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Air fares soar by nearly 25% as Iran war forces flights to re-route
Posted on with No CommentThe war in the Middle East has helped to trigger a surge in air fares, with the lowest-priced economy tickets costing 24% more on average than they did a year ago, according to new research. The report, from the consultancy … Read more →
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Students stopped from writing BECE
Posted on | CommentSome candidates sitting the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination (B.E.C.E) have been reportedly stopped from writing their papers due to a mix-up in their index numbers. It is unclear who directed the affected students who are writing the exams in … Read more →
Don’t accept restrictions imposed on you by circumstances – Dr. Mensa Otabil
Posted on | 1 CommentPastor Mensa Otabil has said his dad was not a good father. Using his childhood as an example to teach his congregation about generational leadership and how to break clean from the bad leadership and examples of generations gone by, … Read more →
Cape Coast: Torrential rains kill 5
Posted on | CommentFive people have been killed in floods in the Central Regional capital, Cape Coast. Three died after a building caved in on them as a result of the torrential rains which have been falling for the four days continuously. One … Read more →
Dumsor hits Kotoka International Airport
Posted on | CommentPassengers at the arrival hall of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) were on Saturday afternoon left in total darkness for close to an hour after power supply to certain parts of the airport went off. The power cut which happened … Read more →
PHOTO: 10-yr-old electrocuted to death
Posted on | CommentA ten-year-old boy has died through electric shock at Dichemso, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, Sunday. The boy, Dada is said to have joined his friends for bird hunting on June 12 at exactly 5:45p.m. According to … Read more →
50 killed in gay nightclub
Posted on | CommentFifty people are now known to have died in Friday’s shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, and a “state of emergency” has been declared, the city’s mayor has said. The gunman, named by officials as Omar Mateen, was … Read more →
Simpson-Kent admits murder of wife and kids
Posted on | CommentARTHUR Simpson-Kent, the man who fled to Ghana from London after his girlfriend and children were found dead, is facing three life sentences after admitting their murder. The 48-year-old one-time model and hairdresser appeared at the Old Bailey, one of … Read more →
461,013 Candidates begin BECE today
Posted on | CommentThe Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) begins today, June 13 to Friday, June 17, 2016 across the country at 1,598 examination centres. The West African Examination Council’s (WAEC) statistics indicate that a total of 461,013 candidates from 14,267 public and … Read more →
McDonald’s employee quits after winning £682,875 on lunch break
Posted on | CommentJames T. walked into work yesterday one of the poorest men in the building; four hours and a half shift later, he walked out one of the richest. A mobile-focused online casino site was offering new players 200% cash bonus towards … Read more →
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Prez. Mahama rides on motorbike in town
Posted on | CommentPresident John Mahama today took a breather from his herculean presidential duties and went for a ride in Accra on a motorbike.Sources told StarrFmonline.com that the President rode the bike through the city of Accra, unaccompanied. He is reported to … Read more →
VIDEO: Children made to swallow live fish to cure asthma
Posted on | CommentA video shows children gagging and squirming as they are forced to swallow live fish as part of a ritual thought to ease breathing problems in India. A crowd of 100,000 people gathered at Hyderabad’s Exhibition Ground to take part … Read more →
Dumsor: Mines spend $1bn in 3 yrs
Posted on | CommentWithin a space of three years, the mining industry in Ghana has spent a whopping $1.2billion in procuring electricity from the national grid for its operations, Business Finder’s checks have revealed. In 2015 alone, the industry coughed $314million to pay … Read more →
Frmr GREDA boss charged with SIM-box fraud jailed
Posted on | CommentA former GREDA boss, Dr Alexander Tweneboah who was charged with SIM-box fraud has been sentenced to two years in prison. He is also supposed to pay a penalty of ¢24000. Dr Tweneboah faced charges of providing electronic communication service without license and … Read more →
AGAIN!: Accra sinks in flood (PHOTOS)
Posted on | CommentTorrential rains Thursday morning has left large parts of Accra in terrifying floods. The 2015 GJA Photojournalist David Andoh has captured some scenes at Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra where flood waters have brought the city to a standstill. There is a … Read more →
PHOTOS: Oil leakage into flood waters causes fear and panic at Circle
Posted on | CommentA man bitten by a snake before runs away at the sight of worms. That may well be the classic representation of what happened to residents around Odawna who feared the worst when rain water turned dark as oil from a … Read more →
2 arrested over leaked BECE questions
Posted on | CommentTwo persons are the in grips of the Police for using rogue websites to leak exam questions during the 2015 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This was confirmed by the Director General of the Ghana Education Service, Jacob Kor. According … Read more →
3 Sakawa boys dupe man $93,200
Posted on | CommentThree persons are before an Accra circuit court for allegedly defrauding one Poul Muller, a Danish consultant, in the sum of $93,200. They are Karim Yahaya, unemployed; Desmond Agyei Asamoah, security man and Vanessa Twumasi, student, all based in Kumasi … Read more →
Fuel imports drop to $1.9bn
Posted on | CommentA $1.1 billion drop in the petroleum products import bill in 2015 is a clear manifestation that the high prices Ghanaians are paying for petroleum products is not justified. Ghana imported over 3.7 million (3,708,904.815) metric tonnes of petroleum products … Read more →
USAID distributes over 4 million books to schools in all districts
Posted on | CommentThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ministry of Education have launched the distribution of over four million books in English and local Ghanaian languages to public primary schools in all 216 districts. The aim is to … Read more →
Rawlings attacks ‘cowards’ in Ghana
Posted on | CommentFormer President Jerry John Rawlings has taken a swipe at persons he described as cowards who react insultingly to his observations about how corruption is affecting the progress of the country. Speaking at the 37th commemoration of the June 4 … Read more →
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