An Accra Fast Track Court has dismissed an order for Interlocutory injunction filed by Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby seeking to restrain the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) from sharing collecting TV license fees with other private operators. The court presided over by Justice RR Bature, said GBC can go ahead to collect the fees but must refrain […]
The gender-based violence Circuit Court in Accra, has admitted an 84-year-old man to 80,000 cedi bail with two sureties, one to be justified for compulsion of marriage. The accused, Mallem Gado, pleaded not guilty to forcing his 17-year-old Senior High School student into marriage. Mallam Gado, who appeared before the court presided over by Rita
Across the globe, owners, managers and editors are kept awake over the uncertain future of their industry. Some analysts paint a gloomy picture of the newspaper industry, saying it will end up in the grave yard; pushed to an early death by a number of factors which includes access to “free news” online and inherently
A survey conducted by Catholic Relief Services, CRS, has indicated that access to footwear is a luxury for the people of Litani, Ticheritaba and Langbina in the East Mamprusi District of Northern Region. In these areas, residents only use footwear during festivities and other special occasions to but not on daily bases. This was revealed
Violence has flared in Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, with two assailants opening fire outside the US consulate, just hours after a car bomb attack on a police station.
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has disclosed that a total of 2,707 cases of fire outbreaks nationwide were recorded from January – May this year, with the loss of property estimated at GHȼ10, 244,493. Dr Albert Brown Gaisie, Chief Fire Officer, who made this known in Cape Coast during the opening of a two-day
Available statistics show that a total of 1,296 girls in the country were defiled, while 335 other women were raped in 2014 alone, according to the Police Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU). Mrs. Christiana Ankamah, Ashanti Regional Director of the Gender, Children and Social Protection Ministry, who revealed the startling figures, said 17,778
The Catholic Bishops Conference, Ghana, has condemned the use of artificial contraceptives and cautioned the public to desist from using them. They are rather advocating for the use of natural means or abstinence as the best mode of planning a family. Speaking at the opening of the 2015 edition of the Catholic Bishops Conference in
A Rwandan soldier serving as a peacekeeper in the Central African Republic (CAR) has shot dead four colleagues before killing himself, the Rwandan Defence Ministry has said. Eight others were wounded in the attack, a statement said. A Rwandan military spokesman called the incident “deplorable”. Those dead served under the UN’s mission in CAR, deployed
Government has denied reports in the public domain that it has agreed to pay 50% of doctors salaries as their professional allowance. Government’s reaction comes on the back of speculations attributed to Accra based Joy Fm which indicated that “government has accepted to pay 50% of basic salary per month as the professional allowance.” The
