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IMF deal: Cut down your flagship programs – Terkper to gov’t

The former Finance Minister, Seth Terkper, has questioned why the government is still insisting on maintaining flagship programs despite running to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout. According to him, the government’s mid-year budget review was emphatic that the flagship programs will not change adding that the current …

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Former Health Minister Samuel Nuamah Donkor is dead

Dr. Samuel Nuamah Donkor, a former Health Minister under the Rawlings administration, has passed at the age of 64 years. This was confirmed by Builsa South Member of Parliament, Dr. Clement Apaak, and former Kumbungu MP, Ras Mubarak in separate Facebook posts on Monday, August 15, 2022. Meanwhile, tributes have …

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Kofi Antubam, the great Ghanaian artist whose works live on many years after his death

Ghana’s presidential seats, the panel doors of the entrance of the country’s former legislative assembly and the relief carvings on the Speaker’s parliamentary desk, these are just a few of Kofi Antubam’s works. A pioneer of the use of adinkra symbols in Ghanaian art, Kofi Antubam was born in 1922. …

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Call Hopeson Adorye to order – Majority Chief Whip tells Alan Kyeremanteng

The Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annor Dompreh has asked the Minister for Trade and Industry, Alan Kyerematen to call his Director of Operation, Hopeson Adoryeson to withdraw a statement indicating that Northerners, who represent the Dombo tradition of the NPP, are always fit to be running mates of the part. According to …

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Eight-year-old girl drowns in cesspit

An eight-year-old girl lost her life after she drowned in a cesspit on Saturday night at Bamahu in the Wa municipality of the Upper West Region. The deceased, identified as Maafaaza Abu, is said to have fallen into a cesspit which was left open after sewage extraction, according to a …

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Dust Disease – Are we doing enough to protect the population?

It is the desire of every young person to find work or trade, however, there are hazards in every job with corresponding risks; and we are exposed to different levels and combinations of hazards depending on our workplace. One major workplace hazard is silica – inhalation of its dust leads …

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Despite Media’s Adakabre Frimpong takes on Special Prosecutor over Labianca scandal

Adakabre Frimpong Manso, the host of ‘Me Man Nti’ on Neat FM has mounted a spirited defence of under-fire Council of State Member, Eunice Jacqueline Buah Asomah-Hinneh who has been implicated by the Special Prosecutor for some alleged corrupt activities involving her company Labianca Company Limited. Adakabre holds that Eunice …

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VIDEO: The three presidential seats designed for Kwame Nkrumah

In pursuit of his African Personality concept after independence, Dr Kwame Nkrumah contracted Kofi Antubam, a talented artist, to create the country’s three Presidential Seats for the political authority of the new nation. With the help of some local craftsmen, Kofi Antubam designed and made the seats, a task that …

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Meet Philip Quaque: The first African to be ordained as priest by the Anglican church

The introduction of Christianity and missionary work in the days of slavery and colonialism was well evident in the Gold Coast era. While the British merchants and rulers established their presence at the Cape Coast castle and other forts, missionary work was in full force and Philip Quaque, a son …

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NPP’s Northern regional chairman ignorant of law on bail – Police

The Northern regional Police Command has described as ignorance claims by the Northern regional chair of the New Patriotic Party that he broke rules and secured bail for a suspect at night. The regional Police Command in a statement said there is no law that suspects cannot be granted bail …

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