Day: March 2, 2017

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Do Selective One-Village-One-Dam Policy To Avoid Wasting Resources – Akufo-Addo Told

The Northern Regional representative of the Council of State, Professor Bog-Naa Yakubu Nantogmah has urged the...

International

U.S. Jobless Claims Near 44-Year Low; Rate Hike Expected This Month

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to near a 44-year low last week, pointing to further...

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Free SHS To Be Funded With ABFA

The planned free senior high school (SHS) programme scheduled to take off from September 2017 will be financed from the...

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Court Issues Bench Warrant For the Arrest of Dela Coffie

An Accra Circuit Court presided over by her Her Honour Justice Priscila Dapaah has issued a bench warrant for the...

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2017 Budget Bereft of Specificity – Minority

The maiden budget statement of the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government delivered Thursday by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta...

Headlines

Former NBA Star Stoudemire Apologizes Over Gay Comment

Former NBA star Amar'e Stoudemire has apologized following a backlash over his comments that he would avoid a gay...

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Snapchat Jumps More Than 40% In Debut Trade On Wall Street

Instant messaging service Snapchat surged in its debut trade Thursday, jumping more than 40 percent from the level set...

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Protectionism Would Be ‘disaster’ For Autos

Renault-Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn warned Thursday that protectionist trade policies could spell "disaster" for an...

Music

Listen: Bracket – Chop Kiss Ft Flavour (Prod By MasterKraft) Lyrics and Download

Listen to the lyrics of Bracket – Chop Kiss ft Flavour (Prod By MasterKraft)and download the mp3 track for the newly...

Entertainment

Tourism Minister Gets Thumbs-Up

The Tourism Federation (GHATOF) has expressed satisfaction with the manner in which the newly appointed Tourism...

Headlines

More Than 20 US Strikes Targeted Al-Qaeda In Yemen

US forces on Tuesday conducted a series of air strikes in Yemen against Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the Pentagon...

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Medical Examiner Contradicts NYPD In Probe of Russian Diplomat’s Death

New York medical examiners investigating the mysterious death of a Russian diplomat are contradicting the police...

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Public Workers Without Biometric SSNIT ID To Be Removed From Payroll

Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta says public sector workers who are not biometrically registered on the Social Security...

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Abossey-Okai Spare Parts Dealers Jubilate Over Tax Cut [Video]

Spare parts dealers at Abossey-Okai in Accra, have lauded government for the decision to scrap taxes on the importation...

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Biblical Ofori-Atta Tags ‘5-Loaves-2-Fishes’ Budget ‘As?mpa Budget’

Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta was on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, March 2 to deliver the 2017 budget...

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Gov’t To Review ‘basic Education’ To Include Senior High Schools

President Akufo-Addo’s government says it will review the concept of basic education to include Secondary Education...

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I’ve Not Appointed A New Chief Fire Officer – Interior Minister

The Minister of Interior has dismissed reports that he has sacked the head of the National Fire Service, Chief Fire...

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How Social Media Reacted To 2017 Budget

People took to social media to express diverse views on the Budget Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has presented the...

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GSE: Scrapping Capital Gains Tax Will Influence Market Returns

On the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE,) the stock market’s benchmark composite index rose by 13.21 points to close at YTD...