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GTA shuts down six ‘hotels’ in Kwahu ahead of Easter

The Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) in the Eastern Region has closed down six hospitality facilities in the Kwahu enclave. The Eastern Regional Ghana Tourism Authority manager, Frederick Adjei-Rudolph, explained the exercise is part of its enforcement and monitoring exercise to ensure compliance to tourism regulations ahead of and during the 2022 Kwahu …

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Police in Upper East ban use of cargo trucks and tricycles

The Upper East Regional Police Command has placed a ban on the use of cargo trucks and tricycles popularly known as motor king meant for carrying goods from transporting passengers in the Region. The Command has observed that it is becoming an emerging trend and in most cases leading to …

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Military bus carrying military personnel rolls over on N1

An Accra-bound military bus carrying some military personnel has, today, Wednesday, 6 April 2022, been involved in a single accident between the Ajei-Kojo and Tema Abattoir stretch of the Kwame Nkrumah Motorway (N1). Police accident (MTTD) Personnel are currently at the scene managing traffic flow. The road Safety Management Services …

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‘Mmore Koko’ getting babies drunk – GHS cautions mothers

Porridge prepared from sieved maize, otherwise known as ‘Mmore Koko’ in the local parlance has the tendency of getting babies who are fed with it drunk, the Ghana Health Service has revealed. The pudding that has over the years been the ideal meal for babies due to its easy-to-prepare nature …

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Tema: Fire guts Timber market; several shops destroyed

Fire has gutted the Timber market in Tema destroying several shops and properties worth thousands of Ghana cedis in the process. The fire which started around 12 pm on Wednesday quickly spread to different parts of the market according to eyewitnesses. Videos obtained by Starrfm.com.gh showed helpless personnel from the …

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BBC Interview: Fact-checking Akufo-Addo’s claims about the economy and E-Levy

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on April 3, 2022, sat for an interview with the BBC’s Peter Okochwe to discuss wide-ranging issues including the state of the Ghanaian economy and the introduction of the contentious Electronic Transaction Levy(E-Levy). Fuel prices in the West African nation have shot up together with commodity …

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So Akufo-Addo’s chair can’t travel abroad with him? – Johnnie Hughes asks

TV3 journalist and morning show host, Johnnie Hughes has observed that President Nana Addo Danka Akufo-Addo made do with a chair he was provided whiles granting a recent interview in London. During the said interview with the BBC Africa section, Akufo-Addo responds to a myriad of issues including the state …

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How Majority Leader, Chief Whip planned the entry of ‘indisposed’ MP on E-Levy day

Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Majority Leader, and Frank Annoh-Dompreh, Majority Chief Whip, on the eve of the passage of the controversial Electronic Transfer Levy, E-Levy, planned the entry of ‘indisposed’ MP and Chieftaincy Minister, Ebenezer Kojo Kum, with the family, in order, to have his vote counted. This was disclosed by Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak …

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Shocking as GIS protocol list from Office of the President pops up

It has emerged that the presidency is breathing on the necks of officials of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) for protocol recruitment. A document available to Adomonline.com, dated February 22, 2022, indicates about 521 people on the list allegedly signed by the Chief of Staff, Madam Frema Osei Opare. This comes …

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Mahama’s continuous boycott of Akufo-Addo’s SONA very bad – Majority Leader

Majority Leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has criticized Former President John Dramani Mahama for continuously absenting himself at state functions where President Akufo-Addo is in attendance. The Suame Member of Parliament said per his calculation, the 2020 flagbearer of the NDC has been absent seven times at events the President has attended. He cited the …

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