POLITICS

With effect from December 1, 2023, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced new utility rates for water and electricity users. Under the revised tariffs, which will be in effect for three months, from December 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024, all consumers will experience a 1.52 percent reduction …

In order to utilize all of the E-block projects started under the Mahama government, Minister of Education Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has urged for a third term for the New Patriotic Party (NPP). The minister claims that the Nana Addo government is headed toward a revolution in education in the …

The men and women of the Ghana Police Service have been tasked by Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia with living above reproach, reviewing and renewing the principles and practices of maintaining public order, and fostering closer police-civilian relations especially as the country gets ready for the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. …

Abena Osei Asare, the Deputy Minister of Finance, stated that steps have been taken to preserve budgetary restraint in 2024. She claims that the government will not go beyond with its expenditures for the next election. She was responding to concerns expressed by the Minority in Parliament that, as a …

On Tuesday, November 22, 2023, Vice President of the Republic of Ghana Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia was enskinned as the Konokonwulewura (Unity Chief) of the Gonjaland Traditional Council by Yagbonwura Jira Bikunuto Soale Jewu I, the king of the Gonjaland Kingdom and President of the Savannah Regional House of Chiefs. …

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has reassured Ghanaians that the country can achieve its aim of realizing a 24-hour economy, which is a major pledge made in his 2024 election campaign. Mr. Mahama articulated the strategic pillars of his vision in a statement thanking …

According to Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Ghanaians must never again endure an economy similar to that of John Mahama. He believes that the Akufo-Addo administration’s economic growth achievements cannot be compared to those of the Mahama administration. He cited the construction of twelve landing beach locations, such as Dixcove, …

Speaker of the Parliament Alban Bagbin recently voiced his misgivings about lending too much support to Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta’s 2024 budget proposal. Bagbin emphasized the value of a thorough study and due diligence procedure before approving the documents. The Speaker underlined at a post-budget workshop held in Parliament the …

The government of Ghana has declared that from December 1, 2023, to January 15, 2024, visitors are not need to have a pre-travel visa. All visitors to Ghana would receive visas upon arrival during that time. The government’s 10-year ‘Beyond The Return’ campaign, which aims to encourage Africans in the …

According to Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, the Chief of Staff and Chair of the Interministerial Committee on Floods, the government has already spent GHc40 million providing aid to those affected by the Akosombo-Kpone Dam Spillage. She claims that this payment is a component of the initiatives to lessen the impact of …