The mother of the four children who got burnt in Wednesday’s fire in a house at Fise, near Amasaman, Sister Afia, has denied that her oldest daughter was to blame for the untimely death of her four children. The four siblings, aged 7, 9, 13 and 16, died when the mother left the children to go and pray at a ...
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C’ttee to look into land acquisition in the offing – Akufo-Addo to Ga Chiefs
“Let me also indicate to you my commitment to establishing a Committee, God willing, early next year, to take a comprehensive look at the issue to do with the compulsory acquisition of lands by Government, its consequences and the possible restoration of lands to their allodial owners.” These were the words of the President of Akufo-Addo, on Thursday, 29th October ...
Read More »There will be no more smuggling of unwholesome products – FDA assures
The Food and Drugs Authority has assured that smugglers of unwholesome goods into the country would be unsuccessful henceforth. The entity maintains that necessary structures have been put in place to safeguard the health of Ghanaians right from the ports to the shelves. Speaking to Francis Abban on the Morning Starr Thursday Ebenezer Kofi Essel from the Food Industrial Support ...
Read More »We would build a just, inclusive society – Naana Jane
The vice-presidential candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has assured voters in the Volta region that her party is committed to creating an equal, just and inclusive society if voted into power at the December 7, polls. According to the NDC runningmate, the NDC has a track record of ensuring that every part of ...
Read More »Next NDC gov’t will recruit 8,000 police personnel – Ofosu Ampofo
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo has indicated that a total of 8,000 people will be recruited into the Ghana Police Service should the party win the December 7th general elections. According to Mr. Ofosu Ampofo, the recruitment would be part of measures the government will put in place to improve upon security ...
Read More »Major Mahama trial to resume November 19
The High Court in Accra hearing the trial of 14 alleged murderers of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahana has fixed a new date to resume the trial. The court was expected to resume the trial today, Thursday, October 29, but it has now been adjourned to November 19, 2020. The trial has since February 29, 2020 been on hold ...
Read More »Ghana is second on teacher welfare improvement – Napo
Government has given itself a pat on the back for improving the status of teachers following the latest ranking of the country as the second out of thirty-five countries on the status of teachers. The ranking was done by the Varkey Foundation, a global charitable foundation focused on improving the standards of education for underprivileged children, based on the data ...
Read More »Agyapa deal is ‘fraudulent’ – Presidential candidate
Independent Presidential candidate in the upcoming elections Alfred Asiedu Walker has described the controversial Agyapa mineral royalties deal as a fraud. According to him, it is not appropriate for the government of Ghana to do business in a tax haven country. “We have sold our assets, with the hope that somebody will give us something but we should stop doing ...
Read More »We can’t stop borrowing – Economist
Managers of Ghana’s economy cannot run away from borrowing due to the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Economist with the Institute of Chartered Economists Gideon Amissah has indicated. In 2018, the national debt of Ghana amounted to approximately 59.29 percent of the GDP. A figure that currently stands at over 65%. Finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday requested parliament ...
Read More »Kweku Baako ‘pooh-poohs’ media reports indicating Kennedy Agyapong wins appeal case
Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has described media reports that suggest Kennedy Agyapong, the Assin Central MP, has won an appeal against him as a classic case of “premature ejaculation”. According to him, the report by Pinax TV, an online TV station that streams on YouTube, is “uninformed, totally illiterate, uneducated understanding of what happened in court”. He explained that the lawyers ...
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