The White House has outlined an immigration plan for nearly two million people to become US citizens in exchange for funding for a controversial border wall with Mexico. The framework was suggested by a senior Trump aide, ahead of legislative negotiations with Democrats. The proposed bill, to be unveiled on Monday, requests $25bn (£17.6bn) in funds for a wall…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, seized $143,968 in unreported currency from two men who departed for Ghana, and one who arrived from Ghana in three separate incidents during the weekend at Washington Dulles International Airport. CBP is not releasing the travelers’ names because none was criminally charged. During outbound inspection operations Sunday, CBP officers seized $100,111 from a…
The Gender Minister, Otiko Afisah Djaba, has reassured that her Ministry is committed to closing down witches camps in the northern part of the country. Otiko Afisah Djaba, however, says the Ministry’s efforts are being hampered by the unwillingness of a lot of suspected witches to return home. Answering questions on the floor of parliament Thursday, she said they…
Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya Constituency, Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, says government will construct 504 flats for police officers at the Kwabenya in the Greater Accra Region. The project is expected to meet the accommodation needs of personnel. According to her, a modern Police Station will also be included in the building flats to be constructed to help the…
The two ex-inmates of Guantanamo Bay who are currently in Ghana have become Ghana’s responsibility and will not return to their country, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has said. She disclosed this to parliament on Wednesday, 24 January 2018. Ms Botchwey told parliament that: “No exit arrangements were originally discussed between the two governments to end the…
The conspiratorial posturing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government over the sudden illness of Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has taken a turn for the spooky as high-ups of the ruling party are spotted prowling around the London hospital in which Dr. Bawumia is on admission. With the precincts of the Guy Hospital beginning to crawl with NPP bigwigs,…
The Asokwa Juvenile Court has struck out the case involving five suspects alleged to have been involved in a gang-rape in Bantama in the Ashanti Region. According to the state attorney in charge of the case, one of the suspects in the case is not a minor, hence the need to move the case from the juvenile court. The…
Welcome to the seat of the Presidency of our country, ladies and gentlemen of the media, and I wish you all a happy New Year. The start of a new year is the ideal time to take stock of the year that has just ended, and look forward to the new one. When we gathered here last July for…
President Akufo-Addo says the fate of the two Guantanamo Bay detainees in Ghana will be determined by Parliament when the House reconvenes from recess. He said he is fully aware that a decision has to be made on the fate of the two, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, who were brought to Ghana in…
British Airways had to ground a jet after the cabin crew refused to fly on it due to a bedbug infestation. They walked out minutes before take-off and were beyond their working hours when a replacement plane was found. The flight to Ghana eventually left Heathrow four hours late. It is the latest bedbug embarrassment to hit BA in…
