Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has pledged to establish a new teaching hospital for the residents of Cape Coast and its environs. This medical facility, to be modeled after the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC), will be situated at the University of Cape Coast campus. […]Continue Reading
The recent heavy downpours, have exposed the deteriorating state of the Nsawam Government Hospital in the Eastern Region, after sections of the facility’s roofing, was captured on video leaking terribly. The female ward for instance, which has gaping holes in the rotting roofing and ceiling, saw the rainwater gushing into the room like a burst […]Continue Reading
His Royal Highness, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, on Monday, June 3, 2024, launched the ‘One-Student-One-Tree’ initiative, which is a key component of the government’s flagship afforestation programme, the Green Ghana Project, under the auspices of the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources. The ‘One-Student-One-Tree’ initiative, which aims Continue Reading
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said that the government would be implementing the E-Gates initiative at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) by the end of the year 2024. E-gates, also known as electronic gates, are automated passport control systems that use biometric technology to authenticate the identity of passengers. This means that, passengers, […]Continue Reading
…Granted GH₵50,000 Bail Popular Ghanaian Actor, Kwadwo Nkansah, popularly known as Lil Win, has been charged with dangerous driving and negligently causing harm, after being arrested for his involvement in a road crash that led to the death of a three-year-old boy, Richard Ampomah. This, was after he was arrested by the Manhyia Police Command […]Continue Reading
A confrontation that ensued between some members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) near the Electoral Commission’s (EC’s) office at Kasoa, has led to one person, been severely stabbed on his chest. The victim, identified as Ato Koomson and son of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya […]Continue Reading
Effective July 1, 2024, household and industrial consumers, will be paying more utility tariffs for electricity and water, following a second quarter upward review under the Quarterly Tariff Review Mechanism. The sector regulator, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), has announced a 3.45 per cent increase in electricity tariffs for lifeline consumers Continue Reading
Member of Parliament (MP) for Builsa South Constituency and Deputy Ranking Member on the Education Committee of Parliament, has described as “heartbreaking”, the plight of Ghanaian students studying abroad on government scholarship said to be stranded, due to authority’s failure to remit them. According to Dr Clement Abas Apaak, the plight of these students, some […]Continue Reading
A former British High Commissioner to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has been fired from his job, after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy staff in Mexico, where he was based representing his country as Ambassador. The incident, said to have occurred earlier this year, had the video leaked online, showing Mr Benjamin in […]Continue Reading
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has suggested the introduction of a broad-based road toll system, to improve road infrastructure in the country. According to Dr Bawumia, who is also the Vice President, the government alone cannot fund road projects which is capital intensive, hence the need to allow private […]Continue Reading