Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border. The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.Agent Carlos Pitones of the Customs and Border Protection sector in El Centro, …
Read More »Voter roll: Near-blows at deadlocked IPAC meeting
The meeting between the Electoral Commission, its Eminent Advisory Committee and the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC) over the election management body’s decision to compile a new voter roll ended in a deadlock on Thursday, 30 January 2020 with some of the participants almost exchanging blows but for the intervention of …
Read More »Man Kills Rival For Having Sex With Wife In Toilet
“Upon my return from work, I heard my wife moaning inside our toilet and when I went close, I spotted her having sex with a man inside the toilet, and I kicked the man to the ground…” These were the words of a 46-year-old electrician who has been arrested for …
Read More »Coronavirus: Death toll rises as virus spreads to every Chinese region
The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 170, and a confirmed case in Tibet means it has reached every region in mainland China. Chinese health authorities said there were 7,711 confirmed cases in the country as of 29 January. Infections have also spread to at least 15 …
Read More »Why Voltarians are called number 9
Monica Amekoafia, the winner of the first edition of the Miss Ghana contest in 1957 while representing the Trans-Volta Togoland. She was contestant Number 9. It was from her number that people from the Volta Region are called Number 9. Background Monica Amekoafia was born on 30th June 1934 to Augustus Amekoafia …
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo breaks Instagram’s most followed person’s record
Portugese and Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has broken the scale of Instagram’s most followed person as he marks 200 million followers. Ronaldo is undoubtedly not just a football legend with many fans cheering him on the pitch but has mass crowd stalking him on social media as well. Cristiano Ronaldo …
Read More »ECG: Prepaid credit deductions’re service charges
The Electricity Company of Ghana has attributed the deductions effected on prepaid electricity to service charges. According to the power distribution company, all residential and non-residential electricity prepaid customers in the country are charged a monthly service charge depending on their consumption. The Public Relations Manager of the utility provider, …
Read More »Anaesthetists to strike from Friday over title change
Members of the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) have served notice they will embark on strike from Friday, January 31, 2020. According to the association, their appeal to the Medical and Dental Council over plans to change their name has been ignored. They claim the MDC has instead …
Read More »Akufo-Addo shuns Special Prosecutor, insists diplomats send corruption evidence to presidency
The Office of the Special Prosecutor mandated “to investigate and prosecute cases of alleged corruption under the Public Procurement Act 203 Act 63 and other corruption-related offences implicating public officers, political office holders and their accomplices in the public sector” was conspicuously missing from the speech of President Nana Addo …
Read More »Boxer Patrick Allotey wanted by police
Ghanaian boxer, Patrick Allotey who assaulted a fan on Sunday at the Accra Sports Stadium in the Super Clash between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko has been asked to report to the Ministries Police Station in Accra. Happy Sports understands that Michael Siaw, the fan assaulted in the incident …
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