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The Ministry of Special Development Initiative budgeted ¢800,000 for the development of a website, a figure criticised as bloated. “This is nothing but corruption”, Minority spokesperson on Finance Ato Forson told Joy News. Parliament approved the expenditure item despite red flags from the Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC). A further 10 million was approved to purchase 20 4-Wheel Drive vehicles for the Minister and other officials. “As a Minister, I do not even have an official vehicle,” Mavis Hawa Koomson explained. According to the budget estimates, it will cost more to build a website than buy one 4-Wheel Drive vehicle. The Ministry will…

A ferry carrying 251 people has capsized in stormy seas off the east coast of the Philippines, the coastguard says. A spokesman said a number of casualties had been reported. Huge waves are said to have caused the boat to overturn. Reports say local boats have already rescued some passengers on board the vessel near the island of Polillo. Rescue boats and helicopters sent to the area have been hampered by bad weather, officials say. At least four bodies have been recovered, while many passengers have been saved, local media report. However, coastguard spokesman Armand Balilo said they were “still…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his electoral victory in the December 2016 elections has exposed the crude propaganda against him, which was waged against him, over the years, by his political opponents. According to President Akufo-Addo, “during the elections, people were going around saying that the people of Krobo should not vote for us [in the NPP], because when they do, since I am an Akyem, I will come and sack the people of Krobo, and make them miserable. As you can see, nothing like that has happened, has it?” The President continued, “I am sure you can all…

Deputy National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fred Agbenyo has called on the Speaker of Parliament to institute investigations into monies paid by expatriates to sit close to President Akufo-Addo. The Minority Chief Whip Mubarak Muntaka has accused the Trade Ministry of charging “unapproved fees” to the tune of $100,000 to grant access to President Akufo-Addo at an event. Mubarak Muntaka says the Ministry on October 23, 2017, wrote a letter to Ghana Business Expatriates Community in Ghana asking participants to pay monies ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 to sit with the president on the same table…

Nii Nortey Dua, a former deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, is reportedly dead. Nortey Dua who is a former broadcaster at state-owned Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) is said to have died on Thursday morning. He was the Member of Parliament for the Ledzokuku constituency in the Greater Accra region between 2008 and 2012. It is not clear what caused his death but 3news.com gathered that the former MP had been ill for some time now. Nii Nortey was a lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism from where he joined politics. General Secretary of the NDC, General Asiedu Nketia…

The Chief Executive Officer of Exclusive Events Ghana Limited, Ms Inna Mariam Patty is threatening to take legal action against persons claiming she pimped former beauty queens. Lawyers of Ms. Patty, a former beauty queen herself, have described claims that their client exploited former Miss Ghana pageants  as “vicious and malicious”. The Akufo-Addo, Prempeh and Co, solicitors for Inna Patty, said “We are instructed that the said allegations are baseless, categorically untrue, inspired by malice and mischief and only calculated to ridicule, embarrass, disparage and bring our cents’ enviable reputation into disrepute.” One of the beauty queens, Stephanie Karikari reportedly…

A baby has been born from an embryo frozen for nearly 25 years – possibly the longest gap between conception and birth since IVF began. The embryo was donated by a family in the US and has become the first child for a woman who would herself have been only one when the baby was conceived. The donated embryo that would become Emma Wren Gibson, a healthy baby girl, was thawed in March and transferred to mum Tina Gibson’s uterus. Emma was born in November. “Do you realise I’m only 25? This embryo and I could have been best friends,”…

A baby has been born from an embryo frozen for nearly 25 years – possibly the longest gap between conception and birth since IVF began. The embryo was donated by a family in the US and has become the first child for a woman who would herself have been only one when the baby was conceived. The donated embryo that would become Emma Wren Gibson, a healthy baby girl, was thawed in March and transferred to mum Tina Gibson’s uterus. Emma was born in November. “Do you realise I’m only 25? This embryo and I could have been best friends,”…

The Ministry of Energy has launched an Independent Oil & Gas Information Resource Centre (IOGIRC) in Accra as part of efforts to efficiently manage Ghana’s oil and gas potential. The Centre operates as an interactive space for information as well as providing comprehensive information through both online and offline channels to keep all stakeholders abreast with technical, strategic and commercial issues that affect the oil and gas industry. Speaking at the launch, Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of Petroleum Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam said the availability of information on the oil and gas industry would go a long way…

Members of the Executive Women in Microfinance, a caucus of managing directors and chief executives in the microfinance industry, have presented assorted food items and toiletries to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital. The items, valued at about GHC10, 000, are to support the Hospital to ensure that the patients on admission have an enjoyable Christmas celebration. It was made up of bags of rice, gari and sugar, cartons of non-alcoholic drinks, gallons of cooking oil, packs of toilet rolls and disinfectants. “We are here to present these items to the patients of the Psychiatric Hospital. This is our contribution towards enjoyable…