449 The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has announced a review of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Medicines List and Service Tariffs. This means patients and holders of the NHIS card would have to pay more for medicines and services at the various NHIS accredited facilities. The review of the NHIS Medicines list and […]
General News
Save Funds With State Broadcast On 6TH March-Farmer Petitions Akufo Addo
693 George Opoku Amponsah, a Social Interest Advocate, Politician and farmer has appealed to the President of the Republic to rather than anything address the nation on the 6th of March instead of the usual commemorative activities that are done across Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), regional as well as national levels. In a […]
Gay Chief Destooled At Yamonransa
697 The popular Nigerian born British LGBTQIA+ rights campaigner, Davis Mac-Iyalla who was installed as a traditional chief at Yamonransa in the Central Region of Ghana at the weekend is no longer a chief. The chiefs have stripped him of that title and reversed his installation on the grounds that he did not reveal his […]
ECG Urges Customers To Spend Less On Electricity As Upward Adjustment Takes Effect February 1
399 The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has entreated customers to conserve energy and invariably spend less on electricity as the upward adjustment of utility tariffs takes effect on February 1. According to the utility company, it has catalogued all unit consumption and the expected cost in a “reckoner” which clearly explains how the tariff […]
Alternative Livelihoods Project: 3,000 former illegal miners gain employment
722 Some 3,000 former small-scale illegal miners have been employed as oil palm plantation farmers under the Alternative Livelihoods Project in the Birim Central Municipality of the Eastern Region. The project seeks to curb illegal small-scale mining, otherwise known as “galamsey” in the area, and provide alternative employment for residents who hitherto were engaged in […]
SIGA targets 25% contribution to GDP by SOEs in 2023
498 State-Owned Enterprises will contribute 25 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2023, the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) has projected. The Ministry of Finance had charged the Authority to ensure that SOEs become economically viable and contribute at least 30 per cent to the GDP. Mr Edward Boateng, Director-General […]
Petrol to sell at GHC17 despite Gold for Oil Policy – IES
529 The Institute of Energy Security (IES) is predicting an increase in fuel prices despite the Gold for Oil Policy being rolled out by the government. Speaking on Starr Today with Joshua Kodjo Mensah Monday January 30, 2023 Policy Analyst with the IES, Adam Yakubu said consumers should expect that by Tuesday or Wednesday prices […]
2022 Corruption Perceptions Index: Ghana Fails To Make Progress
548 Ghana for the 3rd consecutive year, scores 43 out of a possible clean score of 100 and ranks 72 out of 180 countries and territories included in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released today by Transparency International (TI). This score, reflects a lack of progress in the country’s fight against corruption. Addressing the […]
Fear Grips Bono East Journalists , Other Police Personnel
679 A lot of radio presenters, especially morning show hosts, news reporters and other media personnel in the Bono East region, say even though they are very much aware of the alleged nefarious activities of personnel of the Police Intelligent Directorate (PID) of the Ghana Police Service, they are afraid to report or talk about […]
Rent can now be paid via MoMo – Bawumia vaunts as he launches Nat’l Rental Assistance Scheme
493 Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia says the landmark initiatives such as the digital address system and mobile money interoperability introduced in the first term of the government as part of the digital transformation drive are paying dividends. He said those initiatives have become the building blocks for new programmes such as the National […]