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NAGRAT says NaCCA knew of LGBTQ content before public outcry
Posted on with No CommentThe President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) says the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) knew about the controversial content in a Senior High School teacher manual long before public outrage forced its withdrawal. Jacob Anaba … Read more →
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Ashaiman Miilitary brutality records first casualty
Posted on | CommentOne person has been reported dead from the military invasion of Ashaiman over the killing of a soldier at Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman. According to report, a certain Alhaji Mohammed Musah was said to have died as a result … Read more →
Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly arrests 20 people for open defecation
Posted on | CommentThe Environmental Health Department of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan area has arrested some 20 persons for openly defecating along the beaches. The offenders according to Mr Abdul Karim Hudu, Metropolitan Environmental Health Director in an interview with Ghana News Agency had … Read more →
3 Populous areas receive immunisation vaccines in Western Region
Posted on | CommentDr Nana Yaw Ofori Yeboah, the Western Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, says the three highly populated areas in the Western Region have received the immunisation vaccines. Though the Region did not utterly suffer from the vaccine shortage, … Read more →
Court throws out Anas’ GHC25 million defamation case against Kennedy Agyapong
Posted on | CommentA High Court in Accra has thrown out a GHC25-million defamation suit filed by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, an investigative journalist, against Mr Kennedy Agyapong, Member of Parliament for Assin Central. It awarded a cost of GHC50,000 to the investigative journalist. … Read more →
Fire guts Kejetia Market
Posted on | CommentReport available to www.233times.net indicates that parts of the new Kejetia market in Kumasi in the Ashanti region have been ramped in a fire outbreak. The incident occurred on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. A video shared on social media showed … Read more →
Meta lay-offs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff
Posted on | CommentMeta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs. It will be the second wave of mass redundancies from the tech giant, which laid off 11,000 employees last November. Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said … Read more →
Samsung to invest in South Korea mega chip-making plan
Posted on | CommentElectronics giant Samsung says it plans to invest around 300tn won ($230.8bn; £189.6bn) over 20 years in the South Korean government’s push to develop a mega semiconductor hub in the country. This will be put towards building five chip factories, … Read more →
Jiang Yanyong: Whistleblower doctor who exposed China’s Sars cover-up dies
Posted on | CommentJiang Yanyong, a former military surgeon who blew the whistle on Chinese authorities’ cover-up of the 2003 Sars epidemic, has died aged 91. He died of pneumonia on Saturday in Beijing, family friends and Chinese-language media in Hong Kong reported. … Read more →
US drone crashes after encounter with Russian jet
Posted on | CommentA Russian fighter jet has collided with a US drone, causing the unmanned US aircraft to crash into the Black Sea, the American military says. It says the drone was on a routine mission in international airspace when two Russian … Read more →
6 Arrested for attempting to kidnap 13-year-old student at Inchaban
Posted on | CommentThere has been an alleged attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old student at Inchaban in the Shama District on Sunday, March 12. 6 suspects were arrested and detained at the Sekondi Divisional Police Headquarters but five of them (5) were released … Read more →
WR Minister inspects progress of Western Railway line project
Posted on | CommentThe Western Regional Minister Dr Kobby Okyere Darko-Mensah and the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Tarkwa Nsuaem Mr Benjamin Kessie inspected the progress of work on the Western Railway project on Monday, March 13. The Western rail line which is … Read more →
NADMO to desilt drains in Sekondi-Takoradi as raining season draws near
Posted on | CommentThe National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) of Sekondi-Takroadi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) says they are planning on desilting all drains before the rains set in. Mr James Obeing Junior who is the Metro Director of NADMO speaking exclusively to Skyy News … Read more →
Expect payments within 48 hours – Gov’t to aggrieved bondholders
Posted on | CommentGovernment has assured bondholders who did not subscribe to the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP) that processes have begun to “settle payments on outstanding bonds”. A statement issued by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday, March 14 said the processes … Read more →
COCOBOD loses GH¢4.8 billion to galamsey in Western Region
Posted on | CommentAccording to the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), illicit mining (galamsey) activities at Boinso in the Western Region have cost the company GH4.8 billion in investments in 35 hectares of cocoa crops. Among other initiatives it was pursuing to increase the … Read more →
PTC Interchange, other projects will be completed — Western Regional Minister
Posted on | CommentChiefs and residents of the area have been told by the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, that the PTC Interchange will be finished alongside other current projects. This is in response to rumours that the contractor, Power China Sino-hydro … Read more →
Canada bans TikTok on government devices
Posted on | CommentCanada will ban video app TikTok from all government-issued devices starting on Tuesday. The decision follows a review by Canada’s chief information officer, and the app “presents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security”, a government spokesperson said … Read more →
China hits out at US over TikTok ban on federal devices
Posted on | CommentChina has accused the US of overreacting after federal employees were ordered to remove the video app TikTok from government-issued phones. On Monday, the White House gave government agencies 30 days to ensure that employees did not have the Chinese-owned … Read more →
Ghana rakes $6.6bn from gold
Posted on | CommentGhana recorded US$6.6 billion in revenue from gold in 2022, making the mining sector the leading source of export revenue for the country. The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, who announced this at the Ministry of … Read more →
Bola Tinubu wins Nigeria’s Presidential election against Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi
Posted on | CommentRuling party candidate Bola Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s disputed presidential election. The 70-year-old veteran politician got 36% of the vote, official results show. His main rival Atiku Abubakar polled 29%, and Labour’s Peter Obi 25%. Their … Read more →
Ghana records 2 cases of Lassa Fever; one dead
Posted on | CommentGhana on Friday recorded two cases of Lassa Fever with one death. A statement signed by the Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said the cases were confirmed by the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research on … Read more →
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