A man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in jail for pulling down and burning an LGBTQ flag that was flying at a church in the US. Adolfo Martinez, 30, of Ames, Iowa, was sentenced to 15 years for the hate crime of arson, as well as 1 year for …
Read More »Ashanti Region records 334 deaths through road crashes
A total of 334 persons lost their lives through road crashes in Ashanti Region between January and November 2019, according to the regional Police Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD). The figure is part of the total reported road crashes for the period, which stood at 2,911. This indicates a …
Read More »REVEALED: Aponkye used all his life savings for Assembly elections
Failed Assemblyman is counting his losses after using all his life savings to campaign for the elections. Nana Adabor Ibrahim Issah Ampim, a barber by profession vying to be the Assemblyman for Adukrom Nima in the Ashanti Region lost to Abdul Rashid who polled 1,056 of the total votes cast. …
Read More »How a Methodist pastor invoked ‘Antoa’ on soldiers after receiving dirty slaps in Akrokerri
A couple of hefty slaps from some operatives of Operation Vanguard at Akrokerri in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti region was just what it took for a Methodist Pastor to abandon his Christian faith and run for refuge under the dreaded Ashanti deity, Antoa, MyNewsGh.com reports. Rev. Shadrach …
Read More »Ankaful Hospital accounts safe missing
A metal safe securely locked with some unspecified amount of money, fixed into a concrete wall at the Account Office of the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital is missing. Dr Kwadwo Obeng, Acting Director of the hospital who suspects that it was stolen, said the thieves broke into the general and accounts …
Read More »Brexit: MPs back Boris Johnson’s plan to leave EU on 31 January
MPs have backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan for the UK to leave the EU on 31 January. They voted 358 to 234 – a majority of 124 – in favour of the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, which now goes on to further scrutiny in Parliament. The bill would also …
Read More »Pastor who ordered congregants to drink bath water breaks silence
Blinks Mensah, the ‘pastor’ who ordered his congregation to drink water he had dipped his body into has publicly spoken for the first time since the video of the act went viral. For the first time, Blinks has explained that the video was staged or acted. Speaking on Accra-based Okay …
Read More »Isaac Osei steps down as TOR boss
The Managing Director of the Tema Oil Refinery, Isaac Osei, has resigned. Chairman of the General Transport, Petroleum, and Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) at TOR, John Elton Botchway confirmed this to JoyNews Friday. According to him, Mr Osei made the surprise announcement at a staff end-of-year gathering. “He asked us to …
Read More »TEWU members demonstrate on KNUST campus
Members of the Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) are demonstrating on the KNUST campus. The workers who form the largest union on campus are angry over the delay of swearing in their nominee onto the university’s new council and threatened to match into an ongoing council meeting on the …
Read More »Terrorists likely to attack Ghana – UK gov’t cautions citizens
The government of the United Kingdom has issued a security alert to British citizens living and travelling to Ghana, warning of an imminent terrorist attack. This is an update of an earlier alert issued in June following the kidnapping of two Canadian citizens who were in Ghana on an exchange programme. In …
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