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Courts
Company representative jailed seven years for theft
Ronald Kwabena Quansah was sentenced on eight counts of stealing, which would run concurrently.
GNA18 July 2023
Supreme Court News
LGBTQI Bill: Punish Speaker Bagbin for disregarding you –Researcher tells SC
In a contempt summons against the Speaker of Parliament, the applicant avers that despite two substantive pending suits and an application for interlocutory injunction...
DL News14 July 2023
General
AG hints at new Notaries Public Bill as 92 are sworn-in
“A new Notaries Public Bill has been submitted by the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice to cabinet for consideration and approval before its introduction in Parliament."
DL News15 May 2023
General
Full Speech: Bar president, Yaw Acheampong Boafo at 2022 annual Bar Conference
This year’s event which is underway in Ho in the Volta Region has been theme “Ghana's Democracy under the Fourth Republic: Gains, Challenges and Prospects.”
DL News12 September 2022
General
Non-passage of Property Rights of Spouses Bill whittling away gains from Mensah v Mensah - Justice Dotse
Article 22 (3) requires spouses to have equal access to property jointly acquired during the marriage and for matrimonial property to be equitably distributed between the spouses upon the termination of the marriage.
DL News10 August 2022
General
Housing deficit inhibiting government’s implementation of 6 months rent advance, Rent Act - Asenso- Boakye
“The deficit is creating imbalance, demand and supply imbalance, therefore, it is inhibiting government’s effort in implementing the current rent Act.”
DL News2 June 2022
General
Ghana Armed Forces declares support for death penalty abolishment
Member of Parliament for the Madina Constituency, Hon. Francis Xavier Sosu in June 2021 introduced a private member’s bill for the removal of the death penalty from the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
DL News12 April 2022
General
Majority to disallow Assin North MP from partaking in Parliamentary business – Atta Akyea
Samuel Atta Akyea said once the High Court has declared the MP as a non-legislator, he cannot be allowed to be in the House.
DL News4 February 2022
General
Amend Act that established GLC – H Kwasi Prempeh to Parliament
“Parliament makes decisions in a number of ways they can pass a bill, if signed it becomes an Act of Parliament. It also operates by passing resolutions. Some of the resolutions are binding, some are not binding.
3 NEWS30 October 2021
Others
Nigerian hospitals giving expired blood to patients — DG, Blood Commission
Responding to questions on the need to inject sanity into the process of blood handling, utilisation and administration in Nigeria, the DG said that many officials in hospitals were cutting corners in the blood administration.
VANGUARDNIGERIA22 October 2021
General
Assemblies of God latest to submit memo in support of anti-LGBTQ+ bill
The Assemblies of God Ghana church is declaring open support for the passage of the bill to protect the Ghanaian values and ensure proper sexual rights for the dignity of Ghanaians.
DL News19 October 2021
General
We need to have a more civilised debate on anti-LGBTQI+ Bill – Prof Gadzekpo
“Please allow us to have a civilized debate to educate people not only about the practices but also about the implications of how we want to deal with it.
DL News8 October 2021
US
Estate of Henrietta Lacks sues biotechnical company for nonconsensual use of her cells
Johns Hopkins Medicine, in a statement to CNN, said that what happened to Lacks in 1951 “would not happen today.”
DL News5 October 2021
General
Samson’s Take: Corruption and side-chicks law
Passage of the witness protection law was the icing on the cake yet people who know are not using these legal tools to help fight corruption
DL News27 September 2021
General
Push for passage of Non-Custodial Bill – Journalists urged
“The focus is not to encourage deviant behaviour, but rather to hold institutions accountable such that once you provide social amenities then you are justified for punishing people when they offend the law.”
DL News30 August 2021
Crime
Sudan appears ready to hand over Ex-leader to ICC
A former Sudanese militia commander, Ali Kushayb, is already in The Hague to stand trial on dozens of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur.
DL News12 August 2021
US
US Senate to vote on $1 trillion Infrastructure Bill
Debate on the $3.5 trillion plan is expected to continue for several months.
DL News10 August 2021
Africa
Sierra Leone parliament passes bill to abolish death penalty
The bill now awaits presidential assent from President Julius Maada Bio.
DL News26 July 2021
General
Hon. Sosu initiates PMB for compensation of unlawfully convicted persons
The Bill, which would be known as the Compensations Act will determine the formulae for computing compensational benefits that can be given to persons who are unlawfully arrested, detained, and convicted.
DL News22 June 2021
General
Prioritize non-custodial sentences-CDD roundtable participants to government
Non-Custodial Sentence or Alternative Sentence is punishment given by a court of law that does not involve a prison term.
DL News9 June 2021