Parliament has passed the Fees and Charges (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, 2022, to provide for an annual adjustment of fees being charged by public institutions. The Bill forms part of revenue measures outlined in the 2022 budget and will give a legal backing to the request for a 15% upward adjustment of government fees and charges....
Over 50 shops and houses have been destroyed at Sakaman Blue Lagoon, a suburb of Dansoman in the Greater Accra Region. Residents say the land owners gave them an evacuation notice which ends in September, 2022. According to Adom News’ Kwame Anum, the victims have been left stranded. Many of them could not collect their...
A Nigerian actor has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor between 2013 and 2014.The trial of Olanrewaju Omiyinka at a special offences court in Lagos lasted a year. The 49-year-old is popularly known as Baba Ijesha in Nollywood – as Nigeria’s film industry is called. The judge ruled that Omiyinka should be sentenced...
The Minority in Parliament has raised fundamental issues with the $1billion loan agreement that is currently before the House, an agreement which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) asked Parliament to approve. Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam lawmaker, Casiel Ato Forson said there are disparities with the currencies in the document that was presented by the government. At one point, he said,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...