16 persons who tested positive for COVID-19 and subsequently passed on in Accra have been buried. This is according to the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA). The assembly said the youngest was nine years old while the oldest victim was 84 years old. Florence Kuukyi, the Head of the Environmental Health …

Government will on Thursday, June 11, 2020 hold a forum on the COVID-19 Pandemic and the importance of President Akufo-Addo’s vision of Ghana Beyond Aid. A statement issued in Accra on Tuesday 9th June 2020 and signed by Deputy Information Minister Pius Enam- Hadzide said the themed “COVID-19 and our …

Two persons have been arrested in connection with a burglary at the Afigya Kwabre South District office of the Election Commission (EC) in the Ashanti Region. They have been identified as Eric Oteng Asamoah, 29, and Samuel Nti, 18. Both have been detained and are assisting police with investigations. It …

The date for the start of the compilation of the controversial new voter register could be Tuesday, June 30, 2020. A letter sighted by 3news.com and signed by Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) in charge of Corporate Affairs Dr Eric Bossman Asare to some political parties puts the …

Parliament of Ghana has finally amended the Constitutional Instrument 91(C.I 91) and replaced it with Constitutional Instrument 126 (C.I 126). The Electoral Commission of Ghana submitted C.I 91 to Parliament for an amendment with C.I 126 in order to assist them to carry out their required duties. BACKGROUND The newly amended …

A speeding Kia Rhio truck on Monday night ran over a policeman on night patrol duty on the Atebubu-Kumasi road in the Ashanti Region, MyNewsGh.com. According to the police information available to MyNewsGh.com,  the vehicle with a registration number.GS 328-11 loaded with Charcoal from Atebubu towards Kumasi on reaching a section of …

A Circuit Court in Kumasi has sentenced a 26-year old man who inflicted deep wounds on his three-year-old son to 24 months imprisonment. The court also asked the convict to sign a bond of good behaviour for four years. The court, presided over by Her Honour Patricia Amponsah while reading …

A 32-year-old man was sentenced to a 42-year prison term by the Atlantis Magistrate’s Court for his role in the hijacking of an abalone truck in the Western Cape in 2017. According to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Zukisa Sibango was convicted of two counts of attempted …

The Subsidiary Legislation Committee of Parliament has by a majority decision recommended for adoption the Public Elections (Amendment) Regulations, 2020 (CI 126) brought to the House by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) through the Attorney General’s Department. Reading the Committee’s final report on the floor on Tuesday, June 9, Chairman, Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, …

A tax expert and the Fiscal Policy Lead at Oxfam Ghana, Dr. Alex Ampaabeng is calling on the Akufo-Addo-led government to re-introduce the Luxury Vehicles Tax which was abolished in 2019 few months after its introduction amidst criticisms. Ghana’s overall fiscal deficit for the year 2020 is expected to increase …