The police have confirmed the death of a Ghanaian woman, 41, Felicia Obeng who was shot dead by unidentified persons on Cambridge Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Worcester police officers responded to the area of Cambridge Street at approximately 7:05 p.m. Saturday after a report of a ShotSpotter activation, according to a statement posted on the department’s Facebook page. Police received...
A Deputy Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Abdul Kamal Deen has said that factors that pushed the Akufo-Addo-led government to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are not the same as those that existed under the Mahama administration.
He said Mr Mahama’s gross incompetence in managing the economy forced him to go the Fund for support.
Under the...
A Nigerian pastor has admonished Christians to increase the percentage of their tithes and stop dwelling on the Biblical 10% prescribed by the Bible.
According to the pastor who goes by the name Gospel Agochukwu, prices of goods and services have skyrocketed hence the meagre 10% tithe is not enough for God- as it were.
He said Christians have to find...
National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has announced that he will seek to lead the party again for the next four years.
Ofosu Ampofo who was speaking on Accra based 3FM believes he is the right man to lead the NDC to wrestle power from the NPP in 2024.
The NDC will head to the polls...
The Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, has confirmed that the country lost about GH¢27 billion to tax exemptions granted some businesses between 2008 and 2020.
The amount translates to about GH¢2.2 billion surrendered in tax waivers each year for the 12-year period.
Addressing Parliament last Friday, the Finance Minister also said since 2008, it was only in 2020 that the lost...
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has launched the National Electronic Pharmacy Platform (NEPP) in Accra on Monday.
The national ePharmacy, which is the first national-scale ePharmacy platform in Africa, is a digital convergence of licensed pharmacies across the country, which will enable Ghanaians to have access to prescribed medicines and buy by making an order with a mobile phone through...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called for unity within the rank and file of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) following the election of new national executives to steer the affairs of the party.
Akufo-Addo believes this is crucial in ensuring the party’s mantra of “breaking the 8” become a reality in the 2024 elections.
He congratulated the newly elected...
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,...
Management of Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) will from today, Monday, July 18, 2022, resume the Tema-Accra passenger train service, which was suspended temporarily for rehabilitation works.
“After successfully addressing some technical challenges, GRCL conducted series of test runs and a final joint inspection was also carried out on July 7, 2022, by GRCL and Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA)...
Former President John Dramani Mahama has said at the moment, the Ghana Card is being brandished as a political tool around which all manner of schemes is being fashioned towards elections.
He said there is the need to allow sufficient time for its full integration into the way of life before “this kind of unhelpful exclusion of all other legitimately...
