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WHO to probe Ghana’s COVID-19 peak claims

The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that it will probe Ghana’s COVID-19 data to see whether claims that country has peaked are true or not. At a press briefing on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Dr Badu Sarkodie, Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service stated that Ghana …

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Galamsey: 1 dead, 14 arrested, 2 Toyota Landcruisers vandalized in Ashanti region

Fourteen(14) persons are in the grips of the Ashanti Regional Police Command for chasing some illegal miners from a mining site at Ntobroso in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti region, resulting in the death of one. The group, who had stormed the mining town in two Toyota Prado …

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Who becomes the new Chief of Defence Staff

There is a hush-hush, but a fierce battle within the Military High Command, as to who succeeds Obed Boamah Akwa, as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). Obed Boamah Akwa attains the mandatory retiring age of 65 for Lieutenant Generals in 38 days, and DAYBREAK is informed of intense lobbying …

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7-year- old girl drowns in Tono irrigation canal

The body of a seven-year-old girl (name withheld) has been retrieved from the Tono irrigation canal at Bonia after she drowned yesterday afternoon. Information gathered by GhanaWeb indicates that the victim was crossing the canal on a footbridge when she lost balance and fell into the moving water. A brother …

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Withdraw 18% tax on electricity now – Minority to gov’t

The Minority in Parliament is demanding the immediate withdrawal of over 18 per cent tax on electricity as it warns of dire consequences on domestic consumers. Their demand comes after the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) tasked the ECG to charge Value Added Tax, (VAT) on domestic consumers. Until now, electricity …

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NSS staff’s body found in well

The body of a 25-year-old National Service Scheme (NSS) personnel has been found in an abandoned well barely 24 hours after being declared missing. The female NSS staff, identified as Angela Gossou, was said to be working at the Cocoa Health and Extension Division in the Ahafo Ano South East …

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2 killed, 4 injured in an explosion at Yagaba

Two persons have died instantly and four others in critical conditions at Yagaba in the North East Region after a faulty tyre they were fixing exploded on Thursday afternoon. The Member of Parliament for the area, Amadu Rauf Tanko, who confirmed the incident to JoyNews said, the incident occurred while local vulcanizers …

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Pregnant police woman battling for life after car crashes into police station

A 38-year-old policewoman with an eight-month-old pregnancy narrowly escaped death after a Corolla salon car with the registration number GE 4883-18 ran into the Asiakwa police station in the East Akyem Municipality on Thursday morning. According to an eye-witness account, the pregnant policewoman, who is the In-Charge at the Asiakwa …

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[Video] Coronavirus ‘May Never Go Away’ – WHO Warns

The new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) could become endemic like HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. As some countries begin gradually easing lockdown restrictions, the WHO on Wednesday [May 13, 2020] said COVID-19 …

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