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Rumours are swirling over who wrote the scathing article – but the vice-president says it was not him Pic: GETTYIMAGES[/caption] US Vice-President Mike Pence has dismissed speculation he is the author of a damning anonymous editorial that attacks President Donald Trump. The New York Times article, said to be written by a White House official, says Mr Trump’s own appointees are trying to stifle his agenda. Fierce speculation surrounds who was responsible but a spokesman for Mr Pence denied it was him. Mr Trump described the writer as “gutless” and the newspaper as “phony”. “The vice president puts his name on…

The decision by the Nana Akufo-Addo government to enter into a $2 billion bauxite for infrastructure barter arrangement with the Sinohydro Corporation of China is an example of the innovative, out-of-the-box thinking influencing the government’s approach to national development, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has said. This arrangement seeks to leverage a fraction of Ghana’s bauxite resources to address the infrastructure challenges, and will provide a wide variety of projects including hospitals, bridges, interchanges, roads, affordable housing, rural electrification, and many others in line with government’s development agenda. Speaking at the 2018 Ghana Economic Forum in Accra on Wednesday…

file[/caption] Rocky Dawuni, Ghanaian afro-roots artist and environmental activist, has been designated a UN Goodwill Ambassador for the African region to help drive the messages and goals of the UN Environment. The Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter performed at an electrifying concert to end the 2018 Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) at the UN Environment, Nairobi, Kenya, which highlighted opportunities for landscape restoration in Africa through community engagement. Rocky has been lending his voice to amplify issues of poverty, environmental degradation, water and sanitation issues and women’s rights. He is passionate about the environment and loves to inspire others to appreciate the…

The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South, Alfred Oko Vanderpuye has been honoured for his “hardwork, dedication to duty and commitment to the cause of humanity” by the Greater Accra Regional Nurses and Midwives Association at a brief ceremony in Accra. The nurses and midwives were full of praise for the legislator for his “relentless efforts and support” towards their activities. Chairperson of the Association, Margaret Ohenewa Yeboah on behalf of her colleagues. eulogized the politician: “He is our father and everything to us. Anytime, we have our nurses’ celebrations and projects, he never disappoints; always eager to help”. In…

The Ghana Education Service (GES) Headquarters Staff Welfare Association has elected a new set of executives recently in Accra. Speaking at the meeting prior to the elections, Mr. Anthony Boateng, the Deputy Director-General of the GES, urged members to hold their leaders accountable in the management of the Association and that, “If you, as members, are inactive in the affairs and activities of the Association, the leaders will also be ineffective and it will defeat the Association’s objectives.” Supervised by Reverend Bismark Akandi, the Chief Internal Auditor of GES, and chaired by Madam Valentina Quansah, the voting exercise ended successfully…

Isaac Adongo is the MP for Bolgatanga Central[/caption] The Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central, Isaac Adongo has stormed out of an ongoing probe into circumstances leading to the collapse of seven banks in Ghana. The MP who is on the Parliamentary Committee on Finance told journalists he would not be part of any omission or commission that sought to cover up certain personalities in the crisis that has hit the banking sector. There are concerns more banks, especially indigenous ones, are likely to collapse as their woes are being compounded by the Bank of Ghana’s decision to peg its…

Bishop Godwin Aaron Monyo[/caption] The government has been urged to extend its tax net to cover workers of various shrines and mosques in the country as it is bent on taxing certain church activities and workers. The Presiding Bishop of Christ Healing Hand Ministry, Bishop Godwin Aaron Monyo, who gave the advice, added that workers of shrines and mosques must also be made to contribute to the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) for their own benefit in future. The Bishop gave the advice in an interview with Onua News at the Church’s Annual Seven Day Prayer which also…

Former President Rawlings[/caption] Founder of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Jerry John Rawlings has expressed his disgust at the monetary inducement at the just ended party’s regional elections. According to Mr. Rawlings, who is Ghana’s first president under the Fourth Republic, some of the elected executives of the NDC bought votes. In a statement after the elections held on September 1, he observed that some of the leaders did not deserve to win. “The scourge of monetization which has engulfed our body politic was still manifest in many of the last Regional elections. Some victors won through monetary and…

Villagio[/caption] The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has debunked media reports that its Chief Executive Hassan Tampuli was paid over ¢1.5 million as rent advance for a plush apartment at Villagio. “The allegation is scandalous, malicious and wicked lies calculated at tarnishing the hard won reputation and uncommon integrity of the Chief Executive, which is built on truth,” the NPA said in a statement on Tuesday. “We state without any equivocation that, on no occasion has the Chief Executive been a recipient of any rent advance or paid any amount of money as rent advance,” it explained. Insisting that the NPA…

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