GENERAL NEWS

Parliament has by a majority decision passed the Value Added Tax Amendment bill to increase the rate by 2.5 percent. The controversial bill had to go to a head count for it to pass by 135-136 majority decision. Members of the Minority argued against the upward review of the VAT …

Authorities at the Kumasi Central Prisons are calling on the government and philanthropists to support the facility with essential drugs for inmates. Though they receive medicines from the government periodically, they are inadequate to meet the health needs of inmates. Congestion at the facility also remains a challenge. This was …

A 49-year-old visually impaired person in Goka, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, Anaaba Agbango, is among some of the few persons living with a disability to venture into a productive venture. Anaaba Agbango, a native of the Upper East Region who has been …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has indicated that his determination to complete the National Cathedral of Ghana remains undented despite calls by several Ghanaians for the project to be halted. Speaking at the centenary celebration of the Ga Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in Accra on Sunday, December 18, 2022, …

Teachers and nurses have begun exiting Bawku in the Upper East Region due to the volatile security situation in the town. The Kusasis withdrew from the inter-ethnic peace committee on Tuesday following renewed clashes that have led to the death of at least eleven people. The renewed violence between the …

Dormaahene, Osagyefo Oseadeeyo Agyemang Badu I, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to put the construction of the National Cathedral of Ghana on hold. Dormaahene, who is the President of the Bono Regional House of Chief, said that the Cathedral project cannot be a priority of the government, given the difficulties …

As the Dutch government is issuing apologies for their role in slavery which lasted for 250 years, we the natives of Ahanta in Ghana demand justice for Badu Bonso II and all Ahantas who were massacred upon instructions of Williams I of Netherlands in 1838. We demand that the head …

  GhanaWeb has acquired first photos of the ongoing marriage ceremony between the National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, and his bride, Irene Amankwaa Karikari. The now-revealed fiancée of Sammy Gyamfi is also believed to be a staunch member of the NDC. The private event, being held at Chain …

It was a near-death experience for a 42-year-old man in Techiman traditional area in the Bono East Region when he was savagely attacked by a group on suspicion that he is a homosexual. The victim, Isaac Osae Adum has apparently long been suspected to be gay by his friends because he …

It’s a beautiful brand-new day and the Good Lord has blessed us with the gift of live. Today’s topic is a very controversial one. To be baptized is very important to every Christian since it seems to determine one’s salvation. Mark 16:16 reads that whosoever believes in the word and …