Cocobod Replies Minority
Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has dismissed suggestions by the Minority in Parliament that government is unfairly treating cocoa farmers in the face of a decline in international prices. At a press...
Day: June 21, 2017
31st Dec Mov’t Officer Demands Audited Accounts From ‘President’ Nana Konadu
The Central Region Organiser of the 31st December Women’s Movement is cautioning members of the public not to engage in any business with Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings as she has overstayed her...
‘Mentally Challenged’ Mother of Twins Gets Assistance To Care of Babies
A month after TV3 aired a report about a mentally challenged woman who had delivered twins and living under the Mallam interchange, father of the babies has appeared to claim responsibility of the...
Barclays Charged With Fraud In Qatar Case
Barclays and four former executives have been charged with fraud over their actions in the 2008 financial crisis. The Serious Fraud Office case relates to the way the bank raised billion of pounds...
US Army ‘deserter’ Bowe Bergdahl Appears In Court
Bowe Bergdahl, the US Army sergeant held captive in Afghanistan for five years before being freed in a prisoner swap -- and then accused of desertion -- appeared in court Wednesday, officials said....
US Could Ease Some Post-Crisis Regulation
"There is little doubt that the US financial system is stronger today than it was a decade ago," Jerome Powell said in testimony to be delivered before the Senate Banking Committee, but "we must also...
Tiger Woods Getting Help To Manage Medication
Former world golf number one, Tiger Woods, says he is getting “professional help” to manage medication for pain and sleep loss as he tries to return to fitness. Woods, 41, is recovering from a...
Wall Street Journal Sacks Top Reporter Over Ethics Violations
The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday fired a top correspondent over ethics violations after a news agency investigation uncovered potential business dealings with an Iranian-American businessman who...
RC Destined For Greatness
Nana Austin Boakye Antwi who is popularly known as RC recently burst onto the music stage full of thrill and glamour with unique vocals and diversity. Originally hailing from Kumasi in the Ashanti...
The True Story Behind the ‘Plastic Rice’ Videos
Since the beginning of May this year, social networks across Africa and its Diaspora have been saturated with photos and videos showing horrified people demonstrating the presence of plastic in food...
‘Police Can’t Head Towing Project’
Deputy Minister of Transport, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus Glover, says Ghana Police Service (GPS) is incapable of heading the mandatory tow levy and towing project slated to begin July this year....
Jury Acquits Former US Cop In Fatal Shooting of Black Man
A former Wisconsin police officer was acquitted Wednesday in the fatal shooting of an African-American man, a killing that had ignited two nights of unrest in Milwaukee. Dominique Heaggan-Brown, who...
‘We Did Not Reject State Burial’
Spokesperson of the deceased former Black Stars coach, Herbert Obuobi Addo, Philip Addo, has debunked reports that the family has rejected a state funeral. The late Herbert Addo, who is expected to...
Trump Aide Kushner Has ‘productive’ Talks With Israel PM
US President Donald Trump's senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner had a "productive" meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday, the White House said....
Jackie Kennedy Watch Fetches Nearly $380K In New York
An engraved gold Cartier watch given to Jacqueline Kennedy and a reciprocal thank-you painting from the former first lady sold for $379,500 at auction in New York on Wednesday, Christie's said. The...
Peace At Last In Savelugu As MCE Is Accepted
Youth in the Savelugu/Nanton municipality in the Northern Region have accepted and welcomed the Municipal Chief Executive Hajia Ayishetu Seidu as the substantive MCE after several failed attempts....
Ghana’s Economy Shifting From Taxation To Production – Akufo-Addo
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his aim is to make the Ghanaian economy the most business-friendly in the world. He says barely five months after taking office, the economy is already...
Galamsey Still Ongoing At Denkyira Obuasi Despite Ban & Death of Maj. Mahama
An investigation carried out by a non-governmental organization Volunteers Against Environmental Degradation revealed that galamsey activities still ongoing in the Upper Denkyira West District and...
Ghana To Lose GHc7 Million Over Sale of Contaminated Fuel
Ghana is likely to lose about 7 million cedis in revenue following attempts by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) to sell contaminated fuel to some oil marketing...
Pentagon Chief Blasts N.Korea Over US Student Who Died
North Korea's treatment of an American student who died after being released from detention in a coma was inhuman and US patience with Pyongyang is running out, Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said...