The Ghana Federation of Labour (GFL) has kicked against the proposal made by the Electoral Commission to close polls at 3pm instead of 5pm. In a release sighted by GhanaWeb, it said this new plan may disenfranchise many new voters on the election day. GFL also rejected claims by the …
Read More »President Akufo-Addo replies Alban Bagbin: “I am not lame duck”
President Akufo-Addo has rejected what he says is a claim by the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, that he is a lame-duck president. The Speaker a few weeks ago indicated in parliament that President Akufo-Addo was losing the loyalty of some key personalities in the NPP, including members of Parliament …
Read More »DAMAK-IDP Sanitation & Health Watch Community Heroes and Excellence Award 2023, 8 chiefs and assembly members Honored
Damak Sanitation Health Watch in collaboration with the International Direct Project (IDP) from Switzerland has organized sanitation and health awards for selected assembly members and chiefs in eight districts in the Ashanti Region. The awards were honored based on the performance of the individual participants after we conducted a …
Read More »Over 900 Commuters received more than 25,000 tree crop seedlings in Tain District
Over 900 Commuters received more than 25,000 tree crop seedlings in Tain District. The Planting for Export and Rural Development (PERD) Program as a decentralized National Tree Crop Program to promote rural economic growth and improve household incomes of rural farmers through the provision of certified improved seedlings, extension services, …
Read More »Prof Ameyaw Akumfi’s daughter caught in house fire incident dies
The death has been reported of Ewurama Ameyaw Akumfi, the daughter of the former Minister of Education, Professor Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi. Confirmed sources available to MyNewsGh.com, indicate that she died on Thursday, December 14, 2023, at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where she was on admission receiving treatment after the …
Read More »Bawku conflict: Dr. Bawumia calls for peace between Mamprusis and Kusasis
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has urged Mamprusis and Kusasis involved in the chieftaincy dispute in Bawku to cease the hostilities and unite for sustainable development in the area. The two factions have been involved in a chieftaincy dispute that has caused the lost of lives and property as …
Read More »It won’t be in the interest of any party to scrap the OSP – Inusah Fuseini
Former Member of Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Committee, Inusah Fusieni, has shotdown attempts by critics to downplay the importance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in the fight against corruption. According to him, the OSP has a unique mandate of fighting corruption and corruption-related offenses. He said …
Read More »Dr. Bawumia takes U-turn over the Use of a Ghana Card To Buy A Car in Ghana
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia clarified comments attributed to him at the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) awards ceremony recently, stressing that he did not say that the Ghana Card could be used to buy a car outright. The clarification comes amidst discussions sparked by earlier comments made …
Read More »Use the free SHS program as advantage to improve your future instead of wasting time on drugs – Chief advice for the young people
The Nifahene of the Ejura Traditional Area of Ashanti, Nana Osei Kwadwo Ansebie II has advised that the youth should refrain from drugs and seize the free SHS as an opportunity for a better future. According to him, the young generation should not give their lives to the things …
Read More »Swift Action Against Exploitation: Ghana TVET Service Interdicts Principals of Key Technical Institutes
The Management of the Ghana TVET Service has, with immediate effect, interdicted the Principals of Anum Presbyterian Technical Institute, Cape Coast Technical Institute, Abetifi Kyemase Technical Institute and Prampram Technical Institute for allegedly selling unapproved items to the form one students and collecting unauthorized school fees during the enrollment process …
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