The European Union (EU) has said it does not intend to place a ban on the purchase of cocoa from Ghana because of child labor claims. Rather, the EU is working closely with the Ministry of Employment and Labor Relations, the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), among other stakeholders, to agree …
Read More »Accident claims 12 lives including 8-year-old
Twelve (12) people have perished, whilst seven others are in critical condition after two buses collided on the Buipe-Tamale highway. The eleven died on the spot, including an eight-year-old girl at the accident scene at Alipe in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region on Tuesday, April 13, 2021, …
Read More »Ejisu Roundabout accident claims 1 life, 4 injured
One person has been killed in a road accident after a driver ran over pedestrians on a pavement at the Ejisu Intersection in the Ashanti Region. One of the victims, 62-year-old Kwaku Duku, was pronounced dead when he was rushed to the Ejisu Government Hospital with four others. The four …
Read More »GWCL debunks claims it has increased cost of water
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has dismissed claims suggesting that it has increased the cost of water supply in the country. According to the Water Service provider, water tariffs are not increased unless approved by the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC). “Tariffs used in billing customers are only …
Read More »Joyce Aryee refutes Ahwoi’s claim she left PNDC after transfer to Local Gov’t Ministry
A former secretary to the then Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), Dr. Joyce Aryee has refuted claims she left the party after she was asked to work in another ministry– the Ministry of Local Government. In his book, Working with Rawlings, NDC stalwart and former Local Government Minister, Prof. Kwamena …
Read More »NDC claims parliamentary victory in 140 constituencies as provisional results trickle in
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said its analysis of the provisional parliamentary results trickling in from across the country suggest it has won 140 out of the total 275 parliamentary seats. Addressing a marathon press conference on Tuesday, December 8, 2020, NDC’s Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, said the …
Read More »Majority of Ghanaian artistes who visit me are gospel singers – Spiritualist claims
Popular Ghanaian spiritualist and herbalist Nana Adu Boafo claims the majority of Ghanaian musicians who consult him for spiritual powers (juju) are gospel singers. According to him, out of the many artistes who consult him, Gospel artistes form the majority. He made this damning claim during an interview on Showbiz …
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