The First Deputy Speaker of Parliament has revealed that he met his wife for the first time in a commercial bus (Trotro) whiles working as a driver’s conductor. Joseph Osei-Owusu said, “she was a passenger on their truck” who was seated right in front of him on her way to school. He made this revelation during an interaction on JoyNews’ PM Express Personality Profile on Friday, June 25. The Member of Parliament, affectionately called Joe Wise, further explained that “her school was on the Cape Coast high way by then and the major bridge from her end had collapsed so…
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The Speaker of Parliament Alban. S. K Bagbin has expressed support to calls for the creation of an institutional memory bank to help enhance the transfer of knowledge in the public service. He said there is a pressing need for state institutions to create a common platform where present and retired public officials could share knowledge and transfer experiences. The Speaker was addressing executives of the Ex-Parliamentary Service Staff Association of Ghana(EPSSAG) when they called on him in parliament today. The leadership of the EPSSAG called on the Speaker to remind him of a commitment that was made by his…
The Sefwi Wiawso High Court today 25th June, 2021, again sat on the ongoing case between Hon Evans Paul Aidoo(Petitioner), Dr Kwaku Afriyie(1st Respondent) and the Electoral Commission(2nd Respondent). The petitioner who stood on the ticket of the NDC was represented in court by Lawyer Victor Adawudu and the 1st respondent was represented by Lawyer Frank Davies but a brief was held on his behalf by Lawyer Nkuah. Today’s proceedings was specifically about the various witness statements directed to be filed by all parties by court. The Lawyer for the petitioner, Mr Victor Adawudu prayed the court that though he…
A delegation from the Tertiary Education and Institutions Network (TEIN) of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday called on the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban S.K. Bagbin in Parliament. The delegation, led by TEIN Coordinators, called on the Speaker to discuss issues that concerns the NDC including championing the vision of the founder of the party, the late President Jerry John Rawlings. The discussion also veered into the future of the youth of the party and the challenges that confront the development of the Ghanaian youth. The Speaker of Parliament, who warmly received the delegation charged TEIN members…
A message received from the communication giant in Ghana’s telecommunications sector has indicated to its numerous agents of the government’s directives to rollout its tax policy effective July, 2021. According the alert message from MTN to its Mobile Money agents, the government, through the Ghana Revenue Authority, a tax of 10% will be charged on your cash out commission. Kindly find the message from MTN to its Mobile Money agents Y’ello Valued MoMo Agent, kindly be informed that based on the directive from the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), a tax of 10% will be charged on your Cash Out Commission…
Tain is a cosmopolitant district with over 100 Communities. The people in the enclave are mainly farmers with some few public sector workers whiles others especially women have little or no work to earn them a living. The Member of Parliament for the Constituency, Hon. Sulemana Adama (Ramzy, as preferred by the constituents), when voted into office in the 2020 General Elections began a programme which he named ‘Poverty Alleviation Programme’, it was aimed at equiping women with training in making of soaps and pastries. The programme which began in the middle of March 2021 has ran throughout the four…
About 15 members of the #TheFixCountry movement who massed up at the entrance of the High Court have been arrested, including actress, Efia Odo. The reason for the arrest is unknown, except that they were at the High Court to support lawyers of the group in a lawsuit that has been brought against them. Moments before the arrest, the protestors were seen entering the court premises and taking pictures with Efia Odo, one of the conveners who had stepped out of the court premises ahead of the delivery of the ruling. According to some of the conveners, a police officer…
A 50-year-old woman, who has been identified as Akosua Dufie, has been confirmed dead after she was washed away by a flood following Thursday evening’s downpour at Anloga in the Oforikrom Municipality of the Ashanti Region. According to eyewitnesses, the deceased, together with one other person, attempted to cross a weak wooden footbridge in the area, but unfortunately got drowned after the bridge collapsed. They said efforts to rescue the woman proved futile. “The rains started around 5:30 pm yesterday [Thursday], and the whole place was flooded, but people were using the [weak] bridge. The woman also got here and…
Three constituencies in Zambia will not have their parliamentary elections on 12 August as the electoral commission has called for fresh nominations. The nominations calls come after one parliamentary candidate from one of the constituencies died and the other two resigned. The Zambian constitution states that fresh nominations be held if a candidate dies or resigns. After the end of the fresh nomination period, the electoral body is given time to print new ballot papers and organise the election. This will go past the 12 August date that the country is set to hold its general election. The three constituencies…
Medical professionals in South Africa are having to choose who to save as the system is under huge pressure because of a third Covid wave, local media reports. Bayanda Gumede a Chief Nephrology Technologist at a renal clinic for kidney disease told the BBC’s Newsday programme that hospitalisation rates were alarming and health care workers were exhausted. Quote Message: Patients wait sometimes two to three days in casualty before they can get a bed, that’s how dire the situation is.”Patients wait sometimes two to three days in casualty before they can get a bed, that’s how dire the situation is.”…