The Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) in the Volta Region is calling on the government to expedite action in clearing the arrears of all teachers who were affected by the three-months pay policy by end of January or face the wrath of all teachers across the country. The teachers maintain that the three-months pay policy was an unfavourable policy introduced […]

Vice President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has urged Ghanaian politicians to patronise healthcare service within the country instead of having to fly outside for medical care. Dr Frank Serebuor says Ghana boasts of some of the finest medical practitioners to provide excellent medical attention to its citizenry. He believes the country has some of the modern health facilities […]

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) for Amenfi West, Peter Kwakye-Ackah has called on Parliament to consider making a legislation that will bar politicians from traveling abroad to seek medical attention. This legislation, the MP speaking on Adom FM’s Morning Show, ‘Dwaso Nsem’ is to force politicians to develop the country’s healthcare system to respond to all […]

The Keta Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Edem Agbewornu, has called on the government to stop expanding settlements at Gakli Kologa and other communities along the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao for security reasons. He said these “unapproved” settlements serve as a haven for thousands of illegal migrants from neighbouring countries and hence called for immediate action. The MCE said this when […]

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), as part of its food safety tips publications to ensure public safety, has provided 14 facts about Puffer Fish which it believes need to be known by the public. This comes as a result of reported deaths due to the consumption of Puffer Fish in the Volta Region locally known as”Gedde”. The statement said:  “Always […]

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison is today [January 22, 2018] expected to announce the central bank’s policy rate for commercial banks for the next couple of months. It follows the completion of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC’s) annual meetings to review the Ghanaian economy. Today’s announcement will be the first for this year and it […]

The Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, has defended government’s decision to fly Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia to the United Kingdom, saying he is there to take a rest, after he fell ill last Friday. According to him, the decision was to ensure the Dr. Bawumia was kept away from visitors who may hamper his rest and recuperation period. Dr. Bawumia left […]

Police in Accra have begun screening an undisclosed number of suspects picked up in connection with the deadly Sunday dawn jailbreak at Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region. Gunmen, numbering about six, shot and killed a Monitoring Inspector, Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi, who tried to stop the jailbreak at the station, before freeing seven of the inmates. The seven escapees, a […]

Seasoned journalist Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has registered his displeasure with the drama that transpired between the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and the EC Deputy Commissioner, Georgina Opoku Amankwah. Speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo, Mr. Baako condemned Counsels for the EC Deputy Commissioner for directing their client to return to office; an action that resulted in a needless […]

The Lands and Natural Resources Minister, John Peter Amewu has asked members of the Ghana National Association of Small Scale Miners to exercise restraint as the government works to fully implement measures to ensure responsible mining in the country. He said the government is ready to allow them go back to work as soon as it sanitizes the sector and […]