POLITICS

Deputy Health Minister minister Alexander Abban says the experts who were named by the opposition NDC to support government’s efforts at fighting coronavirus are welcome to the field. According to him, the virus is colour blind so any kind of help is appreciated by government. “The fight is not for NDC or NPP it is for all Ghanaians. There have ...

Three Ghanaians based in Europe have died of coronavirus, Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has disclosed. According to her, two died in Italy while the remaining one died in Copenhagen, Denmark. “We are praying that Ghanaians living abroad keep the advice given by all those countries and make sure that they are safe. Don’t go out if you don’t ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) will not accept old voters ID cards as a primary form of identification in the new registration exercise planned for April 2020. This will be enforced if the new proposal for amendment in the legislation for the registration currently before Parliament becomes law. The EC on Monday (March 16) sent a proposal to Parliament for an ...

The coronavirus cannot be transmitted through sex, however, if an infected person sneezes or coughs, on the partner during sex, he or she can get infected. This was explained by the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Aboagye during an exclusive interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM’s morning show ‘Kokrokoo’, Tuesday. He was reacting to reports ...

Ghana has triggered all its contacts with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, with the hope of finding an external support to address the brunt of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the Ghanaian economy. “We are currently in discussion with the World Bank to tap into a US$12billion World Bank Group fast track COVID-19 facility to help close the ...

The Electoral Commission has reiterated it will still go ahead to compile new voters register despite fears over coronavirus. In a statement, the commission, however, said it will put in place the necessary measures to protect their staff and the public during the exercise. EC WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE COMPILATION OF A NEW VOTERS‘ REGISTER#Election2020 pic.twitter.com/ebqBY0UeaZ — Electoral Commission ...

Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong has chided former Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur for her deafening silence on the ‘misogynistic and ethnocentric’ comment by head pastor of Glorious Waves Chapel, Prophet Badu Kobi. It will be recalled that Badu Kobi in August 2019 made some remarks which sought to denigrate the women ...

The flagbearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has called on the Akufo-Addo-led government to publish its plans to protect the economy including a possibility of a statement to parliament of the expected impact of the coronavirus on the Ghanaian economy. According to Mahama, although the NDC will support the government’s effort outlined to help ...

First deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei-Owusu has urged Ghanaians to intensify the practise of hand-washing with soap and water and not rely so much on hand sanitizers as the country makes efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus. According to him, the best way to ensure individual safety is to sustain handwashing and personal hygiene. Speaking to Francis Abban ...

The Founder and Leader of Glorious Word Power Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, has predicted that the flagbearer of the NDC, John Mahama can never be President of Ghana again. Rev Isaac Owusu Bempah explained in detail what he saw in the spiritual realm. The controversial man of God intimated that God had revealed to him that any effort ...