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Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll has risen to 1,156, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service indicate. The active caseload has dropped to 3,088. Out of that number, 43 are critical and 124 severe. Some 140 new cases were also recorded within the period. Since mid-March 2021, a total of 127,482 cases have been recorded in Ghana. Of that number, ...

Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in an accident at Konongo on the Accra-Kumasi Highway in the Ashanti region. The accident is reported to have been Sunday evening, around 10 pm between an Accra-Kumasi bound bus and a Cargo Truck at Konongo. An eyewitness who spoke to  Starrfm.com.gh said one of the buses attempted to overtake another vehicle which led ...

The outgoing District Chief Executive (DCE) for Adansi Akrofuom District, Maurice Jonas Woode, has expressed his profound gratitude to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for creating the district and also giving him the opportunity to serve the people of Akrofuom as the first Chief Executive. Maurice Woode was appointed DCE in August, 2018 when the Adansi Akrofuom District Assembly ...

As of 26 September 2021, the number of people who had succumbed to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana stood at 1,152, the latest figures from the Ghana Health Service indicate. The active caseload at the time stood at 3,154. Within the same period, 126 new cases were confirmed. Of the active cases, 43 are critical and 122 severe. Since mid-March ...

The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources George Mireku Duker has led a joint operation of Military and Police against illegal mining in Birim North and Asante Akyem South Districts in the Eastern and Ashanti Regions respectively. The borders of Birim North and Asante Akyem South Districts in Eastern And Ashanti regions respectively have been invaded by illegal miners ...

The mass re-registration of subscriber identification module (SIM) cards across the country is scheduled to begin today, Friday, October 1. The six-month exercise is expected to take data from all SIM card users across the country. The National ID card, the Ghana Card, is the only document of identification for the exercise. Announcing this early last month, Minister of Communications ...

More than seven in 10 Ghanaians (76%) favour election of MMDCEs, a survey by the Centre for Democratic Governance has found. “Only 20% want them to be appointed by the President”, the findings said. It noted that while over two-thirds of the respondents (71%) say they prefer MMDCEs elected on nonpartisan election format similar to that used in local government ...

The Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana (AMJG), has appealed to the government to pay allowances due to members on time. According to them, the way their allowances are paid is disrespectful. “We feel disrespected about the way our allowances are paid as if it is a favour being done to us,” Justice Senyo Dzamefe, the President of AMJG, ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will begin a two-region tour from Friday, October 1. President Akufo-Addo will take seven days to tour the Ashanti and Eastern regions. Addressing journalists at the Presidency on Monday, Director of Public Affairs at the Jubilee House Eugene Arhin said the President has toured 12 out of the 16 regions of Ghana. From the Ashanti Region, where ...

For the first time in about 60 years, the Bank of Ghana (BoG) has purchased gold to augment its gold reserves and shore up the country’s foreign assets. The bank bought 280 kilogrammes of the precious metal this year under a historic gold purchase programme meant to double its gold reserves and supplement the traditional ways that the country has ...