POLITICS

The Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West in Accra Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko has died, Starrfmonline.com has gathered. The New Patriotic Party MP who is brother of former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko passed on at a hospital in the United States after a protracted ailment. Mr Kyeremanteng Agyarko was a pharmacist, medical doctor, and a politician born on December 10, 1957 ...

The Presidency has planned to increase the number of presidential staffers from 998 to 1,614. This is according to information contained in the 2019 budget. The plan, according to the minority is unacceptable. The President in accordance with section 11 of the Office of the President Act presented the list of 998 staffers to parliament in April 2018, but debating ...

The Supreme Court has dismissed the suits challenging a decision by former President John Dramani Mahama to give presidential pardon the three Montie FM contemnors who were convicted for threatening to kill judges in 2016. In a majority judgment, five justices of the court; Justices Alfred Benin, Sophia Adinyira, Yaw Appau, Gabriel Pawmang and Baffoe-Bonnie, held that the president’s power ...

The Catholic Bishops Conference has urged President Akufo-Addo to demonstrate in practical terms his commitment to fighting corruption in Ghana. According to the catholic bishops, corruption is still problem militating against the development of the nation despite the efforts at fighting it. “We recognize Government’s efforts in the political realm to address the sin of bribery and corruption in Ghana. ...

The Minority Spokesperson on Mines and Energy, Adam Mutawakilu, wants the government to be truthful about the recent power outages being experienced in the country. Despite the installation of some power generation plants, Ghanaians continue to experience erratic power supply popularly referred to ‘dumsor’. Residents in the national capital Accra have been complaining about blackouts across the city. The situation ...

The Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has strongly dismissed claims that starting next year, students who qualify for free SHS would be denied access if their parents do not have TAX Identification Numbers (TIN). The Education Minister’s claim is in sharp contradiction to the statement by the Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta, who stated during the 2019 Budget presentation ...

Founder and President of Concerned Voters Movement (CVM), Razak Kojo Opoku has alleged that former President John Mahama staged a coup d’etat against the Ewes and Fantis people who contested for key positions in the party’s national executive elections. His comment comes after a defeated National Organiser aspirant, Anita Desoso, a Voltarian, said at the National Delegates Congress over the ...

Government has indicated that the country will soon begin exporting teachers to neighboring countries. According to the government, this is part its agenda to create employment for many of the country’s youth with the requisite qualification for teaching. Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, explained that Ghana stands to benefit from Francophone countries who are willing to exchange French tutors ...

The Ministry of Education has described the performance of teachers who sat for the first licensure exams and recruitment aptitude test, as uninspiring. After weeks of stiff opposition, the licensure examination introduced in September 2018 took place as a way of recruiting qualified teachers at the basic level. Over 29,000 candidates who sat for the exams across the country, were ...

A former First National Vice-chairperson of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Madam Anita De-Soso has announced her premature retirement from active politics after her humiliation with 300 votes by the delegates of the party over the weekend. She joins her sister with whom she served as National Women’s Organizer at one time, former Gender Minister Otiko Afisah Djaba who also ...