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Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, has urged the Akufo-Addo led government, especially the Energy Minister, Peter Amewu to be truthful to Ghanaians on the current energy crisis. He believes the power crisis, popularly known as ‘dumsor’, is a financial problem which if not resolved, could affect their chances in 2020. During the peak of the outages last ...

The Minority in Parliament has vowed to kick against government’s plans to increase the service years for other ranks in the military from 25 to 30 years. The Legislative Instrument to increase the service years for other ranks in the military from 25 to 30 years matured Monday 27 November. Contributing on the 2019 budget debate on the security sector ...

Government has been asked to target for more taxations for parents opposed to free senior high school education. John Mensah who described himself as a pastor argued that if parents are so desirous of paying for their children’s senior secondary education then they should offer to rather pay more taxes. He was speaking at Joy News’ elaborate assessment of the ...

Former Power Minister Dr Kwabena Dankor says he is not certain if former President John Dramani Mahama will be the right person to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into the 2020 general elections. “I don’t know. I don’t know because if with him we win 2020 he would have been the best choice. If we don’t win it would ...

Three persons are in the grip of the police for hanging two masons over a manhole at Danfa near Accra, after accusing them of stealing. The two masons, Kwaku Akorli, 51 and Hope Hortor, 28, were tied to bamboo sticks and hanged over a manhole filled with water after they were accused by the owner of a construction site where ...

The authorities of the University of Cape Coast has withheld the certificates of 176 students of the University after what they describe as gross misconduct exhibited by the students during their study abroad programme. Vice Chancellor of the University Prof. Anthony Afful Broni said the misbehavior of the students nearly cost the university incalculable losses and damages. “Management has had ...

Newmont Mining Corporation has commenced commercial production at the Subika Underground project, adding higher-grade, lower-cost gold production at the Ahafo mine in Ghana. Subika Underground represents Newmont’s third profitable expansion in 2018 and its tenth completed project since 2013. Subika Underground was delivered on schedule and within budget for approximately $186 million in development capital. Beginning in 2019, Subika Underground will ...

The National Service Scheme (NSS) has released the maiden postings for some 16,000 newly trained teachers. A statement by the NSS said the teachers have been posted to various educational facilities across the 10 regions of the country. It comes after a protracted impasse between the education ministry and teachers over the decision to start posting trained teachers on national ...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Monday released the provisional results of 133,986 candidates who took the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2018. The entire results of 2,160 candidates alleged to have been involved in various examination malpractices have been withheld pending the conclusion of investigations into the cases of malpractices. A statement signed ...

Anas Aremeyaw Anas, Ghana’s undercover journalist has revealed that he is not a stranger to death threats from the bad guys he goes after. According to him, it is normal for people who feel aggrieved he has exposed them to threaten him with death saying each time he hears such, he laughs because he is not scared to die. Anas ...