Pupils of Pakro Roman Catholic Primary and Junior High School near Nsawam in the Akuapim South District of the Eastern Region before vacating on Friday embarked on a demonstration against incessant defecation in their classrooms by unscrupulous persons in the Community. The pupils backed by their teachers marched through the …

The Minority in Parliament has accused the Akufo-Addo administration of fudging the original Power Compact II agreement to handover the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to surrogates of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). “This project was expected to significantly improve access to electricity, ensure operational efficiency, turn …

Members of the Communication Team of the govering New Patriotic Party in the Upper East Region have been cautioned against joining a campaign to get government to resume and complete work on the Bolgatanga-Bawku road. A campaign dubbed #FixBolgaBawkuRoadNOW emerged in the past few weeks, spearheaded by an advocacy group …

Members of the National Social Studies Association (NaSSA) have called on the government to reconsider its decision to scrap social studies from the school curriculum.The group have threatened to demonstrate and picket the Jubilee House, if the subject is tampered with.Addressing a press conference in Kumasi on Wednesday, 31 July …

Members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) have threatened to lay down their tools effective September 1, 2019, should the Ghana Education Service fail to halt monthly deductions of GHc10 from their salaries. The Ghana Education Service introduced an insurance policy which has become unpopular with many teachers. …

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has petitioned the Speaker of Parliament over the proposed increase in components of the Energy Sector Levies (ESLA) which will lead to increase fuel prices. COPEC in its petition said the “current fuel price increase is coming at the wrong time.” The mid-year budget …

Multimedia Journalist, Manasseh Azuri Awuni is predicting former President John Dramani Mahama could be made canonized someday if the current trend of happening in the country under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration persists. “If things continue this way, we will have to canonize John Dramani Mahama someday”, he revealed …

Twenty – three people who claim to have suffered various forms of injuries during the violence that rocked the Ayawaso- West Wuogon by- election on January 31,2019, have sued the government over what they describe as violations of their fundamental human rights. In a suit filed at the Human Rights …

The Kwesimintsim hospital in the Western Region is in dire need of financial support as government is unable to pay its nine months national health insurance payments amounting in excess of 2 million Ghana Cedis. The Administrator of the facility, Felix Kesse told Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan that the last …

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress who doubles as the Vice President of the Socialist International, Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has left Ghana at the head of a three-man party delegation to attend the annual conference of the Socialist International scheduled to take place in Tel Aviv, Israel, …

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has reaffirmed Government’s determination to fulfil the campaign pledge of facilitating year round farming in the northern regions through the construction of dams under the ‘One Village One Dam’ programme. According to Vice President Bawumia, government will complete ongoing construction works for these dams, to …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) through the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) programme will from today begin the mass administration of anti-lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and river blindness (onchocerciasis) drugs across 126 endemic districts in the country. In all, 15 districts have been targeted for elephantiasis, 120 districts for river blindness and …

President Nana Akufo-Addo is reported to have constantly reminded his appointees, especially the cabinet ministers that all is not well with the country yet and urged them to work for the betterment of the ordinary Ghanaian. Finance minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, disclosed this at the Mid-Year Budget Review presentation in Parliament …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who wrote the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The examination body however withheld results of 48,855 (14.12%) candidates pending conclusion of investigations into various cases of examination malpractice detected during and after the conduct of …

There is currently tension brewing in the Asawase Constituency of the Ashanti Region this time within the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) following a resolution by the Regional Executive Committee of the party to impose the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon. Alidu Seidu as a parliamentary candidate. According to notice …

Aide to former President John Evans Atta Mills, Koku Anyidoho, has said that the erstwhile John Mahama administration and the National Democratic Congress NDC) have failed grossly in protecting the legacy of the late President. According to Koku Anyidoho, he expected the then Mahama-led-government and the NDC party as a …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has promised to build a Regional Hospital for each of the six newly created Regions if he wins the 2020 elections. “It has remained our policy as NDC that every region must have a well-functioning regional hospital. When we assume government in 2021, therefore, I …

The Akufo-Addo-led government will gradually fix all the deplorable roads in the country, Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has said.Presenting the mid-year budget review statement on the floor of parliament on Monday, 29 July 2019, Mr Ofori-Atta said: “Fellow Ghanaians, I wish to plead with you and assure you to bear …

Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta is seeking approval to spend some ¢6.3 billion in its Supplementary Budget for the remaining months of the fiscal year. This was contained in the order paper for Monday’s proceedings in parliament as the Minister presents the Mid-year Review as well as Supplementary Budget. Based on the 2019 …

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama says he will scrap some of the newly created ministries the Akufo-Addo administration introduced if the NDC is voted back into power. The Akufo-Addo administration now has 125 ministers, over 30 more ministers more than its predecessors. Speaking during …

The Kumasi Based first private radio station in Ghana, OTEC FM on Saturday July 27, 2019, drifted from their usual busy schedules to participate in the maiden edition of ‘’Exercise With Koda” Health Walk ashundreds joined yet another crowd puller to promote physical fitness. The event which saw hundreds of …

A marriage counsellor and relationship expert, Dr John Boakye, has cautioned married couples against enhancing their genitals for sexual pleasures, saying the fuss about genital enhancement is a “myth”. He said many people were obsessed with enhancing their body parts and spent huge sums of money in buying products for …

Rival youth groups have clashed at Ga Mashie, otherwise known as Jamestown in Accra following the installation of a new chief. JoyNews editor, Fred Smith reports that the youths are wielding offensive weapons ready to fight. A man dressed in plain-clothes was also spotted holding an AK47 assault rifle, the …

            LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT Dear Sir, I believe and hope you very well and enjoying the full grace of our Lord Jess Christmas. Your Exellency, I will love to remind of view things you and your government are forgetting, Please I hope you witnessed …

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Professor Kwesi Yankah has said that the new tertiary education policy document seeks to eliminate all barriers that restrict applicants from gaining admissions into tertiary institutions. According to him, the demand for pass mark in some core subjects before qualifying for …

Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu, Ghana’s Special Prosecutor insists he is still a founding member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) despite internal machinations to strip him off that title. “I insisted that whether they liked it or not I was a foundation member of the original NDC which …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said the successful implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) program and the prudent measures put in place to address its associated challenges has left critics with nothing to talk about. “There were many who doubted that we can actually roll out the …

Having been arrested on May 2015; yesterday 26th August 2019, which commenced officially the 2019 legal vacation for Ghana’s Judiciary, marked the fifth time, Gregory Afoko ‘innocent until proven guilty according to law’, would endure painfully in the continue unlawful sub-human custody and degrading treatments from the ‘coercive’ powers of …

The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the government to consult broadly before presenting the draft University Bill to parliament. Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who is also the Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science Technology (KNUST) said consulting broadly and incorporating the views of all stakeholders in the …

A former deputy minister of Energy and Petroleum John Jinapor is rallying Ghanaians to reject any tax increment in the 2019 Mid-year budget review on Monday. According to him, the move will lead to unbearable hardships on Ghanaians. The finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta is expected to present the 2019 Mid-year …