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A rainstorm has ripped off 18 houses in Atiwa East in the Eastern Region displacing at least 24 occupants. No casualty was recorded in the incident which occurred in three communities-Kadowaso, Awirensua and Anyinam. Also affected were Anyinam Zion Kingdargaten school block and Anyinam Methodist Basic School. The displaced residents are currently perching with friends and families while others sleep ...

Deputy Minority leader James Klutse Avedzi has asked President Akufo-Addo to rethink his decision to donate his three months salary for the Covid-19 fight in Ghana. According to him, funds to fight the virus is needed now and not in three months as the gesture by the president suggests. “Hello Mr President, Nana Akufo-Addo, you are donating three months of ...

The former head nurse of Jacobi Medical Center’s psychiatric unit was concerned about the lack of coronavirus precautions and testing while working there — only to end up dying of the contagion weeks later, her distraught son told The Post on Monday. “She had concerns, especially with working with patients and other staff and how long it was taking to ...

The Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed, has confirmed that a coronavirus patient who was under quarantine in his region has fled the facility, leaving medical and government officials worried over the safety of people who may come into contact with the said patient. The patient is said to be one of the 10 Guineans who were arrested and kept under ...

The Minority has called on the government and the Oil Marketing Companies (OMC’s) to further reduce fuel prices by some 20 percent as oil prices on the world market continue to tumble. The call by the minority comes after fuel prices went down by some 4.7 percent on March 17 this year despite promises by the CEO of the National ...

The Special Prosecutor has invited a brother of former President John Mahama to assist in the ongoing probe into the Airbus scandal. Samuel Mahama and three other individuals believed to have played different roles in the purchase of three aircraft from Airbus SE for Ghana are to appear before the special prosecutor, a statement published in the Daily Graphic said. ...

Security analyst Adam Bonaa has condemned cases of police and militaries brutalities against citizens on the first day of the lockdown in Accra and Kumasi. There are footages of police and military men punishing residents of the two cities who failed to adhere to the lockdown directive by the President. Speaking to Starr News, Mr Bonaa said such footages are ...

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has donated several medical supplies to the Assin Foso Municipal, Assin South and Assin North Health Directorates to help the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The items were, 100 Veronica buckets 14,500 facemasks, 12,000 hand gloves, 30 gallons of hand sanitizer, 200 PPEs , 10 hospital beds, 100 ...

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta is in Parliament today, March 30, 2020 to brief the House on measures the government has adopted to sustain the economy, following the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Parliament received a request from the government on Saturday to approve an agreement with the World Bank for an amount of $35 million to support its operations ...

The Ghana Health Service has announced that there are no new cases of the coronavirus infections as of 08:30hrs on Monday, 30 March 2020 despite a few tests having been carried out. In its update on its website, the Ghana Health Service said: “The Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research tested 17 samples from the Upper East (3), North East (3) ...