Parliament suspends sitting over Assin Central MP
Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Professor Aaron Mike Ocquaye has suspended proceedings as The House could not reach decision to either adopt or reject a report by the privileges committee to sanction MP for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong for insulting Parliament. His decisions to delay the ruling and to further suspend sitting followed The Minority ‘Yes […]
BoG wants RTI Bill review to protect ‘sensitive’ data – Tamale Central MP
The Bank of Ghana (BoG) wants the Right to Information Bill, (RTI) to be further amended so sensitive information that could compromise Ghana’s financial system is not released to the public. That’s according to a Ranking Member of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament, Inusah Fuseini in an interview with an Accra […]
Inflation rate for January dropped to 9% from Dec. 2018
The inflation rate for January dropped to nine percent from the December 2018 rate of nine point four percent. Briefing the media in Accra, the Acting Government Statistician, David Kombat said this has been the lowest rate since January 2013. Inflation rate is the change in overtime of the general price level of goods and […]
Video: Prez Akufo-Addo Presents Constitutional Instruments to Bono East & Ahafo Regions
Video: Prez Akufo-Addo Presents Constitutional Instruments to North East & Savannah
Today is St. Valentine's Day
Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. Originating as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early saints named Valentinus, Valentine’s Day is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love in many regions around […]
Former President Mahama meets Diplomats over Awayaso by-election violence
Former President John Dramani Mahama on Wednesday met with a section of the diplomatic community in Ghana to brief them on what he described as the sad developments of January 31 during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election. According to Mr. Mahama the incidents of that day were criminal and the culprits must be prosecuted and […]
Ashanti GUTA directs all businesses shut
The Ashanti regional branch of the Ghana Union of Traders Associations, (GUTA), has asked all store and warehouse operators in Kumasi to with, immediate effect, stop the payment of Licenses and Fees to the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, (KMA), or its agents until further notice. The directive is meant to compel the city authorities to meet […]
"Gov't will help accelerate dev't of Ahafo Region" – President Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has indicated that its is only fitting that Government helps to facilitate the accelerated development of the Ahafo Region, a region with considerable deposits of natural resources. According to President Akufo-Addo, “with the Ahafo Region home to large deposits of gold, diamond, iron-ore and bauxite, and with significant percentage of […]
Kotoko edge Zesco to keep Confed. Cup dream alive
Two-time African champions, Asante Kotoko S/C, put up a spirited performance to record a 2-1 victory over Zambia’s Zesco United in a Confedration of Africa Football (CAF) Confederations Cup group stage clash at the Baba Yara Stadium, Kumasi, on Wednesday. The Porcupine Warriors, who lost their first match against Sudan’s Al-Hilal, needed a win at […]
President Akufo-Addo to cut sod for the commencement of 2 aviation projects
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will, on Friday, February 15, perform a groundbreaking ceremony at the Kotoka International Airport for the commencement of expansion works on the North Apron and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority office. The Minister of Aviation, Kofi Adda, who announced this on Wednesday at a press engagement, said the projects and […]
Opuni Case: Prosecution witness denies knowledge of missing letters
A Scientist at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG), Alfred Arthur, says he was unaware that a committee found out that Oye Hellen Koranteng, a dispatch clerk dispatched a copy of the missing letter to Agricult. Answering question under cross-examination led by Benson Nutsukpui, lawyer for Seidu Agongo the witness was asked, whether he knew […]
Parliament approves waive tax of 8m euros for GWCL
Ghana’s Parliament has approved the request for waiver of import duties, importers VAT/Getfund levy, import NHIL, ECOWAS levy, EXIM levy, special Import levy amounting to eight hundred and two thousand two hundred and sixty-two euros on project materials and equipment to Ghana Water Company Limited. The waiver is on project materials and equipment to be […]
Speaker asks Privileges Committee to present ‘Kennedy Agyepong Report’
The Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye, has asked the Privileges Committee to present the first report on Kennedy Agyapong to Parliament, on Wednesday, February 13, regarding some derogatory comments he made about the House. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, was hauled before the Privileges Committee over his comments believed […]
