BY ERICA ARTHUR SUMAYA HAMIDU earned her spot as a Miss Tourism Ghana contestant in 2017. Now, she is sending her passion for Ghanaian culture to Singapore and Malaysia, as a contestant for the annual ‘Miss Lumiere International World 2018.’ According to her management, Miss Hamidu flew out of Kotoka International Airport’s newly-built Terminal …

BY KOBINA WELSING THE SPECIAL Prosecutor, Martin Amidu, has stated that his office finds itself in an almost hopeless situation a year after it was established by President Nana Akufo-Addo. According to Mr. Amidu, the office of the Special Prosecutor one year after its establishment has only a small three bed …

THE 2018 edition of the annual Newsroom competition between communication and journalism schools in Ghana kick-starts today Monday, November 12, 2018. Schools competing in this year’s edition include Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ), African University College of Communications (AUCC), Wisconsin International University College (WIUC), Islamic University College (IUC) and Jayee …

RENOWNED ECONOMIC Think Tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has cautioned the government to urgently re-examine its many programmes and policies and prune them down to avert economic instability. According to the IFS, though the government has recognised the need for broad-based economic growth as a means to tackle …

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH | muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh THE CONFERENCE of Presiding Members is up in arms against the government over delays in supplying them motorbikes. The Conference has, thus, resolved, through the National Association of Local Government of Ghana (NALAG) to issue a November 30, 2018 deadline to the government to supply …

BY KOJO ANSAH THE GHANA Revenue Authority (GRA) has taken its Excise tax stamp enforcement team to Koforidua, the Eastern regional capital. The taskforce visited over 30 retail shops and detected that majority of their products had tax stamps affixed to them but quite a sizable number of the products …

BY EDWARD ADETI DR FRANCIS Ibrahim-Betonsi, a medical practitioner who was wrongfully dismissed from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in 2012, has been reinstated and promoted to the rank of a medical officer. The GHS Director General, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has directed the Upper East Regional Director of Health Services, …

BY PHILIP ANTOH | philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh THE MEMBER of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey Korle Constituency, Dr Zanetor Rawlings has called on members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to set aside their differences and unite for victory in the 2020 elections. Addressing branch executives and supporters of the NDC …

THE MINISTER for Information, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed that the government remains committed to have the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology re-opened on Thursday, November 8, 2018. The school was shut down after the outbreak of violence and destruction of property following the students’ demonstration of October …

BY PHILIP ANTOH| philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh RESIDENTS of Santa Maria Sekuwaa Hills Top in the Ga Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region are living in fear, following persistent claims that their area had been invaded by evil spirits which terrorise them in the night. The residents claim the evil spirit is …