WE CAN’T MEET CLOGSAG’S DEMAND; IT WIL BE CONSIDERED NEXT YEAR – PRESIDENT

President John Mahama has stated that the government cannot meet the demand of striking members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana for the payment of their interim market premium.

WITHDRAW FROM IMF PROGRAMME – TUC TELLS GOVT

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana wants the government to take a bold decision to withdraw from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme because of its negative impact on the lives of Ghanaians.

COURT STAYS SUSPENSION OF LAWYER KODUAH

The Court of Appeal has stayed the three-year suspension of a Kumasi-based lawyer, Mr Hansen Koduah, until the final determination of a suit challenging the suspension.

GOVT HAS NO INTENTION TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA

The government does not intend to ban the use of social media on election day, the Iinterior Minister, Prosper Bani has stated.

KUFUOR JABS EC OVER 2016 POLLS

Former President John Kufuor has cautioned the Electoral Commission to be transparent and accountable  in order for Ghana to have peaceful general elections on December 7.

NDC STORMS NSAWAM FOR JAILED MONTIE 3

The Nsawam Medium Security Prison has suddenly become a tourist centre following the incarceration  of the Montie 3 by the Supreme Court.

FASION MODEL KILLED

Members of the family of Jennifer Amegabor-Smith, a model and one of the most known faces on the runway are yet to come to terms with circumstances that led to her death.

NEW BILL SEEKS TO SANITISE RENT MARKET

A new Rent Bill is before cabinet and its intention is to instill some discipline in the country’s rent market, which has flouted the existing law that limits rent advance to six months, and bring relief to the nightmarish experience of tenants.

COCOYAM FACES NEGLECT

Cocoyam has been identified as one root crop which has the capacity to increase the incomes of smallholder farmers through investment and value addition, but its cultivation is on the decline.

INFLATION RECORDS 16-MONTH LOW DROPS TO 16.7%

Headline inflation fell to a 16-month low in July as stability in the cedi has helped to subdue prices of goods and service, the Ghana Statistical Service has reported.