POLITICS

Mavis Hawa Koomson, the Minister-nominee for Fisheries and Aquaculture has blamed her infamous ‘government cannot construct meaningful dams’ comment on a misinterpretation by the writer of the said publication. Hawa Koomson who appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament for her mandatory vetting stated that she was taken out of context. According to her, she was misunderstood by the writer ...

Former Minister for procurement Sarah Adwoa Safo says she was not involved in the process that led to the award of government contract to Frontier Healthcare Services – the company conducting COVID-19 tests at the Kotoka International Airport. Appearing before the Appointment Committee Wednesday, the Gender Minister-designate said the former Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta, who has been renominated for ...

The Supreme Court has deferred today’s court hearing of the election case to 11:30am instead of the regular starting time of 9:30am following a letter to the bench by the Petitioner former President John Mahama. The petitioner in his letter asked the court to delay the hearing to enable him factor the respondents’ opposition to his review application. “I received ...

Former Deputy Attorney General Dr Dominic Ayine and one of the spokespersons for the petitioner, John Dramani Mahama, in the ongoing Election Petition, says he will not begrudge the court should it commit him for contempt. It comes on the back of his “predetermined agenda” comments after the dismissal of the petitioner’s motion to have his case reopened. Dr. Ayine ...

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 ...

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 ...

A spokesperson of the Petitioner in the ongoing election petition case, Dr Dominic Ayine, has asked one of the spokespersons of the second respondent, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, to desist from inciting the courts against him. The former deputy Attorney General in an interview with Starr FM expressed his disappointment in the stance taken by Oppong Nkrumah in his “predetermined agenda” comment ...

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 ...

Former Deputy Attorney General Dominic Ayine says the Supreme Court’s basis for dismissing former President John Mahama’s motion to reopen his case smacks of a predetermined agenda to rule against the petitioner. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, February 16, dismissed an application filed by former President John Mahama to have his case re-opened. The apex court panel of seven Chaired ...

Rockson-Nelson Este Kwami Dafeamekpor, the NDC MP for South Dayi has said the Petitioner in the ongoing Election Petition at the Supreme Court should file a motion to discontinue the hearing. According to him, looking at how the Justices at the Supreme Court are throwing out motions filed by the Counsels for the Petitioner, it clearly shows that the opposition ...