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Ghana’s coronavirus fatalities have passed the 100 mark as eight more new deaths are announced Friday by health authorities. The total covid-19 deaths now stand at 103. Additionally, 361 new covid-19 cases have been recorded to bring the national tally to 15,834. The country’s recoveries also keep surging, with the current figure being 11,755. Active cases as released by the Ghana Health Service on its website Friday is 3,976. The number of persons in critical condition has also gone up from four to six with those in severe condition still at 24. Case count per Region Greater Accra Region – 9,070…

Lawyer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba has described the ruling by the Supreme Court of Ghana in the suit by the NDC against the Electoral Commission (EC) on the voters registers as a travesty of justice. Mr Amaliba told Alfred Ocansey on the 3FM 92.7 Friday, June 26 that the apex court missed the opportunity to protect the democracy of Ghana by failing to compel to the EC to include the current voters ID as a means of identification in the impending registration exercise. The Supreme Court decided on Thursday June 26 that the current voter ID…

It was a chaotic situation at the long room and revenue unit of the Tema port following the visit of some NDC officials including National Communications Officer Sammy Gyamfi, former Minister for Trade and Industry Ekwow Spio-Garbrah and Bolgatanga Central Member of Parliament Isaac Adongo. The purpose of their visit was to ascertain the difficulties with the newly introduced Integrated Custom Management System (ICUM), also referred to as UNIPASS. Since the introduction of this new port-clearing system, which processes documents and payments through one window and intended to depart from the previous system where valuation and classification and risk management…

Former President John Mahama says Ghanaians should not let the decision of the Supreme Court  on the compilation of a new voters’ register discourage them from registering in their numbers to vote in the December 7 general elections this year. Read his full address below ADDRESS BY HE JOHN DRAMANI MAHAMA, FLAGBEARER OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS (NDC) ON THE SUPREME COURT RULING ON COMPILATION OF A NEW VOTER REGISTER Good evening my brothers and sisters, Earlier today, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Ghana gave its ruling in a case brought by the National Democratic Congress against the…

Former President John Mahama says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is bound to lose the December 2020 general elections with or without a politically engineered electoral roll. Mr Mahama claimed Thursday that the Akufo-Addo government was manipulating the electoral process to its advantage, but said failure of the government will ensure it is defeated in the December 7 elections. “No politically engineered register can save this failed government from the judgment of the people, from the inevitable defeat that awaits them in the next 165 days,” Mr Mahama said at a news conference. According to Mr Mahama who is seeking…

The National Democratic Congress says it is disappointed in the Supreme Court decision blocking the use of birth certificate and the current voter ID  as proof of nationality in the upcoming voters’ registration exercise across the country. Leader of the party, John Mahama, at a news conference Thursday said the party strongly disagrees with position taken by the apex court, which he said, has created confusion in the minds of even legal experts. “We are deeply disappointed and strongly disagreed with the courts over this outcome,” Mr Mahama stated, adding it has “indeed thrown the whole country into a state…

Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Dr Ernest Addison, has expressed worry about the widening budget deficit due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying this development could derail the progress made over the past three years. Speaking in an online broadcast, Dr Addison said the budget deficit, which is projected to reach over 7 percent this year, could in the face of weak revenue generation and the pandemic undermine the economic gains.The deficit was 3.4 percent of GDP in the first quarter against a target of 1.04 percent.“We cannot allow the COVID-19 pandemic to undermine all the gains we have made…

Vivo Energy Ghana, the Shell licensee, in partnership with its fuel retailers, have constructed and handed over a 10-seater water closet toilet facility, with an overhead water tank to the Ahinsan Camp Prison in the Adansi District of the Ashanti Region. For over 27 years, prisoners at the Ahinsan Camp Prison resorted to using a dilapidated wooden structure as a place of convenience, which exposed them to all kinds of infectious diseases. The timely intervention by Vivo Energy Ghana and its retailers means that the personal health and safety of inmates is now improved. The initiative forms part of Vivo…

The Electoral Commission says it has accepted and will respect the decision of the Supreme Court in the compilation of a new voters’ register for the conduct of the December 2020 presidential and parliamentary election. Attempt by the EC to undertake a new registration exercise towards a new register was challenged at the Supreme Court by the National Democratic Congress and one Mark Tekyi-Benson. They wanted the court to order the EC to accept the current voter ID card and birth certificates as proof of citizenship in the registration exercise; a relief the Supreme Court rejected in its decision on…