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Fire Guts $259m Ketetia Market

March 16, 2023

Fire has gutted parts of the US$259,425,000 redeveloped Kejetia Market in the Ashanti Regional capital, Kumasi. The unfortunate incident occurred yesterday Tuesday March 15, 2023 at around 4: 30pm but no casualty was recorded, The Anchor gathered. The source of the fire at the time of filing this report was not known but live reports […]Continue Reading

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Ghana, Ivory Coast Hold Talks

March 16, 2023

The Government of Ghana is holding talks with its Ivorian counterpart on measures to resolve transboundary issues regarding the pollution of some water bodies, particularly the Tano and Bia rivers, which also flow through Ivorian waters. As a result,the ministries of Lands and Natural Resources, Sanitation and Water Resources, Defence and Environment Science Technology and Continue Reading

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Ghana Gas Abandons Duties In Jomoro

March 15, 2023

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jomoro in the Western Region, Dorcas Affo-Toffey, is unhappy over the failure by the Ghana National Gas Company Limited to fulfil some parts of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the area, leaving certain roads in a deplorable state. According to the MP, it is the corporate responsibility of […]Continue Reading

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My People Are Angry, Don’t Take Us for Granted,

March 15, 2023

The Ga Mantse, King TackieTeiko Tsuru II, has warned politicians to desist from taking the people of the Ga state for granted in the manner they have been treated for years. He stated that his subjects are unhappy because they have been mistreated and sidelined at the helm of affairs for too long on their […]Continue Reading

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Okudzeto Drops Diplomatic ‘Secret’

March 15, 2023

The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu constituency, in the Volta Region, has alleged that the recent consignment of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), Measles-Rubella (MR) and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) vaccines, received by government, were borrowed from Nigeria and the Ivory Coast. In the view of Mr. Samuel Okudzeto-Ablakwa, the government should not shy away […]Continue Reading

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CPA threatens to injunct PURC from future utility tariff hikes

March 9, 2023

Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) has censured the Public Utility Regulation Commission (PURC) for reneging on its supervisory role on the utility service providers in the country. It has opined that PURC has failed woefully in protecting the common interest of consumers as enshrined in Act 538 of the 1992 Constitution. CPA has frowned on the poor […]Continue Reading

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Ashaiman: Mahama calls for compensation for family of slain soldier, victims of military brutality

March 9, 2023

Former President John Dramani Mahama is calling for compensation for the family of the slain soldier in Ashaiman, and all innocent victims brutalised in the area by personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces following the murder of the soldier. While commiserating with the family and officers of GAF over the death of the soldier, Mr […]Continue Reading

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A/R: Kejetia market floods again after heavy downpour | Victims cry to gov’t for help

March 9, 2023

A heavy downpour on Wednesday, 8 March 2023, has left the Kejetia Market in the Kumasi Metropolis flooded. The downpour which lasted for two hours destroyed goods worth thousands of Ghana Cedis. Speaking to Class FM’s Ashanti Regional Correspondent Elisha Adarkwah, on Thursday, 9 March 2023, the traders who were affected by the floods, expressed […]Continue Reading

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Ghana’s loan programme request to go to IMF board by end March – Akufo-Addo

March 9, 2023

International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff will present Ghana’s request for a loan programme to its executive board by the end of the month, President Nana Akufo-Addo has disclosed. “We are on course for the IMF staff to present to the IMF executive board Ghana’s programme request for a 3 billion dollar extended credit facility by […]Continue Reading

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PMF Rationalizes New Hajj Fare

March 9, 2023

An Islamic pressure group, Patriotic Muslim Front (PMF), has rationalized the new Hajj fare announced by the Ghana Hajj Board as cost of transporting Ghanaian pilgrims to Mecca. According to the group, although this year’s increment is better, compared to the last year’s, they believe a further review would be helpful to cushion the plight […]Continue Reading