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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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VIDEO: My husband wasn’t put in a bucket of a pickup – Matilda Amissah-Arthur
Posted on | CommentThe wife of the late Vice President of Ghana, Paa Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur, has debunked rumours that her late husband was transported in the bucket of a pickup truck to 37 Military Hospital when he collapsed at the Airforce Gym … Read more →
GH¢ 50k for Upper East disaster victims
Posted on | CommentGovernment has released an amount of GH¢ 50,000 to address the immediate needs of persons who have been displaced as a result of the recent flood in some districts and communities of the Upper East Region. The Vice President, Dr. … Read more →
Staff of collapsed banks urged to take up artisanal jobs
Posted on | CommentAn entrepreneur and project manager, Kwame Sowu has advised both unemployed graduates and unemployed former staff of defunct financial institutions to move towards artisanal work and trade partnerships. His advice follows; the collapse of banks and microfinance institutions in Ghana … Read more →
Gold Coast to customers- ‘We’ll pay, you won’t lose a pesewa’
Posted on | CommentIt seems customers of former Gold Coast Fund Management now Black Shield Fund Management may have to exercise a bit more restraint because the company is still hopeful that they will be paid. These disgruntled customers who want their investments … Read more →
Teacher commits suicide
Posted on | CommentSimon Tetteh, 44, a tutor of Nifa Senior High School in the Akuapem North Municipality of the Eastern Region, has allegedly committed suicide. The incident reportedly took place in his house at Nyamekrom, a suburb of Koforidua, on Thursday, October … Read more →
3 Police Officers interdicted for allegedly beating man to death
Posted on | CommentThree police officers have been interdicted after they allegedly beat up a man to death in the Asante Akyem South District of the Ashanti region. A statement from the Ashanti Regional Police Command named General Sergeant, Suleman Seidu; General Corporal, Seth Agbango … Read more →
Employ NABCO Trainees first – Prez. Akufo-Addo to Module Implementation Partners
Posted on | CommentThe President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the Module Implementation Partners (MIPs) to employ trainees of the Nation Builders Corp (NABCO) programme first when employment opportunities arise. Speaking at the 1st anniversary of the inception of … Read more →
Capital Bank collapse: Ato Essien, 3 others plead not guilty as court sets ¢675m bail
Posted on | CommentFounder of defunct Capital Bank William Ato Essien and three others have pleaded not guiltily to 26 charges including stealing of various sums in excess of ¢260 million. The three are Managing Director of MC Management Services Ltd, Dr Tetteh Nettey; former … Read more →
NCA shuts down 57 FM stations
Posted on | CommentFifty-seven out of the 144 Frequency Modulation (FM) stations that were cited for various infractions in an audit exercise by the National Communications Authority (NCA) have been shut down, the Minister of Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has said. “In … Read more →
Give us 8 weeks to stop upfront ‘talk tax’ deductions – Telcos to Communications Ministry
Posted on | CommentMobile Network Operators (MNOs) have asked the Ministry of Communications to give them six to eight weeks to reconfigure their systems to enable them comply with the directive to halt the upfront deduction of the Communications Service Tax (CST). The … Read more →
Free SHS: Gold Track students re-open on November 12
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Education Service (GES) has announced November 12, 2019, as the new re-opening date for second-year Senior High School (SHS) students who are on the Gold Track. The students who are beneficiaries of the government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) … Read more →
Report telcos that still deduct CST upfront – Gov’t
Posted on | CommentThe government is urging the public to report telcos that still charge them the 9% Communication Service Tax (CST). A Deputy Minister for Communications, George Andah said all teclos have been directed to immediately stop the upfront deductions made on … Read more →
IGP gives new directives to check extortion, unprofessional conduct by Police
Posted on | CommentThe Inspector General of Police, James Oppong-Boanuh has issued new directives to guide police traffic duties, highway patrols, barrier duties among others. A statement from the police said the new directives were in response to numerous complaints from the public … Read more →
All mobile SIM cards to be re-registered from Jan. 2020 – Communications Minister
Posted on | CommentAll mobile SIM cards in the country will from January next year have to be re-registered in a new move by government to clean the current registration system, which has been characterised by fraud. Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful who announced … Read more →
Over 80 families displaced by floods in Sekondi–Takoradi
Posted on | CommentAt least 80 families in more than 40 houses were on Friday displaced by flood in the Sekondi–Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region. This followed four hours of torrential rain recorded in the metropolis. The main Eshiem to Manso … Read more →
No more roaming charges: ECOWAS citizens to enjoy local rates on calls – Communications Minister
Posted on | CommentECOWAS countries will from January 2020 scrap international roaming charges for its citizens travelling within the region as part of efforts to promote regional integration and economic development. This means all ECOWAS citizens traveling within the region will from January … Read more →
Why I went public about being raped, 67 years later – Elizabeth Ohene
Posted on | CommentProminent Ghanaian journalist, BBC columnist and former government minister Elizabeth Ohene recently wrote about her experience of being sexually abused more than 60 years ago, when she was just seven years old. Here she explains why she decided to go … Read more →
Lightning kills man in Ashanti Region
Posted on | CommentPolice at Asokwa have conveyed the corpse of a man to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue after he was reportedly struck by lightning at Sewia Junction in the Ashanti Region. The deceased, who is said to be in his … Read more →
Telcos must disregard Communications Ministry’s directive on CST – Franklin Cudjoe
Posted on | CommentThe President of Policy think tank IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has called on telecommunications network firms in the country to disregard a directive by the Communications Ministry to cease the instant deduction of the Communications Service Tax also known as … Read more →
Expect more rains till November – Meteo Agency
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet) is predicting more rains as the country is in the minor rainy season. The agency said the volume of rain being experienced across the country in recent times may appear to be abnormal however it … Read more →
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