Ghana’s Movie industry has been down for a while, due to lack of investment and the injection of telenovelas with local language narrations, which have flooded our television screens. Cine-God and Vascan studios USA are out with a brand new Ghanaian movie filmed by Abu Iddriss. Addressing the press conference in Accra yesterday, a movie titled The Agency which in simple terms rude and evil is not intended to bring out the weakness of Ghana’s Security services .but to let many citizens who think war films can’t be produced in Ghana ,that yes they can be generated. Abu Iddris, disclosed...
Suame interchange project begins September – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu assures after crowd booed and pelted him with water sachet
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament for Suame, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has given an assurance that the proposed Suame Interchange project will begin in September, 2022. According to him, Parliament would meet Tuesday to discuss a loan facility from Spain for the four-tier interchange to commence. He was speaking to Graphic Online on Monday (July 18, 2022) after a planned meeting with residents to address concerns about the project was met with a protest by scores of spare parts dealers at the Suame Magazine enclave over the delay in starting the project, reports Daniel Kenu from Kumasi. The protests nearly turned...
Police nab gang of 6 armed robbers in Bono East
The suspects, Issa Mohammed alias Baba/Container Money (23), Kelvin Antwi alias Demon (21), Reagan Kwaku Boakye alias Baby Face (22), Kwaku Boateng alias Star Boy (18), Elija Osei (24) and Gyimah Sadique (33), who operate within the region and beyond were arrested at their hideouts within the Techiman Municipality on July 17, 2022, following an intelligence-led operation, according to the police. “A search conducted on them during the arrest led to the recovery of a locally made pistol with four live AAA cartridges, one toy pistol, two motorbikes, one cutlass, one hammer and three pairs of scissors. Other items retrieved...
I remain committed to the NPP and Prez Akufo-Addo – Adwoa Safo
The Member of Parliament for Dome-Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo has reiterated her commitment to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration in the face of what she describes as a “political witchhunt” from within the party. Adwoa Safo, also Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months over her absence from her official duties in Parliament. She and two other MPS have been investigated for absenting themselves from Parliament without permission for more than the stipulated 15 sitting days during the first meeting of the second session...
Bawumia Shades Critics Over Economy
VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has responded strongly to critics who have accused him of abandoning matters on the economy and focusing on digitisation, asserting that the economy is not transformed with brick and mortar. On the contrary, he said the nation can transform the economy with ideas, systems and institutions, “and not just brick and mortar.” According to him, there are still many who refuse to understand the importance of digitisation for economic transformation, and therefore mock any new innovation in that direction. Some elements of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), in recent times, have accused him of running...
TUC Commends Govt Over COLA
Dr. Yaw Baah, Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC),has applaud the government on the fast intervention it made to address the difficulties of workers who called for a 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) especially, those on the Single Spine Salary Structure. Speaking at a press conference at the TUC office in Accra on Monday 18th July he said “We thank the ministers and deputy ministers from the ministries of Employment, Finance, National Security and Education, for their positive attitude towards the negotiation that enabled the parties to reach a win-win deal.” His appreciation comes after the government’s listened...
I Stabbed JB- Sexy Don Don
Daniel Aseidu, aka Sexy Don Don, the prime suspect in the murder of the then Member of Parliament for Abuakwa North, the late JB Danquah-Adu, has admitted to stabbing the late MP during a confrontation when he went to his Shiashie residence with the intention to rob. The accused, who is standing trial over the murder of the late MP, in a startling admission demonstrated how he went into the late MP’s bedroom through his window in a robbery that led to the death of the MP. The admission is contained in a video recorded during the interrogation of the...
Digitalisation efforts can’t be sustained without cybersecurity – Ursula
Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful, who was speaking at the inauguration of the Joint Cybersecurity Committee (JCC) on Thursday, July 14, 2022, added: “In order to achieve a secure and resilient digital economy, each one of us will have to play our part.” The joint cybersecurity committee Addressing members of the 18-member committee which was set up pursuant to section 13 of the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful said cybersecurity is multi-sectoral and demands a multi-sectoral approach to tackle the issues. For her, collaboration among different stakeholders and public and private sector collaboration are absolutely critical in securing the country’s cyberspace...
Ghana’s IMF decision: Four factors took us to IMF – Dr. Bawumia
Four major factors, namely, impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the banking sector clean-up, excess capacity charges, and the effect of the Russia-Ukraine war, drove Ghana to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to correct its fiscals, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. According to the Vice President, direct COVID-19 expenditure in two years, 2020 and 2021, totalled GH₵12billion, the banking sector clean-up cost the country GH₵25billion, whereas the energy sector excess capacity payments, so far, reached GH₵17billion. These three items of expenditure cumulatively amounted to GH₵54billion, the equivalent of some US$7 billion, which was borrowed. The Ministry of Finance estimates...
Government will, in no way, apologize to Ghanaians for seeking an economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)- Freddie Blay,
The outgoing National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Freddie Blay, has given the strongest indications that the party will, in no way, apologize to Ghanaians for seeking an economic bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). According to him, the party is not in the position to offer any such apology to the Ghanaian people, as demanded by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC). Mr. Blay gave this indication while speaking in an interview at the party’s National Delegates Conference to elect national officers held at the Accra Sports Stadium in the Greater Accra Region....