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Tarkwa MP Empowers Women

May 22, 2023

…Donates 300 Sewing Machines, 150 Hair Dryers The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa-Nsuaem in the Western Region, George Mireku Duker, has taken a major step towards boosting the personal development of his constituents, by donating 300 industrial sewing machines and 150 hair dryer machines to 450 women in his constituency. This donation is a […]Continue Reading

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Rice Importation Will Stop, Walahi – Jospong Vows

May 22, 2023

The Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC), Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong, has vowed that with the advent of the Jospong Group Rice Project, the importation of rice into the country will be minimized, if not stop completely. “Where we (JGC) see a problem, we confront it and solve it and this project […]Continue Reading

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Man Dies With 2 Siblings On His Way To Mum’s Funeral

May 22, 2023

…Five Others Burnt To Ashes On Techiman-Kintampo Highway The last weekend will go down as one of most tragic weekends, as scores of commuters lost their lives in road accidents on major highways, with some of them completely burning into ashes. But the most heartbreaking was a man identified as Kofi Gyan, the executive director […]Continue Reading

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‘Dying’ Former MMDCEs Write To Jubilee House, Demand Ex-Gratia To Survive

May 22, 2023

…Demand Ex-Gratia To Survive   Some immediate past Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) who served under President Akufo-Addo’s first term, but are currently jobless, have penned an emotional letter to the presidency, begging government to pay them their end-of-service benefits, otherwise called ex-gratia, to help them survive. The aggrieved Continue Reading

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No Loser In Awutu Senya East NDC Primaries – Naa Koryoo

May 18, 2023

By Ekem Sewornu-Dufe The parliamentary candidate-elect for the Awutu Senya East Constituency in the just-ended National Democratic Congress (NDC) election has called for unity in the party, stating that there was no loser in the last Saturday, May 13, 2023 primaries. According to Phyllis Naa Koryoo Okunor, everyone who took part in the contest is […]Continue Reading

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Otumfuo Launches 2023 Green Ghana

May 18, 2023

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has launched the 2023 edition of the ‘Green Ghana Day’ in Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, which has been slated for Friday, June 9, with a call on all Ghanaians and foreign residents in the country to come out in their numbers and support the nationwide tree-planting exercise. He […]Continue Reading

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Insensitive PURC Increases Tariff Again

May 18, 2023

Despite the unending economic hardship being experienced, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has for three consecutive times gleefully increased electricity tariff, with the latest announced yesterday, May 17, 2023. In its second quarter review, the commission says electricity and natural gas will be up by 18.36 percent effective June 1, without taking into Continue Reading

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Busted Galamsey Chief, 3 Yemenis Arraigned Before Court

May 18, 2023

  …As Minerals C’ssion Bares Teeth The chief of Asomdwe, a suburb of Akyem Oda, Nana Baffour Akyeampem, who was arrested, together with three Yemeni nationals, for allegedly engaging in illegal mining, notoriously called “galamsey,” has been arraigned before court. The accused person and his accomplices, namely Hussein Ali, Muhammed Omar and Salleh Ali, were […]Continue Reading

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IMF Approves Ghana’s $3bn Bailout

May 18, 2023

After nearly 10 months of waiting with bated breath, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is said to have approved Ghana’s request for a $3billion Balance of Payment support to stabilize the economy. Reports indicate that, a staggering $600million will be disbursed to Ghana within a week, once Ghana’s programme is approved […]Continue Reading

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Lotto Marketers Reject ‘Nuisance Taxes’

May 16, 2023

Members of Lotto Marketing Companies (LMCs) who trade in lottery and gaming products have kicked against the imposition of what they termed, “nuisance taxes” on lottery and betting games. The lotto marketers, who are unhappy with the government and the Finance Ministry’s decision to impose 20% income tax on “Gross Gaming Revenue” of lottery, betting […]Continue Reading