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US Embassy in Accra opens thousands of new visa slots; urges World Cup travellers to apply early
Posted on with No CommentThe United States Embassy in Accra has announced an expansion of visa processing capacity, opening “thousands of additional non-immigrant visa appointment slots,” with many said to be immediately available. The move is a direct effort to manage anticipated high demand … Read more →
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Government spends $35 million on testing for COVID-19
Posted on | CommentThe Government of Ghana has so far spent US$35million on testing 346,990 COVID-19 suspected cases. The amount is not part of the expenditure on the expansion of testing capacity. Deputy Minister of Health Dr Bernard Oko Boye who represented the … Read more →
Sammo SHS Student stabs lover to death
Posted on | CommentA 22-year old student, Enoch Agyemang has been remanded into prison custody for the alleged murder of his girlfriend, Agnes Amoah at Ekon, a suburb of Cape Coast in the Central Region. The Cape Coast District Court presided over by … Read more →
Photo-Journalists in Western Region to boycott media coverage for Catherine Afeku, NPP over abuse
Posted on | CommentPhoto-Journalists in the Western Region have threatened to boycott all media coverage in the Evalue-Ajomoro-Gwira Constituency as a result of attack meted out by the personal bodyguard of the Member of Parliament (MP) Catherine Afeku on Metro TV’s Cameraman for … Read more →
All COVID-19 Students in Sekondi-Takoradi discharged to write WASSCE
Posted on | CommentReliable information available to www.233times.net is that students who were infected with the novel coronavirus, have all been discharged to write their WASSCE exams. It was reported weeks ago that four students, one each from the Archibishop Porter Girls and … Read more →
Ken Agyapong pledges $150,000 to help repatriate stranded Ghanaian young women in Lebanon
Posted on | CommentThe Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central and business magnate, Mr Kennedy Ohene Agyapong has pledged $150,000 to help repatriate over 100 Ghanaian young women who are stranded in Lebanon. The young women traveled to Lebanon in the Middle … Read more →
NAM1’s fraud case pushed to Sept 7
Posted on | CommentThe prosecution in the trial of Nana Appiah Mensah, aka NAM 1 and two others has asked for more time to enable it to prepare the case and further advise the court on the matter. NAM1 is the Chief Executive Officer … Read more →
Man abandons wife for delivering quadruplets (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentWhat could have been proud news for a father turned sour as a husband allegedly abandoned his 27-year-old wife at the Bibiani Municipal Hospital in the Western North Region, after realising she was carrying quadruplets, which she delivered last Sunday … Read more →
COVID-19: Ghana’s confirmed cases now 28,430
Posted on | CommentGhana now has 28,430 confirmed cases of COVID-19 after the Ghana Health Service announced 763 new infections on Monday, July 20, 2020. These new cases were recorded from samples taken between June 7 to July 16, 2020.The country’s death toll … Read more →
PHOTOS: Mortal remains of Hon. K.K. Sam laid to rest
Posted on | CommentLast Saturday 18th July, 2020 at Sarfa Kokodu, Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantsiman East Constituency of the Central Region, the mortal remains of the late Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Hon. Anthony K.K. Sam was laid to rest. At the … Read more →
Final year Methodist Girls’ SHS Student dies
Posted on | CommentA final year student of Methodist Girls’ Senior High School at Manfe in the Eastern Region has died. The deceased, Ms Cindy Aku Sika Addo of General Arts 4A, is reported to have died at the Koforidua Government hospital on … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo resumes work, Senior Minister tests negative for COVID-19
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is resuming out-of-home work today [July 20], after being in isolation for 14 days. The President has been in self-isolation since July 4, 2020.Speaking at a national COVID-19 update briefing in Accra yesterday, the Minister … Read more →
UK secures early access to 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
Posted on | CommentThe UK has secured early access to 90 million COVID-19 vaccine doses through partnerships with pharmaceutical companies. Included in the figure are 30 million doses of a vaccine being developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, the first agreement the two companies … Read more →
Police force 2 men to sweep Dome Market for not wearing face masks (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentPolice have compelled two men to sweep Dome market as a punishment for not wearing face masks. The men who were roaming during the early morning cleaning exercise at the market were stopped by the police after being spotted with … Read more →
WASSCE kicks off for Ghanaian Candidates today
Posted on | CommentAfter months of uncertainty and apprehension arising out of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) kicks off for Ghanaian candidates today. In all, 375,737 candidates from 976 schools will be writing the … Read more →
All the details: Major US Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam
Posted on | CommentBillionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among many prominent US figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also requested donations in the … Read more →
Airbus bribery scandal: Interpol issues warrant for arrest of Adam Mahama
Posted on | CommentInterpol has issued an arrest warrant for Samuel Adam Foster, also known as Adam Mahama for prosecution over his role in the Airbus bribery scandal. He is being charged with “accepting a bribe to influence a public officer” and “acting … Read more →
W/R: Final year Gwiraman SHS Student dies at Essikado Hospital
Posted on | CommentA 21 year old student of Gwiraman Senior High School in the Nzema East District of the Western Region , Nathaniel Yankey has died under bizarre circumstance at the Essikado Government Hospital. His death occurred today, Wednesday, July, 15. Yankey, … Read more →
Only COVID-19 testing facility in Western Region no more functioning
Posted on | CommentThe Takoradi Veterinary Service Laboratory, the only COVID-19 testing facility in the Western Region is not functioning, www.233times.net can report. A source at the facility tells www.233times.net that testing for coronavirus since May this year have come to a halt. … Read more →
2,065 Health Workers test positive for Coronavirus
Posted on | CommentAbout 2,065 health workers have tested positive for Coronavirus in Ghana. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director General of the Ghana Health Service, made this known to the media at the Coronavirus press briefings in Accra on Thursday, July 16, 2020. … Read more →
Police meets Ya Na over sacked Commander
Posted on | CommentSenior police officers led by the Director-General of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Isaac Ken Yeboah, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the Director-General, Welfare of the Ghana Police Service and other police officers have called on the overlord of Dagbon … Read more →
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