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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: Tanker explosion kills 3
Posted on | CommentA TANKER EXPLOSION has claimed three lives, including two siblings, at Agric Kokode, a suburb of Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital. The incident occurred on Sunday around 7pm when a fuel tanker caught fire whilst offloading petrol at a small … Read more →
University of Ghana acquires software to detect plagiarism
Posted on | CommentThe University of Ghana has deployed software under its current e-Learning platform that detects plagiarism in all forms, from class assignments to project works and other academic work. The software which is part of the university’s e-Learning management system called … Read more →
ITLOS stops Ghana from drilling new oil wells
Posted on | CommentThe International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has ruled that Ghana cannot drill new oil wells in the disputed West Cape Three Points area. However, the Tribunal said Ghana could proceed with $4.9 billion offshore oil exploration … Read more →
Foreign Ministry confirms 6 Ghanaians thrown into Mediterranean sea
Posted on | CommentThe Foreign Ministry has confirmed that six Ghanaians were part of some twelve Christians thrown overboard following a row on a boat heading to Italy. According to the Ministry, only three of the drowned Ghanaians have been identified by the … Read more →
Security man kills house girl over sex
Posted on | CommentA security man has killed a housegirl at the Airport Residential Area in Accra, it has been reported. According to a report by Accra-based Joy FM, the security man stabbed the girl multiple times apparently after she declined to let … Read more →
PHOTO: Vehicle in convoy kills 3-year-old girl
Posted on | CommentA vehicle in a convoy of metropolitan, municipal and district co-ordinating directors from the Eastern and Ashanti regions last Tuesday knocked down and killed a three-and-a-half-year old girl at Toamfom in the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region. The girl, … Read more →
JHS leaver stabbed over girlfriend
Posted on | CommentWe have gathered that a final year student of Gyampomani D/A Junior High School (JHS), Kwasi Reidorf, popularly known as Shatta, has stabbed a 17-year-old JHS leaver, Godfrey Yaw Apraku, at Akyem Hemang in the Fanteakwa District of the Eastern Region. According to report, the incident took place … Read more →
Tertiary Students to pay water and electricity bills next semester
Posted on | CommentStudents in public tertiary institutions including universities, polytechnics and colleges of education would have to brace themselves to pay water and electricity (utility bills) next semester. This follows a decision by government to levy them for the water and electricity … Read more →
“My wife wants to kill me; she beat me almost every day’ – Man tells court
Posted on | CommentA 55- year-old retired civil servant, Emmanuel Osuya, has asked an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his 32-year-old marriage over alleged battering by his wife. Osuya told the court on Wednesday that his wife, Abigail Osuya, 50, had turned … Read more →
Akuapim: 75 yr old woman beaten and stripped naked
Posted on | CommentA 75-year-old mother of two, Janet Odi was stripped naked in public and beaten by irate youth of Dawu Sanfo, a village near Konko in the Akuapim North Municipal Area for allegedly murdering her brother. Madam Odi’s face was smeared … Read more →
Xenophobia in South Africa, a Case of Insipid Resentment
Posted on | CommentWhen you are little, night time is scary because there are monsters hiding under the bed. When you get older, the monsters are different and though you may be mature, you still find yourself scared of the dark. Fear … Read more →
PHOTO: 3 trafficked boys escape
Posted on | CommentThree trafficked boys working at Worotor in the Krachi West District of the Volta Region have escaped from their master following maltreatment meted out to them. The three are Wisdom Osabutey, 11 years, from Ada in the Greater Accra Region; … Read more →
PHOTO: Ghana flags fly at half-mast in honour of Theodosia Okoh
Posted on | CommentGovernment has directed that the national flags should fly at half-mast for the next 3 days in the country in honour of Mrs Theodosia Okoh, the designer of the national flag. Mrs Theodosia Okoh died at age 92 after she … Read more →
17,000 passports to be cleared in May – Hannah Tetteh reveals
Posted on | CommentThe Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Hanna Tetteh has disclosed that the plethora of challenges at the passport office is one of her “biggest headaches.” The Passport Office has been struggling to print passport booklets to meet the high … Read more →
‘NPP lecturers’ to meet KNUST authorities
Posted on | CommentThe authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) are reportedly working to address the latest move by some lecturers of the school to campaign for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) ahead of the 2016 elections. This … Read more →
Ashaiman: Man kills 7-yr-old girl and defiles her corpse
Posted on | CommentResidents of Athadika in Ashaiman have been thrown into a state of shock and fear following the murder and defilement of a 7-year-old girl Sunday by a 20-year old man. Information reaching JoyNews alleged the suspect lured the child into his … Read more →
PHOTO: Wizard crash-lands at Adentan taxi rank
Posted on | CommentResidents around the Adentan taxi rank – between the Pantang junction and Adentan barrier – are yet to come to terms with how a man in his late 60s was found naked on top of the roof of an uncompleted … Read more →
PHOTOS: 233times.net & satelliteghana.com Lunch Party for Sekondi School for the deaf
Posted on | CommentOnline medium, www.233times.net in collaboration with www.satelliteghana.com organized a Lunch Party for Students of Sekondi School for the Deaf on 18th April, 2015. Supported by Sayvee, Sound Lion Records, Papa Staunch Music, Bro. Kobby Ministries, Cheaperlines Coldstore, ghanandwom.com, hypingghana.com and … Read more →
Stop blaming me for xenophobic violence in SA – Zulu King
Posted on | CommentZulu King Goodwill Zwelithini wants the media in South Africa to subject itself to an investigation by the Human Rights Commission for what he said was inciting xenophobic violence in KwaZulu-Natal. The king was addressing an imbizo on xenophobia at … Read more →
Ghanaian deaths In SA not related to xenophobic attacks – Kwesi Ahwoi
Posted on | CommentGhanaian and South African authorities have explained that no Ghanaian has died as a result of the xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals resident in South Africa. According to them, all five Ghanaians who have been reported dead, died from circumstances … Read more →
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