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The Motor Transport and Traffic Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, has cautioned the public to discuss issues relating to foreigners who are engaging in commercial driving in Ghana with circumspection. According to the Director of Research and Education at MTTD, DSP Alexander Obeng , if care is not taken unguarded criticisms could lead to xenophobic attack on foreigners in Ghana. Social media was awash over the weekend with a picture of a young man who appeared to be a Chinese driving a taxi cab in Ghana. Although the registration plate of the taxi cab did not show in…

An assistant headmaster of the Okomfo Anokye Senior High School at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region has been shot dead by an unknown assailants. The 53-year-old James Agyei, who is also a pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church was driving to a funeral of a GNAT member when he was shot in the area between Adubenso and Abuabuja in the Afigya Kwabre District early Sunday. It is unclear the motive for his killing. Except his mobile phones which were missing from his white Benze saloon car in which he was driving, all other personal effects were intact, family members…

South Africa’s scandal-hit President Jacob Zuma has abandoned a May Day rally after he was booed by workers demanding his resignation. Scuffles broke out between Mr Zuma’s supporters and opponents, resulting in all speeches being cancelled. The main labour federation, Cosatu, called on Mr Zuma to step down last month after he sacked his widely respected finance minister. Mr Zuma’s allies say he will remain in office until his term ends in 2019. He was seen on live television hastily leaving the podium and being whisked away in a motorcade from the rally in Bloemfontein city, Reuters news agency reports.…

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that “Ghana needs all its trained manpower to be at work”, and, therefore, has assured unemployed nurses and midwives they will soon be employed by the government. President Akufo-Addo acknowledged that he was aware of the recent sit-ins at the Ministry of Health by a group of nurses and midwives who are yet to be placed, years after completing their training. In his May Day speech, the President indicated that “my government is your government and we are listening to your concerns. We are determined that, together, we will…

Ghanaian mining firm engineers and Planners says it has cleared all outstanding debts owed SSNIT. This follows media reports that the company has been dragged to court over its failure to pay the SSNIT contribution of workers But in documents cited by TV3 news indicated, the company sought to clarify the circumstances surrounding its indebtedness to SSNIT. On the 22nd of December 2016, SSNIT entered into a negotiated agreement with Engineers and Planners (ENP over the none payment of 1.6 million cedis as it does with all clients for the payment of arrears of social security contributions. By the terms…

In his bid to water down the swelling dissent against his government, the President, Nana Akufo-Addo has assured miners that the crusade against galamsey is to create a win-win situation for them and the state. There is a nationwide campaign against illegal mining popularly referred to as galamsey following its destructive nature: the environment and water bodies as well as arable lands have been destroyed by illegal miners. The government led by the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources is gradually winning the fight to end illegal mining in the country amidst a handful and containable protest. “We are not fighting…

A driver and two passengers of an O.A bus were shot by alleged armed robbers late Sunday on the Nandom-Lawra road in the Upper West Region. The driver and one passenger were shot in the head while the third victim was shot in the neck through the windscreen of the bus with registration number GR 6499-09 at about 11:00pm Sunday. The bus was travelling to Accra from Nandom. According to eyewitnesses, the tyres of the bus were also shot at forcing driver to stop for the armed robbers to carry out their operation. The victims were rushed to the Lawra District…

Ghanaian workers have no respect for working hours and engage in unproductive acts, the country’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said on Monday when he addressed hundreds of workers in commemoration of Workers Day in Accra. Although he admitted pay levels of Ghanaian workers were not “satisfactory”, he observed the productivity levels and work attitude of the Ghanaian worker are “unsatisfactory” in all levels of the economy. “We arrive at work late and then spend the first hour in prayer. We are clock watchers and leave in the middle of critical work because it is the official closing time. Everything…

Government is set to review the power compact it signed with the Millennium Challenge Corporation that will see a concession of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) being managed by the private sector.  This is coming on the  back of a growing concern by ECG workers, civil society groups and a cross-section of Ghanaians insisting on outright rejection of the deal. The Government of Ghana signed the Ghana Power Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), an independent United States government agency, on the sidelines of the US Africa Leaders’ Summit in Washington on August 5, 2014. Addressing workers at the Black…

General Secretary of the Ghana Trades Union Congress, Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, on Monday blamed the challenges being faced by Ghanaians on the country’s economic mismanagement in the last 60 years. Mincing no words on the occasion of Workers’ Day celebration parade at the Independence Square in Accra, the trade unionist said life has become unbearable for many Ghanaians as they “lack the very basic necessity to life”. The celebration is on the theme: Mobilising for Ghana’s Future through the Creation of Decent Jobs”. Dr Baah said although the country has since its independence 60 years ago strived to nurture…