POLITICS

Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin has handed a fully-furnished community library to the people of Winneba. The library which was commissioned on January 15 brings the total number to 14 such projects undertaken by the lawmaker in the constituency. According to the deputy majority leader, the move is to equip children in his constituency with quality education. The ...

As part of measures to ensure the economy has a stable local currency for the year, and especially in the first quarter when demand for forex is high, the Bank of Ghana plans to inject a whopping US$775million through its FX forward auction programme to achieve this objective. Out of this amount, US$50million will be pumped into the economy bi-weekly ...

Ghana’s National Security Coordinator Joshua Kyeremeh has died while undergoing treatment for COVID-19, Starr News has learnt. Starr News sources at the Ga East Municipal hospital in Accra, where the security capo was seeking treatment, said he died on Monday, January 18, 2020. Mr. Kyeremeh has been National Security Coordinator since 2017 when he was appointed to the position by ...

Results of all the presidential elections after the Rawlings’ 8-year reign indicate that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) enjoys the support of majority of Ghanaians, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has said. He stated that with all the shouting the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) do not have the backing of most Ghanaians. Mr. Akufo-Addo said these when he met the leadership of the ...

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon. Alban Bagbin has stated that there is nothing like an NDC or NPP elected Speaker adding that his office is non-partisan. Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, Bagbin stated that he occupies an impartial non-partisan office adding that he will not yield to pressure to rubber stamp or obstruct the work of ...

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagin has declared the New Patriotic Party caucus as the Majority in parliament following the declarition by the Independent Fomena MP to do business with them. “What we have now, you have the New Patriotic Party wing or caucus in Parliament together with the independent Member of Parliament from Fomena, and they now constitute the Majority ...

New Patriotic Party Members of Parliament on Friday went to Parliament at 4am to occupy the majority side of the House to avoid a showdown with NDC MPs. The NPP MPs were outwitted on January 6th during the election of the Speaker of Parliament when NDC MPs went into Parliament at dawn and occupied the majority side of the House. ...

NDC MP for South Dayi Rockson-Nelson Dafeamakpor is quizzing the fate of parliament should the Independent candidate Andrew Asiamah Amoako decides to switch and do business with the NDC in the near future The second deputy speaker in a letter dated January 13 wrote “I Andrew Asiamah Amoako an independent MP for Fomena constituency and now the second deputy speaker ...

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has asked Asawase lawmaker Muntaka Mubarak, to substantiate claims of bribery against a Supreme Court judge or retract it immediately. According to the GBA, it finds the allegations “offensive and distasteful”. “The Bar has read and viewed with great concern, accusations made in the media in recent times with respect to the judiciary, the bar finds ...

Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has charged Carlos Ahenkorah to brace himself up to face the Privileges Committee in Parliament for the uncalled for behaviour he exhibited during the inauguration of the 8th parliament. Mr Ablakwa vowed to bring the Tema West MP to book for committing an electoral offence. Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Evening ...