Pro-democracy group, FiftyPlusOne Percent has decried the “needless” interruption of the 2019 Budget presentation by the Members of Parliament (MPs). Describing it as “archaic and undemocratic,” the group said the incessant noise by the lawmakers during the budget presentation sends a bad signal to the rest of the world about Ghana. “We should be seen […]
Pro-democracy movement, FiftyPlusOne Percent is calling for an investigation into circumstances leading to the “unlawful” arrest of Editor of the Finder Newspaper, Elvis Darko by the police for picketing in front of Parliament House. In a statement Friday, the group said the probe would unearth the true events leading to the arrest of the journalist […]
The Editor of the Finder Newspaper has been released after he was arrested by the police for picketing in front of Parliament ahead of the 2019 budget reading. After spending close to three hours with the police, Elvis Darko has been freed to go home. He was arrested Thursday morning during a protest by the […]
I have been repeatedly asked if president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s vision of making Accra the cleanest city in Africa is possible. What do you think? Well, I have, on each of the occasions, been economical in my response seriously being mindful of the task ahead. Waste management in Accra is no joke man! But […]
Eleven waste management officials from Ghana have paid a working visit to South Africa’s Cape Town to understudy their handling of waste in that city. The workers, largely from Zoomlion Ghana Limited and the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), were taken through the City of Cape Town’s state-of-the-art Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS) that has been adopted […]
The Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament (MP) has asked the media to stop the name calling and rather “clap” for him for opposing the Right to Information (RTI) Bill. Labelling it a dangerous tool, KT Hammond said an RTI law would not inure to the benefit of all Ghanaians. It would rather empower the “hawkish” […]