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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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May 2015: Inflation shoots to 16.9%
Posted on | CommentYear-on-year inflation for May 2015 as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded 16.9 percent in May 2015, up from 16.8 percent recorded in April 2015. The monthly change rate for May 2015 was one percent compared to 1.8 … Read more →
PHOTO: Woman arrested for using stolen cars to secure loans
Posted on | CommentA woman suspected to have bolted with five rented cars which she later used to secure loans from some micro finance companies has been arrested. The 35-year-old woman identified as Veronica Nsowaah, alias Veronica Ennin, posed as the wife of … Read more →
Twins arrested at Wesley Girls
Posted on | CommentThe Cape Coast Metropolitan Court will today hear a case in which two sisters allegedly forged the recent Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) result slips and placement forms to gain admission into Wesley Girls’ Senior High School. The girls, who … Read more →
iPhone iOS 9 to track how often you have sex
Posted on | CommentWhen your iPhone updates to iOS 9 in the fall, you’ll be able to track your reproductive health — including how often you have sex and whether or not you used protection. As part of its upcoming iOS 9 release, … Read more →
PHOTO: 2 pregnant women killed
Posted on | CommentEIGHT PERSONS, including two pregnant women and two babies, on Monday met their untimely death through a fatal road accident on the Atebubu-Ejura highway in the Brong-Ahafo Region. According to the Acting Atebubu Divisional Police Commander, Superintendent Joseph Atsu Dzimeku, … Read more →
Akan Newsreaders Need a Call to Order
Posted on | CommentNews is necessary to keep in touch with trends in the country and across the globe. It is simply indispensable, because our thirst for information and knowledge is insatiable. Because we cannot ignore the milieu in which we live, … Read more →
Prophetess arrested over GH¢5,000 fraud
Posted on | CommentA 56-year-old prophetess, who allegedly defrauded a woman and her daughter of GH¢5,000 under the pretext of delivering them from witchcraft, has been remanded in prison custody by the Fiapre Circuit Court. The accused, Mary Amoateng, who is charged with … Read more →
Memorial service held for flood, fire victims at Flagstaff House
Posted on | CommentA non-denominational memorial service was held at the Flagstaff House Monday, beginning the three-day national mourning for the victims of the flood and fire disasters. The solemn event, which was led by Vice-President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, was attended by members of … Read more →
PHOTO: 7 robbers get 130 years
Posted on | CommentSeven persons were yesterday jailed a total of 130 years for robbery by an Accra circuit court. They are, Michael McCarthy, Richmond Kwadwo Sarpong – both driver’s mate; Bright Akaminku aka Rasta, trader; Abubakar Sadik, trader; Abass Baba, auto mechanic; … Read more →
Dixcove: Man, 30, abducts and defiles class 6 Pupil
Posted on | CommentCall it corruption with impudence and impunity, shameless rot or even a fly in the face of Justice and morality, and you would not be an inch away from the truth. Some police personnel stationed at Dixcove in the Ahanta … Read more →
Bawku Technical Student shot dead
Posted on | CommentA student of the Bawku Technical Institute, Emmanuel Awuni Issah, was reportedly shot and killed by some unknown persons last Thursday, June 4. The victim, according to a police report, was riding a motorbike in Garu in the Garu-Tempane district … Read more →
REVEALED: ‘Kayayei’ charging their phones cause of Tip Toe lane fire
Posted on | CommentACCRA – More than 100 head porters were rendered homeless last Saturday when fire gutted a two-storey building at Tip Toe Lane, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. The blaze started when the head porters, popularly known as ‘Kayayei’, allegedly … Read more →
Action Chapel sets GH¢50,000 fund for victims of fire and flood disaster
Posted on | CommentThe Action Chapel International (ACI) and two other partners have set up a disaster relief fund to support the hospitals and the victims of the fire and flood disaster at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle last Wednesday. Known as Compassion for … Read more →
How I survived GOIL fuel station fire – Victim narrates ordeal
Posted on | CommentBut for his ability to swim to safety, a 32-year-old mechanic would have been counted among the more than 100 people who perished in the Goil fuel station explosion at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra last Wednesday. Yaw Agboka … Read more →
Gov’t will help victims with best care. – Prez. Mahama
Posted on | CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama has given an assurance that the government will make sure that injured victims from the Accra fire disaster in the wake of the devastating floods last Wednesday get the best of medical care to enable them … Read more →
Money swine: Local Gov’t Minister shares cash on Sanitation Day
Posted on | CommentThe seventh edition of the National Sanitation Day (NSD) exercise recorded high attendance in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region, which hosted the Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda, and his entourage. The minister, who was impressed … Read more →
Ghana begins 3-day mourning today: All flags to fly at half-mast
Posted on | CommentThe three-day national mourning declared by government in remembrance of the victims who lost their lives in the floods and fire disaster in Accra begins today, Monday, 8th June, 2015. Dr Edward Omane Boamah, Minister of Communication, speaking in an … Read more →
Rawlings demands bulldozer
Posted on | CommentFormer President Jerry Rawlings yesterday reminisced about the days when he joined officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces to save lives and property in times of disaster. This was when he visited parts of the capital, Accra, the … Read more →
Prez. Mahama declares 3 days of mourning
Posted on | CommentPresident John Dramani Mahama has declared three days of mourning for the victims of Wednesday’s floods and the GOIL fuel station fire that killed over hundred people. He said government has also released an amount of GH¢60 million to support … Read more →
Justice Apau shares sad life story: I dropped out of School because of 0.02 pesewas
Posted on | CommentJustice Yaw Apau, a Court of Appeal Judge and nominee for the Supreme Court has revealed that he dropped out of school because of twenty Cedis (now 0.02 pesewas) school fees he owed in 1967 when he was at Prempeh … Read more →
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