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US charges 6 over car theft ring shipping stolen vehicles to Ghana
Posted on with No CommentSix individuals have been charged in the United States over an alleged international car theft syndicate that smuggled stolen vehicles to Ghana, following a year-long investigation by federal authorities. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, … Read more →
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Facebook shuts down pages offering marijuana for sale
Posted on | CommentFacebook has shut down pages offering marijuana for sale in Alaska, angering the businesses that run them, who say they were licensed to sell it. It highlights the problems faced by social networks trying to set boundaries for what users … Read more →
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II gives juicy rewards to Prempeh College team, teachers for 2017 NSMQ triumph
Posted on | CommentAsantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has announced an education support package for the contestants that clinched a victory for Prempeh College in the just ended 2017 National Maths and Science Quiz. Details of the offer are unknown but the support … Read more →
Banks offer COCOBOD $1.7bn
Posted on | Comment-Far and above $1.3 billion loan request made to international banks AFTER a road-show in London in the United Kingdom, Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has received over $1.7billion worth of bids from international banks. This amount is far and above … Read more →
Switzerland supports Ghana with $80m
Posted on | CommentThe Federal Republic of Switzerland has earmarked an amount of $80 million to support the enhanced competitiveness of Ghanaian enterprises in the global market space, as well as help in government’s efforts at diversifying the Ghanaian economy. Ghana has been … Read more →
Abolish death penalty – Amnesty International urges Ghana
Posted on | CommentAmnesty International, a non-governmental organization focused on human rights is calling on the Ghanaian government to abolish the death penalty for all crimes. According to a report published today by Amnesty International, there has been no progress on the abolition … Read more →
$194m earmarked to fight TB, HIV, malaria in Ghana
Posted on | CommentThe Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) of the Global Fund has earmarked $194 million to fight tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and malaria in Ghana between the years 2018 and 2020. The Coordinating Director of CCM, Mr Collins Agyarko-Nti, said about $12 million … Read more →
Prestea: 25 year old busted for stabbing a prostitute
Posted on | CommentA 25 year old trader identified as Abdul Mugeez has been arrested by prestea police for stabbing and robbing a prostitute. The incident occurred at prestea in the Prestea Hunivalley district of the Western Region. According to the woman in … Read more →
Gov’t clears Prisons Service to recruit 1,000 officers
Posted on | CommentGovernment has given approval to the Ghana Prison Service to recruit 1,000 prison officers to enhance its performance so as to meet the international best practices in prison administration. Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia made the disclosure in Accra on … Read more →
Daily minimum wage for 2018 pegged at GHC9.68
Posted on | CommentDaily minimum wage for 2018 has been pegged at GHC9.68; a 10 per cent increment from the current GHC8.90. It followed conclusion of negotiations on July 11, 2017 by the National Tripartite Committee made up of the government, the Ghana Employers’ … Read more →
Donald Trump sued for blocking people on Twitter
Posted on | CommentSeven Twitter users are suing the US president, Donald Trump, saying their right to free speech has been violated. Mr Trump has been party to an eye-watering 4,000 lawsuits over the last 30 years, US media say. And now the … Read more →
Email ‘linked Kremlin to Trump son meeting’
Posted on | CommentDonald Trump Jr was told that material on Hillary Clinton offered by a Russian lawyer was part of a Russian government effort to help his father’s election campaign, the New York Times has said. Publicist Rob Goldstone, who arranged the … Read more →
16 dead in US military plane crash
Posted on | CommentAt least 16 people have died after a US military plane crashed in the southern state of Mississippi at around 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Monday. The crash happened in LeFlore County, about 100 miles (160km) north of Jackson, … Read more →
BOST pays $300,000 to TSL monthly
Posted on | CommentThe Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) with effect from January 1, 2016 pays $3.6 million annually to TSL Logistics Ghana Limited, a subsidiary of a Nigerian Company as operations, maintenance and management fees, in a deal that … Read more →
40% of Fire Service personnel will be women – Interior Minister
Posted on | CommentTHE Minister for the Interior, Ambrose Dery, has disclosed that at least 40% of personnel of the Ghana National Fire Service will be women. According to him, government has given approval to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) to recruit … Read more →
Structures at East Legon Green Belt to be demolished
Posted on | CommentTHE Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) is taking legal steps to demolish all structures at the East Legon Green Belt. It said the developers of the structures would be surcharge with the cost of the demolition. This follows an Accra High … Read more →
Stop maltreating Ghanaians – Prez. Akufo-Addo tells Qatar
Posted on | CommentPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged Qatar to take immediate steps to stop the maltreatment of Ghanaians in that Gulf State. President Akufo-Addo made the call when he interacted with the Ambassador of Qatar to Ghana, H.E. Mohammed Jaber … Read more →
Ghana Police Service to be transformed into world class – IGP
Posted on | CommentTHE Inspector-General of Police, Mr David Asante-Apeatu, says the Ghana Police Service is striving to actualise its vision of becoming a world class police service. He said the Service aimed at delivering planned, democratic, protective and peaceful services up to … Read more →
Ghana & Sierra Leone categorized “more peaceful” than others in West Africa
Posted on | CommentThe world has grown safer over the past decade but more dangerous in the past year, according to the 2017 Global Peace Index. Visions of Humanity, a peace research institute that focuses on the economic benefits of peace, compiled the … Read more →
Senior Doctor found dead in hotel
Posted on | CommentA senior dental surgeon and lecturer at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra has been found dead in a hotel at Dansoman, having reportedly checked in with a lady. The lady, believed to be his girlfriend and identified only as … Read more →
KNUST invents and builds solar-powered 4X4 vehicle
Posted on | CommentThe Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in partnership with the Technical University of Munich, has constructed a solar-powered 4×4 vehicle. The environmentally friendly vehicle, meant to carry passengers and goods, was inaugurated by the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei … Read more →
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