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Prez. Mahama vows to keep inflation in single digits after sharp decline
Posted on with No CommentPresident John Mahama has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to sustaining inflation within single digits, following a marked drop in the rate to 3.2 per cent. The President said the achievement forms part of a broader strategy to stabilise the economy … Read more →
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PHOTO: Bishop Herman Student reported missing after final WASSCE paper
Posted on | CommentThe family of an 18 years old student, Master Jedidiah Elorm Akwesi Dzakpasu, are frantically looking for him after he went missing in May 2015. Jedidiah was a student at the Bishop Herman College in Kpando, Volta Region where he … Read more →
PHOTOS: Girlfriend sets partners penis on fire for cheating
Posted on | CommentOne man learned a very valuable lesson after cheating on his girlfriend: If you’re going to be unfaithful, don’t leave your appendages vulnerable to a fiery attack.After finding out that her man had slept with her co-worker, an unknown woman … Read more →
Return to consulting rooms by Thursday or … – Gov’t to Doctors
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Health has directed all heads of medical facilities to resume the provision of health services, including emergency and outpatient services, to the general public by Wednesday, August 19. The Ministry has further directed striking members of the … Read more →
PHOTOS: Thief escapes lynching in Kumasi
Posted on | CommentTHE BRAVERY of a young policeman helped save the life of a suspected teenage thief who was being pummeled to death by an angry mob at Fante New Town, a suburb of Kumasi, Monday afternoon. The lad, believed to be … Read more →
Via text message: BECE candidates to confirm SHS selection
Posted on | CommentStudents who completed this year’s Basic Education Certificate Examination(BECE) are being given the opportunity to confirm the senior high schools they selected before final placements are made. According to the Ghana Education Service (GES), the move is to help the students … Read more →
PHOTOS: Blows at Gregory Afoko trial
Posted on | CommentThe timely intervention of journalists and lawyers at the 24th February Court yesterday averted a near bloodbath between the families of the late Adams Mahama, Upper East Regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Gregory Afoko, one of … Read more →
26-yr old man arrested for liking his ex’s photos on Facebook
Posted on | CommentA twenty-six-year-old man in Pennsylvania, USA, was Tuesday charged for violating a no-contact restraining order by allegedly liking 22 photos and videos on his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook page. Justin Bellanco, 26, allegedly threatened to shoot the woman’s knee cap to “watch her suffer,” … Read more →
Graduate unemployment to hit 271,000 this year
Posted on | CommentProfessor Kwesi Yankah, President of the Central University College has predicted that the number of graduate unemployed would likely surge to 271,000 this year up from the existing figure of 200,000. “The number [graduate unemployment] will swell up by 71,000, … Read more →
Fuel prices up 4-6%
Posted on | CommentThe price of fuel at the various filling stations in Accra have witnessed an increase between 4 and 6 percent per litre while a little over 3 percent increase has been recorded in the price of a litre of diesel. … Read more →
DISTURBING PHOTO: 2 boys drown
Posted on | CommentTWO PRIMARY school boys, Gyan Michael, 13, and Akwasi Anthony, also 13, reportedly drowned in stagnant water at Tintari, a village in the Atebubu-Amanteng District of the Brong-Ahafo Region. The region has been beset by some tragedies in recent times. … Read more →
No urinal and toilet facility at STMA Stores in Sekondi
Posted on | CommentThe structure that houses the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) stores in Sekondi, has no proper toilet facility, www.233times.net checks reveal. Interestingly, it is the very department that purchases, stores and supplies all items needed by the Metro Assembly for … Read more →
I’ve cheated death 12 times – Olusegun Obasanjo
Posted on | CommentFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has given insight into how he has so far escaped death by the whiskers at least a dozen times in his 78-year stay on earth. In his latest three-volume autobiography, “My Watch”, Mr. Obasanjo wrote about … Read more →
Late President Mills’ son – My father’s death doesn’t make sense
Posted on | CommentThe only son of late President Mills, Kofi Sam Atta Mills, says his father’s death doesn’t make any sense. Speaking to KSM on the popular ‘The KSM Show,’ Kofi Sam revealed; ”We normally have morning devotion everyday and when the … Read more →
P.V. Obeng’s wife appeals for financial and emotional support
Posted on | CommentWife of late Paul Victor Obeng is appealing for financial and emotional support for widows in the country. According to Mrs. Rose Obeng, most women suffer exploitation, deprivation and exclusion when their husbands die thus her call. She made the … Read more →
Full list: Winners at 20th Ghana Journalist Awards
Posted on | CommentTwenty-six Ghanaian journalists were awarded at the 20th Ghana Journalist Awards held at the Banquet Hall of the State House in Accra on Saturday. The ceremony which was under the theme, “Ghana in Search of Reliable Energy to Power Development: … Read more →
UEW honours Kufuor with Doctorate Degree
Posted on | CommentThe University of Education, Winneba (UEW) on Friday honoured former President John Agyekum Kufuor with an Honorary Doctorate Degree. Three other distinguished personalities – Rev. Dr Livingstone K. Buama, former acting chairman of the Council of the University of Education, … Read more →
Nima youth assault suspected homosexual
Posted on | CommentA video showing Nima youth assaulting a suspected homosexual at the sprawling Accra suburb, has gone virile with some recipients tracing their sources to the US from where it came through the WhatsApp social media platform back to Ghana. There … Read more →
Gov’t pulls out of negotiation with striking doctors
Posted on | CommentThe government has pulled out of talks with the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) over their conditions of service. According to Employment and Labour Relations minister Haruna Iddrisu, negotiations cannot continue while the doctors are on an illegal strike. “The government … Read more →
Takoradi: Anus and vagina of 6yr-old-girl join after being defiled
Posted on | CommentThe victim (name withheld) was said to have been defiled by a 20-year-boy man at Kwesimintsim in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. An informant who wants to remain anonymous tells www.233times.net the intensity of the sex bout tore the vagina to join … Read more →
PHOTO: Boy, 16, grabbed for robbery
Posted on | CommentTHE KUMASI police are holding a 16-year-old boy, Michael Owusu, suspected to be one of a two-man robbery gang, who usually pretended to be fighting in public to catch the attention of innocent people, whom they ended up robbing at … Read more →
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