POLITICS

Ahead of the general elections in 2024, some members of Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s Movement for Change in the Central have defected to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP). At a press conference in Cape Coast, more than a hundred supporters announced their plans to leave the Movement for Change, citing …

Employees of GIHOC Distilleries Limited have been cautioned not to participate in Organized Labour’s planned strike against galamsey by Managing Director Maxwell Kofi Jumah. Mr. Jumha has threatened to fire any employee who chooses to participate in the countrywide protest. A strike by Organized Labour is scheduled to begin on …

The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has declared that, although supporting Organized Labour in its battle against galamsey, or illicit small-scale mining, it would not take part in the October 10 scheduled statewide strike. In a press release released on October 8, following an internal meeting, GMA stressed that it has …

The government will soon reveal some significant interventions it would use in its attempts to combat illicit mining, often known as galamsey, according to Samuel Abu Jinapor, Minister of Lands and Natural Resources. In an interview with Bernard Avle for the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM on Tuesday, October …

Reports that the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting on Tuesday, October 1 resulted in a decision to issue an updated version of the voter register for 2024 within a week have been refuted by the Electoral Commission (EC). The Election Commission (EC) refuted claims made by the National Democratic Congress …

Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) Director of Elections and IT, has urged the Electoral Commission (EC) to keep its word and provide political parties access to the voter register. This comes after the EC promised during last Tuesday’s Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) meeting that the register …

Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, a former minister for the environment, science, technology, and innovation, has urged President Akufo-Addo to respond to the mounting calls from labour unions and other groups to stop the widespread destruction of forest reserves and water bodies caused by illegal mining, also known as galamsey. For the …

Voting on whether or not to support the decision to go on strike in accordance with the organization’s constitution has begun among members of the University Teachers Association (UTAG) on a number of campuses. At the University for Development Studies (UDS), voting is now complete, with 311 members casting ballots. …

Lawyer and activist Ama Governor, together with eight other participants in a recent anti-galamsey protest, were granted bail by an Accra High Court ruled over by Justice Comfort Tasiame. The bail amount was GH¢70,000, with two sureties for each of the defendants. Emmanuel Gyan, Emmanuel Kwabena Addo, Ziblim Yakubu, Oheneba …

The National Identification Authority (NIA) Division of the Divisional Executives Council of the Public Services Workers Union of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana has declared an industrial strike that is scheduled to start today, October 7. The workers who are on strike because the employer is not implementing their …