POLITICS

The National Women’s Organiser of the National Democratic Congress, Hannah Bissiw, has used unprintable words on the Minister of Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu Ekuful, and vowed to do worse if given an opportunity to repeat herself. In an interview monitored by ghbeyondpolitics.com, she alleged that the Minister of Communications, has been intimidating the NDC’s Parliamentary candidate for Ablekuma West, Rev ...

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) Ghana has called on the government to pass the Affirmative Action Bill now. The Affirmative Action Bill seeks to increase women participation and representation and participation in governance, public positions of power and all decision-making bodies of the country. Additionally, it also requires all sectors to reserve a percentage of their employment for women, whilst ...

The absence of Ex-President John Mahama from Ghana’s 63rd Independence Day celebration at the Kumasi Sports Stadium and the circulation of an empty chair with his name embossed on it to ridicule him, has taken away the beauty and shine the event would have brought. But in the end, neither the messages of President Akufo-Addo, nor his Special Guest of ...

The first deputy Speaker of Parliament Joe Osei-Owusu has blamed the rising road carnage in the country on poor law enforcement. According to him, state officials employed to enforce traffic regulations often shirk their duties and political actors are also intimidated by threats of vote losses. The comments come on the back of the Monday accident at Kintampo in the ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on government to reduce the prices of petroleum products following the sharp drop in the price of Brent Crude on the international market. According to the party, the relative stability of local currency and the drop of oil in the global market over the last two months should affect the price of ...

Hon Joseph Akuertey Tetteh has fully launched his campaign for the Kpone Katamaso constituency He urged Everyone within the Kpone Katamaso constituency to come out come 7th December to Vote massively for him to retain seat for the NDC And also increase the margin for the presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama Hon Joe T has served the party for a ...

Parliament is to ban the use of mobile phones used by Members of Parliament in the chamber to avoid distractions. Speaking during the presentation of the Business statement, Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu argued that the decision is contained in the new standing orders to be approved soon. Speaking on the floor of Parliament today March 5 2020, the ...

Anti-corruption activist Vitus Azeem has called for more public support for the Auditor General Daniel Domelevo. According to him, Mr Domelevo has been more effective in fighting wastage and corruption in public service than any other auditor general in the history of the country. “Domelevo is a special person and all well-meaning Ghanaians should support him. We are not angry ...

A senior medical doctor has advised President Akufo-Addo to drop his handkerchief and use a tissue instead as part of the country’s campaign towards preventing an outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus in the country. “Our president still uses handkerchief, he should put the handkerchief away and use a tissue, that is what the WHO recommends. As the leader of the ...

President Akufo-Addo will today cut sod for the construction of the controversial National Cathedral. The actual work on the project is expected to begin on Friday, March 6. The Cathedral and its relevance or otherwise shapely divide opinions in Ghana despite the failure of the suits to stop it. Presenting the 2020 budget in Parliament Wednesday, November 13, 2019, the ...