An aspiring Assembly Member in Tema has appealed to the Judiciary to expedite the handling of violent cases related to the upcoming District Level Elections to serve as a deterrent to others. Mr Christian Yaw Amoah popularly known as C.Y, immediate past and aspiring Assembly Member for the Homowo Electoral …

A record overcrowding at the Accident and Emergency Centre (A&E) of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra Saturday forced authorities to keep patients requiring emergency healthcare in ambulances for hours. Patients who arrived in ambulances from across the country with different trauma cases could not get beds at the A&E …

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal of the new denominations of the Ghana Cedi introduced by the Bank of Ghana (BoG). A member of the Finance Committee, Benjamin Komla Kpodo, in questioning the timing for the issuance of new notes, insisting BoG withdraws it for further consultations. …

Editor-In-Chief for the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, has expressed disappointment over the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) interference in the row between the Auditor-General and the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO). The veteran journalist sees the NDC’s interference in the Auditor-General and EOCO ongoing tussle as …

The Public Health Unit of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the Upper East Region has engaged its counterparts from Togo and Burkina Faso in a cross-border meeting to share information on diseases of epidemic potential among the three countries. Dr Josephat Nyuzaghl, the Upper East Regional Deputy Director in …

Member of Parliament for Lambussie-Karni Constituency Edward Kaale-Ewola Dery says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s introduction of higher Cedi denominations is a waste of the public purse. According to him, the move is a means to perpetuate corruption. Speaking on TV3’s News @10 on Friday, November 29, the Vice …

The Minority in parliament wants the chairperson of the EC summoned over the upcoming referendum. Speaking during the presentation of the business statement of the House, Tamale Central MP and ranking member on the Committee on Constitutional, legal and parliamentary Affairs, Inusah Fuseini demanded that the EC must brief the …

The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye, has rejected accusations of visa fraud levelled against some lawmakers, adding that he would not succumb to acts of bullying from foreign missions in the country. Three MPs and a former legislator were accused of visa fraud by Mr Jon Benjamin while …

The Electoral Commission has directed its regional accountants to ‘hold on’ with the issuance of funds to the respective branches for the December referendum. An internal memo from the deputy chairperson of the commission in charge of operation to staff sighted by Starr News did not give a reason for …

The Bono Regional Youth Organizer of the NDC, Efo Worlanyo Tsekpo has sent a heartwarming message to the flagbearer of the NDC, former President Jonh Mahama stating that the erstwhile president has “proven to be more relevant than someone at 75 when it comes to governance”. In the message sighted …

Close to 7,000 caterers who cocked under the Ghana School Feeding Programme for the third term of the 2018/19 academic year have been paid, Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister, Mrs. Cynthia Morrison has confirmed. “So everyone is expected to receive payment today, [Thursday November 28] as has been confirmed …

Percy Sackey is a teacher at the Obo Presby School in the Kwahu Hills. He uses music and dance to teach and motivate his pupils at the school. Joy News’ Justice Baidoo visited the school to learn more about the teacher’s unconventional methods of teaching. He says encouraging his students …

Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Member of Parliament for Suame constituency, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, has dismissed suggestions that the President, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, lacks the locus to suspend the December 17 referendum if he so desires. According to him, as an executive arm of government, the President …

The Students’ Representative Council of University of Education Winneba, Kumasi and Mampong Campuses whose core mandate is to promote the general welfare and interest of students, coordinating the social, cultural, intellectual and recreational activities of the students in the University have appealed to the government of the day to give …

Speaker of Parliament has accused the United Kingdom’s High Commission in Ghana and its former head of mission, Jon Benjamin, of a smear campaign against the institution of Parliament in a visa fraud allegation. Addressing news editors on Thursday, Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye said the House neither accepts the findings nor the tag of visa fraud. …

The Ghana AIDS Commission has announced a surge in the number of persons who are contracting HIV infections in Ghana. In a statement released to the Community through the churches, mosques and the media, ahead of World AIDS Day slated for December 1, 2019, the commission said 19,931 new HIV …

A former Deputy Minister of Communications is not surprised about the recent jabs launched at former President John Mahama by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. Mr Felix Kwakye Ofosu says given the conduct of the second gentleman of the land, it is obvious the office has overwhelmed him. “Bawumia is …

The governing New Patriotic Party, in the wake of the Afrombarometer report in which many Ghanaians expressed dissatisfaction with the country’s economic situation, has assured things will get better in 2020. Communications Director of the party in an interview with Joy News’ Kwesi Parker Wilson said, things only seem difficult …

The Minority in Parliament has demanded details in the sale of the Komenda Sugar Factory as it accuses government of deliberately running down the company to reduce its value. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Deputy Ranking Member for the Committee on Trade and Industry, Yusif Sulemana said the factory could have …

Founder and leader of United  Front Party (UFP), Dr. Nana Agyenim Boateng has used unprintable words to describe executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP ) led by Bernard Antwi Boasiako alias Chairman Wontumi in Ashanti Region for what he calls the lack of developmental projects in the region …

Robert Cudjoe, the immediate past Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Health, has thrown a jab at Ghanaian unemployed nurses and midwives, labelling them as ungrateful beings. Responding to calls made by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association, urging government to recruit 40,000 nurses and midwives within the …

A former Deputy Minister of Information has admonished the Vice President to stop usurping the functions of ordinary serial callers and rather conduct himself with sobriety and candour befitting of the high office he occupies. Speaking on JoyNews’ TV programme, Pm Express, Felix Kwakye Ofosu said of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia that “it …

Old students of Dwamena Akenten Senior High School at Offinso in the Offinso South district of the Ashanti region has averted what could have been a sanitation crisis in the school with the building an ultra modern 20-seater toilet facility. The facility, which was at the cost of GHC70, 000, …

About 400 unemployed graduate teachers have appealed to the government and the Education Ministry to have them immediately posted. According to them, despite graduating from the various Colleges of Education, they are yet to be posted to the various senior high schools in the country. President of the coalition of …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) has procured four hundred thousand (400,000) sets of questions and answer booklets from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for distribution to the first batch of beneficiaries of the Free Senior High School policy preparing to write their final examination April next year. The exams …

The world has seen a few true geniuses over the course of time. Some of the most well-known brains are, of course, Isaac newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Could a third emerge from today’s young generation of thinkers? Clearly, a good memory is important for children to learn and …

The Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE), in its aspirations to transform into an efficient, world class platform for investments and raising capital, has signed and exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding with the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE). SCE, an agency of the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Foreign …

Before President John Evans Atta-Mills died, his Vice-President, John Dramani Mahama, had written his resignation letter, The Ghana Report can exclusively reveal. His decision to resign as Ghana’s Vice-President was as a result of endless frustration he suffered at the hands of some presidential staffers and ministers of state in …

November 24th 2019 Celebrated Highlife musician Jamson who became Physically challenged after getting his first massive hit song 20 years ago said he hasn’t stopped doing music. Speaking to some selected Bloggers at the just ended media after attending the just-ended 2019 3 G awards in the United States of …

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is clearly hiding behind the criminal trial of two of their national executives to frustrate efforts to build consensus on the eradication of political vigilantism in Ghana. On Thursday at Peduase in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern Region, the opposition NDC was …