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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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17 Burkinabes, 1 Ivorian repatriated after entering Ghana illegally through Western North
Posted on | CommentEighteen nationals of two neighbouring countries have been sent back to their countries after coming into Ghana through an unidentified illegal route at Sewum in the Aowin Municipality, of the Western North Region. According to a press release from the … Read more →
Immigration Officers at border town Kofi Badukrom have no official vehicle to fight COVID-19; patrols in private cars
Posted on | CommentImmigration Officers at Kofi Badurkom in the Dormaa township, a border town (in the Brong Ahafo Region) to Cote D’Ivoire is in dire need of resources in this abnormal times as Immigration Officers use their private cars to patrol the … Read more →
Ghanaian gets nod to represent ECOWAS at UN
Posted on | CommentA Ghanaian energy icon, Mr Mahama Kappiah has been appointed the Permanent Representative Ambassador of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the United Nations, in New York, USA, a statement from the Regional entity says. The release, … Read more →
Full list of winners: Kofi Kinaata wins 2020 3Music Awards’ biggest award
Posted on | CommentMultiple award winning Artiste, Martin KingArthur, known in Showbiz as Kofi Kinaata has won the flagship award at the 2020 3Music Awards – Song of the Year, which according to the MCs of the night Jay Folley and Naa Ashorkor … Read more →
National Service personnel directed to resume work May 4
Posted on | CommentThe National Service Scheme (NSS) has ordered all NSS personnel to return to their places of work on Monday, May 4, 2020, after taking a one month paid leave. NSS personnel were directed in March to take a forced paid leave due … Read more →
Amenfi East restricts Traders from Sekondi-Takoradi, Axim as COVID-19 cases rises
Posted on | CommentThe Wassa Amenfi East District is shut to any trader from neighbouring districts until further notice. This comes after a rise in cases of coronavirus infection in the capital of the Western Region; Sekondi Takoradi, and Nzema East. District Executive … Read more →
Guinea Bissau PM tests positive for coronavirus
Posted on | CommentGuinea Bissau’s Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam has tested positive for coronavirus, the health ministry has said. Interior Minister Botche Cande and two other ministers also have Covid-19. Mr Nabiam said that several members of an interministerial coronavirus committee had … Read more →
COVID-19: Ghana records 2,074 cases with 212 recoveries (Regional Breakdown)
Posted on | CommentThe confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ghana has increased to 2,074. This means that 403 new cases have been recorded in the country. The number of recovered persons is now 212 with 17 deaths. Regional breakdown Count of Cases per Region … Read more →
UK may miss 100,000 test target – Cabinet Minister
Posted on | CommentThe UK may not reach its target of conducting 100,000 tests a day by the end of April, a cabinet minister has suggested. Health Secretary Matt Hancock set the target earlier this month but latest figures show only 52,429 tests … Read more →
Supreme Court to decide on Martin Amidu’s fate as SP on May 13
Posted on | CommentThe Supreme Court will on May 13, 2020, decide whether or not Mr Martin Amidu is eligible to be Special Prosecutor. A seven-member panel of the court presided over by the Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah was today (Wednesday, April … Read more →
COVID-19: Ghana has 6th highest cases in Africa
Posted on | CommentCases of Coronavirus in Africa have surged past 34,000 with Ghana having the sixth-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 (Coronavirus) infections. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) data, Ghana’s 1,671 cases announced yesterday places the country behind Egypt (5,042), South … Read more →
US economy sees worst slump in over a decade
Posted on | CommentThe US economy suffered its most severe contraction in more than a decade in the first quarter of the year, as the country introduced lockdowns to slow the spread of coronavirus. The world’s largest economy sank at an annual rate … Read more →
Boris Johnson and fiancée welcome baby boy
Posted on | CommentBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a baby boy. Johnson’s office says Symonds gave birth to a “healthy baby boy at a London hospital” on Wednesday morning, and both mother and … Read more →
Uganda President blasts MPs for $2.6m coronavirus payment
Posted on | CommentUganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has blasted Members of Parliament for allocating themselves a total of 10bn Ugandan shillings ($2.6m; £2m) to raise awareness on coronavirus. The president said it was “morally reprehensible” for the MPs to allocate themselves the amount … Read more →
3 Burkinabes arrested for entering Ghana illegally
Posted on | CommentThree Burkinabes who allegedly entered Ghana illegally have been arrested at Babile in the Upper West Region. The three men were busted en route to Techiman to seek for jobs with other Ghanaian nationals. Their ages range between 35 and … Read more →
Address potential food insecurity – NDPC urges gov’t
Posted on | CommentThe National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) is advocating urgent measures to address any potential food insecurity in the midst of the COVID-19. In that regard, it has called for the establishment of efficient national, regional and local storage facilities and … Read more →
Landlords shouldn’t rent houses to foreigners without COVID-19 clearance – Atta Akyea
Posted on | CommentGovernment has asked all landlords to as a mandatory requirement inspect the COVID-19 status of all foreigners before renting out properties to them. This is according to the Works and Housing Minister, Samuel Atta Akyea who was speaking during a … Read more →
Takoradi Airport disinfected
Posted on | CommentIn a move to get key public institutions to stand protected against the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has disinfected the Takoradi Airport at the Airforce Base. This comes after Zoomlion led the disinfection of some 17 public universities … Read more →
COVID-19: Ghana records 1,671 with 188 recoveries
Posted on | CommentGhana’s COVID-19 cases have increased to 1,671 from the last count of 1,550. There is currently 188 recoveries as well. This was announced by the Ghana Health Service Director-General at a press briefing at the Ministry of Information Press Center … Read more →
COVID-19 Western Region update: All workers of Coastal Quarry test negative
Posted on | CommentGood news reaching www.233times.net is that all 71 workers of Coastal Quarry at Anto in the Shama District where the first person (Chinese) in Western Region tested positive have tested negative. Following the positive confirmation of the Chinese some weeks … Read more →
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