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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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UTAG gives Gov’t final warning over book, research allowances
Posted on | CommentThe University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has given the government one last chance to pay the book and research allowances due its members. After an emergency meeting on Tuesday, UTAG members were in favour of downing their tools over … Read more →
Call for a ban on people eating dog meat in the UK
Posted on | CommentUK law says that you can’t buy or sell dog meat, but if you humanely kill a dog you own, you can eat it. But there have been calls to make it illegal, including from SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron … Read more →
Entire Australian state now in drought
Posted on | CommentAustralia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), is now entirely in drought, officials have confirmed. A dry winter has intensified what has been called the worst drought in living memory in parts of eastern Australia. NSW produces about a … Read more →
Nana Addo – I will make private sector thrive
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo Addo has reiterated his administration’s resolve to sustain the growth of the private sector. According to him, the government is putting in place `measures to support local businesses in the country. President Akufo-Addo was speaking at the first … Read more →
Ghana hosts 27th African Human Rights Moot Court
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Africans to continuously strive for respect for human rights. He said being beneficiaries of the struggle for freedom from colonialism, present-day Africans needed to mount constant vigilance to protect individual and collective liberties, … Read more →
EOCO Invites Menzgold CEO
Posted on | CommentThe Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) has invited the CEO of Menzgold Nana Appiah Mensah over the operations of the gold investment company. The Bank of Ghana (BoG) on Tuesday, August 7, 2018 issued a public notice that it … Read more →
Twitter will not ban InfoWars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
Posted on | CommentThe CEO of Twitter says it will not ban InfoWars or its founder Alex Jones because their accounts do not violate the social media platform’s rules. A number of tech giants, including YouTube and Facebook, deleted the conspiracy theorist’s content … Read more →
BBC websites blocked in China after security change
Posted on | CommentThe BBC’s web services are all currently blocked in China, following a decision by the corporation to change the website’s format. It has altered all of its addresses from beginning “HTTP” to “HTTPS”, which is widely considered to be a … Read more →
200 farmers benefit from planting for foods and jobs
Posted on | CommentAbout 200 farmers in the Tatale-Sanguli district of the Northern region have received training and seedlings to begin the cashew plantation project under the government’s flagship project ‘Planting for Food and Jobs.’ Over 8,000 cashew seedlings have also been distributed … Read more →
Nursing And Midwifery Council – We Have Not Released Admissions Quota
Posted on | CommentThe Nursing and Midwifery Council has dissociated itself from a statement that suggested that it has released the admission quota for the various nursing training schools in the country. The fake statement had announced numbers of students that are permissible … Read more →
Gun Supplier Of Robbers Arrested With 35 Fire Arms
Posted on | CommentThe Upper West regional police command has arrested a man believed to be the supplier of fire arms to robbers in the region and other parts of the country. The police retrieved 35 single-barrel guns including one belonging to the … Read more →
Volta Region: FDA seizes fake Postinor 2, & others
Posted on | CommentThe Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has impounded 8,320 packets of fake medicines and tobacco products at five border communities in the Volta Region. The products, concealed in cartons and sacks and labelled as food products, were seized in Ho, Dabala, … Read more →
1,350 SMEs benefit from Presidential Business Support Programme
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday presented cheques ranging from GH¢10, 000 to GH¢100,000 to 1,350 micro, small and medium business owners under the Presidential Business Support Programme at the Jubilee House. The beneficiaries are expected to grow their … Read more →
400 out of 696 schools to operate double track for 7years
Posted on | CommentBeginning this academic year, all senior high schools (SHSs) are to move from the current trimester system to the semester system, the Minister of Education. Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, has announced. The move, he said, was part of the government’s strategy to ensure … Read more →
Ghana’s status affirmed as first country in WHO’s Africa Region to eliminate trachoma
Posted on | CommentThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has given a Validation Letter to affirm Ghana’s status as the first country in WHO’s Africa Region to achieve the milestone of eliminating trachoma. Trachoma is a devastating eye disease caused by the bacterium chlamydia … Read more →
Gov’t considering cable cars for coastal transport
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Transport is considering introducing cable cars, and shuttle passenger services by sea as alternative means of transport along the coast. These ideas, if implemented, will be piloted from Tema to Accra and Accra to Takoradi. This was revealed by … Read more →
32-year-old jailed five years for illegally possessing cannabis
Posted on | CommentA Kumasi Circuit Court has sentenced a 32-year-old man to five years in prison for illegally possessing cannabis. Isaac Awinmba, pleaded guilty to the offence and was convicted on his own plea. Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Okyere Darko, … Read more →
Minister – ‘Double track system saved gov’t over GHC 1bn’
Posted on | CommentThe government would have to spend one billion Ghana cedis on Free Senior High School (SHS) policy without the double track system, Minister of Education, Matthew Opoku Prempeh has said. The double track system has met stiff opposition from many … Read more →
Police Impounds ‘Wee’ Concealed In ‘Kokonte’
Posted on | CommentPolice in Nkrukan in the Eastern Region has impounded huge quantities of compressed dried leaves suspected to be marijuana. The compressed slabs of the suspected marijuana were concealed in dried pieces of cassava (Kokonte) hidden in two mini sacks en … Read more →
Sierra Leone High commissioner bids farewell to Prez Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentThe outgoing Sierra Leonean High Commissioner to Ghana, Justice Umu Hawa Tajan Hallow, has expressed the appreciation of the government and the people of Sierra Leone to their Ghanaian counterparts for their continued support for her country. According to her, 90 … Read more →
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