General News of Friday, 21 July 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com   play videoFirst Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, has condemned the current parliament as the worst in the nation’s history. The scathing criticism comes in the wake of recent actions by the minority caucus, which have hindered legislative progress. The contentious incident that triggered Joe ...

  The former Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has narrated the supposed events that led to his sacking in 2020. Speaking in an interview with Kumasi-based Asanteman FM, Agyarko said that he was forced to vacate his position because of the re-negotiation of the 250 megawatt Ameri Power deal. According to him, some leading figures in the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ...

Business News of Thursday, 6 July 2023. Source: thebftonline.com   Some 2.5 million people are yet to register for their Ghana Cards The Executive Secretary of the National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyemang Attafuah, has said over 800,000 printed national identification cards (Ghana Card) remain uncollected. According to Prof. Attafuah, the NIA has opened a total of 276 district offices ...

General News of Thursday, 6 July 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Member of Parliament for (MP) Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku The Member of Parliament for (MP) Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, has stated that persons with dual citizenship should be allowed to contest in elections to become Members of Ghana’s Parliament. According to him, it does not make sense that persons with dual nationality are allowed to hold ...

General News of Thursday, 6 July 2023 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Minority in parliament   The Minority in Parliament have abstained from participating in parliamentary business today following the hearing of Assin North ongoing criminal case in court. In a show of solidarity, the entire Minority caucus have accompanied Mr. Quayson to court. On Tuesday the minority took a firm stance to abstain from participating ...

People on welfare do not receive enough money to make ends meet. Couples with children in particular are short of up to 500 euros per month, the government has investigated. The government must allocate 6 billion euros on Budget Day to prevent poverty from spreading further. Laurens Kok 30/06/23, 16:01 PM Last update: 30/06/23, 17:13 PM This is stated in the long-awaited first sub-report ...

The number of 25 to 40-year-olds living under one roof with father and/or mother, which remained more or less the same in 2022, has suddenly risen by 5 percent this year. As a result, one in ten people in their thirties and late twenties now (still) lives at home. The difference between men and women is large: almost a quarter ...

The roof tiles, your brand new solar panels and the front door of the freshly painted shed: you just have to hope that everything survives storm Poly. Fortunately, I am well insured, you may think now. But is that really the case? Bonne Kerstens 05-07-23, 14:15 Last update: 15:23 For example, home contents insurance does not cover flying roof tiles. Home insurance does. ...

The Dutch mainly associate alcohol with socializing (54 percent) and much less with something that is unhealthy for you (27 percent). And that while 1 in 10 cases of cancer in men and 1 in 33 cases in women is caused by alcohol. “Whether you drink regularly or often: there is no healthy amount of alcohol,” say the Maag Lever ...

play videoFinance minister Ken Ofori-Atta Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta has likened his dream for Ghana’s tourist sector to the instance where Queen Sheba was astonished by King Solomon’s country when she visited him in Bible days. The minister in his address during the launch of the redeveloped and refurbished Kwame Nkrumah Park said the government is doing all it takes to make ...