GENERAL NEWS

The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has been notified that the current six channels that it operates would be reduced to three. The state broadcaster has, therefore, been directed by the Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to “consolidate” its programmes within two months. Digital channels run by GBC include GTV Sports+ (a channel …

The Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, claims the body of a Rwandan official that was reported to have gone missing was actually at the facility’s morgue. Emmanuel Twagirayezu died on July 9 whilst receiving treatment at the hospital having contracted coronavirus. The deceased was said to be a medical director …

A father of one of the four kidnapped Takoradi girls who have been declared dead by the police still does not believe the account of law enforcement authorities. After two years, Alexander Koranchie says there is no way his daughter, Priscilla Mantsebea Koranchie is dead despite the police confirming that …

Management of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital late Monday exhumed the body of a high-profiled Rwandan who died of COVID-19. Dr. Emmanuel, as the deceased has been identified, had been sent to the facility, popularly known as Ridge Hospital, by his family for treatment after he tested positive for the Coronavirus. He, …

One person has been killed in Banda in the Bono Region over a confrontation at a registration centre. Starr News understands that the scuffle at the registration centre began after some persons associated with the NPP parliamentary candidate for the constituency confronted brother of the MP for the area, Ahmed …

An Accra Fast Track High Court has dismissed an application filed by MTN, Vodafone and the National Telecommunications Authority (NCA), challenging the basis upon which a consumer organisation had sued them for breaching sections of the Subscriber Identification Modulation (SIM) law, L.I. 2006. The High Court in Accra found the arguments of the telecommunications …

A new study published in Emotion, titled The Expanding Class Divide in Happiness in the United States, 1972–2016, has determined that money can buy happiness, disputing the age-old adage “money can’t buy happiness.” The study found a correlation between income and happiness. “We don’t find a tapering off of happiness at the top …

A Taxi driver identified as Kwasi Michael, 44, has died in multiple car accidents on the Nkawkaw stretch of the Accra to Kumasi Highways. The accidents occurred Monday about 2:20 pm when a driver Godfred Adade, 28 in charge of a Mercedes Benz Sprinter bus with registration Number GG 2277-20 …

Scores of senior police officers have been transferred in the latest shake-up to hit the service. Over 50 senior officers have been moved from their current work stations. The changes take immediate effect, Starr News sources revealed. The development comes few months ahead of the 2020 Presidential and parliamentary elections. …

Parliament has approved an amount of 1.6 million cedis tax waiver to procure equipment to monitor weather and earthquake movements. The approval of the waiver is in respect of the Ghana radio astronomy project and colocation of the satellite earth observation group receiving station at Kuntunse for Ghana Space Science …