793 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 […]
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2022 Corruption Perceptions Index: Ghana Fails To Make Progress
793 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
941 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
716 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 […]
Ghana Stagnates On Corruption Perception Index
789 For the third consecutive year, Ghana failed to improve on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI). Results published today show that Ghana’s score of 43 out of 100 in the 2022 CPI has remained the same since 2020. The country tied for 72nd (with Benin, Bulgaria, Senegal and South Africa) […]
Kennedy Agyapong Pays USD 147,000 To Save Cancer Patient @ KATH
1,017 Ghana’s next president hopeful Hon Kennedy Agyapong on Monday 30th January 2023 renewed the yearly maintenance fee of the linear accelerator; a cancer treatment plant at the Oncology department of the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. The plant’s renewal fee is USD 147,000 and the gesture is something he does every year so as to […]
Illegal Mining Operation Ongoing Outside Atiwa Forest
740The Forestry Commission has demobilised an excavator in the Atewa Forest Reserve following reports of alleged illegal mining activities. The Commission in a press release said its officials on January 30, 2023, identified a mining operation outside the Forest Reserve, which has affected a portion of the Forest Reserve. “Following reports of alleged illegal mining […]
Intensify Monitoring Of Food Vendors -FDA told
828 The nation must intensify efforts to improve on food safety because of the activities of food vendors who are steadily springing up in the country without proper surveillance of their activities. The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) must, therefore, scale up its surveillance efforts and take steps to clear food vendors without permits off […]
Gold for Oil deal lacks transparency; it must go before Parliament – Mahama
841Former President, John Dramani Mahama says government must put before Parliament, the Gold for Oil agreement for parliamentary scrutiny and approval since the deal is an international financial transaction. The former President said this at a forum with members of the UK and Ireland Chapter of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in London over the […]
We need to find out if investigation on CSSPS was concluded – Dr. Anti
1,127Executive Director for Institute of Education studies, Dr. Peter Anti, has called for the publication of the conclusion of the internal investigation conducted by the Ministry of Education concerning issues of corruption related to the computerized school selection and placement system (CSSPS). According to him, the only way to get to the bottom of the […]