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In July 2016, GhanaWeb carried an exclusive story on a statement the former Minister for Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, made in an interview, with regards the amount of monies that had been earmarked for the construction of dams in line with the government’s policy on 1 District 1 Dam. According to the former minister, Ghanaians should not expect ...

A Human Rights lawyer Joyce Opoku Boateng has said it will be illegal to invade and close down the office of LGBT people in Accra. It comes after the Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, called on the government to shut down the office. “The presidency, the ministry of foreign ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has congratulated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her “historic” appointment as the new Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. In a letter addressed to the new WTO boss, President Akufo-Addo expressed delight at the fact that her election was by consensus of the General Council of the WTO, thereby making Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala “the first woman ...

Bawku Central lawmaker Mahama Ayariga is calling for an extention in the compulsory retirement age in the public sector. The opposition lawmaker who is also lawyer says he will sponsor a private member’s bill to effect a change in the age requirement in the public sector. “Many people start family life late and their children are mostly still in school ...

Labour Consultant Austin Gamey has dismissed calls by Bawku Central lawmaker for the extension of the retirement age for public sector workers. The opposition lawmaker who is also lawyer says he will sponsor a private member’s bill to effect a change in the age requirement in the public sector from 60 to 65. “Many people start family life late and ...

Robert Nii Arday Clegg, the Harvard Law School educated lawyer who garnered almost two decades of media experience in the past, launched his newest book, “My Media Journey” via Zoom and YouTube on Thursday, 11th February 2021. With a print length of 300 pages, the book has eleven chapters spanning a 19-year period from the days of the Presidency of ...

Richard Dombo, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Railway Development Authority has died after suffering COVID-19 complications, Starr News has learnt. He died on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. Reports say Mr Dombo has struggled with his health lately especially after contracting COVID-19. He was healing from the virus. Before being appointed to head the Railway Authority, Mr Dombo served ...

The Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Sarah Adwoa Safo, says the criminality of the practice of homosexuality in Ghana is non-negotiable. Answering questions during her vetting on Wednesday, the former deputy Majority Leader said the country’s laws and culture frown on the practice and she is in support of those positions. “The issue of LGBT is an issue ...

Some residents of Bolgatanga say armed robbers have worked out a new way of stealing from motorists on the roads of the Upper East regional capital. The gangsters, according to them, stand well-dressed by the roadside and, with pistols concealed under their clothes, draw closer in a friendly manner to any motorcyclist as road users are being held at an ...

Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, known popularly as Kwaku Azar, has charged the public to stop saying that “the Court cannot compel a witness to give evidence”. According to him, the Supreme Court can get away with that but people should desist from repeating that statement, which has become popular in the ongoing Election Petition hearing at the Supreme Court. Prof. Asare in ...