President Akufo-Addo says his administration’s development agenda for Ghana is not driven by partisanship but a commitment to bring development to all of Ghana. Addressing the residents of James Town at the site earmarked for the construction of the James Town Fishing Harbour for which he cut the sod for the commencement of work, President […] The post Our

Ghana’s largest network service provider, MTN has made a cash donation of Gh¢7,000 to the Bonwire Traditional Council ahead of the Bonwire Kente Festival in the Ashanti region. Aside the funds, MTN also donated airtime worth Gh¢500 and branded souvenirs. The Bonwire Kente Festival was this year launched in October to celebrate the heritage of the […] The post MTN

The Vice Chairman of the Health Committee of Parliament Dr. Ayew Afriyie has said the drone deal between the government of Ghana and Ghana Drone Delivery Project will employ some 200 Ghanaian students. “They are going to employ 200 Ghanaian students. They are also going to do it in other African countries and many Ghanaians […] The post Drone project to employ 200 students appeared

The College of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has called off its strike which commenced on the 29 September. The strike action which was aimed at compelling government to pay its members their market premium, as well as their book and research allowances, lasted for 24 academic days. The call-off followed a directive to […] The post CETAG calls off strike appeared first on

The Council of Elders of the National Democratic Congress, (NDC) has reduced the filing fee for flagbearer hopefuls to GH?300, 000 from the initial GH?400, 000. The decision was taken after a meeting today at the party’s headquarters in Accra. The council of elders have also extended the closing date for the picking of forms […] The post NDC Council of

President Akufo-Addo inspecting progress of work on the footbridges Contractors working on the six footbridges on the Adentan/Madina Highway say the bridges will be ready for use in April 2019. They made this known Wednesday when President Akufo-Addo made a stopover during his three-day working tour of the Greater Accra region to inspect the progress […] The post Adentan/Madina

Members of Ghana’s Parliament are yet to have copies of the Legislative Instruments (LIs) for the office of the Special Prosecutor almost two weeks after they were laid. The Office of the Special Prosecutor Regulations, 2018 and the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Regulations), 2018 were laid by the Minister of Defence, Dominic Nitiwul, on […] The post MPs warn over

The Food and Agriculture Minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie-Akoto has stated that the 2018 National Farmers Day celebration to be held in Tamale is likely to face challenges due to inadequacy of funds. Briefing Parliament Wednesday on the situation Dr. Afriyie Akoto said the organization of the event is dependent largely on private donors since the […] The post No cash

Bereaved families and victims of the Foase security-services brutalities can finally see some glimmer of hope as government is paying all medical bills of the affected victims today. Four people died with over thirty others sustaining life threatening injuries in February this year, when security personnel fired live bullets at demonstrators protesting the removal of […] The post Gov’t

National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer hopeful Alban Bagbin has dissociated himself from the presidential nomination forms picked on his behalf. “I’m not associated with this. It’s not on my authority and I disregard it,” the Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament told Starr News after the forms were picked in his name by some of his […] The post NDC

President Akufo-Addo has appealed to Chief Executive Officers and heads of business firms operating in the Tema business enclave to join hands with government to develop the economy. Addressing a host of Chief Executive Officers and heads of businesses at the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) Tower in Tema, as part of his three-day […] The post Let’s help ourselves –

President Akufo-Addo says the sound management of the Ghanaian economy, coupled with the implementation of a number of social intervention programmes, such as the Free Senior High School policy, have exposed the lack of understanding of some elements of the National Democratic Congress on the subject of social and economic development. According to President Akufo-Addo, […] The post NDC

The Electoral Commission (EC) has reverted to its original logo two years after it was changed under its former chairperson Charlotte Osei. A memo announcing the restoration of the original logo which bears the coat of arms and a ballot box showing the hand casting a vote said the change takes effect from today December […] The post EC changes Charlotte Osei’s logo appeared first

The 2017 Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana (CIMG) Rural Bank of the Year, Odotobri Rural Bank has opened for business, its twelfth branch at Santasi in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. Already showing a strong presence across the region, the bank’s new branch adds on to the Obuasi, Asawasi, Krofrom, Agric Nzema, Maakro, Ayigya, Bantama, […] The post A/R:

The corporate social responsibility arm of telecom giant MTN Ghana, the MTN Ghana Foundation, has been adjudged the Best Company in Women Empowerment at the 2018 Sustainability and Social Investment Awards held in Accra. At the same event, MTN Ghana Foundation also emerged Best Company in Economic Empowerment; Best Company in Project Providing Educational Facilities; […] The post MTN

A fifteen-member business delegation from Turkey, led by the Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, Her Excellency, Nesrin Bayaz?t, have paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia Palace, in Kumasi. The visit to the Manhyia Palace, which coincided with the marking of ‘Awukudae,’ was to reaffirm the commitment of Turkish […] The post Turkish

The deputy general secretary of the New Patriotic Party Nana Obiri Boahen is warning that the National Democratic Congress is digging its own grave; refusing to accept that its 420 thousand cedi flagbearership fee is excessive and overbearing. Mr Obiri Boahen foretells that the party will end up losing a mass of its Non-Mahama-followers; loyal […] The post “NDC

The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital has taken a giant step which should see the hospital raise funds to retool its equipment’s and build on the hospital’s infrastructure. The hospital has launched an endowment fund to be overseen by an eleven member board of trustees to raise close to 300 million cedis seed capital. The Komfo […] The post KATH woos donors with endowment fund

Thousands of youth in government’s youth in afforestation program in the Ashanti Region are threatening to picket at the Ashanti regional office of the forestry commission on Tuesday. The workers are angered they have not been paid their salaries since July this year after risking their lives planting trees in reptile infested bushes. They are […] The post A/R

The ministry of health is set to transport blood and other emergency products to remote areas of the country by drones. The move is to reduce the challenges associated with the supply of medicines and other essential services to rural areas in the country which are difficult to by road. Dr Twum Nuamah, chairman of […] The post Drones to supply blood to villages in 2019 appeared