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President Akufo-Addo, says Ghana has decided to turn its back on the old economy, which has been dependent on the production and export of raw materials, and also dependent on aid. According to President Akufo-Addo, “We want to emulate the story of the East Asian Miracle, which saw, from 1965 to 1990, the twenty-three (23) countries of East Asia, especially ...

Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong is not pleased with government’s decision to use dronetechnology to deliver blood and other health supplies nationwide. To him, the deal is a misplaced priority because the country has inadequate ambulances and lacks enough state-of-the-art health centres. “First things first; before you take the drone to deliver the drugs, you ...

NDC Presidential hopeful Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has announced he is quitting the race because delegates of the party have chosen “another path” ahead of the January 2019 race. He becomes the third aspirant to leave the race after Kojo Bonsu and Elikplim L. Agbemava. In a statement the Member of Parliament said he will nonetheless continue to support the party to win the 2020 ...

Controversial lawyer, Maurice Ampaw is alleging that Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta in concert with the Bank of Ghana (BoG) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deliberately closed down gold trading hub, Menzgold because it threatened the existence of his Databank, MyNewsGh.com has learnt. Maurice Ampaw, his wife and family who have about GH¢1 million locked up with Menzgold, told Kumasi-based ...

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, has called on ex-President Jerry John Rawlings to advise former President John Mahama not to run for president again. Mr. Boasiako, popularly called ‘Wontumi,’ has vowed not to allow Mr. Mahama to make a comeback. He stated that legally Mr. Mahama completed two terms as president and ...

The Minority in Parliament has stated that the cost components of the Sinohydro deal by the government was, “over bloated” and has, therefore, called for a reduction in the cost. It said the cost for components like the project office, photographs, client services, among others, were “outrageous” and a “rip off.” The Minority Members of Parliament (MPs), led by the ...

A Member of Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee, Rockson Dafiamekpor says there is the need for the judges who were dismissed following the judges expose by Anas Aremeyaw Anas be allowed to practice as lawyers. According to him, the judges were removed based on an administrative decision and no court criminally found them guilty. He is therefore admonishing the ...

A lawyer and governance expert, Dr Eric Oduro Osae, has said his reading of the law makes it clear to him that ex-Presidents John Mahama, John Kufuor and John Rawlings can all contest for the high office of the land. Dr Oduro Osae says the six months administration led by Mr Mahama prior to contesting in the 2012 general elections ...

Over the weekend social media was awash with a visuals of what could pass for a castle said to be a building belonging to Former President John Dramani Mahama located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The mansion with an interior gold design had several social media users tongue-lashing Ghana’s Former President and making all manner of disparaging remarks about ...

Two Ghanaian footballers have been arrested in Indonesia for working without permits, YEN.com.gh can report. The suspects, only known as Edward and Patrick, have been charged with working without permits. According to immigration officials in the city of Parepare in South Sulawesi, they will be deported to Ghana on Sunday, December 16, 2018, for violating the country’s immigration laws.They were picked up ...