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The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, during a meeting with some chiefs and elders in his kingdom has reiterated the ‘power’ behind the name Osei Tutu he bears. He said he is the reincarnation of Osei Tutu, the founder of the Asante Kingdom, and has authority over all the stools in …

Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Samuel Nartey George is under fire by a cross-section of social media users for attacking the religious beliefs and practices of Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia. The MP labelled the newly-elected 2024 New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer as a religious prostitute who does not deserve to be …

Update: The next Lambeth Call in the Lambeth Conference Phase 3 discussion series will be on Anglican Identity. Webinars are planned for 2024. Read the full announcement here. https://www.lambethconference.org/anglican-identity-set-to-be-the-next-theme-in-lambeth-call-discussion-series/ and also below. Interview: “Hospitality should be our Christian distinctive” – Bishop Anthony Poggo, the Secretary General has also shared an …

Ghana’s Cocobod is facing delays in securing its usual syndicated loans and has opted to borrow between $150 million to $200 million from cocoa traders to partially finance bean purchases for the 2023/24 season. Fiifi Boafo, the regulator’s public affairs manager, informed Reuters that the challenges in obtaining loans from …

Chief Executive of Dalex Finance, Ken Thompson has expressed concern about the country’s ballooning debt and public expenditure. According to him, the ongoing economic downturn has exacerbated the economic hardship in the country raising the need for immediate measures to improve living conditions in the country. He said whereas the …

The Majority Leader has attributed the delay in the reconstruction of the La General Hospital to a hold-up in funds by the facility’s sponsors. According to Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the sponsors had halted funding following Ghana’s engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He was responding to questions from Member of …

The Domestic Services Workers Union (DSWU) in Ghana with the support of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) has organized a three-day workshop training to support a ratification campaign and implementation of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 189. The workshop aimed at empowering domestic workers and enhancing their rights …

Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has called for an urgent need to close the massive funding gaps in the treatment of HIV and AIDS in the country. Dr Kyereme Atuahene said for the last two decades, donor funding for the HIV and AIDS response in Ghana had reduced from …

Political Scientist, Dr Richard Amoako Baah has described the victory of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia in the just-ended New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential primaries as a fraud. The Vice President had raked in 61.43% of all votes cast at the primaries, followed closely by his contender, Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, the Assin Central MP …

Dr John Ofori Tenkorang, Director-General of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), has called on the working public to consider a retirement insurance to be able to survive old age. He said workers, both formal and informal, must consider the extended lifespan of the present generation, and seek …