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Introduction The two main political parties, the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the largest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress(NDC) have outdoored their respective manifestos, ahead of the December 2020 general elections. The manifestos are replete with a bevy of promises, on which the two parties have anchored their developmental intentions for the people of Ghana. These developmental blueprints ...

“The chief of this area is foolish and walking around,” this is the exact quote District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sekyere East Mary Boatemaa Marfo used in describing Mponuahene of Asokore Traditional Area Nana Akwantey Boffour. The appointee who is heard in a leaked audio scheming against the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie, wants ...

A murky $150 COVID-19 test contract awarded to Frontier Healthcare Services Limited (FHSL) incorporated in Ghana on July 21, 2020 – just 40 days before President Akufo-Addo opened the air borders – has set tongues wagging. FHSL is embroiled in an ownership suspicion as it’s linked to a company incorporated in the notorious offshore tax haven of Dominica, an island ...

Government has extended the free water package in the wake ofCOVID-19 to the end of the year, the Water and Sanitation Ministry has announced in a statement. The statement noted the move to enable Ghanaians continue with the handwashing protocol in the combat of the deadly virus. It, however, urged Ghanaians to be judicious in the water of water. So ...

The Ghana Airports Company Limited has announced that effective 6 pm Tuesday, September 22, 2020, airlines that fly passengers who do not possess PCR tests or disembark passengers with positive PCR tests at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra will be charged a fine of US$3,500 per passenger. The airport authorities have also indicated that non-Ghanaians who on arrival ...

Veteran journalist Kweku Baako has reacted to a statement from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) which sought to discredit his claims that former President John Dramani Mahama cut sod for projects when budgetary allocations had not been made for the said projects. Baako on Wednesday, September 16, 2020, said on Peace FM that the Mahama government and the NDC could ...

Ghana’s Labour Act 651 is under review to address sexual harassments and other emerging trends of violence against women at places. Mrs. Ruth Ferkah Kyere, Head of International/ Gender Desk, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, said this at a meeting organized by Gender Center for Empowering Development (GenCED) in Accra. The meeting, which brought together stakeholders from the Trades ...

The Electoral Commission (EC) has said a video circulating on social media purporting to show its officials printing new voters’ ID cards although the voters’ registration exercise has been completed is misleading. The video, according to the EC, erroneously creates the impression that staff of the Commission are printing ID cards after the expiration of the voters’ registration exercise. The ...

It was greeted with glee when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced in his 16th address to Ghanaians the reopening of air borders to international travels on September 1, 2020. Little did travelers know that they would be paying an exorbitant $150 for the mandatory COVID-19 test at the Kotoka International Airport before entry into the country. This made Ghana ...

An outspoken member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Patrick Kwarteng Sarpong, popularly called P.K. Sarpong, has said former President John Dramani Mahama has exposed his lack of concerns towards the Islamic religion after the Mahama campaign team swiftly responded to publications suggesting the NDC flagbearer has promised more mortuaries for the Zongo communities in his next government. Mr ...