The One-District-One-Factory (1D1F) project under the Nana Addo led
administration, is earnestly creating jobs for inmates at the Nsawam
Medium Prisons and other areas in the country.
This is because a tissue paper manufacturing company set up to assist
in the reformation of prisoners’ agenda of the government is in full
operation.
Speaking on the Tuesday edition of the...
Influential Dancehall artistes, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale, are to hold a
unity concert dubbed: "Ghana First" after smoking the peace pipe.
The news was announced at a press conference organised by the Kofi Abban Foundation held at the Marriott Hotel in Accra today.
The two artistes' fierce rivalry, which has been ongoing for years,
finally erupted on stage at...
The viral video of Burniton Music Group’s Kelvyn Boy ‘callously’
snubbing his colleague musician Wendy Shay during the joint press
conference Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy today, June 4, after the two smoked
the peace pipe has seen many people who have sighted the video ask the
question if all is well between the two.
Well, if you are one...
A judge has ordered Member of Parliament for Bawku Central Mahama
Ayariga to make himself available in court over a corruption probe case.
Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe of the Financial and Tax Court on
Tuesday asked lawyers of the lawmaker to produce him for the case to
take its natural course.
According to Starr News’ court correspondent Wilberforce...
The Ghana Charismatic Bishops Conference has said an attempt by Members
of Parliament to legislate against fake pastors and churches amounts to
an attempt to control religious beliefs.
“…we do not support any idea of legislating or controlling beliefs,
faiths or religious beliefs of our citizens,” the Bishops said in an
official communiqué on the matter.
The Bishops said Ghanaians go...
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has defended
his decision to counter sue the Special Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, who is
pursuing him in court over alleged tax evasion and
fraud.
According to Mahama Ayariga, his action is not borne out of fear but he
only wants the Special Prosecutor to go through the right procedure.
Mr Amidu...
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central Kenndey Agyapong has
lashed out at owners in the hospitality industry in Ghana for charging
exorbitant prices from their customers thereby collapsing the tourism
industry.
According to him, some of the taxes on hotels’ receipts are illegal because they have not been approved by Parliament.
He wondered why hotel owners find it convenient...
The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) as part of a nation-wide enforcement
exercise to clamp down on tourism enterprises operating without license
from the Authority, has closed down two tourism facilities in Accra.
The facilities, Villaggio Vista and Airport Side Hotel, have been
given a 24-hour ultimatum to rectify and ensure they meet the
requirements for immediate...
International legal luminaries, Prof. Henry Kwasi Prempeh, Executive Director of Center for Democratic Development and a member of Ghana’s legal team in the ITLOS case and American Based Ghanaian Law Professor, Kwaku Asare have questioned the bases behind the refusal of Bawku Central MP, Mahama Ayariga, not to honour invitation sent to the speaker...
At least five people have been confirmed dead in the Friday torrential downpour in Takoradi in the Western Region.
The Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan NADMO director James Obeng Jnr. who
confirmed the incident told Empire News’ Emmanuel Ohene-Gyan that the
deaths occurred at Ngyeresia, a fishing community in Sekondi when a mud
house collapsed on a family.
The Western Regional capital...
