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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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My name is not John & I was compelled to say the girls are dead – Suspect in kidnapped Taadi girls’ case
Posted on | CommentAt the Takoradi Magistrate Court today, Thursday 18th June, 2020, a suspect in the alleged murder of the four Takoradi girls said he was compelled to say all that he said in court earlier. The suspect John Orji also mentioned … Read more →
Thieves rob Nima Police Station
Posted on | CommentThe Nima Police Station in Accra was Thursday dawn robbed by thieves. The thieves reportedly made away with items including laptops, printers, television sets and other stationery. A report by Starrfm.com said some officers of the station also say their … Read more →
GHS responds to OccupyGhana’s alleged suppression of Covid-19 data
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Health Service (GHS) in a response to an allegation of suppression of data on the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Ghana has explained that it does not manipulate the data collated from the regions. It said the reporting on … Read more →
UCC gets new Vice-Chancellor
Posted on | CommentThe Provost of the College of Health and Allied Sciences, Prof Johnson Nyarko Boampong has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). He will take over from the incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Professor Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, … Read more →
Fetish Priest arrested for faking death
Posted on | CommentA notorious fetish priest, Togbe Shitor, and two others have been arrested for allegedly faking his death. The priest is based at Akyem -Kukurantumi in the Abuakwa North Municipality of the Eastern Region, and is standing trial before a Circuit … Read more →
COVID-19: Western Region records 1,051 cases with 915 discharged
Posted on | CommentSome nine hundred and fifteen (915) patients have been discharged from the various isolation centers in the Western Region, an addition of 59 patients to the earlier 856. According to Regional the Health Directorate, these patients show no symptoms or … Read more →
Northern Region: 3-month-old baby dies of COVID-19
Posted on | CommentA three-month-old baby has died of COVID-19 in the Northern Region, bringing the death toll in the region to three. The baby was referred from the Savelugu Hospital to the Northern Regional Hospital in Tamale but died shortly afterwards. The … Read more →
Ghana’s COVID-19 now 12,590
Posted on | CommentConfirmed cases of Covid-19 has risen to 12,590 after 397 new cases were recorded by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). This was contained in the latest GHS case management update. The number of recoveries according to the GHS has increased … Read more →
UK approves Dexamethasone for Covid-19 treatment
Posted on | CommentThe United Kingdowm (UK) has approved Dexamethasone for the treatment of novel coronavirus, Covid-19. So far, Dexamethasone is the first drug that has proven to increase the survival rate for hospitalised Covid-19 patients. The steroid is given either via an … Read more →
Ghanaians stranded in New York to be evacuated June 25
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has planned to evacuate Ghanaians stranded in New York back to Accra on June 25, 2020. They will be evacuated via an Ethiopian Airlines flight. There will be a 14-day mandatory quarantine … Read more →
NHIA boss tests positive for COVID-19
Posted on | CommentThe Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Dr Lydia Dsane-Selby, has tested positive for COVID-19. Dr Dsane-Selby tested positive for the disease on Sunday, June 14. She is the second high profile Ghanaian official on record to have … Read more →
Ghana’s COVID-19 case count now 12,193 with 4,326 recoveries
Posted on | CommentGhana’s COVID-19 case count is now 12,193. This means some 229 new cases have been confirmed. According to the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Patrick Kumah-Aboagye, the cases were recorded in nine regions with the Ashanti Region confirming … Read more →
OccupyGhana suspects Ghana’s COVID-19 death figures are being ‘massaged’
Posted on | CommentPressure group Occupy Ghana suspects government is under-reporting Ghana’s COVID-19 death toll. According to the group officials of government in charge of the management of COVID 19 information have not been truthful with Ghanaians in that regard. In a statement … Read more →
Health Minister discharged from hospital – Oppong-Nkrumah
Posted on | CommentKwaku Agyeman-Manu, the Minister of Health, who tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, has been discharged from the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) where he was receiving treatment. Speaking at a press briefing Monday evening, the Minister of Information, … Read more →
856 COVID-19 patients discharged in Western Region
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Health Directorate has revealed that some eight hundred and fifty-six (856) persons have been discharged from the various isolation or treatment centers in the Western Region. According to the explanation from the Health Directorate, these persons have … Read more →
Prez. Akufo-Addo pays glowing tribute to late MCE of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis Hon K. K Sam
Posted on | CommentIn his eleventh address to Ghanaians on COVID-19, President Akufo-Addo paid a glowing tribute to the Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) Hon. K.K. Sam who passed away last Friday 12th June, 2020 “as a result of COVID-related death.” The … Read more →
Minister of Health tests positive for COVID-19
Posted on | CommentThe Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman Manu is recovering in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. Information available to indicates that the Minister has been receiving treatment at the University of Ghana Medical Centre in Accra over the past week. Multiple … Read more →
Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly K.K. Sam has died
Posted on | CommentThe Mayor of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Anthony K.K. Sam has died, www.233times.net can authoritatively report. “He was diagnosed of pneumonia and was rushed to Accra” a close family source told www.233times.net. According to close family sources who spoke to www.233times.net, … Read more →
VIDEO: Fire guts KGM Industries on the Spintex road
Posted on | CommentFire guts KGM Industries around the Coca-Cola roundabout on the Spintex Road. The company, located around the Coca-Cola roundabout on the Spintex Road in Accra, is a manufacturer of plastic products, chairs and tables. mo -Graphic
Tramadol and cannabis found in arrested ‘Apostle’ urine – Police Report
Posted on | CommentApostle Kwabena Owusu Adjei has tested positive for Tramadol and Tetrahydrocannabinol after a urine sample test conducted by the Police Hospital in Accra after his arrest on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 by National Security Operatives. The 56-year-old man tested positive for Tramadol and … Read more →
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