NEWS

Mystery Death Hits Nogokpo

June 19, 2023

…As former Assemblyman allegedly commits suicide   Residents of Yelibato, a community near Nogokpo in the Ketu South municipality in the Volta Region, are in a state of shock following the discovery of the lifeless body of the former assemblyman for the Nogokpo-Ativuta electoral area, Mr. Christian Kwame Amuzu. The body of the 60-year-old man […]Continue Reading

TOP STORIES

SHS Graduate With 5As, 3Bs Goes Into Galamsey

June 15, 2023

…After Tapping Palm-wine Due To Financial Constraints   The dream of a 21-year-old Senior High School (SHS) graduate to further his education and become a lawyer appears to be at the verge of shattering because of financial constraints, forcing him to enter illegal mining operation, otherwise called “galamsey.” Stephen Koomson, who studied General Arts in […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Giving NMC Powers To Bite Dangerous For Media

June 15, 2023

–Pratt, Kabral, Others Insist   Some veteran journalists have opposed proposals to give the National Media Commission (NMC) powers of the High Court to sanitise the media landscape, saying “it is dangerous for the media.” Mr.Kabral Blay-Amihere, a writer and former chairman of the NMC; Mr. Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, a journalist and communications consultant, and Mr. Kwesi Continue Reading

NEWS

Ga East Assembly Soaked In Debts

June 15, 2023

The Ga East Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region is said to be saddled in huge debts and crawling, a development which has brought some critical projects being executed by the assembly to a temporary halt. The situation, The Anchor is formed, has forced creditors, as well as service providers, some of who are […]Continue Reading

NEWS

Speeding Vehicle Kills KATH Midwife

June 15, 2023

…At ‘Abandoned’ Sofoline Interchange There is expression of shock and anger by families and friends of one Francisca Abena Asare, a midwife at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), who met her untimely death days ago in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital. The 32-year-old mother of one was knocked down by a speeding vehicle at […]Continue Reading

Business

May inflation rises marginally to 42.2% after four consecutive decreases

June 14, 2023

Inflation for May 2023 has experienced a marginal increase, rising from 41.2% in April 2023 to 42.2%. The Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim, disclosed that the main drivers of this inflation are food and non-alcoholic beverages constituting 52.4%. Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas, and other fuels constituted 13.1%, and transport contributed 9.2%. Clothing Continue Reading

ENTERTAINMENT

Kobina Ansah & wife set to release new animation book

June 14, 2023

With the aim of increasing local content on the market, Kobina Ansah and his wife, Elorm Ansah, are getting ready to outdoor their new children’s book, Animuonyam And The Queer Man. Set in Ghana, the book explores the menace of pedophiles in the society. Each year, the couple writes an animation book for their son, Animuonyam, […]Continue Reading

SPORTS

Donkomi: Jude Bellingham joins Real Madrid on six-year deal

June 14, 2023

Real Madrid have completed the signing of England midfielder Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund on a six-year deal. The Spanish giants will pay 103m euros (£88.5m) for the 19-year-old, in addition to various potential add-ons. If those add-ons are achieved, the deal could reach 133.9m euros (£115m). Bellingham, who started his career at Birmingham City, […]Continue Reading

Foreign

Woman convicted for rape of eight-year-old boy

June 14, 2023

There is outrage in Tanzania after a middle-aged woman was found to have raped an eight-year-old boy and infected him with sexually transmitted diseases. Desderia Mbwelwa, 57, has been sentenced to 29 years in prison at a court on Friday but details of the verdict have not been widely reported until now. On the day […]Continue Reading

Opinion

Yaw Nsarkoh: The burden of charity…

June 14, 2023

As one of the few that went back to University Primary School (UPS), Legon, to become a teacher, I know that, largely, our parents kept that school going at very high-quality standards, through their meagre salaries. There were regular deductions at source (Finance Officer deducted straight from their salaries). People like Professor Ebenezer Laing used […]Continue Reading