The Information Minister-designate, Mustpaha Hamid says the standard of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) must be raised to meet that of other international media houses. Appearing before the vetting committee Thursday, Mr. Hamid said “it is important that we are able to raise the standard of GBC to a BBC.” The Spokesperson of President Akufo-Addo … Read more
The minister-nominee for Information, Mustapha Hamid, says he will champion moves to make the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) effective and viable to the point that it can generate its own funds. He said he will also help GBC roll-out innovative ways of collecting TV licenses. Speaking before Parliament’s Appointments Committee, Mustapha Hamid said he will … Read more
The Information Minister-designate, Mustpaha Hamid says the standard of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) must be raised to meet that of other international media houses. Appearing before the vetting committee Thursday, Mr. Hamid said “it is important that we are able to raise the standard of GBC to BBC.” The Spokesperson of President Akufo-Addo added … Read more
Roads Minister-designate Kwesi Amoako-Atta says if approved by Parliament he would ensure staff employed to man the various toll booths across the country are infused with persons with disability. He promised to negotiate with contractors operating the toll booths to employ about 50 percent physically challenged persons. “It is one sure way of giving them … Read more
The Director General of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet), Stephen Yaw Komla, has called for a review of building materials and structures in Accra and cities across the country as a measure against climate change following Tuesday’s rainstorm which was accompanied by strong gusts of wind. The strong winds wreaked havoc in several parts of … Read more
PRESIDENT of Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr. Roland Affail Monney, has declared his intention to seek re-election. The GJA president has subsequently assured that if his second-term bid becomes successful, he would continue to initiate human-centred programmes and projects to transform the Association, for it to meet international standards. Nominations for the GJA elections, Today was reliably … Read more
The founder and national chairman of United Front Party (UFP), Nana Agyenim Boateng (also known as ‘Gyataba’), has applauded former President John Dramani Mahama for his role in maintaining peace in the country. In recognition of that role, he has dedicated a platinum award to celebrate him as one of the best youngest national chairpersons … Read more
A FORMER broadcast journalist of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has accused the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) of carelessly allowing his car to go missing at its car park at the Rawlings Park within the metropolis. According to the car owner, Amankwa Ampofo, who spoke to DAILY GUIDE, the incident occurred in August 2016. Mr. Ampofo … Read more
Shell FuelSave has partnered with the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) to telecast all the 28 AFCON matches live to Ghanaians. In line with this, giant screens have been mounted at the GBC fan viewing base and various lorry parks to bring the live matches right to the door step of Ghanaian football fans. The venues … Read more
Director of Public Affairs at Ghana’s Parliament Kate Addo who recently revealed that she has a crush on Member of Parliament for the Old Tafo constituency Anthony Akoto Osei, has made another shocking revelation. The 44-year-old former employee of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation where she worked as a prime newscaster has revealed that no lawmaker … Read more
There is an adage in Akan language that says “Nia Onim tow na ye de no gyina tserepong so”, translated to mean that “the mantle is given to the one to whom it befits best”. This can be translated in many other forms such as these; the opportunity is given to the best and capable … Read more
Ace broadcaster Nana Ampomah has described Nii Lante Vanderpuye as a tyrant (pata paa), revealing Nana Aba Anamoah’s ordeal with the outgoing Sports Minister. Nana Ampomah who worked with the Sports Minister at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation for more than a decade recounted how the Sports Minister once assaulted popular news anchor, Nana Aba Anamoah … Read more
I am writing you this letter to congratulate you on your historic and epic victory and to thank you for the monumental effort you have put in in order to wrestle the country out of the grips of John Dramani “Dumsor” Mahama. I was a staunch supporter of Mahama when he first assumed the presidency, … Read more
The term ‘soli’ has become so synonymous with the media landscape in Ghana that, it is impossible to talk about the work of journalists without mentioning it. ‘Soli,’ as has been explained by some seniors in the media sector, is the shortened form of the word, ‘solidarity’, implying that it is a token (amount of … Read more
The alleged attempt by the Numo Mmashie Family to take over part of the Airport Hills Lands as well as some seventy towns and villages from Peduase to the Gulf of Guinea suffered a fatal blow in the Supreme Court (SC) on 30th November, 2016. The Supreme Court in its ruling on 30th November, 2016 … Read more
Democracy has truly come to stay in Ghana as the form for determining who leads us as a people. HIGH MARKS The 2016 General Elections have received high marks from all and sundry despite a few hitches, especially with the special voting and minor incidents in the main election in a few places. These setbacks … Read more
play videoCelestine Donkor, a gospel musician at the peace concert ahead of tomorrow’s elections. Musicians Union of Ghana,MUSIGA in collaboration with Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, is holding a peace concert ahead of tomorrow’s elections. The concert has brought together a lot of musicians to promote peace. Some of the artistes billed to perform for the night … Read more
The General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress says the flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party cannot describe president John Mahama as an incompetent leader only to run away from a debate. Johnson Asiedu Nketia said the presidential debate was the only opportunity for Akufo-Addo to demonstrate to Ghanaians how incompetent the president … Read more
The decline in crude oil prices on the world market has gravely affected the country’s oil sector, which is likely to adversely affect production from the Tweneboah-Enyerra-Ntomme (TEN) fields and the Sankofa Fields, Seth Terkper, Minister of Finance, has disclosed. Despite the low oil prices on the world market, the Finance Minister said government had … Read more
My first experience of presidential election debates was the Jimmy Carter-Gerald Ford debates of that Summer of 1976. Mr Carter, a Nuclear Physicist turned Naval Commander and later, peanut farmer, reeled off statistical figures without notes, for five or more minutes at a time, making the incumbent president sound so pedestrian. Since then, I have … Read more