The special prosecutor Martin Amidu has said his office does not have the mandate to investigate financial and economic crimes. The Good Governance Advocacy Group Ghana (GGAGG) has served notice it will petition the Office of the Special Prosecutor to investigate the Power Distribution Service saga after the Ghana government suspended the deal over some breaches. However, Mr. Amidu has ...

The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), has warned all social media marketing agencies advertising sales of all kinds of unregistered medical devices, food and products, whether imported or locally manufactured to desist from the practice. It noted that the act contravened the Public Health Act 2012, (Act 851) which empowered the Authority to test and approve drug, food, medical devices, ...

The attempt by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to do propaganda with the public registration for Ghana Card in the Volta Region has been exposed by the National Identification Authority (NIA). The NDC, led by its Director of Elections, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah, alongside the party’s Volta Regional executives, held a news conference in Ho yesterday accusing the government of deliberately ...

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has expressed concern over what he described as a breakdown of the social sense of responsibility among the citizenry, leading to a rise in indiscipline and lawlessness in the country. He said unlike in the past where laws were strictly enforced to compel people to be responsible for their own actions, robust structures to instil ...

Een 50-jarige man zonder vast woonadres is afgelopen weekend opgepakt voor de ingang van ziekenhuis SKB in Winterswijk. Hij verzon medische klachten, waarna hij werd opgenomen voor onderzoek in het ziekenhuis. Daar kon hij vervolgens slapen en eten. De man heeft zich op deze manier bij meerdere ziekenhuizen in Nederland gemeld. ,,Deze man maakte er een gewoonte van om bij ...

  Particuliere opleidingsinstituten zoals NCOI, Capabel en LOI overtreden de wet. Cursisten die stoppen met hun opleiding moeten onterecht toch duizenden euro’s betalen voor lessen die ze niet meer volgen. De instituten zijn daar eerder door de rechter voor op de vingers getikt, maar toch blijven ze hoge bedragen eisen, meldt RTL Nieuws. Jaarlijks beginnen tienduizenden Nederlanders aan zo’n studie, vaak ...

Een niet alledaags telefoontje voor de Duitse politie in Unterfranken (Beieren). Een 5-jarig jongetje belde eind vorige week het alarmnummer met de mededeling dat zijn vader door rood was gereden. Het gesprek duurde heel even, toen werd de verbinding verbroken. De medewerker belde terug en kreeg vervolgens de vader van het Duitse jochie aan de lijn. De man verontschuldigde zich ...

The Ministry of Lands and Resources has indefinitely closed down the Ghana Manganese Company Limited (GMCL) citing huge loses to the state for the period of 2010 – 2017. The decision, according to the sector Minister, Kwaku Asomah-Cheremeh, follows the apparent lack of transparency in the operations of some mining companies in Ghana which has been a source of “serious ...

AngloGold Ashanti says it will respect local content requirements by ensuring semi-skilled and unskilled locals get fair opportunities in the company’s personnel recruitment. The Obuasi mine has been under care and maintenance since 2016 and is currently working towards pouring first gold in December. Ongoing construction activities have already seen over 3,000 workers employed for underground tunnels, production plants and ...

Consumers will now have to brace up to pay more for usage of communication services to their respective telecommunication networks following government’s decision to increase it from six percent to nine percent approximately fifty percent increase. This was contained in the 2019 Mid-Year Review Budget presented to parliament by the Finance Minister, Ken OforI-Atta on Monday. He explained to Members ...