GENERAL NEWS

Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo, President of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), has urged government to exempt health workers from its intended freeze on the employment of civil and public servants. She said the country’s health sector workforce was inadequate and that a freeze on employment in the sector …

Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) personnel were called to help douse an inferno at the China Mall Warehouse located at Weija Junction on Saturday, November 26. The facility, located near the Empire Cement factory had been on fire since Saturday afternoon with the blaze continuing into the evening, according to …

Deputy Finance Minister, Dr John Kumah says the fact that the ruling administration has reduced the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy) proves they are a listening government. “…having reduced the rate to 1% means that we are a listening government,” he said. E-levy Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta presenting the …

Renowned International Guidebook company, Lonely Planet, has named Ghana as one of the best places to visit and connect in 2023 in its 18th annual Best in Travel list. The 2023 edition of the list follows a slightly different format than it had been in the past years. Drawing on …

To help the nation out of its problems, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo has been advised to fire three key sector ministers. The three are finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta, the Trade and Industry minister Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, and the Agric minister Afriyie Akoto. The former District Chief Executive of …

A former member of parliament for Tema West, Titus Glover, has criticized Roland Walker of TV3 for being an unbalanced journalist who speaks without facts making him a one-sided journalist. He said this during an argument between the two of them which was generated on the controversial Keta Seaport project …

The late former President Jerry John Rawlings was typically known as a charismatic person but he also had a rather unique sense of fashion to his persona. During his years as leader, J.J Rawlings had a peculiar choice of fashion dating as far back as his young days in Achimota School and …

Nii Kwabena Bonnie III, is a famous Osu Alata Mantse who orchestrated the 1948 boycott of European goods by Gold Coasters, hugely contributing to the fight for Ghana’s independence. Born in 1890, he was a traditional leader of Osu Alata Mantse and Oyokohene of Techiman of the then Gold Coast. …

Majority leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has revealed how President Akufo-Addo’s brother, Bumpty Akufo-Addo and Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko called him to shoot down the censure motion against Ken Ofori-Atta in Parliament. According to him, the two had called him to discuss the censure motion by the minority against the finance minister and he assured them …

The Keta Investment Promotion Centre (KIPC) has refuted claims by Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta that the Keta Port project has seen some progress. Ofori Atta during the presentation of the 2023 budget, on Thursday, November 24, said “Mr. Speaker, substantial progress has been made in the development of 12 coastal fish …