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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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Pathetic: How Students of Sekondi School for the deaf are fed
Posted on | CommentAuthorities of the Sekondi School for the deaf are desperately trying to re-enact the miracle of Bethsaida where Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fishes. Their attempt at a miracle would however leave the students … Read more →
Supreme Court: Man guilty of making holes in condoms before sex
Posted on | Comment07The Canadian Supreme Court has upheld the sexual assault conviction of a man who poked holes in the condoms he wore during sex with his girlfriend. Craig Hutchinson sabotaged the condoms his partner insisted he wear in a bid to … Read more →
CEO of Whatsapp says how Ghanaians use Whatsapp astounds him
Posted on | CommentJan Koum, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Whatsapp, the social messaging service recently acquired by Facebook for US$19billion, has commended the country for its innovative approach to using its mobile application. Mr. Koum, making his first public appearance at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona after … Read more →
45-year-old Teacher falls into dilapidated toilet
Posted on | CommentA 45 year old teacher at Achinakrom Senior High School in the Ejisu Juabeng Municipality of the Ashanti Region had the worst experience of his life when he fell into a dilapidated maggot-infested toilet in his school. The tutor whose … Read more →
TV3 workers up in arms against management over end of service benefit
Posted on | CommentWorkers of privately owned TV Station, TV3, are up in arms against management and board of the station, accusing them of failing to pay their End of Service Benefit. Some of the protesting workers told Myjoyonline.com they had been negotiating … Read more →
PHOTO: Student arranged her friend to be gang raped
Posted on | CommentKwara State Commissioner of Police, Ambrose Aisabor, on Thursday paraded a female student of College of Technology, Offa in Kwara, Miss Mary Awolola, said to be a cultist, for allegedly luring her friend to be gang-rapéd by five of her … Read more →
4 Nigerian men lashed for gay acts
Posted on | CommentFour Nigerian men have received 20 lashes each after an Islamic court in the northern city of Bauchi convicted them of gay sex, officials say. Confessions had been forced from the Muslim men after they were beaten up in custody, … Read more →
51 Students collapse at Tema Independence Day Parade
Posted on | Comment51 students collapsed in the Tema Metropolis on Thursday morning during a parade to mark Ghana’s 57th independence anniversary celebration. Out of the number, 49 were students drawn from various schools in the Ashaiman Municipality who had converged at the … Read more →
Father sleeps with stepdaughter 6 times; fined 2 sheep
Posted on | CommentThe chief and elders of Wassa Saaman near Wassa Akropong in the Western Region have slapped a fine of two sheep and bottles of schnapps on a 35-year-old man for allegedly engaging in an abominable act that can incur the … Read more →
India police use WhatsApp to trace missing boy
Posted on | CommentA missing 11-year-old boy in India has been found after he was spotted by a member of the public who received a WhatsApp alert sent out by police. Police in the northern town of Bareilly say they used the instant … Read more →
Cardinal Peter Turkson criticises Uganda for anti-gay law “homosexuals are not criminals”
Posted on | CommentVatican cardinal, Peter Turkson, has criticised Uganda’s anti-gay law and called for the repeal of its severe penalties. Cardinal Peter Turkson, who is president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, said Tuesday that “homosexuals are not criminals” and … Read more →
Why should I regret reacting to ‘tweeaa?’; friends call me from Europe to congratulate me – DCE Barima
Posted on | CommentAfter rising to fame with his angry reaction to a remark he considered derogatory, Hon. Gabriel Barima even though has apologized, says he does not regret his reaction since that has awarded him applauds from friends all over the world. … Read more →
No salary for University of Ghana lecturers
Posted on | CommentStaff of the University of Ghana, the nation’s premier university, will not be paid soon because of delays in the release of government’s subvention to the institution. In the last three months, DAILY GUIDE can confirm, there has been delayed … Read more →
Use of marijuana on the rise in Ghana – UN report reveals
Posted on | CommentGhana is making international headlines for the use and production of marijuana as well as the trafficking of the deadly methamphetamine substance, a narcotic drug, according to a UN report. The UN report released today, painted a gloomy picture for … Read more →
2 policemen arrested for stealing $55,000
Posted on | CommentTwo police personnel have been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command for brutally assaulting a victim while robbing him of $55,000. Lance Corporal Richard Osei, 30, attached to the Accra Regional Police CID and Lance Corporal Joseph Clottey, 33, … Read more →
Woman offers $1,000 and sex to gunman to murder her fiance
Posted on | CommentThough she claimed to be willing to kill her fiancé herself, a Wisconsin woman opted instead to offer an informant $1000 plus sexual favors to carry out the murder, police charge. Jessica Strom, 33, allegedly wanted her beau, lawyer John … Read more →
Pregnant mad women on the rise in Sekondi-Takoradi
Posted on | CommentThe Sekondi-Takoradi Director of the Social Welfare Department, Madam Deborah Daisey Kwabia, has expressed disgust at the action by some unidentified men impregnating mentally retarded women in the metropolis. She said the department had recorded three cases of pregnant mad … Read more →
About 1,000 Ghanaians will die this year from liver cancer
Posted on | CommentAbout 1,000 Ghanaians will die this year from liver cancer. It is estimated that 2,000 cases of liver cancer were recorded each year from 2012 to 2013. Dr Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Programme Manager for Non-Communicable Diseases Control of the Ghana … Read more →
List: Bill Gates reclaims World’s Richest Man title
Posted on | 1 CommentBill Gates has, according to Forbes, regained the title of Richest Person in the World following an upsurge in the value of Microsoft stock. Although Bill Gates has held the top spot for 15 of the past 20 years, the last … Read more →
WhatsApp founders make Forbes’ billionaires list
Posted on | CommentJan Koum and Brian Acton, the cofounders of WhatsApp, made Forbes’ annual billionaires’ list with few moments to spare after Facebook offered a total of $19 billion to buy the company. The deal, if completed, will give Koum a fortune of $6.8 billion, … Read more →
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