PNC TO VET ASPIRANTS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY; MORNAH, APASERA LEAD PRESIDENTIAL RACE
The People's National Convention (PNC) has officially closed nominations for persons seeking to be elected to various positions during its upcoming Congress on Saturday, paving the way for the vetting of aspirants. The opposition party has scheduled Thursday and Friday for the vetting of 17 aspirants who have submitted applications. According to a statement from the Congress...
THERE IS NO US COURT WHICH IS AWARDING JUDGMENT DEBT AGAINST GOVERNMENT OF GHANA – ATTORNEY-GENERAL CLARIFIES
There is no US Court which is awarding judgment debt against the government of Ghana, the Attorney-General Godfred Dame has said. He explained that the $111 million judgment debt case awarded in favour of Ghana Power Generation Company by the court in the United States is only an enforcement order. That enforcement order, he said, is on...
U.S. COURT SLAPS GHANA WITH $111M JUDGMENT DEBT IN FAVOUR OF GHANA POWER GENERATION COMPANY
Following the failure of the Government of Ghana to fully comply with an earlier tribunal decision from the United Kingdom, a District of Columbia Court in the United States has awarded a $111,493,828.82 judgment debt against Ghana in favour of the Ghana Power Generation Company (GPGC). The court, in granting the Motion for Default Judgment in favour...
NDC OUTLINES DEMANDS BEFORE COMMITTING TO PEACE PACT
The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has set forth specific conditions that the party insists must be met before considering signing the Peace Pact advocated by the National Peace Council in anticipation of the December 7 elections. Mr. Nketia expressed scepticism about the effectiveness of past Peace Pacts, highlighting that...
BAWUMIA TO MEET THE PRESS ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 25
The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is scheduled to host a media engagement on Sunday, August 25, 2024, in Accra. This event comes a week after the NPP launched its manifesto. The purpose of the media engagement is to allow the presidential candidate to interact with the media and provide the public...
EC ANNOUNCES ALLOWANCE RATE FOR TEMPORARY ELECTION OFFICIALS
The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced that all temporary staff engaged in the voter’s register exhibition and the upcoming elections will be compensated with daily rates ranging from GH¢130 to GH¢2,000. According to a memo signed by the Deputy Chairman in charge of Corporate Services and distributed to all Regional Directors on August 14, 2024, Supervisors will...
HEALTH MINISTER: “WE ARE MOVING QUICKLY TO OPERATIONALIZE THE AGENDA 111 HOSPITALS.”
The Minister of Health, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye, has declared that all district hospitals funded under Agenda 111 projects will be completely operationalized. He claimed that the Akufo-Addo administration is working quickly in the meantime to make sure that some of them are operational by year's end. In a previous statement, Dr. Bernard Okoe-Boye attributed the delay in...
VOTER’S EXHIBITION EXERCISE BEGINS TODAY
The 2024 Voters Exhibition Exercise will be launched by the Electoral Commission (EC) today, August 20, and will run through August 27, 2024. The purpose of the initiative, according to Dr. Bossman Asare, Deputy Chairman of the EC in charge of Corporate Services, is to assist voters in finding their designated polling places. In this manner, people...
THE 2024 NPP FULL MANIFESTO
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has launched its Manifesto for the December 7 elections. The manifesto embodies the vision of the flagbearer of the party, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, if given the opportunity to manage affairs of the country from January 7, 2025.Read Full Manifesto Here DOWNLOAD MANIFESTO HERE
BAGRE DAM SPILLAGE SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
SONABEL, the power utility company of Burkina Faso says it will begin the spillage of water from the Bagre Dam on Monday, August 19, 2024. A statement signed by the White Volta Basin Secretariat of the Water Resources Commission, said the update from SONABEL indicates that the current water level of the dam was 232.8 metres and...
