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Goldband data shows 98.8% of Ghana’s small scale gold exports went to Dubai and India in 2025
Posted on with No CommentData obtained by JoyNews Research from GoldBod through a Right to Information request shows that Ghana’s small scale gold exports in 2025 were overwhelmingly concentrated in just two markets. Of the 103,804 kilograms of small-scale gold exported through GoldBod in … Read more →
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Woyome fires back at J.J. Rawlings
Posted on | CommentBusinessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome has said former President John Rawlings’ claim that he took €500,000 in his (Rawlings’) name from an European group is a “lie.” Former President Rawlings in an interview on GH ONE on Friday March 18 said: “I’m … Read more →
Don’t extend hand of friendship to Prez. Mahama – LGBTs warn Scotland
Posted on | CommentMinority MPs in the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) stormed out of the Holyrood chamber and also cold reception to President John Mahama when the Ghanaian leader honored an invitation to address the august house. The opposition MSPs claimed President Mahama’s presence … Read more →
Gitmo 2 families coming to visit them in Ghana
Posted on | CommentIt is emerging that family members of the two ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees brought to Ghana on the orders of the United States government, are fighting hard to come into the country to visit them. They are desperately pushing to enter … Read more →
Aberdeen University to honour Prez. Mahama with honourary degree in law
Posted on | 2 CommentsScotland’s prestigious Aberdeen University will confer an honorary degree on the President of the Republic of Ghana, President John Dramani Mahama on Friday 18th March, 2016 at the schools premises in Aberdeen Scotland, www.233times.net is informed. Joseph Somevi, Acting Chair of Ghanaians … Read more →
More than 59,000 cases pending in Ghana courts – Judge
Posted on | CommentA Justice of the Court of Appeal, Justice Samuel Marful-Sau, has advised judges to work hard to clear the backlog of more than 59,000 cases that was pending at the various courts across the country. He said, they could do … Read more →
Alleged British drug baron faces court (PHOTO)
Posted on | CommentDavid Philip McDermott, the British national who allegedly planned to smuggle 400 kilogrammes of cocaine from Ghana into the United Kingdom, was Monday remanded in police custody by the Accra Circuit Court. The court, presided over by Mr Aboagye Tandoh, … Read more →
Commercial drivers to strike today
Posted on | CommentSome commercial drivers within Accra who belong to the Ghana Committed Drivers Association, are set to embark on a strike beginning this morning, to protest against increases in insurance premium. According to them, they are forced to take such an action because a … Read more →
‘Not even God can convince me Woyome is innocent’ – Kweku Baako
Posted on | CommentStruggling and stuttering, veteran journalist Kwaku Baako Jnr, is shell-shocked at a judgment freeing NDC businessman Alfred Woyome of any criminal intent in the GH? 51million financial scandal. He said there is too much information to prove that Woyome’s claim … Read more →
First phase of Gt. Accra Hospital ready March 2017
Posted on | CommentThe first phase of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital at Ridge in Accra is expected to be fully operational by March, 2017, the Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Victor Asare Bampoe, has said. Installation of medical equipment will begin in … Read more →
DISTURBING PHOTO: 2 die in Tema-Akosombo highway crash
Posted on | CommentTWO PASSENGERS have been confirmed dead while 13 others sustained various degrees of injury in a gory accident which occurred on the Tema-Akosombo Highway yesterday. The accident occurred at about 6:30 am near the Shai Hills Resort Hotel in the … Read more →
Oil hits $40, raises govt hopes
Posted on | CommentGovernment could profit from oil rebound by the third quarter of this year following the commodity price hitting over $40 as at Tuesday March 7, 2016. Ghana Government’s budget has been battered severely by low oil prices from mid last … Read more →
Food prices soar by 50%
Posted on | CommentPrices of most basic foodstuffs have shot up drastically over the last one year. The prices of some of the foodstuffs have risen as much as 50% from January 2015 to date. A market survey conducted by The Finder at … Read more →
Ghanaians in US frustrated
Posted on | CommentSeveral Ghanaians residing in the USA are frustrated over the inability of the Ghana embassy there to issue out new passports or renew old ones since December last year. The Ghana embassy in the US has issued a statement since … Read more →
Gas tanker skids off road, overturns at Kasoa
Posted on | CommentA gas tanker has overturned at Tetegu Juntion on the Kasoa road, causing a huge traffic and endangering lives. The Wednesday morning incident on the Weija-Kasoa section of the N1 Highway is causing fear and panic among residents as gas … Read more →
I financed Kufuor gov’t – Otumfuo Osei Tutu II
Posted on | CommentOtumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has stated that he financially supported the erstwhile Kufuor administration when it first came to power. The Ashanti monarch made the comments while dismissing rumours that he is a member of the ruling National … Read more →
Piers Morgan’s article on naked Kim Kardashian.. It’s epic!
Posted on | CommentPiers Morgan promised he would come after Kim K and he has delivered. In an article titled “You’ve still got a great body, Kim but if you’re really so successful, so secure and so rich why do you still feel … Read more →
USAID co-hosts first annual Southern Ghana Agribusiness pre-harvest event
Posted on | CommentThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Ghana Grains Council together hosted the first-ever Annual Southern Ghana Agribusiness Pre-Harvest Event on March 3, 2016 in Kumasi, Ghana. The event brought together more than 300 maize and soybean … Read more →
Prez. Mugabe threatens to punch Interviewer
Posted on | CommentZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has threatened to punch an interviewer who asked him about his retirement plans. Speaking on state television, Mr Mugabe responded testily after the journalist quizzed him about a potential successor. “Why ‘successor’ when I am still there?” … Read more →
How Kenya’s press reported the gaffe in Ghana’s indece brochure
Posted on | CommentThe error-ridden 59th Independence anniversary brochure, which was distributed at the Black Star Square in Accra on Sunday has attracted media attention in Kenya. The Nairobi news in an article questioned, “Did Ghana grab President Uhuru Kenyatta”? The article authored … Read more →
I’m sorry for misleading apology – ISD boss
Posted on | CommentThe Acting Director of the Information Services Department (ISD), Mr Francis Kwarteng Arthur on Tuesday insisted that he was responsible for the content of the error-ridden independence anniversary brochure, which has sparked controversy. In a press release issued on Monday, Mr Arthur apologised on behalf … Read more →
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