I have followed media discussions of British High Commissioner Jon Benjamin’s letter to the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament with much interest as the Ranking Member of Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs. In contrast to those who have questioned why the said confidential letter was leaked to the media, I take a different view. I am […]
President Akufo-Addo has said threats by some illegal mining operators that they will vote against him in the 2020 elections cannot stop his fight against the galamsey menace. “I have been told some of the people engaged in illegal mining have threatened to vote against the NPP in 2020 if I crack the whip on
The chairman or the New Patriotic Party in the Assin North constituency, Nicholas Kofi Baako has been confirmed as the President’s nominee for Metropolitan Chief Executive for Assin North. This was contained in a statement issued from the office of the President. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo confirmed the MMCEs after appointing the Chief
Apr. 24, 2017 (GIN) – With much fanfare, the world’s first injectable vaccine against malaria will be introduced in three countries – Ghana, Kenya and Malawi – starting in 2018. The vaccine – known as RTS,S or Mosquirix, trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites. It
Okyehene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panyin has suggested the need for government institutions to begin to use vehicles manufactured by Ghanaian Engineering firm Apostle Kwadwo Sarfo automobile . According to the Overload of Akyem Abuakwa state ,government must purchase some of the Kantanka Vehicles to institutions such as the Ghana Police Service ,Ghana National Fire Service
The Public Relations Officer for the Small Scale Miners Association in the Central Region , Peter Ayilay has blamed the high rate of illegal mining in the country especially the central region on the bureaucracy in acquiring mining permits . The process he says is characterised by unhealthy delays which push miners to adopt crude
The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly owes the managers of the Oti landfill site in the Ashanti region, J. Stanley Owusu Group to the tune of 59 million cedis, being the outstanding debt for its eight years of service to the Assembly. Speaking in an interview with Isaac Justice Bediako, the manager of the J. Stanley Owusu
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has pledged his commitment to making Accra the cleanest city on the African continent within the next four years. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the commitment I want to make, and for all of us to make, is that by the end of my term in office, Accra will be the
Fresh off his East African tour which included multiple stops in Kenya and Tanzania including headlining the esteemed Sauti za Busara Festival on the island of Zanzibar, Rocky Dawuni returns to Africa to headline the HIFA Festival in Harare, Zimbabwe on May 5th, 2017!! This will be Rocky’s first time performing in Zimbabwe as he continues to focus
A female student of the Asante Mampong Nursing and Midwifery Training School in the Ashanti Region has allegedly committed suicide. The deceased is alleged to have drunk a poisonous substance and was rushed to the Mampong Government Hospital by her colleagues on Wednesday, April 19 but was later referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
