The Passport Office is delaying the issuance of new passports due to a shortage of the green booklet used to produce the document. A source with knowledge of the situation said Buck Press, the company that supplies the booklets, has held back new supplies because it has not been paid for previous deliveries. The situation has created a huge backlog of pending applications, according to the source, and created anxiety among applicants who have completed the application process but are uncertain about when [...]

Five persons got injured in an accident that involved an articulated truck and five other vehicles on Tuesday at the Suame roundabout in Kumasi. A taxi driver was trapped in one of the accident vehicles for close to two hours before rescuers were able to remove him from the wreckage. According to the Ashanti Regional Correspondent of Daily Graphic, Donald Ato Dapatem, the incident happened around midday. He said the articulated truck which was loaded with iron bars fell on [...]

Organised labour has given government a two- week ultimatum to transfer funds to various public sector pension schemes or they would embark on an industrial action. “We wish to state that if by July 14, directives have not been issued for the transfer of funds to various public sector schemes, we will advise ourselves,” said Mr Awotwi Nkansah, Deputy Executive Secretary of GNAT in charge of Labour at a press conference. Organised Labour was represented at the press conference by Civil [...]

“We feel that there is much the world can learn from those of us who belong to what we might term the pre-technological societies. These are values, which we must not sacrifice unheedingly in pursuit of material progress. That is why we say that self-government is not an end in itself. We have to work hard to evolve new patterns, new social customs, new attitudes to life, so that while we seek the material, cultural and economic advancement of our country, while we raise their standards of life [...]

Over 300 protesters are charging to the Flagstaff House House in an unprecedented march armed with a common theme summed up in a protester’s placard “the King is naked” The protester and founder of Energy Solutions Foundation Golda Addo’s told Joy Fm’s Super Morning Show “the King thinks that he is in fancy clothes but the king is naked. Nobody is telling him the truth”. The non-partisan group calling itself Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG) is marching to [...]

A truck pusher is in the grip of the police for allegedly boiling both hands of his eight-year-old daughter. The suspect, 25-year-old Jacob Kuli, a resident of Ashaiman, was said to be living alone with his kindergarten two daughter after the victim’s mother abandoned them.According to the Police, Mr Joseph Adjetey Adjei, who is a resident of Apolonia and the landlord of Kuli, visited his Ashaiman house on June 26 at about 0600 hours. Mr Adjei [...]

Subscribers of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) who enjoy healthcare services at Mission Hospitals will be made to pay cash with effect from Wednesday, July 2, 2014. This follows the decision by the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) to withdraw its services to subscribers of the NHIS because managers of the scheme are indebted to Mission ospitals in excess of GHC 50 million. There are 183 Mission Hospitals in the country which cater for about 42 per cent of the [...]

The Chairman of the Kenpong Group of Companies, Mr Kennedy Agyapong, has accused the former Youth and Sports Minister, Mr Elvis Afriyie Ankrah, of personally arrogating to himself some of the organisational activities relating to the sponsorship of supporters to the Brazil World Cup. This, he said, were the reasons for the poor organisation for the supporters in Brazil. He said even though government had asked Kenpong Travel and Tours, for instance, to transport 270 passengers to [...]

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has criticized government’s decision to airlift $3 million cash to the Black Stars players. Government airlifted $ 3 million cash to pay the appearance fee of the Black Stars players after the team threatened a boycott of Thursday’s match. A press statement issued by the GBA noted that “government’s decision to bow to the pressure from the Black Stars players does not only break the law but also set a bad precedent for the citizenry [...]

The President has ordered the release of government’s strategic fuel reserves onto the market. The Information Minister, Mahama Ayariga on Eyewitness News said: “It’s not true that we don’t have strategic reserves in the system…and as at the early part of this day [Friday], the President directed that it should be released and so it was being pumped out.” The Minister also stated that government has made part payment of its debts to the Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs) to enable them supply [...]

The Financial Division of the High Court Monday directed two ministries to produce a letter which challenged the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of CAN 2008’s proposal that a Chinese construction firm be allowed to partake in the bidding process for the stadia construction project. By the directive, the ministries of Education and Sports are expected to produce the said letter which was alleged to have been signed by then Minister of Education and Sports [...]

The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has given indications its industrial action will continue despite meeting with the Education Ministry. The Ministry on Friday met the striking NAGRAT members in a bid to talk them out of the strike.According to NAGRAT, even though the outcome of the meeting was quite successful, the association would have to consider the proposals by the Education Ministry before taking any concrete decision. NAGRAT began their [...]

Telecom operator, Vodafone Ghana has assured its customers it is working expeditiously to fix the recent slight shortage of recharge cards in some parts of the country.Some subscribers of Vodafone across the country have been complaining about the shortage of recharge cards and the difficulties one has to go through before recharging credits unto one’s phone. Commercial Director of Vodafone Ghana, Michael Nii Boye Adjei, and Chief Marketing Officer of Vodafone[...]

The President, John Dramani Mahama, together with the first lady, Lordina Mahama has signed the book of condolence for the late Paul Victor Obeng at the residence. The President led a government delegation to visit the family to commiserate with them over the demise of Mr. Obeng; his senior advisor. He described him as an “energetic encourager… and an admirable unifier and giant of our political landscape over the last 30 years.” PV Obeng died on Saturday after suffering an asthma attack [...]

Student of Accra Polytechnic have expressed their disappointment at the timing of the strike by their lecturers. The students say the ongoing strike by the members of the Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) will adversely affect their preparations for the end of semester examinations expected to begin in June. POTAG announced an indefinite nationwide strike in protest against the unwillingness of[...]

President John Dramanl Mahama has been unanimously elected the new Chair of the ECOWAS Authority Heads of State and Government for a one year term. He takes over from Ivorian President Allasane Ouattara who was elected on February 17,2012. President Mahama is due to give his acceptance speech at the ongoing 44th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’ Ivoire today[...]

University of Ghana Vice Chancellor, Prof Ernest Aryeetey has been re-appointed for a second term in Office. His first tenure ends in July this year. Prof Aryeetey’s re-appointment was decided at the University Council’s meeting on Thursday March 27, 2014. His first tenure has seen him introduce some policy decisions which in his view would transform the state University into[...]

Franklin Cudjoe of IMANI Ghana says President John Mahama’s announcement of a free Senior High School (SHS) policy is "whimsical.” "The whimsical nature with which this policy was announced…this was whimsical, it was capricious, it was not thought through, it was just mentioned,” he said. He also opined that the President’s state of the nation address last Tuesday "was all over the place, lacked coherence.” The President, John Mahama as[...]