The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has lashed out at the ruling NPP and the opposition NDC for collapsing major industries with their policies and programmes. The CPP said the two parties have failed to provide state protection for the growth and sustainability of industries initiated by the Nkrumah administration. According to the Nkrumaist party, the development is responsible for the ...

As widely expected Ghana’s public debt has now passed the generally accepted sustainability threshold of 70 percent of Gross Domestic Product, the GHc273.8 billion in total debt by the end of September translating to 71.0 percent of GDP. This is up from GHc209.1 million a year previously by which time the debt to GDP ratio at 59.8 percent was still ...

Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Ghanaians claim they and their families are worse off today than they were four years ago, according to the results of the third wave of the Ghana Election Poll which run from August 1 to September 31, 2020. Out of the 2,246 Ghanaian respondents, 22% claim they and their families are just about the same as ...

Ghana’s debts reached an all-time high in September this year on the back of increased borrowing to make up for shortfalls in revenues and fund rising expenditures. Data from the Bank of Ghana (BoG) showed that the public debt stock stood at GH¢273.8 billion in September this year, the highest since the bank started releasing data on how much the ...

An economist and Lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Lord Mensah, has called on Ghanaians to prepare and expect a tough 2021 and beyond. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Monday, Dr Mensah said most of the freebies being enjoyed by Ghanaians now will not be available adding that the only way the government can shore up ...

World’s football governing body, FIFA has handed CAF President Ahmad Ahmad a five-year ban for financial misconduct. The ban takes immediate effect and therefore affects his ambition to contest for the CAF Presidency next year. Ahmad was accused of the duty of loyalty, offering and accepting gifts or other benefits, abuse of position and misappriopration of funds The head of ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress has appealed to the Inspector General of Police James Oppong-Boanuh to ensure that Police personnel who will be providing security on election day are properly identified. According to the party, such a move will ensure transparency and booster confidence in the electoral process. “The attention of the NDC has been drawn to a circular issued ...

Some ballot Papers with duplicate serial numbers were detected during the sorting of electoral materials by Political parties and the Electoral Commission officials in Koforidua on Sunday, November 22, 2020. The errata were detected during sorting of Presidential and Parliamentary ballot papers for Akuapem South Constituency in the Eastern Region. “For the ballot papers in the presidential booklets, we noticed ...

Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings has withdrawn from the 2020 presidential polls, Starr News has learnt. Starr News sources say Mrs Rawlings, who is also the Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party (NDP), has informed the Electoral Commission of her decision. The party is set to address a press conference today Monday, November 23, 2020. Mrs Rawlings ...

Deputy Special Prosecutor Ms Jane Cynthia Naa Torshie Lamptey, has been asked to act as Special Prosecutor until a substantive one is appointed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo following the resignation of Mr Martin Amidu from the post. Ms Lamptey is a lawyer of over 30 years standing at the Ghana Bar and former acting Director of Public Prosecutions. ...