Open Defecation – A Lingering Eyesore
“It’s in the early hours of the day. A young man squats a few steps away from his house. His neighbour suggests to him: “massa, go into the bush a little”. His response: “come and push me...
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Five Robbers Arrested For Robbing Chinese Nationals
Five armed robbers are in the grips of the Wassa Akropong Police command in the Western region for allegedly robbing Chinese nationals of their properties at their residence on Monday dawn at a...
Choreographing An Insincere Undertaking
We have learnt that today the Great Hall of the University of Ghana, Legon, will host the 2nd High Level Meeting Of National Leaders. It is under the auspices of unsurprisingly the National Peace...
Political Meddling Affecting Policing
A security analyst with the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping and Training Centre (KAIPTC), Dr Emmanuel Kwesi Aning has bemoaned political interference in the work of the Ghana police Service...
San Antonio Cop Fatally Shot While Giving Out Traffic Ticket
A San Antonio police officer was shot and killed while writing a traffic ticket, a shooting that officials indicated appeared to be a targeted attack. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told...
Saboba Police Mount Manhunt For NDC Activists Following Attack On Radio Presenter
The Saboba District Police Command has mounted a manhunt for two persons namely Amin also known as Atingo Rasta and Olu, both said to be activists of the National Democratic Congress in the Saboba...
Admission Of Homicide
The airwaves provide the best means of determining Ghana's level of degeneration. Last week provided one such instance: it was so bad that those who heard the sabre-rattling by a political activist...
What Are They Up To? Gowns And Wigs Are Washed In Public
Attempt by Communication Minister Dr. Edward Omane Boamah possibly to get facts twisted or do some sort of damage control concerning lower court judges’ demand for salary increment failed over the...
S.Korean Prosecutors Request Investigation Into President Over Confidante Scandal
The Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office in charge of probe into the Choi case was quoted as saying that it had delivered to the presidential office its request to investigate President Park...
Gov’t Must Listen To Judicial Council To Avoid Strikes – Judges
“If government will listen to the Judicial Council there will be no problem with the Judiciary and the Attorneys” that is the contention of one of the disgruntled lower court judges, His Honor...
Judges’ Strike Action Unfortunate
It is unfortunate that issues relating to the salaries of lower court judges have not been addressed, resulting in an intended industrial action, Dr Jemima Nunoo, a lecturer at the Ghana Institute of...
Lower Court Judges Threatens Strike
Lower court judges in Ghana are threatening to embark on a strike on November 21, 2016 if government fails to increase their salaries by 10 percent. “We therefore respectfully wish to notify your...
Judges Receive Less Than GHC4,000; Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Reviewed Salaries
Lower Court judges in Ghana say they are frustrated by government’s failure to implement salary reviews granted them five years ago. They have threatened to go on strike by November 20 if their...
China Pledges To Cooperate With Interpol
China supports the work of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) and will do more to work with members to combat cross-border crimes. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang...
Obama To Approve Controversial Dakota Pipeline
The Obama administration is planning to give a final approval needed for the Dakota Access oil pipeline as soon as Monday, Politico reports. The approval would be a major defeat to environmentalists,...
Increase Our Salaries Or We Strike – Lower Court Judges
Lower court judges in Ghana are threatening to embark on a strike on November 21, 2016 if government fails to increase their salaries by 10 percent. “We therefore respectfully wish to notify your...
Increase Our Salaries Or We Strike
Lower court judges in Ghana are threatening to embark on a strike on November 21, 2016 if government fails to increase their salaries by 10 percent. “We therefore respectfully with to notify your...
IS Hangs Bodies of 40 Civilians From Poles In Iraqi
So-called Islamic State (IS) shot dead 40 civilians on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after accusing them of treason, the United Nations says. Their bodies were then hung from...
Here’s Trump’s Plan To Stop Hackers
The incoming Trump administration wants to audit the security of the federal government's computer systems -- a massive undertaking -- and strengthen the hacking division of the U. S. military....
Trump’s Victory And American Democracy
This is, perhaps the most incredible story in American democratic history. The Republican establishment was against him. The Democratic party was against him. The media was against him. The...