The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has refused orders from the Fair Wages and Salary Commission (FWSC) to end its strike and return to work, resulting in a stop to academic activity throughout all education colleges. The academic calendar’s future is unknown because of the total stoppage …
Read More »Supreme Court dismisses suit against FDA’s ban on celebrities in alcohol adverts
A lawsuit attempting to declare the Food and Drugs Authority’s (FDA) regulations, which forbid celebrities from endorsing alcoholic beverages, unlawful was dismissed by the Supreme Court. The FDA established regulations in 2016 regarding food and beverage advertising, which prohibited the use of celebrities or professionals in ads for alcoholic beverages. …
Read More »NPP supporters want Napo as Bawumia’s running mate – NIB survey reveals
According to a poll conducted by the National Investigation Bureau(NIB), party members strongly favor Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh(Napo), the Minister of Energy, to be Dr. Mahamadu Bawumia’s running mate. 5,116 NPP delegates from across the country participated in the survey, including national, regional, constituency, and polling station executives. Dr. Opoku …
Read More »NDC unveils national campaign team ahead of 2024 elections
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed the members of its national campaign team for the general elections scheduled for December 7th, as declared by the party’s Functional Executive Committee. According to a statement issued by the party’s general secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, the appointments were decided on Tuesday, June …
Read More »We bought our jerseys from Kantamanto for the 2024 AAFCON – Amputee Coach discloses
Richard Steven Obeng, the coach of the National Amputee football team, disclosed that the team purchased the jerseys they wore at the African Amputee Cup of Nations (AAFCON) at the Kantamanto Market in Accra. This disclosure follows Mustapha Ussif, Ghana’s Minister of Sports, who demanded that team administrators account for …
Read More »2024 Elections: Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin visits Asantehene
Speaker of the House of Representatives Alban Bagbin paid Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II a visit at his Kumasi palace to talk about measures to help the electoral process and guarantee free, fair, credible, and peaceful elections in December 2024. Along with celebrating Father’s Day, the Asantehene hosted the visit. …
Read More »Okudzeto Ablakwa, Hands off our hotel demonstrators present petition to government
The government has been formally petitioned by Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, to immediately stop the sale of four hotels owned by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) to Rock City Hotel, a business owned by Dr. Bryan Acheampong, the Minister of Food …
Read More »Investigate audio recording of court proceedings in Ambulance case – Court to National Security
The National Security has been ordered by the High Court in Accra to look into the origin of audio recordings of the court sessions from last Thursday, June 13. This was brought up today during the Attorney General’s (AG) cross-examination. It came about after Alfred Atuah-Yeboah, the deputy attorney general, …
Read More »Go back to the negotiation table – MoH urges Medical Lab Workers
The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers Union (MELPWU) leadership has been urged by the Ministry of Health to reevaluate their decision to go on strike, which started on Monday, June 17, 2024, and to come back to the government negotiation tables to discuss their terms of service. The goal of the …
Read More »1V1D, planting for food and jobs will be scrapped when I become president – Mahama
The National Democratic Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has declared his intention to scrap a number of government initiatives that he believes are inefficient, including the much supported “One Village, One Dam” program. Mahama underscored that the reallocation of monies from these projects would facilitate major expenditures in …
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