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Parliament ‘fights’ Ofori-Atta over budgetary allocation to the House

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has hinted of an impasse between Parliament and the Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, in relation to budgetary allocation to the legislature. According to ...

22 November, 2021

COPEC blasts government for keeping silent on rising fuel prices in 2022 budget

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), is disappointed that the government did not propose any policy in the 2022 budget statement to address the continuous hikes in fuel prices. COPEC’s ...

22 November, 2021

Northern Region: Dalun residents stage demo over bad roads

Residents of Dalun in the Kumbungu District of the Northern Region have staged a protest over the poor state of the road linking the community to the district and the ...

22 November, 2021

Konongo-Odumase SHS killing: Prosecution of suspects continues today

The Konongo District Court will later today, Monday, November 22, 2021, continue hearing the case of the five juveniles arrested in connection with the death of a first-year student of ...

22 November, 2021

#FixTheCountry movement to meet police today over demo against 2022 budget

Convenors of the FixTheCountry Movement will later today, Monday, November 22, meet the Police ahead of their planned demonstration on Friday, November 26. The protest is to express their displeasure ...

22 November, 2021

Ghana among countries with highest fuel prices in Africa

Cycling to work may soon be, if not already, an imperative as the consistent jump in fuel prices in the country since September has secured Ghana a top spot on ...

22 November, 2021

Parliamentary debate on 2022 budget to start on Tuesday, Nov. 23

Members of Parliament will begin debate on the 2022 Budget Statement later this week. The debate on the policy and principles of the budget statement will begin on Tuesday 23rd ...

22 November, 2021

Bereaved families of Saboba drowning incident reiterate call for headteacher to be pardoned

Families of the 9 JHS students who died in the Saboba District of the Northern Region last week Friday, November 19, 2021, have reiterated their plea for the headteacher at ...

22 November, 2021

Construction of constituency offices for MPs to start in 2022

The construction of constituency offices for all 275 Members of Parliament is expected to start in 2022 in phases. This is contained in the 2022 budget presented by the Finance ...

22 November, 2021

WhatsApp privacy policy tweaked in Europe after record fine

WhatsApp is rewriting its privacy policy as a result of a huge data protection fine earlier this year. Following an investigation, the Irish data protection watchdog issued a €225m (£190m) ...

22 November, 2021

Waukesha: Fatalities after car ploughs into Wisconsin parade

Police have said there were “some fatalities” after a car ploughed into a parade in Wisconsin. Footage posted online shows a red sports utility vehicle (SUV) driving through a Christmas ...

22 November, 2021

Ethiopia threatens to revoke licences of four foreign media houses

The Ethiopian media watch has threatened to revoke licences of four foreign media houses against taking sides on their reporting in the ongoing violence in the country. The Federal Republic ...

22 November, 2021

Sudan PM Hamdok reinstated after coup 

The Sudanese Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday announced that the house arrest of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been lifted following a power deal reached with the military for ...

22 November, 2021

Prof. Kwesi Yankah makes a case for increased women participation in Ghana’s education system

A former Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, says there must be a deliberate attempt to push the agenda of the inclusion of more women ...

21 November, 2021

Alban Bagbin charges parliament to check overspending by the executive

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, says a thorough consideration of the 2022 budget can help restore the lost confidence in Ghana’s parliament. According to the Speaker, politicians have become ...

21 November, 2021


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