The Appointments Committee of Parliament will later today begin vetting for deputy regional ministerial nominees. Four nominees are scheduled to appear before the committee. They are Solomon Boar, Elizabeth Sackey, Eugenia Gifty Kusi and Elizabeth Agyeman for the Northern, Greater Accra, Western and Ashanti Regions respectively. The Vetting would end on Thursday after the six ...

The British Parliament has passed the Brexit bill, paving the way for the government to trigger Article 50 so the UK can leave the European Union. Peers backed down over the issues of EU residency rights and a meaningful vote on the final Brexit deal after their objections were overturned by MPs. The bill is ...

The Ghana Charismatic Bishops’ Conference has suggested an increment in road tolls as an effective measure of raising revenue for various road projects. The Conference in a communique signed by its General Secretary, Rev. Kwesi Deh, said road tolls should be raised to at least the level of USD1 per  car across the country. “Raise ...

The statue of Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi, still stands in its glory at the Sam Aboa Quadrangle on the University of Ghana, despite protests some six months ago to get it down. The erection of the statue some eight months ago generated waves of criticism as proponents of the #GandhiMustFall movement argued that he ...

The 2017 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) allocation to the Ministry of Health stands at GHs 4.2 billion. About half of the allocation will go into employee compensation with the least amount, representing GHc 56 million earmarked for capital expenditure. The allocation also indicates that the Health Ministry was able to retain almost GHc 1 ...

Statistics from the 2017 budget has revealed that the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government missed all its macro economic targets in 2016. Though inflation was projected to be 10.1% by the end of 2016, it rather shot up to 15.4%. Other key economic targets that could not be realized were the real GDP, budget ...

As part of activities to mark her 66th birthday, the First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, donated some items to the Chance for Children home at Amasaman on Sunday. The international Non-Governmental Organisation, which is co-operated by a Ghanaian and a Swiss, seeks to among other things, reintegrate street children with their families. Speaking during the delivery ...

The Public Relations Officer of the National Hajj Board, Abdulai Rahman Alhassan Gomda, has described as strange, calls for the government to disassociate itself from religious activities including the annual hajj pilgrimage for Muslims in the country. According to him, the premise for such calls is misplaced as the government only acts as a facilitator of ...

A former youth leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), James Kwabena Bomfeh, has said the party is still a formidable political force contributing to national development. According to him, many have misconstrued the role of political parties to “shouting the loudest and drawing the most numbers” saying that the CPP remains relevant as a ...

The average interest offered by banks on customer deposits has dropped by about 2.5 percent between January and February this year. The figure declined from 11.9 percent as at end of January 2017 to 11.6 percent as at end of February; the latest Annual Percentage Rates (APR) and Average Interest (AI) report by the BoG ...

Facebook now explicitly prohibits companies and organizations from using its services for surveillance. An update to its policies on both Facebook and Instagram prohibits developers from using “data obtained from us to provide tools that are used for surveillance.” Monday’s policy change come on the heels of investigations from the ACLU, which found social media ...

London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham have been drawn against each other in the FA Cup semi-finals. Arsenal, who will play in a record 29th FA Cup semi-final, face Manchester City in the other last-four tie. Both semi-finals will be played at Wembley on the weekend of 22 and 23 April. Chelsea knocked out holders Manchester ...