GENERAL NEWS

The Ghana Police Service has announced that it will track and arrest some persons who were found spreading false information on WhatsApp groups in relation to COVID-19. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Service and signed by its Deputy Communication Director, ASP David Ekloo. According to the …

Energy Minister John Peter Amewu has clarified that persons who have been taken off the national grid due to indebtedness will not benefit from the absorption of electricity tariffs. The Minister responding to a question on how such persons can benefit from the benefit said only those who will pay their arrears …

Leader and founder of the House of Power ministries, Prophet Francis Kwarteng has claimed that the refusal of some pastors to obey certain God-given instructions is the reason for Ghana’s rise in coronavirus cases. He said the likes of Arch-Bishop Duncan Williams, Bishop Charles Agyin-Asare, Apostle Onyina, and other church …

Government is providing a cumulative electricity tariff relief of an amount equivalent to about GHS1 billion, the Minister for Energy, John Peter Amewu has disclosed. This approximately covers a customer population of bout 4.8 million meters across the country for the three month period beginning April, May and June. He …

Mr Fredrick Drah, a married man with four children and a survivor of COVID-19 says he will not wish his experience with the disease on anybody. Recounting his experience to the media on Thursday, April 16, Mr Drah said he fell ill on March 17 and decided to get tested …

The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has emphasized the need for mosquito coils to be distributed to vulnerable persons in lockdown areas alongside the hot meal being served them. According to him, most of these poor persons living in slums in areas affected …

The spokesperson for the national Chief Imam, sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu has appealed to Ghanaians to desist from using the current health crisis (COVID-19) which has plunged many nations into economic difficulties and killed millions of people across the globe to enrich themselves at the detriment of the poor.   He …

Mortuaries in Ghana are congested as families shun private burials that have been necessitated by the ban on social gatherings aimed at controlling the spread of coronavirus. Bereaved members of families say they would rather wait for the ban to be lifted so that they can hold elaborate funerals, according …

Five bodies have been found on the streets in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. It is unclear the cause of their demise. It comes in the wake of Ghana’s fight against the global pandemic covid-19. Ultimate FM’s Isaac Bediako Justice reports on the Morning Starr that mortuary men in Kumasi …

With just under two million infections worldwide and a quarter of the number recovering, Covid-19 seems to have brought anxiety to many people, especially, in high-risk prone areas. Ghana is yet to record double-digit deaths but confirmed cases have crossed the 500 mark. It raises questions about voluntary testing, besides …