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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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Psychiatric nurses threaten strike
Posted on | CommentNurses of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital have announced they will lay down their tools on August 3, 2015. The strike is to protest what they say is the Ministry of Health’s refusal to settle their salary arrears. The nurses, in a … Read more →
We can’t call off strike – GMA
Posted on | CommentThe Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has parried off pressure from government and other stakeholders to call of their nationwide strike. The doctors say their July 30 strike is to compel government to provide them with a document of their conditions … Read more →
Abortion pill legalized in Canada
Posted on | CommentCanadian health authorities have approved the drug RU-486, commonly known as the abortion pill. The pill, a combination of misoprostol and mifepristone, had been pending approval by Health Canada since 2012. It has been in use in the United States … Read more →
US gov’t to lion-killing Dentist: Hey, Obama wants to talk to you
Posted on | CommentHey, Walter Palmer, the Obama administration wants to talk to you. The severed head of Cecil the lion has now been located in Zimbabwe and turned over to officials there. However, the Minnesota dentist said to be responsible for Cecil’s killing is … Read more →
Doctor to govt: Stop churning out lies
Posted on | CommentAs the strike by the Ghana Medical Association begins to bite, the government has been warned to stop putting out false information to cause disaffection for doctors. A striking doctor, who does not want to be named, told Joy FM’s … Read more →
Retired military men storm parliament over unpaid pension
Posted on | CommentAngry retired military men yesterday stormed parliament to present a petition to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Defence and Interior requesting the committee to intervene for the government to pay their end-of-service gratuities and allowances, having been compulsorily retired in … Read more →
DISTURBING PHOTO: 2 killed in T.I. Ahmadiyya SHS riot
Posted on | CommentTwo persons are reported dead while dozens have been injured following a riot by students of the Salaga T.I. Ahmadiyya Senior High School in the Northern Region on Thursday morning to demand the removal of their headmaster. The dead persons, … Read more →
Acid found on Gregory Afoko
Posted on | CommentIt has emerged that the dress of Gregory Afoko, one of the two persons standing trial over the murder of Adams Mahama, Upper East regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which was retrieved by the police, contained acid. … Read more →
PHOTO: Fake medical student arrested at Korle Bu
Posted on | CommentA 25-year-old unemployed man was yesterday arrested for allegedly posing as a medical student doing his housemanship at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The fake doctor, identified as Ibrahim Nurudeen, was arrested while he was in an apparel … Read more →
PHOTO: Pastor sentenced for assault
Posted on | CommentA 36-year-old pastor at Kpalsi, a suburb of Tamale, has been sentenced to 60 days in prison with hard labour for physically assaulting a 15-year-old girl. Pastor Daniel Appiah Antwi was found guilty by the Tamale District Court for whipping … Read more →
PHOTO: ICGC Pastor kills wife
Posted on | 1 CommentThe Kasoa District police have apprehended a 41-year-old pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) – Old Times Assembly – for allegedly killing his wife. The suspect, Pastor Houkpe Archill Yao, purportedly committed the act at their Rock City … Read more →
Generator fumes kill Mum, daughter
Posted on | CommentDISASTER STRUCK on Monday morning at Duase near Kumasi where a mother and daughter got killed by generator fumes in their sleep. The deceased were identified as Amama Iddrisu, 30 and Aisha Iddrisu, three years. They were reportedly killed by … Read more →
COCOBOD chases Ghana’s richest woman for $26m
Posted on | CommentA recent publication about Ghana’s Rich List has put Patricia Poku-Diaby, touted as the richest woman in the country, in big trouble, with Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) chasing her for its money. Ms Poku-Diaby, a business woman and cocoa merchant, … Read more →
Gaddafi’s son Saif sentenced to death
Posted on | CommentA court in Libya has sentenced Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deposed leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, and eight others to death over war crimes linked to the 2011 revolution. More than 30 close associates of Col Gaddafi were tried for … Read more →
4 Kumawu Chiefs jailed
Posted on | CommentFour embattled divisional chiefs of Kumawu Traditional Area were on Monday imprisoned for contempt by a Kumasi high court. Nana Akwasi Baffoe II of the Akwamu division and his counterparts from the Akyempem division – Nana Okyere Krapah, Nana Sarfo … Read more →
5 Ghanaians seeking to enter USA confirmed dead
Posted on | CommentThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has confirmed that five Ghanaians have died on the Panamanian-Colombian border, in an attempt to illegally get into the United States of America (USA). A press statement signed by the Deputy Director … Read more →
PHOTO: $20m wee suspect freed
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Fast Track High Court (Criminal Division) yesterday granted the bail application filed by lawyers of the 46-year-old businessman arrested for allegedly exporting 6,240kg of cannabis sativa (wee) – a narcotic drug worth $20m – to the United Kingdom … Read more →
I wanted to assassinate Prez. Mahama – Man confesses
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court has found guilty, a 36-year-old man who confessed he wanted to kill President Mahama. He has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. The man, Charles Antwi, carried a gun to the Ringway Gospel Centre branch of … Read more →
PHOTO: Man with gun in Prez. Mahama’s church for court today
Posted on | CommentThe 36-year-old man who was arrested for wielding a loaded and cocked pistol in a church building will be put before court today. Charles Antwi was picked up at the Ringway Gospel Centre branch of the Assemblies of God Church … Read more →
Fire at Abossey Okai
Posted on | CommentJoy News’ Derrick Ekow Sam said about four shops were up in flames and billowing thick smoke into the air. The fire started around 6:30 pm. It is not clear yet what may have caused the fire. Four fire tenders … Read more →
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