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Ghana has maintained its position in the latest corruption perception index (CPI)  report released by the Transparency International. Ghana is among 10 countries in the sub region which scored below 50. The country scored 41 out of a possible clean score of 100 in the CPI 2019 and ranked 80 out of the180 countries included in this year’s index. It remained at the 10th position on the index which showed Seychelles as the best African country with the best corruption perception record. The Indian Ocean Island scored 66 and placed 27 in the world ranking. A statement issued on the…

Some newly elected assembly members for the Kwahu Afram Plains North District Assembly in the Eastern Region are likely to boycott their inaugural ceremony today, January 23 to push for the payment of their ex-gratia totalling over 67,000 cedis. Each of the 31 elected members who served the assembly between October 2015 and October 2019 is said to be owed some 1,500 cedis while 28 government appointees who also served for the last two years are owed about 750 cedis each. Of the 31 past members, 15 of them retained their seats in the last district level elections. The affected…

A 46-year-old corporate finance and investment expert, Asante K. Berko, has been appointed as the Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR). He will also chair the executive management team of the refinery. Mr Berko whose appointment was announced on Wednesday, January 22 by the TOR board of directors, succeeds Isaac Osei who served as the MD from 2017 to 2019. He served as Executive Director of Goldman Sachs International in London, until his appointment. The new MD has a wealth of experience spanning a period of 22 years in corporate finance and investment. He is expected to use…

Having a successful and enjoyable career alongside a fulfilling romantic relationship is a life goal for many of us. But even in the most gender-equal countries, finding a partnership that lasts is trickier for high-flying women than men. In Sweden, which ranks first in the EU’s gender equality index thanks to factors like generous parental leave, subsidised daycare and flexible working arrangements, economists recently studied how promotions to top jobs affected the probability of divorce for each gender. The result: women were much more likely to pay a higher personal price for their career success. “Promotion to a top job in politics…

A driver of the Ho West District Assembly in the Volta Region has killed a young man over 25 cedis, triggering a violent attack on the offices of the assembly Wednesday morning. The driver, identified only as John, is said to have demanded that the deceased, Darkeh Wisdom, who operates a mini drinking bar cum provision shop, pays a local assembly tax of 25 cedis. Witnesses say Wisdom told the driver, who is alleged to have been parading himself as a member of the assembly’s revenue taskforce, that he does not readily have the money to make the payment. Wisdom,…

A Ghana military aircraft overran its apron at the Air Force Base in Accra Wednesday morning during what officials say was a routine engine run. The 2015-manufactured CASA C295 Airbus with the registration GHF552 veered off its apron at the base at 11:10 a.m into a lawn. “There was no casualty to any crew member and anybody on ground. There were also no passengers on board, a statement signed by the Public Affairs Director of Ghana Armed Forces, Colonel E Aggrey-Quashie said. The aircraft which was delivered to Ghana in February 2016 was due for mandatory check in November 2019.…

th birthday on Saturday January 18, 2020. Speaker after speaker showered praises on the Member of Parliament for the area for her hard work which they said is evident in visible development both in infrastructural and human capital that she has brought to her constituents in the last three years. Madam Comfort Afadzie, a caterer who doubles as the Chairperson for Anglican Church polling station in Swedru, Kwame Nsaka a polling station executive at Yalewa Zongo in Swedru, Opanyin Kwame Boateng, and Adjoa Quansemah of Agona Abodom took turns to enumerate her achievements which include: Provision of hospital beds and…

One police officer has been shot dead at Mankessim in the Central Region where armed robbers attacked a Zen fuel filling station. The Wednesday dawn robbery operation, which was foiled by the police in the area, also saw three officers injured. Lance Corporal Kingsley Boahen was walking by the road near the filling station in mufti when he was shot. The armed robbers first retreated by scaling walls within the filling station after a shoot-out with a police team which first arrived at the scene. According to Central Regional Police PRO, DSP Irene Oppong, after the team left the scene,…

A witness of the Attorney General in the ongoing trial of former COCOBOD CEO, Dr. Stephen Opuni, has maintained that the Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD cannot be held liable for any purchase sanctioned by the procurement unit. Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah, who is a former Deputy CEO in charge of Agronomy and Quality Control, reiterated this position in court on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 that every product that goes through the procurement process of COCOBOD means it has been “validly procured”. He has been testifying against Dr. Stephen Opuni and Seidu Agongo the CEO of Agricult Ghana Limited accused of…

Five police officers from Bimbilla who allegedly assaulted a truck driver at Yendi in the Northern Region have been interdicted. Corporal Kenneth Amoah Korsah, Lance Corporal Prince Agyemang Duah, Lance Corporal Prince Sctordzi Minadzi, Lance Corporal Bruce Xornam and Lance Corporal Samuel Takyi were interdicted to allow for investigations into the case. The driver in charge of an articulated truck was said to have ignored a signal to stop at a police snap check on the Bimbilla-Yendi road on January 16 at about 9:30 p.m. According to a police statement issued Tuesday, the driver again refused to stop at a…