Day: February 23, 2024

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Driver’s mate remanded over robbery, causing harm with pair of scissors

A 21-year-old driver’s mate, Jeffery Johnson has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court for robbery and causing harm.

Johnson and his absconding accomplices are alleged to have robbed two complainants of their mobile phones.

Johnson, during the rob…

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Close to 900,000 metric tonnes of cashew go waste in Bono Region

Madam Justina Owusu-Banahene, the Bono Regional Minister, has appealed to Ghana’s development partners to assist in adding value to cashew fruits and nuts for job-creation and poverty reduction.

She expressed regret that 889,000 metric tons of cashe…

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Shipping Chamber reaches out to Shippers Authority

The Ghana Chamber of Shipping (GCS) has paid a visit to the Ghana Shippers’ Authority (GSA) to deepen collaboration.

The move is aimed at forging stronger bond between the two organisations and propelling the growth of the maritime, shipping, and lo…

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Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana gives hope to asylum seekers at Tarikom

The Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, the Most Reverend Henryk Mieczyslaw Jagodzinski, has visited and interacted with the asylum seekers at Tarikom in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region.

The visit of the Representative of the Holy Father, Po…

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CAF Champions League: Al Ahly derails Medeama’s campaign

Medeama’s ambition of progressing to the knockout stage of the CAF Champions has been dealt a hefty blow after losing to 11-time Champions, Nady Al Ahly at the Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi.

The Tarkwa-based club succumbed to a 1-0 defeat against an e…

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Promotion of linguistic diversity must go beyond rhetoric – NCCE

Ms Portia Adjakrah, the Municipal Director of Ayawaso East, National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), has said that preserving and promoting linguistic diversity should go beyond rhetoric.

Ms Adjakrah said: ‘Each language is like a unique melo…

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LGBTQ+ Bill: Second Consideration concluded, Third Reading on February 27

The Second Consideration Stage of the ‘Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021’ was concluded by Parliament on Friday.

The House, by a consensus, scheduled the Third Reading (Passage of the Bill) for Tuesday, Fe…

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Young motor rider crashed to death on Tarkwa-Takoradi highway

A young motor rider believed to be 22 years old, has been crashed to death at Akyempim on?the Tarkwa-Takoradi highway in the Western Region.?

The deceased, identified as Bismark Ayariga, who was riding an unregistered Haojin motorbike died on the sp…

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Taxicab robber gets 15 years imprisonment in hard labour

A Tema Circuit Court ‘has sentenced Eric Gyimah, a mobile phone seller to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for robbing a taxi driver of his taxicab.

Gyimah, who had pleaded not guilty to two counts of robbery and dishonestly receiving, was hande…

Medical

Esiama Clinic has been without a physician for over a year – Chief

Nana Ainoo-Kwagyan III, the Chief of Esiama in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region, has expressed concern over the absence of a physician at the Esiama Clinic for the past one year.

He said the situation was affecting healthcare delivery a…