GENERAL NEWS

The Russian trolls are back — and once again trying to poison the political atmosphere in the United States ahead of this year’s elections. But this time they are better disguised and more targeted, harder to identify and track. And they have found an unlikely home, far from Russia itself. …

Former President, Flt. -Lt. (Rtd) Jerry John Rawlings has commended the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) for its efforts to mechanise cocoa farming in the country. He said the board’s decision to replace the age-old cutlasses and machetes used to prune cocoa trees and weed farms, with motorised pruners and slashers …

Government has suspended consular services provided by embassies and high commissions in countries affected by the deadly Coronavirus. The Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charles Owiredu said this while outlining measures being taken by the government to prevent a spread of the virus. The Deputy Minister also pointed out that …

The management of the Ghana Police Hospital at Cantonment has served notice it will carry out a mass burial for one hundred and twenty unidentified bodies in their mortuary. This, according to a statement from the Hospital, is part of their routine exercise to decongest the hospital mortuary. “The Ghana …

Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams has declared a 72-hour prayer and fasting period against the spread of the coronavirus. The founder and leader of Action Chapel International has been leading his congregation to pray since 8 march 2020 that no Ghanaian life, home and abroad, will be lost to the coronavirus. …

Parliament has approved a request for tax waivers amounting to GHS41 million for four state institutions. The Ghana Immigration Service sought GHS 841,000 in tax waivers on weapons, the Ministry of Regional Re-Organisation sought GHS708,000 in waivers for vehicles to be procured for the six new regions, the Metro Mass …

Speaker of Parliament has ordered the Clerk Office of the House to check temperatures of MPs and visitors in Parliament in the wake of coronavirus scare. Prof. Mike Oquaye also admonished Members of Parliament to avoid handshaking and make good use of hand sanitizers installed at vantage points in Parliament. …

Three Ghanaian citizens, Elikem Kotoko, Stephen Kwabena Attuh and Issifu Seidu Kudus Gbeadese, have petitioned UN Secretary-General António Guterres to remove President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo from the Eminent Group of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Advocates as a Co-Chair. According to the petition, the President is complicit in the resurgence of illegal small-scale …

Some hoodlums have broken into the residence of Joseph Owusu, aka Odenkyem, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere Afram Plains in the Ashanti Region, and made away with over GH¢40,000. The thieves stole the cash from the DCE’s parked vehicle after gaining access into his house at Akyeremade in the …

A Muslim couple in the Ashanti Regional town of Sawaba, is in grief after their four-year-old daughter died on the spot after she was run over by her school bus Wednesday. The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 am when the deceased, Aisha Abdul Aziz and her seven-year-old brother had converged …