State Transport Company (STC). The accident occurred on the Akyem Asafo stretch of the Accra-Kumasi Highway Wednesday dawn. Bodies of the two drivers – Victor Quest and Joshua Tay have been deposited at Suhum government hospital morgue. Starr News ...

The Eastern Regional Minister Seth Kwame Acheampong has said he will pursue some 13 million cedis cash locked up in an escrow account for the people of Krobo for water expansion and other developments in the area. The 13 million Ghana cedis in the escrow account comes from royalty limestone being mined in Odugblase, however, the fund is inaccessible due ...

Ghana Women’s Premier League side Berry Ladies has received Four nominations in the 2021 National Football Awards. Dr. Gifty Oware-Aboagye, the Deputy Executive Director of the National Service Scheme and Chief Executive Officer of the club is in line for a major recognition in the football industry, having been nominated as best CEO of the season. Oware-Aboagye’s nomination comes on ...

An Economist with the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Lord Mensah says Ghana over the years has not had value for money from the various presidential travels. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Thursday, the University of Ghana Lecturer said the huge entourage that accompanies the president on the many foreign trips have come at a huge cost to ...

Parliament has approved a report by Parliament’s Appointments Committee on the President’s list of deputy ministerial nominees. According to the report, one Minister of State at the Ministry of Finance Charles Adu Boahen and 11 deputy ministerial nominees were approved by the fifth report tabled. The 11 nominees approved are, Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu Bio, ...

The Managing Director (MD) of Tema Oil Refinery (TOR), Francis Boateng, has been sacked from his post, together with his deputy, Ato Morrison. The duo, who had been at the helm of the troubled state-owned refinery since May 2020, was reportedly served with their dismissal letters last Friday, June 11, 2021, by the Ministry of Energy. Commenting on the issue, ...

Impact Investing Ghana will on Thursday, June 17, 2021, hold the first-ever public Dialogue Series on Financing for Development. The forum, dubbed “What is the Role of the Development Bank in Ghana’s Economic Transformation?” will also seek to address some niggling questions on the minds of Ghanaians such as; “Will the development bank actually enable Ghanaians to access financing to grow their ...

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta region has called on the government to ensure that internal roads at the University of Health and Allied Sciences are given the needed attention as soon as possible. The call from the NDC which is contained in a press statement issued by the party is in reaction to the poor nature of ...

The Inspector-General of Police has told banks in the country to acquire fortified armoured vehicles to cart cash across the country by June ending or have the police withdraw their escort duties for them. It comes on the back of the killing of a police officer and one other by suspected robbers during bulk cash transfer at James Town in ...

The Head of the Department of Research at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) Professor Emmanuel Kwesi Aning says incidents like the James Town Bullion Van attack will continue to happen across the country. A police officer and a hawker were killed by suspected robbers on Monday during an attack on a Bullion Van. The officer was escorting the ...