The National Democratic Congress has scheduled the vetting in the Parliamentary primaries in the Ashanti region for today and Wednesday at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council in Kumasi. Ninety-seven members of the party who completed and filed their nomination documents in their quest to contest in the party’s November 7 nation-wide primaries are facing stiff contest. […]
ACE undercover investigator, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, has forwarded the names of the 12 state attorneys and policemen who took bribes to subvert justice.He has, subsequently, petitioned the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to sanction the said officers.He has since submitted videos of the suspects to the appropriate authorities for
Pressure group, Let My Vote Count Alliance (LMVCA) will be in court today Monday to set aside an injunction filed by the Police to restrain the group from embarking on a second demonstration to back calls for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 elections. According to the group, being law abiding it is
Ghana’s president John Mahama has told the world to consider bringing more industries and production hubs to Africa as part of moves to curb migration.Speaking at a UN summit of world leaders on a new set of 15-year development goals, Mahama said Africa has a lot of natural resources which the world can tap into,
The national delegates congress of the Great Consolidated Popular Party, GCPP, has ended in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi with the acclamation of Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey as the Standard bearer, Leader and National Chairman of the party for the next four years. Dr. Lartey stood unopposed by the close of the party’s nomination and
A large number of both Ghanaians and foreign nationals, on Sunday September 27, thronged the Manhyia Palace to pay homage to the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu to commemorate the last-but-one Akwasidae of this year. Among the dignitaries who used the occasion to show solidarity to Asantehene were the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin
President of Breast Care International, Dr. Mrs. Beatrice Wiafe Addai, has observed that lack of breast cancer awareness and education was seriously hurting Ghanaian women as the number of infection keeps increasing. According to her, due to the lack of education about the disease, many women find it very difficult to detect early signs of
Some Ghanaians living in the United Sates are threatening to petition the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations over police brutalities against Let My Vote Count Alliance demonstrators.The group describes the attacks on the demonstrators last week as an affront to democracy.Director of Operations for the Group Kwame Agyeman-Budu told Starr News that his
President John Dramani Mahama has arrived in New York, USA, to attend the 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. This year’s Session is on the theme, “The United Nations at 70- The road ahead for peace, security and human rights.” Ahead of the opening of the General Assembly on Monday, President Mahama will
A section of the Jamaican press is apparently not happy about Dancehall star Sean Pul’s decision to be part of a line-up billed to perform for Pope Francis as he visits the capital of the United States. Below is a cull from 18karatereggae.com The piece was titled Reggae Dancehall has become a joke. Sean Paul
