GENERAL NEWS

Ayawaso West identified as COVID-19 hotspot, compulsory testing begins on April 1

A compulsory house to house Coronavirus tracing and testing exercise is set to be carried out in the Ayawaso West Municipality in the Greater Accra Region from Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The announcement made by the Municipal Health Directorate follows the identification of the Municipality as a hotspot for the …

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Ghana declines request to transfer body of Dutch coronavirus victim to private mortuary

Ghana has declined to grant a request by Netherlands for the transfer of the mortal remains of a Dutch, Samuel Waterberg, who died recently of Covid-19. Mr Waterberg, 41, died at the Ga East Municipal Hospital in Accra on Friday March 27, 2020. His body has since been in the …

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Pastor rubbishes Akufo-Addo’s order on public gatherings

The Fomena District Police Command has arrested a pastor for defying church service ban. The 29-year-old Benjamin Konadu Yiadom, a presiding pastor of the True Teachings Gospel Church, Dompoase branch in the Adansi North district of the Ashanti region. According to Superintendent Albert Fii Okyere, District Police Commander, he dispatched …

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Opambour cries over lockdown in Kumasi [watch Video]

The General Overseer of Ebenezer Miracle Worship Centre, Prophet Ebenezer Adarkwa Yiadom also known as “Opambour” has opened silence on the partial lockdown declared by the President of Ghana to control the spread of the dreadful Coronavirus. Opambour also known as “Prophet One” shed tears without control on live TV …

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We have never neglected students abroad – Scholarship secretariat

The Scholarship Secretariat has denied allegations of neglect by some of its beneficiaries in India. Director of the Secretariat, Kingsley Agyemang, in a phone interview with GhanaWeb, said though this is the first time the secretariat was sending students to India, students on scholarship abroad have never been neglected under …

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Corornavirus Lockdown: Treat recalcitrant citizens with human face- Techiman North DEC tells Security agencies

The District Chief Executive of Techiman North in the Bono East Region Hon Peter Mensah is appealing to the Security Agencies to exhibit maximum professionalism as part of efforts to enforce the restrictions imposed by the president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufu Addo on the resident in Accra,Kumasi and Tema. According to …

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Photos: Duncan-Williams feeds farmers at Adjiringanor

The Founder and General Overseer of the Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has fed a group of young farmers at Adjringanor, a vicinity in Accra. The farmers, according to the Archbishop, are his neighbours whom he often encounters whilst walking in his community. On Monday, March 30, 2020, the …

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Dog fight over Bolgatanga-Bawku road

The road fund under the erstwhile Mahama administration was branded “sick” by the Majority in Parliament after their counterparts used parliamentary privilege to blame the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for the delay in the construction of the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Pulimakom road. Led by the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pusiga, …

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Police on manhunt for Guinean who tested positive for Coronavirus but escaped

The police in the Northern Region are on a nationwide manhunt for a Guinean national who is said to have escaped a quarantine facility after testing positive for Coronavirus. According to the Northern Regional Minister, the patient escaped a quarantine facility in Tamale on Monday, March 30 after she ascended a …

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Rainstorm rips off 18 houses, over 24 persons displaced

A rainstorm has ripped off 18 houses in Atiwa East in the Eastern Region displacing at least 24 occupants. No casualty was recorded in the incident which occurred in three communities-Kadowaso, Awirensua and Anyinam. Also affected were Anyinam Zion Kingdargaten school block and Anyinam Methodist Basic School. The displaced residents …

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