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Banks in Ghana record GH¢2.5bn profit as of February 2026
Posted on with No CommentBanks operating in Ghana recorded a profit-after-tax of GH¢2.5 billion as of the end of February 2026. This is compared with GH¢2.0 billion in the same period a year earlier, a 24.1% increase in growth year-on-year. Similarly, profit-before-tax (PBT) recorded … Read more →
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Martin Amidu named Special Prosecutor by Prez. Akufo-Addo
Posted on | CommentFormer Attorney General Martin Amidu has been named Special Prosecutor by President Akufo-Addo. The anti-corruption campaigner and avid critic of the opposition National Democratic Congress was being considered with prominent lawyers such as Akoto Ampaw. Parliament passed the Special Prosecutor … Read more →
California mudslides death toll rises with 17 still missing
Posted on | CommentHundreds of rescuers are combing wreckage in Southern California for those missing after mudslides that have killed 17. Another 28 injuries have been reported in Santa Barbara County following the deluge that overwhelmed an area scorched by wildfires last month. … Read more →
Free SHS students to enjoy free cocoa beverage this term
Posted on | CommentStarting the second term of the 2017/2018 academic year, boarding schools will be served with cocoa beverage as an addition to the Free SHS package. Edwin Delight Foods, the company with the license to supply the National Food Buffer Stock … Read more →
Ghana’s Inflation inches up to 11.8%
Posted on | CommentThe year-on year inflation rate for December 2017 was 11.8% compared to 11.7% recorded in November 2017, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has noted. Baah Wadieh, Government Statistician, who disclosed this Wednesday at a press conference in Accra, said the … Read more →
Police will ensure safety of lesbians, gays in Ghana – IGP
Posted on | CommentThe Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu says the police service would adopt more proactive steps and pragmatic approaches to ensure the safety of lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender people in Ghana. This assurance was contained in a letter by … Read more →
Sri Lanka removes ban on alcohol for women
Posted on | CommentSri Lanka is to allow women over the age of 18 to buy alcohol legally for the first time in more than 60 years. The government said that it was amending a 1955 law that it agreed was discriminatory against … Read more →
GBC halts prosecution over TV license fees
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Broadcasting Corporation [GBC], has been directed by its Governing Board not to pursue any prosecute people who may default on the non-payment of TV license fees. Responding to the outcry and criticism that met the renewed efforts of … Read more →
Deal for Gitmo 2 stay in Ghana expires
Posted on | CommentGhana’s controversial agreement with the United States of America for the hosting of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees effectively ended on January 6, 2018. The two detainees, Mahmud Umar Muhammad Bin Atef and Khalid Muhammad Salih Al-Dhuby, who were in … Read more →
“More LPG stations to be closed down” – NPA Boss
Posted on | CommentChief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, Hassan Tampuli, has reiterated the Authority’s commitment to ensure LPG refill stations which fail to adhere to safety standards at their operation sites are shutdown, as it intensifies its monitoring and inspection exercise. … Read more →
Russia probe: Trump lawyers ‘in talks over Mueller interview’
Posted on | CommentDonald Trump’s lawyers are in talks with investigators who are seeking to interview the US president as part of a justice department probe, reports say. The Washington Post, quoting an unnamed person close to Mr Trump, says investigation lead Robert … Read more →
114 Ghanaian gays, lesbians cry foul narrating abuses to Human Rights Watch
Posted on | CommentA total of 114 Ghanaians who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) have narrated widespread discrimination and abuses meted out to them both in public and in family settings. Human Rights Watch said it interviewed the 114 LGBT people … Read more →
811 illegal miners arrested and 1,788 equipment seized
Posted on | CommentA total of 811 illegal miners have so far been arrested by the joint military/police taskforce set up to enforce the ban on illegal mining, since it started operating on July 31. Colonel Michael Amoah-Ayisi, Commander of the Taskforce (Operation … Read more →
233times.net & Westline Entertainment donate to Kith Mental Home in Takoradi
Posted on | CommentOnline news portal www.233times.net in collaboration with Westline Entertainment, organizers of Western Music Awards donated used clothes and undisclosed amount of money to Kith Mental Home in Takoradi on Saturday 6th January, 2018. “We are acutely aware that most of … Read more →
Human Rights Watch steps up campaign to legalise homosexuality in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe president and other state institutions are being pressured by international NGO, Human Rights Watch, to take “necessary steps” to amend Ghana’s constitution and legalise homosexuality. The group specifically wants Section 104 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960, which criminalises … Read more →
GBC encourages voluntarily payment of TV Licence
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) has re-stated that although the Chief Justice has approved the setting up of a court to try defaulters of television licence payment, the objective of the organisation was still to encourage voluntary payment. The corporation … Read more →
KLM gives €600 each to stranded passengers as compensation
Posted on | CommentKLM has offered to give its passengers who were denied their flight due to overbooking, €600 each as compensation. The passengers, totaling sixteen (16), couldn’t embark on the scheduled flight from Accra to Amsterdam on Saturday, January 6, 2018. Citi … Read more →
World’s most expensive bottle of vodka stolen found in Denmark
Posted on | CommentPolice in Denmark confirm that a valuable bottle of vodka that was reported stolen from a Copenhagen bar has been found. Copenhagen police say the bottle which is worth $1.3 million, according to its owner was recovered intact. Police say the investigation … Read more →
Western Region: Youth urged to stop talking and start doing at ‘Beginning the Year Right Summit’
Posted on | CommentOBPR Consult, the Western Region’s leading Public Relations firm in collaboration with online news portal www.233times.net and Skyy Power FM have organized a New Year Summit dubbed ‘Beginning the Year Right Summit’ for the teeming youth of the Western Region. … Read more →
Gov’t releases GHC14m to pay Teachers’ arrears
Posted on | 3 CommentsVice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed that the Finance Ministry has released Ghs14, 172, 313.23 to settle salary arrears for validated teachers engaged between 2013 and 2016. Speaking at the 5th Quadrennial and 52nd National Delegates Conference of the … Read more →
Gov’t blames GBC Director for TV licence fiasco
Posted on | Comment“The Attorney-General didn’t know, the National Media Commission [NMC] didn’t know, GBC Board didn’t know, the Ministry of information didn’t know. The Director-General of GBC, on his own, writes to the Secretary of Judicial Service and says that he should … Read more →
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