Incumbent, Roland Affail Monney, has retained the Presidency of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) with a landslide victory in Friday’s polls. Despite expectations of strong competition from Lloyd Evans and Johnny Aryeetey prior to the elections, Monney swept to victory, garnering 310 of the 510 valid votes cast. Over 600 members of the GJA cast their ...

A group calling itself the Concerned LLB Graduates, has threatened to sue the General Legal Council for contempt of court, for using the recently taken entrance exams and interview to deny over seven hundred students who failed access to the Ghana Law School. Prior to the examination, the students had petitioned the Council over a ...

The Minority in Parliament has stated that, sanctions imposed by the National Communications Authority (NCA), on 131 radio stations amounts to an attempt to monetize freedom of expression. The stations, including Accra-based Radio Gold, Atlantis Radio and Radio XYZ, were either fined or had their licenses revoked by the National Communications Authority (NCA) following the completion of a nationwide FM ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA), will soon clamp down on television stations and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) flouting its regulations. This will be after it completes a thorough audit it is conducting into the operations of companies within the sector. The Head of Consumer and Corporate Affairs of the NCA, Nana Dufie Badu, who confirmed this ...

Government accrued a little over 3.29 billion cedis in 2016 from energy sector levies, a report,  presented to Parliament by the Finance Minister Mr Ken Ofori Atta has revealed. The Annual report on the management of the energy sector levies and accounts for 2016, also revealed that  total amount of GH¢3,256.29 million was programmed to ...

The National Union of Metro Mass Transit workers has called off its half-day strike, which was set to take place today [Friday]. Speaking on Eyewitness News, Samuel Quaye, the Chairman of the union, said the decision was reached on Thursday, based on a consensus reached during a crunch meeting. “The press conference stated that, we are ...

The Minority in Parliament has lamented that the recent sanctions imposed on 131 FM Authorisation Holders could deprive up to 5, 000 people of their jobs. “The NCA does not also appear to have considered the deleterious impact this will have on jobs in the sector. We estimate that close to 5,000 people working in the ...

131 radio stations have found themselves at the wrong side of the law as they have been sanctioned by the National Communications Authority (NCA) for various offenses. 34 of them who are said to be operating illegally in the country following the expiration of their license have had their licenses revoked. Some of the radio stations ...

Victims of the recent flooding in parts of Kumasi, are appealing to government to help them relocate with their families to safer areas. Over 500 residents in areas such as; Abuakwa, Aboabo, Atonsu and Kronom Abouhiaa, are still struggling to cope after the flood caused havoc to their abodes. The National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), is ...

Nutor Bibini Nutor, the campaign manager of Johnny Aryeetey, a presidential aspirant in the ongoing Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), has challenged the electoral processes, alleging manipulation by the incumbent executives. He said the elections cannot be considered to be free and fair as the incumbent executives, led by President Affail Monney, are skewing the processes ...

The Police has arrested seven suspected land guards at Kokrobite and its environs in the Greater Accra Region. The suspects allegedly “with impunity terrorize well-meaning Ghanaians from developing their lands.” The suspects are Tetteh Attram, 41 years; Omega Agoe, 41 years; Ofori Joel, 30 years; and Derrick Aryee, 20 years, Godwin Amegashie, 47 years; Joseph Okaijah, 30 ...

An Accra High Court has dismissed an application praying it for a stay of execution of an earlier judgment ordering the Immigration Service to restore the work and residence visa of Indian businessman, Ashok Kumar Sivaram. The presiding judge, Justice Naa Adoley Azu explained that her decision was to prevent Mr. Ashok from being at ...

The National House of Chiefs has called on Ghanaians to embrace Government’s Free SHS policy describing it as a laudable one. According to the house, the initiatives Government has started implementing which are geared towards the development of the country, were matters of interest to members of the house. President of the National House of ...

The joint military/police task-force set up to enforce the ban on illegal mining, to help save the environment, has been making progress in in delivering on its mandate. It has so far arrested 362 suspected illegal miners including some Chinese nationals, and has seized a number of mining equipment. The equipment include over 1,500 ‘chang fa’ ...

Uber’s new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will go to London to meet with the city’s transport commissioner following the regulator’s decision to withdraw licensing. A Transport for London (TfL) spokeswoman confirmed that the meeting will take place next Tuesday. “Following an approach from Uber and at the mayor’s request London’s transport commissioner will meet with Uber’s global ...

The election of national and regional officers for the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA) has commenced at various centers around the country. Eligible voters are expected to produce a GJA identification card or any national ID card to cast their ballot. All members in good standing, numbering over 600, are expected to vote in this election. ...

It seems former President John Mahama is eligible to vote in the ongoing election organized by Ghana Journalists Association (GJA). His name is captured in a list of GJA members in good standing, which was released by the Association on Thursday. John Mahama is a known communicator but has not been actively involved in journalism ...

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has sanctioned 131 FM Authorisation Holders found to have committed various infractions pertaining to their authorizations to operate as contained in Section 13 of the Electronics Communications Act (2009), Act 775. 34 of the sanctioned stations had their licences revoked because their authorizations had expired and were operating illegally. A further 13 ...

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The Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has warned heads of the various second cycle institutions in the country to strictly adhere to all government directives on the implementation of the Free Senior High School programme or risk outright dismissal from the Ghana Education Service. His warning follows concerns from school heads in the Upper ...