The Ghana Chamber of Commerce and Industry, or GNCCI, is calling on the government to waive taxes on the importation of raw materials used in producing local industries. According to the first vice chairperson of GNCCI, Mrs Victoria Haja, these high import taxes have pushed the cost of production high …

Out of the 20,181 teachers who sat for the 2023 Ghana Teacher Licensure Examination (GTLE) 2 and 3, a significant number of 9,556—over 30%—have failed to meet the pass mark. According to the National Teaching Council (NTC), the results will officially be released on Thursday, December 21, 2023. A statement …

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to pay assembly members an allowance when he is elected president in the 2024 elections. The former president acknowledged the important role that people within the local governance structure play and indicated that they need financial support …

The residents of Ankaase in the Fanteakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region have boycotted the Assembly members’ election scheduled for today, December 19, 2023. The residents indicated that no development work had been done in the area for the past several years The chief of Ankaase Barimah Ansah Sasraku …

Former President John Dramani Mahama  has told the Electoral Commission (EC) to advertise the district-level elections as it does for presidential and parliamentary polls. This, in his view, will get more people aware of and interested in the district assembly elections. Asked what could be done to raise the interest of Ghanaians in the …

Cashew farmers in the cashew growing areas in the two Bono regions are threatening to halt selling of cashew beans to merchants this season due to current minimum price announced by the Chief Executive Officer of Tree Crops development Authority Hon.William Agyepong Quaitoo. The CEO announced a price of Gh7.00 …

A 16-year-old boy, Isaac Nana Nartey, a Form 1 student of Suhum Technical Institute, has been arrested at Kasoa New Market and is suspected of being a criminal in the market. According to the leader of the security guard at Kasoa New Market, Alahji Harun Tetteh Mensah, criminals have taken …

Former airport security director Hopeson Yaovi Adorye has slammed executives of the ruling New Patriotic Party in his latest outburst after being sacked from the party in November of this year. In an interview with Evans-Nkum on Akoma FM’s evening political show M’abato, the former NPP parliamentary candidate for the …

As the 2024 general elections draw closer and political activities heat up, it is so normal for our political landscape to be awash with campaign messages of all kinds from all political parties. However, it is not far-fetched for the Ghanaian voter to expect realistic and convincing policy alternatives from …

Parliament could not agree on the appropriate punishment for LGBTQ+ persons engaging in unnatural carnal knowledge with each other. The Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill criminalizes sex between persons of the same sex, between a man or woman and an animal or object, proposing a punishment …