President Akufo-Addo refunds ₵237,000 of salary increase to Controller & Accountant General
By Bright Ntramah. President Akufo-Addo has refunded an amount of ₵ 237,974 to the Controller and Accountants General’s Department as an increment of his salary from January to August 2021. In May this year, the President placed a freeze on Salary increase for government officials as part measures to reduce the damage on the public […]
Western North Region records 21 new cases of COVID-19 and one death
The western North Region has recorded twenty-one new COVID-19 cases with one death. The figure brings to a total of 988 confirmed cases in the Region with 955 recoveries and a total of 10 deaths. The Region now has 23 active cases out of which Waiwso Municipality and Bibiani Anhwiaso Bekwai Municipality recorded 20 and […]
National table tennis star excels in the USA
Felix Lartey a member of the national table tennis team, the Black Loopers, has won his third championship gold medal in the Westchester Championship at the Westchester Table Tennis Centre in the United States of America (USA). Lartey who is in tremendous shape in recent times has been training in participating in competitions in the […]
PNC Leader David Apasera and Chairman Moses Danibaah dismissed by NEC
The Flagbearer of PNC in the 2020 Election, David Apasera and the Party’s Chairman, Moses Danibaah have been dismissed by the National Executive Committee. This follows a petition by embattled General Secretary, Janet Asana Nabilla, and other Party members accusing them of financial malfeasance and misconduct. The Greater Accra Regional Chair, Bala Saliu Maikanka, takes […]
President Akufo-Addo addresses Spark-Up Summit aimed at unlocking Ghana’s investment potentials
By Bright Ntramah President Akufo-Addo has urged the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, GIPC, to explore ways at improving the turn-around time and efficiency in which potential investments are integrated into the economy. Speaking in Accra at the maiden GIPC investment summit dubbed Spark-Up, the President also tasked the Centre to address the bottlenecks that slow […]
EPA marks International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies in Accra
By Dominic Hlordzi and William Owusu- Boateng The Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Kwaku Afriyie says rapid urbanization, emissions from industrial and human activities could lead to severe air pollution related diseases in urban areas. He said the development calls for an Air Pollution Health Impact Assessment to address the specific needs […]
Law Enforcement Agencies urged to use Case Tracking System to improve the Justice system
By: Joyce Kantam Kolamong About 444 criminal cases were tracked and recorded in the Northern Region in the first quarter of 2020. This figure paints a gloomy picture of the situation on the ground considering the number of criminal cases recorded and the presence of all the six justice sector institutions in the region. The […]
Ghana marks International Literacy Day
Today is International Literacy Day. It is a day set aside by the United Nations Education, Scientific Organization, UNESCO to celebrate and remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance the literacy agenda towards a more literate and sustainable society. Despite progress made, literacy […]
North East Regional Minister lauds residents for embracing initiative to end open defecation
By: Joyce Kantam Kolamong The North East Regional Minister, Yidana Zakaria, says the region attaining 66 percent coverage, in ending open defecation and improvement in basic sanitation, shows how the people are embracing the Community-Led Total Sanitation, CLTS. According to him, the new region deserves commendation, for achieving that feat, because, behavioral change is […]
Africa must rethink Western Majoritarian Democracy to avoid coups
A research fellow in the Department of Peace Studies at the University of Cape Coast, Dr. Kaderi Noagah Bukari, has urged African countries to take a second look at the “Western Majoritarian Democracy” towards ending military takeovers of governments. “It is not responding to the needs of the people, and, I think a better option […]
