I was described as beautiful enough but not intelligent enough for the set- Gifty Anti

GBC Gifty Anti

By Rebecca Sedinam Affor A renowned journalist, motivational speaker and author, Oheneyere Gifty Anti disclosed her saddest moment at Ghana Broadcasting Corporation when she was described in a radio and television magazine as “beautiful enough but not intelligent enough for the set”. Gifty Anti revealed this in an interview with Kafui Dey on the Breakfast […]

BoG cautions against hoarding dollars at home

BoG Governor

The Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr. Ernest Addison, has expressed concern over the practice of individuals keeping large volumes of foreign currencies in their homes. Speaking at the 113th Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Accra, on keeping more than one million dollars in the house by the Immediate Past Minister of Sanitation and […]

Black Sherif faces lawsuit: Cruise People Ltd. demands over $100k in compensation

Black Sherif faces lawsuit: Cruise People Ltd. demands over $100k in compensation

By Seli Baisie Cruise People Limited has initiated legal proceedings against Ghanaian musician, Black Sherif, citing a breach of contract. The lawsuit, filed at the High Court, alleges that Black Sherif failed to fulfill his obligations under the agreement, resulting in the cancellation of the highly anticipated Afro Cruise Jam concert, originally scheduled for August. […]

First phase of Appiatse reconstruction to be completed soon

First phase of Appiatse

The first phase of 124 housing units being constructed for victims of Appiatse, a town in the Western Region that was destroyed by an explosion will soon be completed. They are made up of 41 one-bedroom apartments, 35 two-bedroom, 25 three-bedroom, 15 four-bedroom, eight five-bedroom apartments, one six-bedroom and one seven-bedroom apartment. In an interview […]

Health Ministry in crunch meeting with Physician Assistants over strike

Ministry of Health appeals to Medical laboratory workers to call off strike

The Ministry of Health (MOH), is in a crunch meeting with the leadership of Physician assistants across the country to try and stop the physicians from continuing a strike. The physicians began a partial strike over an amendment to the Health Professions and Regulatory Bill, 2023. According to the physicians, they were tricked into believing […]

GJA commends Church of Pentecost, partners for National Development Confab

GJA refers

By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) commends the Church of Pentecost (CoP) for its initiative to organise a ‘National Development Conference’ to discuss the need for a national moral vision and concerted effort at national development. According to a release issued and signed by the General Secretary of the association, Mr. Kofi Yeboah […]

Finance Minister to present 2023 Mid-Year Review Budget on July 25

Budget

By Edzorna Francis Mensah  The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta, is expected to present the Mid-Year Review of the Budget Statement and Economic Policy of the Government of Ghana for the 2023 Financial Year to Parliament on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.  This will be done under the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), […]

“What is the independent life of a journalist like? – Aforo-Yeboah Quizzes”

By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH A veteran journalist, Madam Tina Aforo-Yeboah, has been asking if the Ghanaian journalist has an independent life. “Sometimes you sit back and ask yourself how free the media is and what the independent life of the journalist is like because sometimes you are just called by an editor to go and cover […]

Not everyone can become a Journalist – Teye Kitcher debunks cliché

By Emmanuel Oti Acheampong Former Radio Broadcaster and current Broadcasting lecturer at the Wisconsin University, Teye Kitcher, has debunked claims and widely spread notation that, everyone can become a Journalist, saying it is never true. Over the years, with the advent of social media and sophisticated technological tools, there has been what is popularly called […]