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BY REV ISMAILA AWUDU IT’S RATHER unfortunate and sad to have our able-bodied and future leaders perishing on our roads on daily basis something that is avoidable and needs to be condemned in no uncertain terms. We’ve watched and seen gruesome deaths on our roads something that is gradually wiping …

BY PHILIP ANTOH /philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh   THE LEADERSHIP of the Public Forum for Economic Justice (PFEJ) has commended the Director-General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr Kofi Osei-Ameyaw, for achieving breath-taking and amazing innovations at the Authority in less than two years. “We want to commend Mr Osei-Ameyaw for shining …

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH/muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.gh THE SUPREME Court has fixed January 16, 2019 to deliver judgement in the case challenging the construction of the National Cathedral by the government. This comes after the parties had duly filed the statement of cases and made oral legal argument before the court. It was the …

BY MUNTALLA INUSAH /muntalla.inusah@dailyheritage.com.g A SEVEN-MEMBER panel of the Supreme Court has dismissed the application brought before it that challenged former President John Dramani Mahama’s remission of three persons sentenced for contempt in the infamous ‘Montie 3’ case. The apex court, in a 5 – 2 majority decision, declared that …

BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG THE GHANA Journalists Association (GJA) is demanding justice for an Akwatia-based journalist who was arrested, put into cells for two days and subsequently remanded by a court without any legal representation. The journalist, Ebenezer Ofori Agyei , aka Odiasempa, was allegedly arrested in a Rambo style after …

RENOWNED ECONOMIC think tank, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has, after a critical examination of the 2019 Budget Statement presented by the Finance Minister, Mr Ken Ofori-Atta, commended the 2019 Budget. The IFS, however, pointed out key areas the government could focus on to achieve the needed economic transformation …

By Kwame Acheampong THE LEADERSHIP of Teacher Trainees Association of Ghana (TTAG) has called on their members to register for the compulsory national service after an agreement with the Education ministry. The trainees have been protesting a directive by the ministry asking them to undertake their service upon completion of …

By Kwame Acheampong THE OFFICE of the Special Prosecutor has been allotted GH¢180 million by the government to equip the office with the required personnel and material in order for it to discharge its mandate. “Mr Speaker, in line with [the] government’s promise to protect the public purse, His Excellency the …

FORMER PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama says the inability of the government to pay contractors is having a negative effect on many sectors of the economy. He said the government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) invested heavily in public works by paying contractors and government suppliers, thereby increasing money circulation …

BY KWAME ACHEAMPONG FINANCE MINISTER Ken Ofori-Atta has disclosed that the government will provide the seed capital for the construction of the controversial National Cathedral. The disclosure of Mr. Ofori Atta is in sharp contrast with the government’s persistent claim that it is only facilitating and providing the land for …