POLITICS

As part of his campaign to support Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s presidential bid in the December 7 election, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Vice Presidential Candidate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), visited the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital in the Greater Accra Region on Thursday. As the NPP running mate engaged with …

If the long-standing concerns of its members are not resolved, the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has threatened to go on strike nationwide in November. The organization, which speaks for mortuary employees nationwide, is demanding immediate changes to their working circumstances, such as increased pay, a safer workplace, and …

The National Labour Commission (NLC) ordered the Public Services Workers’ Union (PSWU) to stop its industrial action. On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, the NLC gave the union the order to immediately end its strike. This followed appearances before the NLC by the PSWU and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission …

Mena Efua, 35, is accused of selling her two-week-old child in Nkotompo, a town in the Western Region’s Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, for GHC 300. Maame Esi, the suspect’s sister, told Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, presenter of Connect FM’s Omanbapa Morning Show, that she helped her sister give birth on Monday of …

According to Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) vice presidential candidate, if Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is elected president of Ghana in 2025, nurses in the country would be permitted to import cars with engines less than 1.8 liters duty-free. On Wednesday, October 23, while speaking to students …

For his involvement in illicit mining activities in Akyem Mouso in the Eastern Region’s Atewa West District, Togolese national Shaibu Yaw was convicted by Koforidua Circuit Court A to 18 years in jail with hard labor. The widespread problem of illicit mining, referred to locally as “galamsey,” which has greatly …

According to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, the Greater Accra Region will mark the 40th National Farmers’ Day on Friday, November 8, 2024. The yearly occasion honors the crucial roles that farmers and fishermen play in Ghana’s food security and economy. The topic for this year’s festival is “Building …

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has declared that on October 29, 2024, it would put an end to its anti-galamsey strike. They informed Ghanaians about their industrial action in a statement issued on Thursday, October 24, 2024, saying that their decision was made following extensive discussions with the …

The Eighth(8th) Parliament is the best in Ghana’s parliamentary system, according to Ibrahim Ahmed, a Member of Parliament(MP) for the Bono Region’s Banda Constituency. “The opposite is true, despite First Deputy Speaker Joe Osei Owusu’s assertions that this parliament is the worst,” he said. According to data and many assessments, …

Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reaffirmed the party’s stance against signing the peace agreement put out by the National Peace Council in advance of the elections scheduled for December 7, 2024. The peace accord has been approved by a number of …