Management of Metro Mass Transit Company Limited has assured staff of the company that they will receive their August salaries by Friday, October 14, 2022. This comes after workers of the company, laid down their tools over the delay in the payment of their two months’ salaries. The employees are also demanding the dismissal of their Managing Director, whom they blame for their current condition. Head of Communications at Metro Mass, George Asante, told Citi News the leadership of the workers would be engaged to call off the strike as payment processes are underway. “By Friday, we will be able to close the...
Sammy Gyamfi slapped with ¢500k damages for defaming Opoku Prempeh
The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has been slapped with ¢500,000 damages after losing a defamation case with Energy Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh. The High Court, Accra, General Jurisdiction 12, presided over by Justice Charles Gyamfi Danquah, delivered the judgement on Thursday 13th October 2022. The court found that Sammy Gyamfi defamed Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, who is also lawmaker for Manhyia South when Sammy Gyamfi, at a press conference in June 2019, stated that Seidu Yakubu MBA, suspected of being involved in the kidnapping of the 2 Canadian girls in the year 2019, is...
Galamsey: Ghana is a country of dishonest leaders across board – Agyeman-Duah
A Former United Nations Senior Governance Adviser, Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah has said in relation to the fight against illegal small scale mining (Galamsey) that Ghana is a country full of hypocritical leaders. In his view, the leaders, whether religious or political, know the cause of galamsey yet are playing the usual blame game. Speaking on the Ghana Tonight show with Alfred Ocansey on TV3 Wednesday October 12, Prof Agyeman-Duah who is also the Chief Executive Officer of the John Agyekum Kuffuor Foundation said “One thing we have to understand is that this country, our political leaders and leaders across board, religious leaders...
No contaminated sausages on the market – FDA Assures.
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has assured the general public that no contaminated sausages have been found on the Ghanaian market. The assurance comes after the Authority said that the recall of Agricola Tre Vali sausage products, namely, AIA Wudy and Pavo brands, by the Italian authorities was due to the presence of Listeria bacteria in these sausages made from poultry meat. Two batches with codes 1785417 and 01810919 with an expiration date of November 30, 2022, are implicated. Considering the recall activities ongoing in Europe and other countries, the FDA also conducted a market surveillance activity, and Pavo...
Madina Constituency MP launches Youth in Driving Project.
The member of Parliament for the Madina Constituency, Lawyer Francis Xavier Sosu yesterday 11 October 2022 launched the Youth in Driving Project.The project known as the ”Madina job center ” which was put together by the MP was established in November 2022 to reduce unemployment within the Madina constituency. The Madina Job Center first trained 100 women in mushroom farming, it also inaugurated youth in riding, youth in poultry farming and youth in catfish farming among others. Lawyer Sosu revealed that many youths have been connected to various aspects of jobs in the country which is known as the...
John Mahama stands tall to lead NDC in 2024 elections – Afriyie-Ankrah
Former President John Dramani Mahama stands tall to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) into the next general elections in 2024, an aspiring General Secretary of the NDC, Elvis Afriyie-Ankrah has said. He said interested persons in the flagbearer position of the NDC are welcomed to contest but he strongly believes that John Mahama, who was the NDC’s 2022 presidential candidate, will win and represent the party again. Speaking on the New Day show with Johnnie Hughes on TV3 Wednesday October 12, he assured of a level playing filed in the flagbearer contest. “John Mahama stands tall,” he stressed. The former Minister of...
Freddie Blay’s law firm explains decision to defend Aisha Huang’s accomplices
Blay & Associates, the law firm belong to former National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Freddie Blay, has explained its decision to defend four accomplices of Aisha Huang, who was arrested for her alleged involvement in illegal small-scale mining, in court. On Tuesday, October 11, it came to light in court that Blay & Associates is representing the suspects. This attracted flak from persons including Director of Legal Affairs of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Abraham Amaliba, who indicated that “On this matter of ‘galamsey’, considering the fact that there are accusations and fingers pointing at government officials to be...
Ghana ranks 1st with highest food price increases of 122% in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghana is ranked 1st by the World Bank with the highest food prices in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022. According to the Bretton Wood institution’s October 2022 Africa Pulse Report, food prices have since January 1, 2022, gone up by 122%. Since the start of 2022, food prices have increased sharply in many countries, largely due to the Russian/Ukraine war. According to the Food Price Index in Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana has recorded very sharp prices in food on the African continent. Food inflation in Ghana has been high, recording year-on-year inflation of 34.4% in August 2022, the Ghana Statistical Service...
IMF must add fight against ‘galamsey’ as condition for extending support to Ghana – Odike
The founder of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Akwasi Addai Odike, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) must include the fight against illegal mining as one of the conditions for extending support to Ghana. According to him, this will quicken government’s commitment to rooting out the menace. Speaking in an interview on The Pulse on Monday, Odike bemoaned the depletion of water bodies across the country due to illegal mining activities. He said this has been occasioned by the inability of government to deal decisively with menace. The politician however argued that if the IMF makes the fight against galamsey a condition...
Venezuela landslides: Dozens killed as homes swept away
The number of people killed has risen to 36, and 56 others are missing, after landslides swept away their homes in the Venezuelan town of Las Tejerías. About 1,000 emergency personnel are taking part in search and rescue operations. “We’re trying to save whoever we can and are expressing our condolences to all those who have lost a loved one,” Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez said. President Nicolás Maduro has declared three days of national mourning. Among those killed are two toddlers, local media said. Earlier reports said 25 people had been killed, but interior and justice minister Remigio Ceballos told reporters the...