POLITICS

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, vice president, is confident that Ghana will this time around come out stronger after requesting assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Ghana has already started talking to the IMF about providing balance-of-payments help as part of a larger initiative to hasten Ghana’s recovery from the COVID-19 …

Some irate residents of Suame and artisans at the Suame magazine in the Ashanti Region have demonstrated against government over the refusal of contractors to resume building works on a stretch of the Suame-Maakro route, which has been left abandoned. Residents and local workers have emphasized the necessity of authorities …

The government’s claim that the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the COVID-19 pandemic are contributing factors to Ghana’s economic difficulties has been repeated by Carlo Sdralevich, the head of the IMF negotiation team in Ghana. Sdralevich came to the conclusion that Ghana’s fiscal and debt condition has significantly …

The ace legislator, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu (Hon MP, Suame), who doubles as the Majority Leader/Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Leader of Government Business of the Republic of Ghana, yesterday, Tuesday July 12, 2022, put-up a stunning performance in delivering his public lecture on the theme ‘Constitutional Review; Perspective of a Legislator’ …

The Health Sector Unions and Professional Association which comprises of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA), Health Services Workers’ Union (HSWU) has served notice to strike by 22 July 2022 if their demand for 20 per cent Cost of Living Allowance is not granted. …

In response to the 20% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has mandated that its members go on an indefinite strike. Additionally, they demand that the government pay the interest that accumulated on their tier two pension arrears from 2016 to 2021. The …

Charles Bissue, a candidate for General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party(NPP), has withdrawn from the campaign. He claims that he has delivered his letter of resignation to the Party’s election committee at the National Headquarters in person. He believes they will welcome it as luck. In a statement announcing …

Officers from Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) that have been blamed in the Auditor-Report General’s for violations have been informed by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman, Hon. James Klutse Avedzi, that the Committee does not exist to inform those who appear before it. Officers shouldn’t feel frightened when taking …

Iddrisu Musah, the fondly known as Musah Superior, the deputy CEO of the Ghana Forestry Commission, has issued a warning to the current NPP National Executives not to attempt to rig the national elections, which would take place from July 15 to 17. The former mayor of Tamale has frequently …

Mr. Alfred Amoah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Western North Region’s Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai municipality, passed away in a horrific tragedy. A trailer truck traveling from Kumasi to Accra with the license plate AS 4229-X reportedly broke an axle and lost control a short distance from the Birim River on …