As part of the efforts to ensure healthy lives for all, the government has invested heavily in the health sector in the Ashanti Region. Currently, six health facilities are under construction, some of which have been completed, with the others at various stages of completion. They are the over 40-year-old Maternity Block of the Komfo...
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We are not compiling new register for 2024 but… – Electoral Commission
The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed reports that it will compile a new register for the 2024 Elections. Maintaining that the register which was compiled for the 2020 Election was still credible, the Commission says it was instead putting in place measures to ensure the continuous registration of persons onto the register. The Director of...
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NPP Delegates Conference: Workers’ demand for better salaries will intensify if contestants display cash – Prof Gyampo
A political scientist, Professor Ransford Gyampo has stated that the current agitations on the labour front may intensify if the contestants display cash at the NPP’s upcoming National Delegates Conference. The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is set to organise its National Delegates Conference this weekend, to elect new national executives for the party. Over...
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Oil & Gas Service providers call for enforcement of regular fuel storage tank cleaning rule
To ensure the quality of petroleum products sold at the pumps is not compromised, players in the oil and gas services sector are demanding the strict enforcement of standards and protocols across the value chain. The National Petroleum Authority was established by law to regulate the petroleum downstream industry in Ghana and Benjamin Armstrong, the...
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Stakeholders call for increased transparency in how E-Levy funds are used
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Dr. Ing. Kenneth Ashigbey, has backed calls for transparency in the manner in which funds accrued from the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) are used. One of the sources the government was hoping would help it raise much-needed revenue is the E-Levy, but information from government’s...
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Bibiani-Anhwiaso Bekwai DCE, driver die after crash on Accra-Kumasi highway
Police in the Eastern Region have commenced investigations into the cause of an accident which claimed the life of the District Chief Executive for Bibiani-Anhwiaso Bekwai, Alfred Amoah and his driver. The fatal accident involving three vehicles, a fuel tanker with registration number GN- 8549-X, a trailer, AS- 4229- X and the DCE’s official vehicle,...
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Using Ghana card to compile new voters’ register will destabilise the country – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has warned against the Electoral Commission’s plan to compile a new voters’ register using only the Ghana card. According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, such a move will threaten the stability of the country as the inalienable rights of legal-age Ghanaians to vote and to exercise that right to vote...
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Veteran musician A.B. Crentsil reported dead
Legendary highlife musician, Alfred Benjamin Crentsil, known in showbiz as A.B. Crentsil has reportedly died at age 79. This was announced in a Facebook post by sound engineer, Fred Kyei Mensah on Wednesday. According to Fredyma, the veteran musician has been unwell for some time. “Farewell A. B. Crenstil. The original composer and singer of...
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Public Services Workers issue strike notice starting Tuesday
Public Services Workers have declared they will embark on an indefinite strike come Tuesday, July 19, 2022 to demand improvement in their emoluments and resolution of outstanding issues bordering on workers compensation. According to the Public Services Workers Union, with the frequent price increases and a constant erosion of the real value of the relatively...
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GRIDCo demolishes structures under high-tension lines in Accra
A task force, made up of officials of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), the police and the military yesterday demolished structures under some high-tension lines in the Ayawaso West Wuogon Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. The exercise, which started around 5 a.m, affected wooden structures serving as makeshift homes for squatters, kiosks and other...