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US imposes visa restrictions – Ban targets election troublemakers

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Ahead of the December 7 polls, the United States of America (USA) has announced a new policy that will restrict US visas for any individual responsible for undermining democracy in the country. The US Department of State, which issued the … Read more →

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Ofori-Atta off to China for debt restructuring negotiations

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Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta has left Accra for China to have negotiations on debt restructuring with officials of that country.  Sources say the Minister left over the weekend via Addis Ababa where he is attending the UNECA High-Level Ministers … Read more →

Joe Biden welcomes ICC’s Putin arrest warrant

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US President Joe Biden has welcomed the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest warrant against his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The ICC accused President Putin of committing war crimes in Ukraine – something President Biden said the Russian leader … Read more →

Resign if you can’t do the job – Mahama tells Adutwum

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Former President John Dramani Mahama has told the Minister of Education Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum not to close down nonperforming schools. He says the schools should rather be supported with teaching and learning materials to improve on their performance. Addressing … Read more →

Inflation is 52.8 %

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The year-on-year inflation for February 2023 has reached 52.8 per cent. This means that in the month of February 2023, the general price level was 52.8 per cent higher than February last year. Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, made … Read more →

Anas speaks after damning judgement

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Ace investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas has described judgement against him in a defamation case against the Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong as unfortunate and travesty of justice. In a statement released … Read more →

Kennedy Agyapong speaks after flooring Anas

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The Member of Parliament (MP) for Assin Central in the Central Region, Kennedy Agyapong has said that his legal victory against investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas is a victory for all who were affected by the “poor journalistic work of … Read more →

Ashaiman Miilitary brutality records first casualty

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One person has been reported dead from the military invasion of Ashaiman over the killing of a soldier at Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman. According to report, a certain Alhaji Mohammed Musah was said to have died as a result … Read more →

Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly arrests 20 people for open defecation

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The Environmental Health Department of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan area has arrested some 20 persons for openly defecating along the beaches. The offenders according to Mr Abdul Karim Hudu, Metropolitan Environmental Health Director in an interview with Ghana News Agency had … Read more →

3 Populous areas receive immunisation vaccines in Western Region

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Dr Nana Yaw Ofori Yeboah, the Western Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, says the three highly populated areas in the Western Region have received the immunisation vaccines. Though the Region did not utterly suffer from the vaccine shortage, … Read more →

Court throws out Anas’ GHC25 million defamation case against Kennedy Agyapong

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A High Court in Accra has thrown out a GHC25-million defamation suit filed by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, an investigative journalist, against Mr Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central. It awarded a cost of GHC50,000 to the investigative journalist. … Read more →

Fire guts Kejetia Market

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Report available to www.233times.net indicates that parts of the new Kejetia market in Kumasi in the Ashanti region have been ramped in a fire outbreak. The incident occurred on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. A video shared on social media showed … Read more →

Meta lay-offs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff

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Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs. It will be the second wave of mass redundancies from the tech giant, which laid off 11,000 employees last November. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said … Read more →

Samsung to invest in South Korea mega chip-making plan

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Electronics giant Samsung says it plans to invest around 300tn won ($230.8bn; £189.6bn) over 20 years in the South Korean government’s push to develop a mega semiconductor hub in the country. This will be put towards building five chip factories, … Read more →

Jiang Yanyong: Whistleblower doctor who exposed China’s Sars cover-up dies

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Jiang Yanyong, a former military surgeon who blew the whistle on Chinese authorities’ cover-up of the 2003 Sars epidemic, has died aged 91. He died of pneumonia on Saturday in Beijing, family friends and Chinese-language media in Hong Kong reported. … Read more →

US drone crashes after encounter with Russian jet

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A Russian fighter jet has collided with a US drone, causing the unmanned US aircraft to crash into the Black Sea, the American military says. It says the drone was on a routine mission in international airspace when two Russian … Read more →

6 Arrested for attempting to kidnap 13-year-old student at Inchaban

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There has been an alleged attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old student at Inchaban in the Shama District on Sunday, March 12. 6 suspects were arrested and detained at the Sekondi Divisional Police Headquarters but five of them (5) were released … Read more →

WR Minister inspects progress of Western Railway line project

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The Western Regional Minister Dr Kobby Okyere Darko-Mensah and the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Tarkwa Nsuaem Mr Benjamin Kessie inspected the progress of work on the Western Railway project on Monday, March 13. The Western rail line which is … Read more →

NADMO to desilt drains in Sekondi-Takoradi as raining season draws near

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The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) of Sekondi-Takroadi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) says they are planning on desilting all drains before the rains set in. Mr James Obeing Junior who is the Metro Director of NADMO speaking exclusively to Skyy News … Read more →

Expect payments within 48 hours – Gov’t to aggrieved bondholders

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Government has assured bondholders who did not subscribe to the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) that processes have begun to “settle payments on outstanding bonds”. A statement issued by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, March 14 said the processes … Read more →

COCOBOD loses GH¢4.8 billion to galamsey in Western Region

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According to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), illicit mining (galamsey) activities at Boinso in the Western Region have cost the company GH4.8 billion in investments in 35 hectares of cocoa crops. Among other initiatives it was pursuing to increase the … Read more →

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