Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Sam Nartey George has descended heavily on Convener of pressure group Mass Action Committee (MAC), Atik Mohammed. The former General Secretary of the People’s National Convention (PNC) had called for the arrest of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) lawmaker for storming the City Escape Hotel at Airport last Saturday to question the basis of ...

The Director-General of the Ghana AIDS Commission Kyeremeh Atuahene has warned COVID-19 will spread rapidly if people continue to stigmatise victims of the virus. According to him, patients of viral diseases who cannot stand societal neglect often keep mute over the status so they can be accepted in society. “If you stigmatise them, they will hide their status and spread ...

The Circuit Court in Accra has granted bail to a 22-year-old scrap dealer, Osman Amadu who sprayed a liquid substance into the eyes of a policewoman at Zongo Junction in Accra in the sum of GHc50, 000. In addition to the bail sum, the accused person is to provide two sureties, all of whom must be justified and be persons ...

Founder and General Overseer of the Zion Army Church at Awutu Bontrase in the Awutru Senya West District of the Central Region, Pastor John Mark has been accused by a church member of hypnotising and having sexual intercourse with her for a year. The female church member [name withheld] who is married claims she was hypnotised by the pastor for ...

The Ghana Immigration Service has arrested 20 Burkina Faso nationals at the Babile inland post near Lawra in the Upper West Region after they illegally entered the country. They were onboard an O.A branded bus with registration number AS 699- 09 from their home country en route to Sampa, Techiman and Kumasi on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, GIS officials stated. ...

Since the announcement by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to construct 94 districts and regional hospitals, about 53 abandoned, uncompleted health projects have surfaced in public discussions. The projects – mostly started during the erstwhile NDC administration, have been left unattended to by the Akufo-Addo administration, says the Coalition of NGOs in Health. Dr Gabriel Bernaku, the chairman of the ...

Ghana’s Coronavirus case count has leaped from 1671 to 2074 after 403 new cases were recorded. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) announced the new figures on its website Thursday morning. The Greater Accra region remains Ghana’s epicentre with 1,795 cases followed by Ashanti with 99. Eastern is next with 70, Central has 21 while Oti and Upper East have 19 ...

Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has presented an amount of GHC100,000.00 to the COVI-19 National Trust Fund. The donation which was made by officials of Zoomlion took place on Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 at the Ministry of Information (MoI), Accra. The donation was made by the Corporate Affairs Manager, Zoomlion Ghana Limited, Mr Daniel Ohene Obeng, and a Communication Officer, ZGL, ...

“Illiquidity leads to insolvency” This was volunteered by the Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta during a discussion about the impact of COVID-19 on government finances and why the administration had appealed to the IMF and the World Bank for financial support. This means that the Minister and the administration understand what happens when an organization through no fault of theirs ...

The Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress, (TUC) Dr. Yaw Baah, has noted that the GH¢600 million stimulus package the government has earmarked to assist small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) is woefully inadequate. He said the amount will not be able to restore the economy to where it was before the COVID-19, therefore the government must increase the amount. Government ...