About 45 workers of the Ghana National Gas Company at Atuabo in the Western Region have been sacked for purportedly protesting against poor conditions of service. According to management of the company, the dismissed workers allegedly misconducted themselves during the protest. It would be recalled that Ghanaian workers of the Gas Processing Plant took to … Read more
At least 13 people have died in two days of clashes in a city in central Democratic Republic of Congo that pitted security forces against militia fighters seeking to avenge the death of their leader, witnesses and local media said on Friday. Fighters loyal to a traditional chief named Kamwina Nsapu, who was killed in … Read more
The Electoral Commission (EC) has said demands being made by its staff for a 50% of their basic salaries as unsociable allowance will not affect the professional conduct of the workers. According to the Commission, though the workers are serious about the demand, it will not affect their professionalism. Head of Communications at the Commission, … Read more
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have been in the news in recent times, following their protest against the intended handing over of the state owned company to a concessionaire to handle it for the next 30 years, starting from January next year. Led by the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU), the workers … Read more
Ghana’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Victor Smith has dismissed claims that he has left his office in London for political activities in Ghana. According to him, he had been in Ghana over the past few days because he was on his annual leave. Speaking to StarrFMonline.com Saturday, the former Eastern regional minister said … Read more
South African police are investigating allegations of culpable homicide against a park worker who is reported to have led a 12-year-old orphan into a lion enclosure. Nkalemelo Latha was killed after being savaged by the lions at the Otavi Wildlife Sanctuary in Parys, Free State province, The Times reported. The worker, whose name was given … Read more
Exploitation happens to be among the unacceptable acts that the laws of the nation and specifically the Trade Union frowns upon but yet in our current dispensation, exploitation has become legally rampant in our various firms/institutions. I used legally because there appears to be no mouth piece for the one who is exploited so exploitation … Read more
The Ivory Coast, currently free of the Ebola epidemic ravaging its neighbours, has launched a hunt for a Guinean health worker who may have fled his home country after possibly catching the disease. The man apparently took fright after finding out that someone who came to his clinic for treatment had died, possibly of Ebola, … Read more