The Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) hosted a virtual forum for stakeholders and partners to share its industry outlook ahead of the city’s reopening to international tourists on 7 July. The forum discussed plans for reopening the city to foreign tourists, the local and global …
Read More »SA hits 3,026 Covid-19 deaths as cases pass 10,000 in one day for first time
SA recorded its 3,026th Covid-19 fatality on Saturday, just 99 days after the first death was reported in the country on March 27. There were also more than 10,000 cases in a single day for the first time. Gauteng accounted for more than 5,000 of these cases. Health …
Read More »Stay away from social media – Derek Boateng to young players
Former Black Stars midfielder Derek Boateng, who played for Dansoman-based Liberty Professionals and a plethora of teams across Germany, Spain, England has given some advice to young footballers about using social media. He was speaking to Joy FM in an interview detailing his journey from the local scene …
Read More »Teacher killed, stolen bank card used to buy liquor, clothes and car battery
A 40-year-old man, arrested for the alleged murder of a North West teacher, used her stolen bank card to buy liquor, clothes and a car battery. The body of Khumontle Mokgosi was found on 29 June at her rented home in Magong village, near Mogwase. Her body was …
Read More »Pay your arrears to remain connected – ECG to customers
Mr Benjamin Quarcoo, the Western Regional Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has cautioned customers who were due for disconnection before the Government’s relief to urgently pay their arrears to remain connected. He said the month of June marked the end of the President’s …
Read More »Covid-19 relief funds: Five arrested for alleged fraud, theft
Five people have been arrested for Covid-19 Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) irregularities. The investigation, registered at Brooklyn police station, resulted in the arrest of two women and three men for irregularities linked to the UIF Covid-19 relief fund. The five individuals are aged between 25 and 68, said …
Read More »Widow ‘traumatised after burying wrong man’
A South African woman had to hold two funeral services for her husband who had died from Covid-19 after it was discovered that his body had been swapped for another man’s, News24 reports. Retired nurse Nomsa Noda, from Uitenhage in Eastern Cape province, believed that she had buried …
Read More »I only smoke cigar and not weed – Kwabena Kwabena
Highlife artiste, Kwabena Kwabena says he only smokes Tobacco and not marijuana as it’s been reported by some media houses. There were reports that suggested that Kwabena Kwabena was a drug addict who could not live without marijuana and cocaine. Some blogs even reported that he is the one who introduced Ahuofe …
Read More »Strained relationship between Domelevo and Osafo-Maafo cause of his ‘sack’ – Avedzi claims«
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and the Member of Parliament(MP) for Ketu North, James Klutse Avedzi, has said that the strained relationship between the Auditor-General, Daniel Domelovo, and Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo was the main reason behind the exit of Mr. Domelovo. According to him, issues between him and …
Read More »Akufo-Addo goes into 14-days isolation after exposure to person with coronavirus
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is going into a 14-day self-isolation after getting exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. “On the advice of doctors, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is from today, July 4, 2020, taking a 14-day precautionary self-isolation measure in compliance with COVID-19 protocols,” Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, …
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