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COVID-19: Assemblyman donates materials to fight against corona virus

The benevolent Assembly Member, Hon. Nana Yaw Donkor Jill of Ahenboboano Electoral Area, a conurbation of the Ahafo Regional Capital – Goaso, under the Asunafo North Constituency has shown true love to his people at this pernicious hour of Covid 19. The deadly virus which has put the whole world …

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Judge Thomas A. Mensah dead

His Excellency Judge Thomas A.Mensah, President of International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), Former Assistant Secretary-General at the International Maritime Organization, and Ghana High Commissioner to South Africa has passed on on April 7, 2020. Judge Mensah was the former Assistant Secretary-General at the International Maritime Organization …

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Ghanaian boy with special needs killed by van in the US

A 13-year-old Ghanaian boy has died in Georgia, USA after he was hit by a minivan in Gwinnett County. Local police say Jecolia Karikari-Prempe, a child with special needs slipped out of his home and was later hit and killed by the minivan in Loganville. Jecolia’s mother tells the police …

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Ghana begins mass fumigation of schools April 14

Ghana will begin a mass disinfection exercise across all basic and second-cycle schools as the country’s Covid-19 outbreak surges. The exercise, according to the Ghana Education Service (GES), will take effect on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Waste management company, Zoomlion Ghana Limited has been contracted to carry out the exercise, …

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COVID-19: Ghanaians allegedly facing eviction from their homes in China

Some Ghanaians living in the Chinese capital, Beijing were this morning allegedly evicted from their apartments over fears they were carrying the Coronavirus disease. The latest eviction of some Ghanaians in Beijing comes a day after hundreds of African residents and businessmen in China’s southern city of Guangzhou were evicted …

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Covid-19: Ghana’s case count now 378

Confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Ghana have risen to 378, President Akufo-Addo has disclosed. The President made the disclosure in his 6th address to the nation since the first case was confirmed in the country. As at Wednesday, April 8, 2020 the number of cases stood at 313. The regional …

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Millions of Christians to mark Good Friday under lockdown

It’s a Good Friday celebration unlike any other. The pews will be empty, parish doors closed, and there will be no hymns in the air – on a day that’s supposed to mark the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. But that doesn’t mean services aren’t going ahead. In the …

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Tema Coronavirus cop shooting: The inside story

Details are emerging about what triggered the shooting of a policewoman, Lance Corporal Francisca Tengey, by a soldier during lockdown duties last night. The identity of the soldier has been revealed as Able Seaman 1 (AB1) Oppong Bekoe of the Naval Headquarters, Burma Camp in Accra who is currently on …

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Akufo Addo Announces Free Electricity For The Poor

The president Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo has announced free electricity for Ghanaians who use less than 10KW of energy in a month and a whopping 50% slash on the cost of electricity for Ghanaians whose consumption exceed the quota. The president made this know in his Address Thursday evening …

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Coronavirus: Akufo-Addo extends lockdown by one week

Government has extended the lockdown imposed on Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi by one more week from Monday, April 13, 2020. In his sixth televised address to the nation, the President said, although the efforts have been successful, the country was not yet out of the woods. A 14-day restriction …

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