Parties Trade Blows On Tax Plans
The Conservatives are attempting to shift the election battleground to the economy with an attack on Labour's tax and spending plans. The Tories claimed Labour's spending plans to date amounted to a...
Day: May 3, 2017
Headmaster Shot Dead At Wiamoase
ASSISTANT Headmaster of Okomfo Anokye Senior High School at Wiamoase in the Ashanti Region has been shot dead by unknown assailants. The 53-year-old James Agyei, who was also a pastor of the Seventh...
Save Ghana From Cancers -Group Urges Prez
CANCER Voices Gh, a registered cancer group, has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to save the nation from cancers and their related complications. Making their case during this...
Mr. President, You Are Right But…
PRESIDENT Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in his speech on International Workers’ Day, popularly known as May Day, last Monday admonished workers in the country to put an end to negative practices at...
Churches Urged To Transform Lives
Churches have been urged to use their teachings to transform lives. Resident Pastor of First Baptist Church in Tema, Reverend Kwame, gave the advice during the church’s Easter festivities According...
Ministers On PAC To Be Replaced
CHAIRMAN of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), James Klutse Avedzi, has hinted that all ministers serving on PAC would soon be replaced with Members of Parliament (MPs) who are not ministers to...
GMAA Honours Muslims
Sukra Concepts, organisers of Ghana Muslim Achievers Awards (GMAA), over the weekend held its second edition at the National Theatre in Accra. The auditorium was filled to capacity as the audience...
Veep, Chief Imam Applaud DKB
Derrick Kobina Bonney, popularly known as DKB, won the hearts of Muslim patrons at the just-ended second edition of the Ghana Muslim Achievers Awards (GMAA) held at the National Theatre in Accra...
Bomb Blast Targets Foreign Forces In Kabul
A bomb blast targeting a convoy of foreign forces near the US embassy in Kabul Wednesday killed at least three people and wounded 15, officials said, the latest militant attack to rock the Afghan...
‘Drunk’ American Arrested Over Japan Flight Brawl
Japanese police have arrested a drunken American man over a punch-up with another passenger on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight, which caused a delay, officers said Wednesday. The man, whose name...
12 Dead In Tunnel Blast In Southwest China
Twelve workers died following an explosion in a high-speed rail tunnel in southwestern China, state media said on Wednesday, after rescuers spent over 14 hours searching the rubble for survivors. The...
Activity Resumes At North Korea Nuclear Test Site
Satellite images indicate activity has resumed at North Korea's nuclear test site, US-based analysts said Tuesday, as tensions remain high over fears of an sixth atomic test by the reclusive state....
Australia PM To Reset Ties With Trump After Icy Start
Malcolm Turnbull will seek to steady Australia's longstanding alliance with the United States when he meets Donald Trump this week, after relations soured at a time of growing tensions in the...
Officer Who Fatally Shot 15-Year-Old Jordan Edwards Fired
The police department in Balch Springs, Texas, on Tuesday fired the officer who fatally shot an unarmed 15-year-old Saturday as he left a party, according to reports. Officer Roy Oliver violated...
Lawyers For Adonko Bitters Petition FDA Over Ban
Lawyers of Angel Group of Companies, producers of Adonko Bitters have petitioned the Food and Drugs Board over its decision to temporarily ban the product. In a statement, a copy of which was made...
Thomas Scores 53 To Power Celtics Over Wizards
Isaiah Thomas scored a career playoff high 53 points, nine of them in a game-closing 15-2 over-time run that powered the Boston Celtics over Washington 129-119 in a second-round NBA playoff game....
Fiji Urges Trump To Honour Paris Climate Deal
Fiji pleaded with US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Paris climate deal Wednesday, as the tiny Pacific nation prepares to lead the latest UN talks on reducing global emissions. Prime...
China’s Military Pact With N.Korea Looks Shaky
When North Korea's founder Kim Il-Sung visited Beijing to sign a mutual defence pact with China in 1961, he was comforted by the military protection promised by his fellow communist neighbours. But...
Niger Gold Seekers Dig Deep For Bullion Dreams
Arriving on motorcycles and donkeys, in cars, or even on foot, hundreds of people have flocked to a site in southern Niger hoping to strike gold. The news spread like wildfire: gold had apparently...