Organisers of #OccupyFlagstaffhouse and #RedFriday, will on Friday, August 29   team up with policy think tank, IMANI Ghana to host a forum to discuss the electoral reforms recommended by the Supreme Court after ruling on the election petition case. This forum according to the organizers will seek to engage both the Electoral Commission (EC) and ...
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has stated the country’s second Floating Production, Storage and Offloading facility (FPSO) should rather have been named after former President John Rawlings. ACEP is of the opinion that former President Rawlings contributed significantly to the development of the oil and gas sector in Ghana. The Energy Minister on Tuesday ...
The Government of Ghana has presented a cheque of GH¢ 1.7m to the Black Stars squads that won the African Cup of Nations trophy in 1963, 65, 78 & 82 respectively. This was in fulfillment of a pledge made by President John Dramani Mahama to the old Black Stars players at a farewell dinner for ...
Tamale Metro office of the Electoral Commission (EC) has upheld an application filed by the Tamale central constituency NPP leadership which challenged the eligibility of 21 people whose names were captured on the recently compiled limited voters register. During the exercise in the Tamale Metro Area, vigilant NPP polling agents at their various registration centres ...
The President’s economic advisor, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson has sought to discredit former deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana (BoG), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s analysis that the central bank and the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) “cooked up forex and inflation rates.†Responding to Dr. Bawumia on his Facebook wall, Dr. Nii Moi Thompson expressed shock ...
The Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG), has finally called off its three-month-long strike over research and book allowance. POTAG begun their nationwide strike in May over government’s plan to scrap the book and research allowance and establish a national research fund. The Association subsequently withdrew their services after various efforts to have the decision ...
A 26-year-old aid worker who was kidnapped from Syria last year has been confirmed as the third hostage held captive by the Islamic State (aka ISIS). The terror-group has demanded a $6.6million ransom for the woman, as well as the release of imprisoned neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, ABC News reports. The hostage’s family has asked for ...
Communications Minister, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah says the government has been very tolerant with striking lecturers particularly polytechnic teachers, having paid their salaries all through the period that they have been on strike. Polytechnic Teachers have been on strike since mid-May in demand for the restoration of their book and research allowance, the same cause ...
The Ghana Oil & Gas Service Providers Association (GOGSPA) has dismissed reports that Ghanaians are among the least paid in the oil and gas sector in the world. A report compiled by oil and gas recruitment experts, Hays Oil and Gas, and industry researchers; Oil and Gas Job Search said Ghanaian workers in the sector ...
A number of disappointed applicants for the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Ghana Police Service (GPS) in the Ashanti Region have threatened to demonstrate against the GPS for what they call “unfair †criteria for the selection of recruits into the Police Training School. They also threatened to go to court with evidence of malpractices ...
A long-term ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. The truce, ending seven weeks of fighting that has left more than 2,200 people dead, was brokered by Egypt and began at 19:00 local time (16:00 GMT). Hamas deputy political leader Moussa Abu Marzouk said the deal represented a “victory ...
Mining Services Giant, Metso Minerals Ghana has been dragged to court by a Former Country Managing Director and Financial Director of the company over the termination of their appointments. The two are also in court over the failure of the company to pay them their severance package. Their appointments were terminated over mismanagement of the ...
___ CLICK HERE FOR ARCHIVE OF DAILY SUMMARIES DAY 1 | DAY 2  |  DAY 3  |  DAY 4 |  DAY 5 |  DAY 6 |  DAY 7 ___ After the tears of last week, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah was in total control of himself on Monday at the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the happenings of Brazil 2014. The former minister confronted the commissioners, tackled unfriendly media reportage and pursued an agenda ...
A Deputy Minister for Education in-charge of tertiary, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has described the 28.11 percent pass rate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination WASSCE as one of the best performances by Ghanaian candidates in the last decade. The 2013/2014 academic year WASSCE results released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) revealed ...
Dear Annie, Is it true that a woman should agree to have sex by the third date? Towards the end of my, otherwise delightful, second date with Frank, he began pushing for a degree of physical intimacy that made me uncomfortable. When I declined his advances, he told me that we needed to get to know each other’s bodies so ...
Ghana must be bold to reject any agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that will impoverish the people in the country, the Convention People’s Party (CPP) has stated. In line with this, it has called on the country’s  team of economic negotiators at the ongoing talks with the IMF to be assertive and agree ...
Ghana Premier League champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, will unveil their new signings for the 2014/15 season at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi on Sunday, August 31. This event will allow the fans of the club have a feel of the new purchases and also enable the club raise revenue from gate proceeds to finance their ...
Family and supporters of Michael Brown on Monday celebrated the life of the black teenager killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in a music-filled funeral service ringing with calls for peace and police reforms. Brown’s body lay in a black and gold casket at the Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church, topped with ...
There is no sign of the cholera outbreak going away soon in the Greater Accra Region, as cases of the disease reported at health facilities increase each day. It is estimated that more than 6,000 cholera cases have been reported in the region since its outbreak this year. Out of the number, the Korle-Bu Polyclinic ...
The Minister of Health, Dr. Kwaku Agyeman Mensah has criticized individuals who have expressed their doubts about test results of the suspected cases of Ebola in the country. Medical tests were carried at the Noguchi Memorial Institute in the Greater Accra region after suspected cases of Ebola were recorded in the various regions of the ...
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