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Trump says King will be ‘very safe’ during US visit after security talks
Posted on with No CommentDonald Trump has said King Charles III will “be very safe” during his state visit to the US, which is due to begin later on Monday. Further security talks took place between the White House and Buckingham Palace after a … Read more →
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George Floyd officer convicted of murder
Posted on | CommentFormer Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin has been convicted on all charges in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder, up to 25 years for third-degree murder and up to 10 years … Read more →
Abandoned quarry pit kills 13-year-old boy at Essipong
Posted on | CommentThe National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) together with the Ghana Police Service and traditional authorities of Essipong, a suburb of Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis have retrieved the body of the 13 year old boy who got drowned in a pond at an … Read more →
Boris Johnson to meet FA as gov’t moves to block Super League
Posted on | CommentPrime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to meet English Football Association (FA) officials today. The meeting is to find ways to block the so-called European Super League which has caused confusion across Europe. Already, the UK Government has promised to … Read more →
COVID-19: 345 schools record Covid -19 cases since re-open
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed that 345 schools have recorded covid-19 cases with Volta region recording the highest since the re-opening of schools. At the media briefing on Sunday April 18, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye … Read more →
Why Kumasi-bound flight landed in Côte d’Ivoire – PassionAir
Posted on | CommentThe management of domestic airline PassionAir has explained that their Kumasi-bound flight from Accra had to be diverted to Côte d’Ivoire because of bad weather conditions in the Ashanti Regional capital. The domestic airline in a press release said the April … Read more →
88% of 2020 WASSCE 8As are Ghanaians
Posted on | CommentA total 411 out of the 465 candidates who scored grade A in all subjects at the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), were students from Ghana pioneering the Government’s Free Senior High School (SHS) Programme.Immediate past Minister … Read more →
Ecobank records GH¢550m profit after tax
Posted on | Comment-It represents 24% increase in 2020 over the 2019 figure of GH¢445m In spite of the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ecobank Ghana Limited showed sterling performance in the 2020 financial year, growing profits (before tax) from GH¢642 million in … Read more →
Nasa successfully flies small helicopter on Mars
Posted on | CommentThe American space agency has successfully flown a small helicopter on Mars. The drone, called Ingenuity, was airborne for less than a minute, but Nasa is celebrating what represents the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another world. … Read more →
Police hold security sensitization for 220 Mobile Money Vendors in Sekondi-Takoradi
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Police Command on Friday 16th April 2021 met some two hundred and twenty (220) Mobile Money Vendors from MTN, Vodafone and Airtel-Tigo at SSNIT Coference Hall, Takoradi. The purpose of the meeting was to share basic and … Read more →
The extraordinary story of Oil and gas mogul Yaa Amoako-Adu
Posted on | CommentThe next generation of women leaders set the bar of excellence higher because of extraordinary women leaders this generation has gifted them as role models and Mentors. One of such women par excellence is Yaa Amoako-Adu of Integrity Logistics and … Read more →
Teen charged in killing of Ghanaian immigrant working in USA as Lyft driver
Posted on | CommentA 17-year-old American, Torian Wilson, has been charged with the murder of a Ghanaian Lyft driver, Elijah Newman, based in the United States. Wilson faces one count of first degree murder and one count of armed criminal action. Newman, 45, … Read more →
Ghana ranks 77th in world’s most powerful passports index
Posted on | CommentGhana has been ranked the 77th position out of 199 passports in the 2021 Henley Passport Index. The index was compiled by Henley and Partners which has been regularly monitoring the world’s most travel-friendly passports since 2006. Per the latest rankings and analysis, … Read more →
GHS extends second dose of COVID-19 vaccination by 4 weeks
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) says its initial vaccination policy of having the second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine administered within an eight-week window period has been extended to 12-weeks This, according to the GHS, is to allow more … Read more →
Student gets 10yrs for defiling 18 month-old twin sisters
Posted on | CommentA 22-year-old Senior High School (SHS) student, Patrick Nyarkoh who defiled 18-month-old twin-sisters at Nsuta in the Assin South District of the Central Region has been sentenced to o1d imprisonment in hard labour by a Cape Coast Circuit court. The … Read more →
Mark Okraku Mantey is Dep. Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Posted on | CommentA Manager at Hitz FM and a key stakeholder in the Showbiz Sector in Ghana, Mark Okraku Mantey is the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, www.233times.net can authoritatively report. The Former TV3 Mentor Judge will assist Hon. Dr. … Read more →
Takoradi: What Police found at hideout of suspected robbers (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Police after gunning down a suspected armed robber after a shootout at Elmina, along the Cape Coast-Takoradi road, on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 found some strange items in his hideout. Two other suspects managed to escape on … Read more →
Takoradi: Robber shot dead after gun-battle with Police
Posted on | CommentWestern Regional Police Command with support from the police intelligence unit have gunned down one of the suspects believed to be behind the robbery that led to the killing of a man who was with his wife at Amanful on … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo signs book of condolence in honour of Prince Philip
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo on Wednesday signed the book of condolence opened for the late Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip at the British High Commission in Accra. The President said Prince Philip’s life “had a positive impact on us in Ghana”. “Prince … Read more →
Speeding vehicle kills UCC Level 100 student
Posted on | CommentA first year student of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in the Central Region has died after a speeding vehicle knocked her down at Ayensudo near the UCC Satellite Campus of the Nduom School of Business and Technology. The … Read more →
Manager jailed 15 years for squandering company’s funds on betting
Posted on | CommentA mother broke into uncontrollable tears at the Hohoe Circuit Court last Wednesday when her son, a 31-year-old fuel station supervisor, was handed a 15-year jail term for stealing. Yussif Abubakar, a former worker of the Hohoe branch of Star … Read more →
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