GPRTU to enforce downward adjustment of transport fares
The Ghana Private Road Transport Union, GPRTU says it is aware that some of its members have refused to comply with the 10% reduction in transport fares and has called on the public to remain calm while the enforcement team does its work. National Vice Chairman of the Union, Robert Sabah says the enforcement of […]
Shatta Wale, Beyoncé feature to open doors for Ghana music – Opanka
Sensational Ghanaian rapper Opanka has said that the feature between Shatta Wale and Beyoncé will help open doors for other artistes to seek bigger features in the future. Shatta Wale’s latest milestone in Ghana’s music industry has been met with lots of congratulatory messages from colleague musicians, politicians, music-loving fans, among others. Arguably the biggest […]
Candidates vying for 2020 Presidential, Parliamentary Elections can now file application via internet
The Electoral Commission (EC), has introduced an online filling procedure for the 2020 general election. This means Presidential and Parliamentary candidates for the December polls will no longer have to pick forms at the offices of the EC. Chairperson, Jean Mensa, told Journalists at its “Let the Citizen Know”, series in Accra that the new […]
Fire guts market in Koforidua, destroying property and loads of cash
Fire guttered Juaben Serwaa Market at Koforidua in the New Juaben South Municipality of the Eastern Region early Wednesday morning. Even though there were no reports of casualty, some items were burnt. They included foodstuffs, rubbers, used clothing, shops and unspecified amount of cash among others. The Municipal Fire Officer, Emmanuel Acquaye said following a […]
NDC joins calls for immediate dismissal of Mavis Hawa Koomson
The NDC has called for the immediate dismissal of Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Hawa Koomson. The party said it is disgusted by the act perpetrated by the Minister at a registration centre at Kasoa and outrightly condemns it. The Party catalogued a series of attacks on its members in the Awutu Senya East Constituency […]
Government must present the true deficit in the country’s budget – Seth Terkper
Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, says Government must present the true deficit in the country’s budget. In his comments on tomorrow’s mid-year budget review to Parliament, he said the expectation is for the Minister of Finance to present to Parliament, the right figures. He told Radio Ghana’s Augustus Acquaye that Government spending has gone beyond […]
National Peace Council expresses Voter Registration Centres violence concern
The Most Reverend Dr. Emmanuel Asante, Chairman of the National Peace Council (NPC) has underscored the need for Ghanaians to learn to keep tempers cool ahead of the December 7, General Election. He said, “An eye for an eye will leave everybody blind, and so let us, as Ghanaians, love Mother Ghana, and deescalate the […]
NPP condemns Banda Ahenkro brawl
The NPP has condemned the brawl that ensued between some of its members and that of the NDC during the ongoing voter registration exercise at Banda Ahenkro leading to the death of a 29-year-old teacher trainee. The Bono Regional Secretary of the NPP, Kofi Fosu Boateng in an interview with GBC’s Radio Ghana in Sunyani, […]
2,065 covid-19 cases recorded among Health workers with 1,870 recoveries and 6 deaths
Two thousand and sixty-five health workers tested positive for Covid-19 since the country recorded its first case. Out of the number, one thousand, eight hundred and seventy have recovered with six deaths. Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah Aboagye, at a Media briefing in Accra said that the rate of infection among […]
Ashanti Region: Over 25,000 students register for new voter’s ID – EC
The Electoral Commission says about twenty-five thousand Senior High School students were successfully registered in one hundred and one second cycle schools in the Ashanti Region during the two-day registration exercise carried out specifically for students confined in schools. The Regional Director of the EC, Benjamin Banor-Bioh who disclosed this to Radio Ghana in Kumasi […]
