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The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has announced a 17.5% reduction in electricity tariffs for residential consumers effective march 15. A statement signed by executive secretary Mrs. Mami Dufie Ofori on Monday also indicated a 30% reduction for non-residential consumers, 25% reduction for Special Load Tariff consumers and 10% reduction for mines. The review exercise, as explained in the statement, has become necessary because the commission is required by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission Act 1997 (Act 538) to investigate the cost of production of all sources of supply of electricity to all distribution utilities and to ensure efficient and…

The President of the Senate (Parliament) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Abubakar Olubankola Saraki, has commended the Akufo-Addo-led government for its people-centred programmes designed to better the life of the ordinary person on the streets of Ghana. Recounting some of the programmes, which have begun to yield positive results just over a year after the NPP assumed office, Dr Saraki described them as ‘milestone achievements’. The Senate President gave the commendation when he and a delegation from the Nigerian Senate paid a courtesy call on the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, at the Flagstaff House…

Some of the suspects[/caption] Five accused persons in the Major Maxwell Mahama murder trial say they are financially handicapped, making it difficult to hire a competent lawyer to defend them. The five were among seven accused persons divorced by lawyer George Bernard Shaw who has been on their case since the trial began in June 2017. When their case was called for the first time at the High Court on February 15, 2018, the counsel claimed he gave up on the suspects because they have been giving him conflicting accounts on the murder of the soldier. They however appeared in…

Robert Sepey went into hiding after the exposé[/caption] The runaway headteacher Mr. Robert Sepey, who bolted after his  sex video with a senior high school student on a kitchen stool emerged  in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region, has resurfaced. Mr. Sepey was suspended in absentia as the headteacher of Breman Adumanu D/A Basic School when he went into hiding in January this year. The Ghana Education Service (GES) decided to open investigations into the video that went viral though the two appeared to have engaged in consensual sex. The GES made several appeals to Mr. Sepey to return…

President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki arrived in Ghana on Sunday to deliver the keynote address at a symposium commemorating Ghana’s uninterrupted Parliamentary Democracy. The symposium is under the theme “25 Years of Continuous Parliamentary Democracy in Ghana- Challenges and Prospects”. He was met on arrival at the Airport by Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye,  Clerk to Parliament, Emmanuel Anyimadu, Deputy Clerk, Apodola, second Deputy Whips of Majority and Minority caucuses, Moses Anim and Comfort Doyoe Ghansah respectively. Prof. Oquaye remarked that Ghana never wished Nigeria to ‘catch cold else…

Workers of Gold Fields Ghana Limited at Tarkwa in the Western Region have accused management of the mining firm of making some of their colleagues sign letters of redundancy under duress. They also indicated that some of the workers were made to sign fixed term contract. The exercise took place immediately after an Accra High Court ruled in favour of management in a case in which the mine workers were seeking to stop the company from an impending layoff. The company claims it is currently embarking on an aggressive business option dubbed, “Contract Mining,” hence its decision to lay off…

Edem[/caption] VRMG boss Denning Edem Hector popularly known in Showbiz circles as Edem has revealed that winning the VGMAs has added nothing to his career. The awards however serve as a form of appreciation, recognition and honor from people who find an artiste deserving in the year in question, he conceded. In an interview with Showbiz927 host Kenneth Addo on 3fm 92.7, Edem maintained that winning awards in Ghana does not add anything to one’s career. He stated that he has always focused on going the extra mile to give Ghanaians hit songs. He remarked that one doesn’t get paid…

The widow of one of the troops killed later became embroiled in a row with US President Donald Trump photo: AFP[/caption] The Islamic State (IS) group has published a video purporting to show an ambush in Niger in which four US soldiers were killed last October. It is not clear why the release of the video – on an IS outlet on messaging app Telegram – was delayed until now. The video consists mainly of raw footage, including images apparently filmed using a helmet camera belonging to one of the soldiers. The video seems to suggest that the attack was…

The flag of Ghana was lifted high when the country’s 18-member delegation to this year’s Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Summit in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States of America excelled after emerging winners in the Social Venture Challenge contest last month. The 64th Session of the HNMUN attracted 3000 student delegates from over 50 countries, stimulated the workings of the United Nations using educational and diplomatic engagements. The 4-day event saw thousands of tertiary students from all continents converged at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel to pitch to judges in a highly competitive manner on smart approaches towards…

Nana Obiri Boahen had claimed he only got GHC5,000 from the GHC50 billion gifted the party by the presidency[/caption] Deputy National Secretary of the governing NPP, Nana Obiri Boahen is asking President Akufo-Addo and the NPP to forgive him for ‘lying’ about some 50 billion cedis he claimed the presidency gave for the organisation of the party’s annual delegates conference in Cape Coast last year. He had lamented in a leaked private conversation with a supposed National Democratic Congress (NDC) member that he was given a paltry GHC5,000 from that amount. The presidency has yet to speak on the issue…