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The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) of Ghana, on Friday, inducted 106 newly qualified doctors, who were trained both locally and abroad. They included professionals trained by the University of Ghana, and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, as well as those who …

A teacher of Kpotame District Assembly (D/A) Primary School in the Ada East District of the Greater Accra Region, has been killed by a police vehicle at Aphamaga, a suburb of Kasseh along the Tema-Aflao Highway. The white police Kia truck with registration number GP 3283 assigned to the workshop …

Residents of Kpone, capital of Kpone–Katamanso Municipality in the Greater Accra Region, are calling for the closure of the Kpone Land Fill site due to health concerns. Presenting a petition to authorities at a town hall meeting organized by the Municipal Assembly in Kpone, Joseph Tetteh, lead speaker of the …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated emphatically that his government never made any attempt to sell the Komenda sugar factory. This statement by the former president is contrary to claims by the Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kyerematen that the erstwhile administration had wanted to sell the factory. …

Assistant Superintendent of Prison (ASP) Johann Nartey, the Regional Public Relations Officer of the Brong-Ahafo Prison Command has appealed to Parliament to expedite the passage of the Custodial Sentence Bill to ease the country’s prisons from overcrowding. ASP Nartey made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News Agency …

It seems former President John Mahama is not doing away with sharp bitterness towards the introduction of the Free Senior High School (SHS) programme by the Nana Addo led government. The former President whose opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party claims to be a socialist party and as such expected …

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested a self-styled man of God for allegedly defrauding a woman of her money through false prophecies. The suspect Francis Kojo Mudor, according to the police, prophesied to the victim that she would die through an attack by armed robbers. He managed to collect …

The Emile Short Commission of Inquiry has recommended the dissolution of the SWAT team at the National Security Council Secretariat, Starrfm.com.gh can confirm. The confidential report in possession of Starrfm.com.gh recommended operatives should be re-assigned to their respective units after disbanding the SWAT team. “The Commission recommends that the SWAT team of …

The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has hailed the introduction of a new basic curriculum as part of ongoing reforms within the education sector, which will take effect from the 2019/2020 academic year. GNAT is particularly enthused with the introduction of History as a subject, saying it will help …

The police administration is on the heels of eight persons including a policeman, Yemeni, Lebanese and some Ghanaians alleged to have engaged in various misconducts. A police gazette signed by Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (COP), Director General/ CID listed the suspects as Abdul Rari Ould Mohammed, 44, a Yemeni businessman, …

Persons working at the Jubilee House, Ghana’s seat of government, have been reduced from 998 to 957. The number was disclosed when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo presented a list of workers at the presidency to parliament. The release of the list is in compliance with Section 11 of the …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has ordered the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to chart a path in ending the issue of vigilantism in the country. The two parties after going back and forth, met on Tuesday, 9th April, 2019 and a communiqué that came …

A new legislation that has rocked the Parliament of Ghana and meant to disband political party vigilante groups is proposing a 10-25-year prison term for anyone who participates in the activities of a political party vigilante group with an offensive weapon. Clause 3 of the legislation known as Vigilantism and …

Abdul Rashid Meizango alias Zongo Chief , the 29-year-old suspect who is in police custody for allegedly playing a role in the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale, MyNewsGh.com has gathered from the Accra Regional Police Command is also being investigation to a case of fraud. The suspect our sources reveal, was alleged to …

The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced a digital tax filing platform that will now allow Ghanaians to file their tax returns online with the Authority’s new app, Integrated Tax Application Preparation System (iTaPS). Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen programme, Wednesday, the Principal Revenue Officer at GRA, Mr Alex Oppong-Poku explained that the …

Pope Francis has told leaders of South Sudan that peace is possible and urged the country’s leaders to seek what unites and overcome what divides. At the end of a two-day meeting in the Vatican, the pope shocked those present by kneeling and kissing the feet of South Sudan’s former …

A former Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Isaac Adjei-Mensah has criticized the Akufo-Addo government for failing to fix the bad roads in the Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in the Western Region. He said the Mahama-led government in which he served as a minister awarded many road contracts in the …

The great Nana Kwaku Bosam, the renowned Ghanaian fetish priest has angrily blasted Bishop Daniel Obinim, founder and leader of International Godsway Church for disgracing him in his church despite the fact that he knew what he was saying was false. According to Kwaku Bonsam, Bishop Obinim is a liar …

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Oquaye has directed that the house comes back on the April 29, 2019, to consider the passage of the vigilantism bill. The vigilantism and other related offences bill, 2019 Will be taken through a certificate of urgency as determined by the committee on …

A husband and his wife have reportedly been struck to death by thunder in Assin Andoe Sibo Nkwanta in the Assin South District of the Central Region of Ghana. The husband has been identified as Emmanuel Botwey 27 and his wife has also been identified as Rita Nketia 26. According …

Former President, John Mahama, has predicted a fall in quality education at both junior and senior high school levels due to excessive investments in the Free Senior High School programme. He said education in the country is bound to suffer if the government continues to expend all its financial resource …

VIGILANTISM AND RELATED OFFENCES BILL, 2019 MEMORANDUM The object of the Bill is to disband political party vigilante groups and proscribe acts of vigilantism in the country. Recent public elections including by-elections held in the Fourth Republic have been characterised by violence particularly by-elections held in the following constituencies: Akwatia, …

Two persons who robbed a trader at the Arts Centre in Accra have been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison. An Accra Circuit Court on Thursday sentenced the two, Billy Kwasi, 18years and Yaw Joseph, 25 years for robbery and causing unlawful harm to a trader. Billy …

Members of the Coalition of Aggrieved Menzgold Customer (CAMC) have said they would not hesitate to reinvest their monies into the trouble gold dealership firm, Menzgold, if their locked up funds are reimbursed. “You’ll still have to drink water even if your only child drowns in water; such is the …

Call it bail for sale. You will be spot on. In the midst of all the present concerns about the integrity of the security system, we are witnessing crime in the crime office. Corruption Watch (CW) has caught police officers taking money in order to grant bail. This is happening …