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The Hecta Old Students  Association Year 2000 group led by  Chairman James Asante Boateng has again fulfilled its obligation of love to the Pure Heart Orphanage Home at Liberia Camp in the Gomoa East District in the Central Region of Ghana. The foundation on Saturday, April 15, 2023, gave away food products, school supplies, bags of water, clothing and footwear, to name a few to the orphanage at Buduburam. The worth of the donation was about GHS10,000 and the items were selected after carefully evaluating what the orphanage required this season. The Hecta Old Students Association establishment was inspired by God's love for mankind which He demonstrated by sending his only begotten Son Jesus to earth to be a sacrifice for our salvation. Since its inception in 2021, HECTA Old Students Association  has engaged in a number of philanthropic endeavors. This includes the annual donation to the Pure Heart Orphanage and constitutes a significant component of their charity work. The Hecta O

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has dismissed calls on the government to reduce taxes on petroleum products. He said taking such an action will significantly affect the government’s revenues. Addressing the 2022 May Day parade at the Independence Square in Accra, he said the government risks losing about GH¢4 billion if it makes any such move. He added that it is even more untenable because the government is rather looking for more avenues to raise money. “Removing taxes on petroleum products will reduce government revenues by some GH¢4 billion. At this time, when we are determined to expand government revenues in order to increase our capacity to finance our own development, can we afford to reduce tax revenues by GH¢4 billion?” he quizzed. Fuel prices in Ghana have risen sharply in Ghana in the last six months, although they have stayed the same for almost a month. Amidst the numerous complaints from consumers that the situation is causing a strain on their finances as th

  A 21-year-old trader who sodomised a seven-year-old girl at North Kaneshie in Accra has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court. Anuze Salifu, charged with defilement, denied the offence. However, after the trial, the court presided over by Mrs Christina Cann, found Salifu guilty and sentenced him. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Agnes Boafo, the prosecutor, said the complainant was a trader residing at North Kaneshie, Accra with the victim and her other siblings. The prosecution said Salifu also lived a few meters away from the complainant’s house. It said on March 7, this year, the complainant left the victim and her brother in the care of their elder sister. Whiles the victim was playing with her brother, the prosecution said the brother left the house on the blind side of the victim. It said realising that her brother was not in the house, the victim decided to go and look for him. The prosecution said the victim saw her brother seated in front

  Former President John Mahama has challenged the Akufo-Addo government to prove him wrong by allowing an independent forensic audit into how COVID-19 funds were used. According to him, the government did not make prudent use of the funds it received to fight the pandemic. Speaking at the 4th Summit of the NDC Professional Forum in the Ashanti Region, Mahama said he stands by his claim that the government misused the Covid-19 funds by, among other things, using the money to finance the New Patriotic Party’s election 2020 campaign. “Parliament presented a motion to ask for a parliamentary investigation into how the COVID-19 funds were used. Who were those who threw out that motion? It was the NPP administration. The only way you can prove me wrong and say that that money was not used for election 2020 is to allow for an independent forensic audit into how the money we received during the COVID pandemic was used. Prove me wrong,” he threw the challenge.Meanwhile, Jonh Mahama has also acc

Rector of BlueCrest University College, Dr. Sujith Jayaprakash, has urged the youth to make meaning of the skills they acquire to find solutions to challenges that confront their communities. Addressing fresh students admitted to the college, Dr. Jayaprakash said the emphasis on skills development at all levels of the educational ladder is meant to equip students with a solution–based approach in tackling social, economic and environmental challenges that confront us on daily basis. ‘The youth are the future leaders and the solution lies in the skills they have acquired. Africa and the world today keep looking for a medicine to cure AIDS and corona virus; a solution is still needed to arrest the growing global climate crises and an even more urgent solution is needed to tackle the looming global economic meltdown that is staring at us in the face. It is time to put the skills to use to get the world the solution it needs’’ he noted. Driving Development Goals Dr. Jayaprakash also charge

Steve Harvey, a well-known African-American comedian, has made surprising admissions regarding his decision to leave Ghana in search of brighter pastures in America. As he sees it, America is not what most young Africans believe it to be because individuals like him wish they could live in countries like Ghana, where they would be protected for the rest of their lives. This revelation was delivered by the prominent talk show presenter in an interview that has gone viral on different social media sites, including Twitter and Facebook. “America is not what most young Africans imagine it to be because individuals like him wish they could live in countries like Ghana, where they would be secure forever,” he said. Steve went on to say that America “isn’t what people believe it to be.” With regard to police shooting people after pulling them over, he said, “You will never hear in Ghana that police have shot someone after pulling them over.” As a result, he emphasized that staying at home (in

  Dr George Peprah, a physician specialist at the Takoradi hospital has said, Josephine Paanyin Simon, the fake pregnant woman, only visited the hospital for fertility tests and not antenatal. “Her visit to our facil ity was for an oestrogen test for infertility assessment, we don’t have records on her at the antenatal unit,” Dr Peprah added. Doctor George Peprah was answering questions from the counsel of the accused Mr Fiifi Buckman, during cross-examination in court on Friday. The lawyer questioned whether the accused was taken through an oestrogen hormonal test at the hospital to check her fertility. Dr Peprah explained that doctors usually did not take patients through oestrogen tests for fertility but rather for infertility assessment. The lawyer said “What you are telling the court is not true. Because you do an oestrogen test to check fertility first before you check infertility in women” but the doctor answered in the negative which allowed the judge to adjourn the case to Feb

  Former President John Dramani Mahama, has for the first time, disclosed where he was and how he received news about the death of his boss, the late Professor John Evans Fiifi Atta-Mills. He was speaking at the launch of the Atta-Mills Memorial Heritage on Tuesday. The event, which was held at the Cedi Center, University of Ghana, Legon, brought together scores of party supporters and other dignitaries. According to him, on the day Professor Mills died, he was informed by Sir James Beebako-Mensah, (Professor Mills’ secretary) that, he, John Mahama, would be acting as the President of Ghana on that faithful day, July 24. This was because, the President was likely to travel to Nigeria. Based on the scheduled travel, Professor Mills made a specific request for Mahama to stand in for him at the official launch of the ‘Brand Ghana Project’ at the Accra International Conference Center. John Mahama said he attended the function in the company of the Chief of Staff, Mr. John Henry Martey Newm

  Senior Vice President of IMANI Africa, Kofi Bentil, says the inconsistencies in government’s communication over the Electronic Transaction Levy Bill (E-levy) amounts to a disrespect of people’s intelligence.  He said government has not been objective in its consultations over E-levy as certain groups are deliberately left out, creating room for some selected persons to rain praises on the policy. The private legal practitioner described the tax policy as “unpopular” when he was hosted by Joy News’ Samson Lardy Anyenini on Newsfile on Saturday. He added that the position of government officials and how they communicate about the proposed levy is what gives the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) the room to oppose it. “Sometimes, it’s very interesting how people come and spin and expect that we believe it, assuming that we don’t know what is going on. They’ve gone back to do the so-called consultations and in doing that, they are creating these crowds of selected people and

  The Coalition of Private Transport Operators and the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) says engagements on the increment of fares will be concluded on February 2. According to the commercial drivers, they were torn between increasing transport fares and asking for a reduction in petroleum prices, but they hope to conclude next week after their deliberations. Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the Concerned Drivers Association, David Agboado, said they will push for government to reduce taxes on petroleum products. He added that they will also consider increasing the fares. “As for the lorry fares, I hope that we will increase it and that we will still fight for the scrapping of taxes on petroleum products. We will communicate the conclusion on Wednesday because we must write to Parliament and do other necessary follow-ups.” “For the percentage on the transport fares, I can’t give it out now because everything must be agreed upon, and we are coming up with a reasonable percen

  A man believed to be in his 40s lost his life on the Hohoe-Kadjebi road, while others have sustained various degree of injuries after being involved in an accident. The accident which occurred on Saturday afternoon between Bowuri and Akpafu, according to sources, was as a result of the car developing a flat tyre leading to the driver losing control of the urvan bus which was transporting passengers including students from the Bueman Senior High School in the Oti Region. Citi News  sources indicated that the vehicle somersaulted several times and landed upside down, killing the man on the spot. Some injured persons are currently on admission at the Hohoe Municipal Hospital, while others have been treated and discharged.The 30-kilometre stretch of the Eastern Corridor road project from Hohoe to Jasikan is progressing steadily but has become prone to vehicular accidents.

The government is expecting Mobile Money transactions to drop by about 24 percent after the introduction of the Electronic Transfer Levy, a deputy Finance Minister, John Kumah, has said. Speaking on  The Big Issue , Mr. Kumah said the government also had a plan to boost education on the controversial e-levy. “The research we did also told us that there will be about 24 percent attrition rate in the three months to six months that we will introduce it.” “The research same told us what should be done to bring back these people after a while, and we have all these things in place,” Mr. Kumah said. “It is a matter of engagement and letting people understand that, don’t avoid it. It is your pride of place as a Ghanaian to know that your contribution is helping to build your country.” Mr. Kumah also said the government is “more than confident” that the level of attrition rate “will not lead to job losses.” The government has proposed a new 1.5 percent rate for the levy, which was earlier peg

A student of the University of Ghana has reportedly drowned following an unsuccessful attempt to swim in the university’s swimming pool. According to  Radio Univers , the university’s radio station, the incident occurred on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Radio Univers reported that the deceased was a male student at level 100 whose name is yet to be established. “The student, whose name is yet to be disclosed, drowned after he attempted to swim at a depth of 21 feet in the pool this afternoon,” Radio Univers reported on its website. An eyewitness who spoke to the campus radio said: “…the guy went to the 21ft and was asked to go back the first time…not knowing, he went there again and the next thing they heard was that he had drowned”. In a video making rounds on social media, some persons, believed to be students of the university, were seen trying to retrieve the body of the supposed drowned student from the pool. Meanwhile, management of the University of Ghana is yet to comment on the

  Mr Albert Kan-Dapaah has urged Ghanaians to embrace the E-levy proposal in the 2022 budget statement in order to help the government generate revenue for national development. Speaking at a meeting with staff of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr Kan-Dpaah who is a chartered accountant by profession, noted that accepting the E-levy will be one of the sacrifices Ghanaians can make to ensure the government is able to revive the economy and a lso provide the much-needed public goods and services. “The extend to which the government can tackle the socio economic problems of the country very much depends on the revenues at its disposal. “Here in Ghana, the E-levy idea continues to divide opinions yet, these are but a few of the sacrifices that the citizenry must, in my opinion, be ready to make to support the government’s activity towards reviving the economy and providing much-needed public goods and public services,” he said. Parliament passed the appropriations bill for the 2022 bud

 Five (5) people have been shot dead by the police while two others on the run after they were contracted by unknown people to assonates Gomoa Fetteh Chief yesternight. 7 people with guns in a taxi with the registration number GG 3427-21 want to Gomoa Fetteh Town to assonate the chief Nana Abor Atta ii but police laid Ambushed in the area. Upon reaching  Gomoa Fetteh  Cemetery, police officers with AK47 fired them leading five dead . Obaatanpa news speaking with Nana  Abor Atta ii chief of Gomoa Fe tteh who escaped death has expressed shock over the occurrence .  The  central East Regional police command is yet to comment about the incident.  

The Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament will today, Thursday, begin public hearings to consider memoranda on the Anti-Gay Bill. The Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill if passed will provide clarity on the country’s sexual orientation laws. The Committee has received over 150 memoranda from religious bodies, civil society groups and citizens on the controversial subject matter of sexual orientation. The groups scheduled to appear before the committee on the first day of hearing include the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council, the Human Rights Coalition, Amnesty International and Advocates for Christ. The submissions from the groups will serve as input into the report of the Committee before it is considered by the entire house. Meanwhile, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has called for tolerance in the public debate on the  anti LBGQTI+ bill   currently before Parliament. He said Parliament will do al

  The Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take immediate steps to halt the wanton dissipation of the country’s resources by politicians and their cronies for personal gains. The president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev. Philip Naameh, who made the call at this year’s plenary assembly of the association in Wa, said the practice has led to high perceived corruption and corruptible practices among the ruling class which is taking a toll on the national economy and worsening the poverty situation in the country. Though poverty stares us in the face, it appears lost to those with power. The expressed commitment of the president of the republic to protect the public purse, a promise that citizens welcomed, seems to be an illusion now. Are those managing the public purse not concerned about waste and misapplication of resources that belong to all Ghanaians? Can this be referred to as irresponsible use of power or the lac

  The Minority in Parliament has accused the Majority Caucus of deliberately ignoring the facts surrounding the attempted arrest of the Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, and the Speaker’s handling of same. The Majority had suggested that the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, seemed to be instituting new rules that seem to undermine the rule of law without any prior discussions with the leadership of the house. In a statement on Thursday, the  Majority Caucus  said the refusal of the Speaker to release the legislator to assist with investigations into alleged offenses is of extreme concern. It said the Speaker’s handling of the case, which is troubling, was a shift away from what his predecessors had done in similar cases in the past. But the Minority, in a statement on Thursday, disagreed with the Majority’s claims, insisting that the Speaker was only trying to ensure that the Police follows standard procedures in inviting the MP for questioning. "The police

 Five juvenile suspects have been sent to a juvenile detention centre at Juaboso in the Ashanti Akim South Municipality of the Ashanti Region. Emmanuel Osei Frimpong was charged with murder while the four were charged with abetting crime. According to the Konongo Divisional police Commander, Chief Supt. Shaibu Osei spoke to journalists after the court proceedings. He explained that, the five juvenile suspects, Emmanuel Osei Frimpong alias Tupac, Akwasi Amoah Karikari alias Demon, Kwame Afrane Snr, Kwame Afrane Jnr and Obed Agyei,    standing trial for their roles in allegedly stabbing a Form One student leading to his death, were arraigned at the District Court, which also serves as a Juvenile Court, today, Monday, November 8, presided over by Her Worship Miss Joyce Bamfo on provisional charges of Abetment of Murder, and Murder Contrary to Sections 20 and 46 of the Criminal Offences Act (Act 29). All five suspects are to reappear on Monday, November 15, 2021.