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General News of Saturday, 30 December 2023 Source: Peace FM   Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has expressed deep disappointment with former President John Dramani Mahama‘s recent comments belittling the success of the Free SHS programme, describing it as “woefully disheartening.” Speaking to journalists during the Christmas festivities in Akim Anyinase, Minister Oppong Nkrumah criticized ...

General News of Saturday, 30 December 2023 Source: starrfm.com.gh Statistics from the Eastern Regional Health Directorate reveal concerning figures of maternal deaths Yunbow Michael Jordan, a principal community health nurse at Bonkro in the Afram Plains South district, Eastern Region, delivered a pregnant woman in a tricycle due to the absence of a delivery bed at the CHPs compound facility. Justina ...

General News of Friday, 29 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   Afua Asantewaa is the first female Ghanaian to attempt a Guinness World Record   At 9:00am on Friday, December 29, 2023, Afua Asantewaa Aduonum brought her attempt at breaking the Guinness World Records for the longest singing marathon by an individual to an end. 24 hours earlier, she had matched up ...

General News of Friday, 29 December 2023 Source: Peace FM Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum The Ministry of Education has strongly rebuffed former President John Dramani Mahama‘s recent claims of lax supervision and collusion in the West Africa Senior Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). In a statement released on Friday, the Ministry labelled Mahama’s comments as a “calculated attempt to downplay ...

Business News of Friday, 29 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com File photo The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says the National Lottery Authority, Private Lotto Operators and operators of other game of chance platforms will effective January 1, 2023, fully commence the deduction of a 10% withholding tax on all gross winnings. This, according to GRA, follows the expiration of a six-month moratorium ...

General News of Thursday, 28 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   The Asantehene and the chief of Antoahene Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II took decisive action by ordering the destoolment of the chief of Antoa, Nana Owusu Agyeman I. The decision, made at the Manhyia Palace following a judicial hearing, was prompted by the Antoahene’s violation of customary procedures. Specifically, the chief’s ...

Business News of Wednesday, 27 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com The head office of the DVLA In a move towards modernisation, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), has officially retired its traditional manual system for vehicle registration and related services. As per an official statement released by the authority on December 27, 2023, the DVLA emphasised its commitment to eradicating identity ...

Politics of Thursday, 28 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Some 18 members of the current parliament in will not be seeking re-election in the NPP’s primaries The current Parliament of Ghana’s Fourth Republic will end on the night of January 7, 2025. Ahead of that, the ruling New Patriotic Party which forms the current majority group in the House is gearing up for the ...

Business News of Wednesday, 27 December 2023 Source: starrfm.com.gh The minority caucus attempted to block the passage of the tax in Parliament The Member of Parliament for Asuogyaman Thomas Ampem Nyarko, has stated that the next NDC government, under President John Mahama, will abolish the GH¢100 yearly emission tax introduced by the current Akufo-Addo and Bawumia administration. He said the minority caucus attempted ...

General News of Wednesday, 27 December 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Martin Amidu (L), Kissi Agyebeng (R) Former Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has raised some allegations against the current Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, accusing him of suppressing an investigation and entrapping Charles Bissue. According to him, during his tenure as special prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng while serving as the lawyer for investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas, sought assurances ...