The Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr. Opoku Ware Ampomah, has clarified that the recent increase in the cost of renal dialysis from GHS¢380 to GHS¢765.42 was not sanctioned by the hospital’s management or approved by Parliament. He told Umaru Sanda Amadu on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News that only …
Read More »Suspected terrorists allegedly infiltrate Fatchu in the Sissala West district
Some suspected terrorists have allegedly crossed over into Ghana from Burkina Faso. The suspects, who were fleeing the police in Burkina Faso after their hideout was discovered are believed to have entered Ghana through Fatchu in the Sissala West District of the Upper West Region. However, a Ghanaian voter ID …
Read More »Three unions in public universities threaten to withdraw services from Oct. 15
Three labour unions in the country’s public universities have threatened to withdraw their services after Sunday, October 15 if the government fails to address their grievances. The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH), and the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) say they …
Read More »EC registers over 600,000 new voters within 16 days
The Electoral Commission (EC) has registered a total of 673,276 new voters sixteen days after the commencement of the limited voter registration exercise across the country. Making the announcement at a press briefing at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission on Thursday, September 28, 2023, Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Bossman Asare …
Read More »CHRAJ condemns gov’t silence on alleged #OccupyJubileeHouse brutalities
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has taken on the Interior and National Security ministries for their silence on the alleged brutality against protestors during the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest. The Commissioner of CHRAJ, Joseph Whittal, who spoke exclusively to TV3, says this lack of correspondence does not engender public …
Read More »Minors, foreigners have taken advantage of guarantor system – EC
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it has noted with worry the trend where minors and foreigners are taking advantage of the guarantor system in its limited registration exercise. According to a Deputy Chairperson of the EC, Dr Bossman Asare, the EC continues to see images and receive reports from its …
Read More »Foiled Jubilee House Picketing: Nobody was manhandled or beaten – Police
The police have denied manhandling or beating any of the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protesters on Thursday in the course of their arrest. “In the course of the arrest, nobody was manhandled or beaten,” a statement relating the facts from the police side said. “In the night of the same day, 21st September …
Read More »Woman stabbed multiple times by boyfriend at Budumburam camp
A 37-year-old woman has been stabbed multiple times by her boyfriend at Budumburam Camp in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region. The incident, according to the sources, happened after the boyfriend, 37-year-old Kobby, suspected the girlfriend, known to her peers as Ama Ghana, of cheating on him. A …
Read More »Don’t use lawlessness to address perceived lawlessness – Peace Council advises protesters
The National Peace Council (NPC) has advised the #OccupyJulorbiHouse protesters against using lawlessness to address perceived lawlessness. Executive Secretary of the National Peace Council, George Amoh in an interview with Citi News on Friday admonished the protesters to exercise restraint and not take the laws into their hands. Mr Amoh mentioned that …
Read More »T’di Hospital: Fake doctor robs patients and absconds
A fake medical doctor is currently on the run after allegedly duping patients who were on admission at the Takoradi Government Hospital, popularly referred to as The European Hospital. The suspect – whose name has been given as Jude – is said to have presented a fake attachment letter from …
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