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The Vice President and Chairman of Ghana’s Economic Management Committee (EMT), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has advised critics of government’s management of the economy not to resort to insults if they disagree with his data. “Our presentation today as always is based on analysis of the data and the facts. The data will speak for itself if you disagree you should ...

The Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) says it will demand a load shedding schedule from government if the intermittent power outages continue between today and Wednesday. The commission is therefore urging Ghanaians who will experience power cuts to report to their offices to enable them gauge the effect of the situation. Government has rejected calls for a timetable to ...

The Foreign Affairs Minister is meeting with the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo to review visa restrictions imposed on Ghana. President Akufo-Addo disclosed that Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey and Ghana’s Ambassador, Dr. Barfour Adjei-Barwuah will meet to debate the issue which has been dragging for months now. The President who disclosed this during a Q&A at the University of ...

Teachers in some basic schools in the Ashanti Region have resorted to writing examination questions on chalkboards following a directive by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to heads of schools not to collect printing fees from the pupils. Most of the schools have already begun the end of term exams while others have had to reschedule the examination dates. Some ...

The Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service is yet to formally charge and put embattled boss of gold dealership company, Menzgold before a court in Ghana because the suspect, Nana Appiah Mensah also known as NAM1 is facing other charges in the United Arab Emirates. The CID boss, Maame Tiwaa Addo Danquah at a press briefing on Tuesday ...

The youth of Nantong in the Northern region have used trunks, heavy stems and rocks to setup dozens of barricades on the dusty Tamale -Karaga – Gushegu road and using the blockade as checkpoints to obstruct motorists and road users, as part of their continuing protest challenging the decision of Dagbon overlord, Yaa-Naa Abukari Mahama II, to select Voo – ...

Outspoken government critic, Kwame Asare Obeng popularly known as A Plus is demanding justice for a young man whose property was wrongfully appropriated by the Executive Director of the State Enterprise Commission, Steven Asamoah Boateng (Asabee). According to the controversial musician, Asabee has refused to pay the young man several years after he covetously seized the latter’s piece of land ...

A mother of an autistic child Tuesday morning shared the distressing experience of caring for her ward amidst inconsiderate words and posturing of society. According to Pearl Addae, she has, among other things stopped going to church because of the attitude and reaction of the public when she goes out with her special child. Narrating her ordeal on Morning Starr, ...

13 persons including Assin Central Member of Parliament and Tiger Eye Boss, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, have been identified and questioned in connection with the gruesome murder of Tiger Eye P.I Team Member, Ahmed Hussein Suale, CID Boss, DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah has said. The revelation was made while addressing media persons at the CID Headquarters Tuesday April, 2 on ...

Deputy Energy Minister, William Owuraku Aidoo is in ‘shock’ over the reactions of Ghanaians towards government with regards to recent power outages in the country. Particularly after what appeared to be a rather extended period of ‘Dumsor’ under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, he is surprised that the same persons who suffered for well over months will be complaining ...