The Out-patient Department of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, continues to remain empty five days into the strike action by members of the Health Services Workers Union (HSWU). The nationwide strike action, which was declared on Tuesday, October 26, this year is in protest of an alleged …

Eight persons have died from suspected Yellow Fever (YF) outbreak in the Savannah Region, the Ghana Health Service(GHS) has said. This follows interim laboratory results of an unusual disease from the region, a press release from the Service, copied to the Ghana News Agency said. It said the disease was …

The Pupils of Obonsu D/A Primary School have appealed to authorities to operationalize a six-classroom block completed in the area so they would start using it. The pupils are currently studying under trees because the old school block is in a deplorable state. Rainbow Radio’s Fiifi Ankomah, who reported from …

Some residents from the Commonwealth Hall and the Mensah Sarbah Hall at the University of Ghana clashed over delays in the release of the final results from the Students Representative Council run-off elections. The residents from the two halls threw broken bottles and stones at each other in front of …

Gospel musician Ceccy Twum has appealed to Ghanaian bloggers to promote their own and desist from dwelling on negative stories about celebrities in the country. Ceccy Twum said when Ghanaians support their own and move away from the negatives, it will rekindle respect for local celebrities. She gave this advice …

The Ministry of Trade and Industry has presented a cheque of ¢2.29 million to enterprises affected by the July 5th, 2021 Makola fire disaster. Presenting the cheque, the Sector Minister, Alan Kyerematen, reiterated the government’s support for Ghana’s informal trade sector. “I tasked the Ghana Enterprises Agency to liaise with …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has by the end of the third quarter, September 2021, collected a tax revenue of GH¢39.90 billion out of a total annual target of GH¢57 billion. The authority is optimistic it will meet the annual target by December 31 and clear the deficit despite bites …

The Management of the Metro Mass Transit at the Cape Coast Metropolis in the Central Region has allowed over 70 Buses to rot for what they describe as a lack of funds to fix them. An investigation by EIB’s Central Regional Correspondent, Yaw Boagyan, revealed that some of the buses …

Henry Quartey, the Greater Accra Regional Minister has said the restriction of tricycles, popularly known as, “aboboya” on the principal streets of the region will start from 1 November. The exercise will kick off at the Tema Motorway. Speaking to Beatrice Adu on The Asaase Breakfast Show on Friday (22 October), the …

The Ghana Private Road and Transport Union (GPRTU) has served notice that it will unilaterally increase transport fares by Monday, 25 October 2021, if the nuisance taxes imposed on petroleum products are not reduced.   According to the union, it will not hesitate to increase transport fares across the country …

The Girl Child Coordinator for the Ajumako Kokoben D/A Basic School in the Central Region, Alberta Enyonam has denounced the worrying development where female students of the school are being impregnated by their male colleagues. According to her, teenage pregnancy has become the norm in the school and it was …

A former member and secretary to the Komenda Sugar Project Management Board, Mr Ransford Chatman Vanni-Amoah, has said Minister of Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen, sold some 125 acres of the Komenda sugarcane farm, which was meant to produce the raw material for the sugar factory, to local spirit (akpeteshie) …

The tertiary wing of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Tertiary Educational Institutions Network (TEIN), has taken Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta to the cleaners over his comment that the government’s payroll was full.   According to TEIN, the comments attributed to the Minister during a programme at the University …

The Minority in Parliament has served notice that it will trigger a series of actions to demand accountability from thegovernment in respect of some abandoned E-block projects started by the John Mahama administration. Wrapping up a two-day tour of the Greater Accra, Volta and Eastern regions to ascertain the progress …

The Ghana Road Safety Authority (GRSA) has asked vehicle owners to brace themselves for the payment of a new road safety tow levy. According to the Authority, the earlier Tow levy proposal did not work out because Ghanaians vehemently kicked against it. Speaking to Francis Abban on Morning Starr Wednesday, …

Pupils of Abansere Basic School in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region currently have classes under harsh and unfavourable conditions due to the absence of befitting classrooms. Pupils from classes two, three, and four learn under a shed that was constructed by the school with the support of …

Health workers at Mankarigu Health Centre in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region have returned to post after partially closing down the facility on Friday, October 15. Their decision to return to work follows a meeting between the North Gonja District Health Directorate and opinion leaders from the …

• Shatta Wale has reacted to viral reports that he had been shot • Police issued a statement last night (October 18) stating that they were probing the incident • The musician said his life is in danger for which reason he is on the run Charles Nii Armah Mensah …

• The defunct Komenda Sugar factory will soon be revived. • The sugar-producing factory is expected to start commercial production from 2022 • The Komenda Sugar Factory was recommissioned in 2016 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has hinted he expects the Komenda Sugar Factory to commence commercial production in the first quarter …

The Ashanti regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited(ECG) effective Wednesday, October 20, 2021, will embark on a mass disconnection exercise across the region. The exercise dubbed “Operation correct and collect all debt” will affect state broadcaster’s Ashanti regional branch head office which hosts Garden City radio and …

The Mankarigu Health Center in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region has been closed down temporarily on Saturday, October 16, 2021. This follows the vacation of post by nurses and other staff of the facility to protest an attack by a gang believed to be a pro-New Patriotic …

• The husband and his wife have become popular on social media • The couple are usually seen around some traffic spots hawking together • They go about selling a popular corn beer drink and bread A married couple have become the recipients of public compliments after their model was …

The Chairman of the Right to Information Commission (RTIC) Justice Ofori Atta has urged media practitioners to collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure that the RTI Law is fully operationalized in the country. According to Mr. Justice Ofori Atta, the media can be successful only when they come together with a …

The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) has announced that there would not be any effect on fuel prices in the next pricing window. The Chief Executive of the AOMC, Kwaku Agyemang-Duah in a Press Statement insisted that the two-month removal of the price stabilisation and recovery levy by government …

Power has been restored at the New Kejetia Market after it was disconnected on Wednesday. About 7,200 shops at the facility were affected by the disconnection exercise. For months, the traders, and the management of the facility have had disagreements over the payment of electricity bills. This led to them …

The leadership of the Combined Kumasi Kejetia/Central Market Traders Association at the New Kejetia market in the Kumasi Metropolis of have directed their members not to pay market premium, service charges and any other levies until issues with electricity tariffs are resolved. The directive which came on Thursday October 14, …

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has warned of a money-doubling scheme operating in Ghana under the pseudo name “Worldremit”. “This fraudulent scheme is distinct from the globally renowned Fintech, “’WorldRemit’ which is in the business of international fund transfers,” the BoG said in a statement. The central bank explained that …

Every business needs a good customer relation to thrive. And providing the best service often requires business owners to go the extra mile to offer utmost satisfaction to clients to keep them coming back. This model seems to have been adopted by the owner of one barber shop who has …

The medical director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Dr Pinaman Appau, has revealed that Ghana loses at least US$5 billion per year to mental health issues. Speaking to Asaase News, Dr Appau said the challenge is as a result of a lack of attention to the problem in the country. Her …

Women in Ghana and the world as a whole have been cautioned to take Christ to win over the storm in this contemporary world.   According to the President of Christian Mothers Association in the Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi, Mrs. Hannah Essuman, only Christ can win over the storm in …