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Youth Activist To Embark On One-Man Protest Against Akufo-Addo Over Taxes

Activist Mr Ekow Djan has decided to embark on a one man protest against the Akufo-Addo administration over the introduction of taxes in the budget statement for the 2021 fiscal year. In a statement he said President Akufo-Addo has “demonstrated time and again to be an unprincipled politician. It is …

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Review Policy On Use Of Mobile Phones In Schools – Obiri Boahen To GES

The Deputy General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Obiri Boahen says it is needful for the Ghana Education Service (GES) to review the policy that frowns on students using mobile phones in schools. He indicated that at a period where technology has taken the centre stage …

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Ghana’s Covid-19 Deaths Rise To 713, Active Cases Drop To 3,343

Ghana’s Covid-19 deaths have risen to 713 following the confirmation of eight more fatalities by the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The latest update from the GHS further indicated that 40 people are in severe condition with 17 others in critical condition. However, the country’s active cases have declined to 3,343 …

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Consider NDC’s Economic Proposals To Reverse Declining GDP – Former Finance Minister Tells Government

Former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, is asking the government to go back to some of the proposals that the New Democratic Congress (NDC) government put in place to salvage the negative growth of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).     Ghana’s debt stock, according to the caretaker Finance Minister, …

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Police Must Arrest Those Selling Pure Water At 0.30p – GYFD Says

    Ghana Youth For Development (GYFD) has urged the Ghana Police Service to arrest people who are  selling pure water at 0.30 pesewas.     Read Their Full Statement Below Press Release 22ND MARCH, 2021 Don’t Buy 30 pesewas Pure Water – GYFD to Ghanaians Is it not enough …

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NDC, Papa Jay Mourns After Being Hit With Sad News

  The Ashanti regional executives of National Democratic Congres (NDC) has far visited the family of the late Mr Jonathan Kudjossah Sukah, the father of the NDC’s regional communication team member, Jerry James Sukah well-known as Papa Jay.   With the cause of death not immediately known, Mr Jonathan Kudjossah …

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V/R: Farmer Killed In Palm Wine Fight

A 53-year-old palm wine tapper, Nobert Ataafi, has been killed in Alavanyo Wudidi in the Volta Region during a disagreement over palm wine. According to eyewitnesses, the deceased was allegedly killed by his colleague Akakpovi Tsatsu when he refused to give the latter some of his local wine. The eyewitnesses said 52-year-old …

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W/R: 10-Month-Old Baby Girl Dies In House Fire

A 10-month-old baby girl has died in a tragic house fire at Pakaho, a cocoa growing community in the Amanfi Central District of the Western Region, disaster management officials have confirmed.         The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has also identified a 42-year-old man and a five-year-old girl as …

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Government Must Ensure That Budget Transform The Lives Of The Poor – Bishop Elisha Salifu

    The Founder and General Overseer of Alive Chapel International, bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako, has described this year budget as a killer budget. He said budget must rather help to transform the lives of ordinary citizens that can’t even afford to eat even once a day.       …

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GES Directs Achimota School To Admit Dreadlocked Students

    The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has directed the Achimota Senior High School to admit two first year students who were denied admission into the school because of their dreadlocks.   The school had on Thursday turned home the dreadlocked students, asking their parents to cut off …

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