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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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Microsoft builds computer lab for Betenase JHS
Posted on | CommentMicrosoft has built an information communication centre for schools in the Ejura Sekyereduase area. The centre, sited at the Betenase M/A Primary School, is to serve over 22 schools and has been equipped with 27 desktop computers and its accessories. … Read more →
Ghana, US trade hits $1.7bn
Posted on | Comment-As Ghana increased exports by 133.50% in 2017 Bilateral trade between Ghana and the United States of America hit $1.7 billion ($1,771.4) in 2017. This represents 53.61% increase over the $1.1 billion ($1,153.2million) recorded in 2016. $135.7m balance of trade … Read more →
Kente named after Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentPresident Akufo-Addo was honoured yesterday with the naming of a Kente cloth after him. This was when leadership of the Adanwomase Kente Weavers and Sellers’ Association paid a courtesy call on him at the Jubilee House. They gave the name … Read more →
Duke of Edinburgh admitted to hospital for hip surgery
Posted on | CommentThe Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital in central London for planned surgery on his hip, Buckingham Palace has said. The surgery will take place on Wednesday at King Edward VII’s Hospital in Marylebone. Prince Philip, 96, retired … Read more →
Cough mixture abuse hits Sekondi-Takoradi, used as stimulant
Posted on | CommentWhilst the Food and Drugs Authority is fighting vigorously against the abuse of Tramadol, a pain killer that has been very widespread in the country in recent times, there is yet another case of a drug being abused by youth … Read more →
Nkroful Agricultural SHS gets $1.2m Assembly Hall
Posted on | CommentThe Nkroful Agriculture Senior High School (NASS) in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region has commissioned an ultramodern assembly hall with over 1,000 seater capacity, worth $1.2 million. The hall, with all the necessary facilities, built through the instrumentality … Read more →
Armed robbers strike at Oyarifa
Posted on | CommentArmed robbers, numbering about four, in the wee hours of Wednesday, attacked a family at Oyarifa. They took away GH¢16,450, four mobile phones and a laptop computer after severely beating the victims. Narrating the incident to The Finder, Richard Boateng … Read more →
US military deal – What we know so far
Posted on | CommentThe hue and cry that greeted the Ghana–US Military Co-operation Agreement ratified by parliament continues to dominate debates. The finer details of the agreement ratified by parliament clearly spells out what the US Military can do in Ghana. Inspection of … Read more →
Injection death toll rises
Posted on | Comment-Ghana Health Service says health worker was operating illegally The number of people who have died from injections received at the New Senchi Health Centre at Akrade in the Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region has risen to four. Names … Read more →
Former wife of Nelson Mandela, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela dies at 81
Posted on | CommentSouth African anti-apartheid campaigner Winnie Mandela has died aged 81, her personal assistant says. Winnie Madikizela Mandela was the former wife of South Africa’s first black president, Nelson Mandela. The couple – famously pictured hand-in-hand as Mr Mandela walked free … Read more →
Why kids in Amsterdam are getting slimmer
Posted on | CommentChildhood obesity rates are rising in many parts of the world – but in Amsterdam they are falling. The city’s healthy-weight programme has seen a 12% drop in overweight and obese children. “Go!” shouts the instructor. Tyrell van der Wees … Read more →
Takoradi: Fashion Designer who cut his throat because he was jilted by girlfriend has passed on
Posted on | CommentThe Fashion Designer who cut his throat because his girlfriend jilted him, Kwame Ntiako Aboagye has passed on. He bled profusely due to the deep cut he inflected on himself. www.233times.net’s Nana Kwesi Coomson who reports from the Accident and … Read more →
Takoradi: Fashion designer cuts his throats because his girlfriend jilted him (DISTURBING PHOTOS)
Posted on | 1 CommentA Fashion designer whose name is given as Kwame Ntiako Aboagye, a resident of I. Adu in Takoradi has cut his throat with the intention of killing himself because his girlfriend has jilted him. Jerome, the man who hit Kwame … Read more →
GIJ Rector sacked, registrar demoted
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) has sacked Dr. Wilberforce Dzisah as its rector. Dr. Dzisah, whose appointment was due to end in August this year, had it terminated in a letter dated Friday, March 23 based on a decision … Read more →
Official: Prez. Akufo-Addo renames seat of presidency “Jubilee House”
Posted on | CommentAn executive order by the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated among other reasons that “there is no record evidencing the renaming of the seat of the Presidency as Flagstaff House by His Excellency Professor John Evans Atta Mills”. … Read more →
Gov’t introduces ranking system for SHSs
Posted on | CommentDr Yaw Adutwum, the Deputy Minister of Education in charge of General Education, has announced that government has introduced a ranking system for senior high schools (SHSs) to create a sense of urgency for school improvement. He said the approach … Read more →
Pirates attack 3 vessels within 48hrs; take 5 persons hostage
Posted on | CommentPirates suspected to be from Nigeria have within the last 48 hours launched a series of attacks on three vessels operating within the West African coast of Ghana. Five persons – one Ghanaian, a Greek, and three Korean nationals – … Read more →
Karpowership contract to be extended to 20 years
Posted on | Comment-After govt negotiates about 25% reduction in the tariff Government is to extend the contract of Karpowership Ghana Company Limited from the initial 10 years to 20 years. Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko, who confirmed this to The Finder, explained that … Read more →
Veep outdoors NIA cars
Posted on | CommentThe activities of the National Identification Authority (NIA) were given a major boost yesterday when Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia donated a fleet of vehicles to the Authority. The donation comprised 62 vehicles- 57 Nissan Hardbody pickups and five Toyota … Read more →
US Embassy cautions its citizens ahead of Ghana-first demo
Posted on | CommentA demonstration alert dated March 27, 2018 on the website of the US Embassy in Ghana has cautioned US citizens to among other safety measures “avoid the areas of the demonstrations” it outlined to have started yesterday March 27. According … Read more →
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