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US visa pause does not affect short-term travel for Ghanaians – Ambassador Victor Smith
Posted on with No CommentGhana’s Ambassador to the US, Emmanuel Victor Smith, has clarified that the United States’ temporary suspension of immigrant visa processing does not apply to non-immigrant visas for Ghanaians, including those for business and tourism. The clarification comes amid growing concern … Read more →
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Foreign Media describe Agbogbloshie as not a good place to live and world’s largest e-waste dump
Posted on | CommentA number of foreign media have carried a story defaming Agbogbloshie, a suburb of Ghana’s Capital, Accra. The story carried in almost all popular websites in Europe sourcing The Guardian said Agbogbloshie is ‘not a place to live.’ The Guardian in their … Read more →
Help with your contributions: 233times.net donates to Remar orphanage on 12th April
Posted on | CommentAs part of the Corporate Social Responsibility of www.233times.net, an online news portal, the medium is donating to the Remar Orphanage, Nsawam Branch on 12th April, 2014 at 10 am. The donation day, 12th April is aimed at spending time … Read more →
PHOTO: Central University Student killed for not paying compensation for “juju”
Posted on | CommentTHE ABURA Dunkwa District Police Command has arrested Mallam Sulemanu Mumuni aka Alhaji Tanko and his accomplice, Jude Essel Dadzie aka Kweku Apaah for allegedly killing a 23-year-old Central University student, Joseph Nicolas Danquah, for not paying the compensation for … Read more →
Police arrested for raping another Police’s wife says he paid GH¢15 for the sex
Posted on | CommentThe Finder’s investigations have revealed that Lance Corporal Isaac Kwaako, who is being investigated for rape, has told investigators that he had the consent of the wife of his friend he allegedly raped. According to our investigations, the suspect told … Read more →
PHOTO: ‘Mad woman’ arrested for Makola fire
Posted on | CommentThe Accra Regional Police Command yesterday detained a woman they suspected of attempting to burn down some stores at the Makola market. The suspected arsonist, believed to be in her mid 30s who gave her name as Mother Ghana, was … Read more →
108 dead: Boat carrying refugees capsizes
Posted on | CommentThe death toll from a boat that capsized in Lake Albert Monday rose to 108 after 82 more bodies were recovered. Ugandan police said the boat was carrying more than 150 Congolese refugees, who were escaping from Kyangwali refugee camp … Read more →
Nungua: Police Lance Corporal arrested for raping wife of another Lance Corporal
Posted on | CommentA Police Lance Corporal has been arrested for allegedly raping the wife of another Lance Corporal at Nungua in Accra. The alleged rapist (name withheld) is said to have lured the victim (also name withheld) to his room on March … Read more →
1,200 Ghanaian students study in China
Posted on | CommentTHERE are about 1,200 Ghanaian students pursuing higher academic laurels in various universities across the People’s Republic of China. The Minister-Counsellor/Head of Chancery of the Ghana Embassy in China, Mrs Alberta D. Quartey, who briefed the Daily Graphic in … Read more →
Catholic Priest in ‘gay marriage’ scandal
Posted on | CommentlA high-profile Catholic priest has been suspended after an investigation discovered he was in a sham ‘gay marriage’ to help a Pakistani immigrant stay in Britain. Father Donald Minchew – a former Anglican who converted to Catholicism after attacking the … Read more →
Kumasi trotro drivers on strike
Posted on | CommentTrotro drivers plying the Tech junction to the central business district in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region have embarked on a strike. According to Citi FM’s Ashanti regional correspondent Hawa Iddrisu, the drivers have embarked on a strike to protest what they describe as … Read more →
PHOTO: Woman arrested at 37 Military Hospital for posing as nurse; attempts stealing baby
Posted on | CommentA woman who posed as a nurse at the 37 Military Hospital has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to steal a baby at the Maternity Ward. The suspect, who identified herself as Beatrice Gyasi, a resident of Klagon in … Read more →
PHOTO: 2 car snatchers jailed 100 years
Posted on | CommentTWO NOTORIOUS car snatchers have been sentenced to 100 years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to the charges of conspiracy to rob and robbery. The convicts, Emmanuel Maxwell Nartey and Felix Adjei, both 26 years of age and mobile phone repairers, … Read more →
PHOTO: Man sentenced 16 years in prison for putting baby in freezer to stop her from crying
Posted on | CommentA 25-year-old Washington man accused of putting his 6-week-old daughter in a 10-degree freezer for about an hour to stop her crying was sentenced Friday to 16 years in prison. Prosecutor Mark Lindquist says Tyler Deutsch pleaded guilty on Jan. … Read more →
Teen dies saving girlfriend in train accident
Posted on | CommentA Northern California town was reeling Saturday after learning that a teenage boy was killed and a teenage girl was seriously injured after they were hit by a freight train while walking to a Sadie Hawkins Day dance. The accident … Read more →
VIDEO: First Lady Michelle Obama visits The Great Wall Of China with her daughters
Posted on | CommentThe first family of United States of America, headed by First lady Michelle Obama visited the Great Wall of China on Sunday, 23rd March, 2014. With the first lady were her two daughters, Malia and Sasha. The video below; Author: … Read more →
Mad men to be cleared from streets next month
Posted on | CommentStarting next month, mentally challenged patients strolling on the streets of Accra will be removed, according to the Ghana Mental Health Authority. The programme dubbed “operation, clear the street and unchain mental health patients” will be carried out by the … Read more →
Step-father impregnates daughter
Posted on | CommentAn Accra Circuit Court on Thursday remanded Samuel Dzamesi, a welder, for defiling his step daughter resulting in pregnancy. Samuel Dzamesi pleaded not guilty and would re-appear on April 17. Assistant Superintendent of Police A. Suleman, told the court, presided … Read more →
Over 400,000 Ghanaian girls to be married by 2030
Posted on | CommentAbout 407,000 young girls in Ghana, born between 2005 and 2010 are likely to be married by 2030. The projections showed an increase of 47 per cent from the 2010 estimate of married girls, a report by the National Commission … Read more →
Final year Students of Juaben Senior High School gang-rape form 1 Student
Posted on | 1 CommentTwo final year students of Juaben Senior High School in the Ashanti region have been arrested by the Ejisu Police for allegedly gang-raping a form one student of the school. Daniel Opoku and Paul Otabil are reported to have taken … Read more →
Woman kills ex-husband (Photo)
Posted on | CommentA 35-YEAR-old woman ignited tension in Trabuom, a community in the Atwima Kwanwoma District of the Ashanti Region after she allegedly killed her ex-husband during a fight over GH¢1,500 on Tuesday. Martha Adwoa Ode, who reportedly stabbed her former husband … Read more →
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