POLITICS

Under the “water for all” concept, the government is dedicating 740 million dollars to the provision of drinking water. Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said this on Monday at Tuna, in the Savannah Region, where he had just finished a formal tour of that area. In line with the UN …

Freddie Blay, a former national chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has defended his choice to represent foreign nationals accused of indulging in galamsey, or illegal mining, in court. The NPP stalwart’s action, according to critics, undermines the government’s efforts to combat the threat that has ruined numerous …

From 33.9 percent in August 2022 to 37.2 percent in September 2022, the inflation rate increased. On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) issued the updated number. Based on the new dataset, the CPI for September 2022 was 140.6. The Ghana Statistical Service reported that annual inflation …

According to Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the country has not had a single incidence of cholera in the past five years as a result of government investments in the water and sanitation sector. 2014 had the deadliest cholera outbreak in Ghana’s history, affecting eight of the country’s ten regions. …

Three executives of Metro Mass Transport Limited have been requested to resign, according to the Divisional Senior and Junior Staff Union. The staff union demands the immediate removal of the managing director and his two deputies. In a letter to the General Secretary of the GTPCWU of the Trades Union …

Mr. Benito Owusu-Bio, the Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources in charge of lands and forestry, has issued a strong warning to illegal miners to keep off forest reserves and has emphasized that they will be expelled and punished regardless of who they are. “No matter who you are, …

Dr. Abena Pokuaa Ackah has received a harsh warning from the Convention Peoples Party’s (CPP) chairman of the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee not to pose as the head of the party’s disciplinary committee. The CPP’S Central Committee designated and swore in attorney Bright Akwetey as the rightful chairman of …

The Eastern Region Manager for Ghana Post Company Limited, Madam Carolyn Evelyn Pealore Ajago, has disclosed that the Ghana Post’s efficiency and turnaround are owed to its aggressive use of technology, which is now driving the new path. She claims that the company has given technology top priority in all …

Titus Nii Kwartei Glover, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East, has accused members of the governing New Patriotic Party of failing to stop illicit mining. The former MP claims that while some party members are involved in the galamsey threat, those chosen locally to combat the threat …

The United Progressive Party (UPP) founder, Mr. Akwasi Addai Odike, has revealed that he has given his attorneys instructions to petition the UN and EU in an effort to put pressure on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to redouble his efforts to combat galamsey. He claimed that the petition’s purpose …