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After the number of deaths from meningitis increased from eight to ten, the Ghana Health Service said it is continuing monitoring to determine the true pathogen causing the epidemic in the Upper West Region. The goal, according to Dr. Franklyn Asiedu Bekoe, Director of Public Health of the Ghana Health …

Speaker Alban Bagbin has come under fire from the majority in Parliament for the way he characterized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his response to the letter the President’s secretary sent to the Parliament over the anti-gay law. Speaker Bagbin has informed President Akufo-Addo that he is deviating from …

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia’s progressive vision of tax digitalization is worth pursuing, according to Dr. Clement Osei Amoako, President of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The President of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce stated that digitizing the system is the best approach to achieve the nation’s tax administration …

The Managing Director of Gihoc Distilleries Limited Maxwell Kofi Jumah says Jesus drank alcohol and commanded human beings to drink alcohol. He says that the first miracle Jesus did was to turn water into wine and not fruit juice. The Managing Director was reacting to a question about his dream …

The Ghana Education Service (GES) Management has advised parents to maintain their composure in the face of the 3-Teacher unions’ ongoing indefinite strike over the hold-up in talks over their conditions of service. Wednesday, March 20, 2024 marked the start of the teacher unions’ indefinite strike. These unions include the …

The Minority in Parliament claimed that seven of the Electoral Commission’s Biometric Verification Devices (BVD) were missing, but the EC refuted their assertions. On Tuesday, March 19, the Minority Caucus raised concerns over the stolen BVD machines. Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the Minority Leader, urged the Ghana Police Service’s Criminal …

The nation’s three teacher unions are now on an indefinite strike that the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has called “a show of bad faith.” This follows the decision to go on an indefinite strike by the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), …

The appointment of Madam Victoria Adu as the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Birim Central Municipal Assembly has been annulled by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. She has been directed to transfer her responsibilities to the Regional Minister, who will oversee the Municipal Assembly until a new MCE gets …

Akufo-Addo’s unwillingness to sign the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill has prompted Speaker of the Parliament Alban Bagbin to halt consideration of the nominations of Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State. Bagbin’s ruling is the result of an interlocutory injunction that Rockson-Nelson Etse K. Dafeamekpor, the MP for …

In a list of new appointments at the state-owned refinery, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo designated Bono Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Kwame Baffoe, also known as Abronye DC, as a member of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) board. A letter dated March 18, 2024, signed by the …