Indexing government scandals one at a time
There has been an upward adjustments in allowances for the chairman and the board members of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company (PMMC) Limited. In one instance, the increase was over 700 per cen…
Oct. 10, 2018
Ghana seems to have chalked a rather negative record feat at the United Nations Assembly after presenting a twenty two-man delegation led by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to the world body’s Tr…
Oct. 10, 2018
The government’s plan to engage a foreign national to design a master redevelopment plan for the nation’s capital, Accra has angered key professionals who have described the move as an insult to thei…
Oct. 7, 2018
It has emerged that some food items recently supplied by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia to flood victims in the Upper West Region had expired, resulting in some beneficiaries becoming ill after …
Sept. 25, 2018
Ghana has been ranked among countries with the lowest government integrity. According to the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom released by the Heritage Foundation, loose fiscal policy and political favo…
Sept. 21, 2018
Ghana’s attempt to transition from analogue to digital is set to meet another major snag. This is because the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has rolled up its sleeves to resist …
Sept. 18, 2018
The Asuogyaman district assembly in the Eastern region has been hit with a massive price inflation scandal that has angered residents of the district. Documents sighted by Starr News reveal prices…
Sept. 18, 2018
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) is in the news again, this time over the disappearance of about 600,000 litres of its contaminated fuel. A five-member committee set up by the current M…
Sept. 14, 2018
Auditor-General, Daniel Domelevo, has petitioned President Nana Akufo-Addo to stop the “manipulation” of procurement processes in his office. Mr Domelevo is accusing his Board Chairman, Prof. Edward …
Sept. 12, 2018
Ghana’s tax agency has hired McKinsey & Co. to help boost collections after missing the revenue target for the year trough August by 1.8 billion cedis ($367 million). The move to increase income c…
Sept. 12, 2018
Government’s flagship agriculture programme, Planting for Food and Jobs has suffered a major setback following the destruction of over 10,000 hectares of farmland in the Upper East Region. The spi…
Sept. 11, 2018
Executives of the New Patriotic Party in Sawla in the Northern Region are demanding the removal of their District Chief Executive, Lawal Tamimu. At a press briefing in Sawla, the party executives …
Sept. 5, 2018
The Centre for Socioeconomic Studies (CSS) has said over one million Ghanaians have lost their jobs since 2017. “The CSS, from its study of the situation, found that over a million individuals who…
Aug. 31, 2018
Documents available to Joy FM indicate the Chief Executive of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) last year ordered an urgent transfer of $7.5 million to a company he once worked for. The am…
Aug. 28, 2018
Plans are underway to clear Judges from their Ridge Roundabout residence to make way for the construction of the 5000-seater National Cathedral. About ten six-bedroom bungalows that would be demolish…
Aug. 24, 2018