Parliament Approves GHc2.2m For NHIS
Parliament has approved the formula for the disbursement of the National Health Insurance Fund for 2017. A total of 2.2 million Ghana Cedis has been allocated to the NHIS which has struggled in...
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74 Persons With Disability Engaged To Collect Road Tolls
The First batch of 74 persons with disability (PWDs) has been recruited to work at selected toll booths across the country. Additional 126 will be engaged later this month. The move, according to...
Akufo-Addo-Led Gov’t Has No Commitment To Fight Corruption – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has launched a scathing attack on the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, saying they have displayed no commitment to fighting corruption. “What we have been treated to in...
Gov’t’s Handling of BOST Scandal Insulting
The Minority in Parliament has described as insulting, government’s handling of the BOST fuel contamination saga. They contend that, the BNI and the Energy Ministry are engaged in a collusion to...
NLA ‘bribery’, Shame On Parliament
Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Constituency in the Central Region, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, has described as disgraceful for the Finance Committee of the 6th Parliament to have...
Toll Booth Job For PWDs; Gov’t Kicks Off With 80 People
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has launched the Persons with Disability (PWDs) Road Toll Initiative. The initiative forms part of commitment the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah pledged during...
Woyome Hot; Supreme Court Sets July 24 For Oral Examination
The Supreme Court (SC) of Ghana has dismissed an application filed by businessman, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, to stop the Attorney-General (A-G) from orally examining him. Presiding judge, Justice A. A...
Toll Booth Job For PWDs; Gov’t Kicks Off With 80 People
The Ministry of Roads and Highways has launched the Persons with Disability (PWDs) Road Toll Initiative. The initiative forms part of commitment the sector Minister, Kwasi Amoako Attah pledged during...
China Aid Joint Venture; Not A Loan
The Vice President, Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia, has hit back at critics who say the government is unfairly using the country’s natural resources to contract a $15 billion loan facility from the Chinese...
Reflections On Ghana’s Republic Day
Ghana achieved republican status on July 1, 1960, and that marked an event of profound historical and political significance. After three years of independence, Ghana completely weaned itself from...
BNI Covering Up BOST Over Sale of Contaminated Fuel – Minority
The Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) is being accused of a cover up in its investigations into the controversial sale of some five million litres of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage...
‘Minority’s Stance On BOST Saga Hypocritical’
Majority Caucus in Parliament has described the stance taken by the Minority Caucus on the contaminated fuel sale saga as ‘hypocritical.’ According to them, this was not the first time such...
NLA ‘bribery Claims’ Not Good For Parliament’s Image – Trobu MP
The Deputy Majority Chief Whip in Parliament, Moses Anim, says the news of the National Lottery Authority spending GH¢150,000 on the Finance Committee, doesn’t bode well for the image of the...
3 Ghanaians Honoured By Queen Elizabeth In UK
Three Ghanaian social entrepreneurs have been awarded by Queen Elizabeth for their contribution to community development in Ghana. They are Elijah Amoo Addo, Winnifred Selby and Efua Asibon. The...
Prof. Peter Agre, Frimpong Boateng To Address 2nd Deltas Africa Grantees Confab
The West African Center for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP), University of Ghana will from 3rd – 5th July 2017 be hosting the 2nd DELTAS Africa Grantees Annual meeting at the Fiesta...
Allow Independent Probe Into NLA Bribery Allegations
Three anti-corruption civil groups; the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Centre for Democratic Development-Ghana and the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition have called for an independent probe into the...
Woyome Files New Writ To Stop Oral Examination
Businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has filed a new writ at the Supreme Court seeking to reverse a ruling by a justice of the apex court, Justice A. A Benin who granted an application by the Attorney...
Minister Directs Demolition of Illegal Houses, Structures On Weija Hills
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has directed the Ga South Municipal Assembly to demolish illegal houses and structures at Weija Hills immediately as part of measures to stop...
Minister Directs Demolition of Illegal Houses, Structures On Weija Hills
The Minister of Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako-Attah, has directed the Ga South Municipal Assembly to demolish illegal houses and structures at Weija Hills immediately as part of measures to stop...
BOST MD Could Sabotage Contaminated Fuel Probe
The Energy Ministry’s decision to set up an investigative committee to probe the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) company’s controversial sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel,...