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Dr Agyepong Re-elected As ESPA President

Dr Joseph Siaw Agyepong has been re-elected as President of the Environmental Service Providers Association (ESPA) for the next two years – 2022-2024 – at the 5th ESPA AGM held in Accra on Tuesday, December 14, 2021. With his re-election, Dr Siaw Agyepong becomes the only person to have held …

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Watch IGP’s ‘down to earth’ photo shoot gesture which won him admiration

IGP takes pictures with some Ghanaians COP DR. Dampare earns admiration IGP shares photos It might seem that one of the distinguishing things about the current Inspector General of Police (IGP), COP Dr. George Akuffo Dampare, is that he never rejects an opportunity to take photographs with just about anyone. In …

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CJ grants Ken Agyapong’s request for old judge on Anas defamation case

Anas Aremeyaw Anas sues Kennedy Agyapong for defamation Justice Daniel Mensah taken off Anas-Kennedy case Lawyers for Kennedy Agyapong say new judge not abreast enough to handle case There has been a new twist in the case of defamation brought against the Member of Parliament for Assin Central, Kennedy Agyapong, …

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Dualization of Nanakrom-School junction road completed 5 months ahead schedule

Christmas came early for commuters who ply the School Junction-Nanakrom stretch in the Adentan Municipality in the Greater Accra Region. This follows the expected completion of asphaltic works on the project that has transformed the single-lane-pothole-riddled stretch into a dualized one, on Thursday, December 16, 2021. At a time many …

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Iron ore discovered in commercial quantities in Oti Region

The Ghana Geological Survey Authority has discovered large quantities of Iron ore deposits in Akokrowa, a farming community in the Oti Region of Ghana. The iron ore, according to the geological investigation, is 55.22 weight percent (fe) and of a higher grade. The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel …

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ECG begins meter reading in Krobo

A combined team of personnel from the Tema Regional Office and the Krobo District of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Tuesday began a meter reading exercise in the Krobo District of the Eastern Region. The personnel, divided into five teams and led by the Krobo District Manager of …

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3-day-old baby dumped at refuse site rescued

A three-day-old baby boy has been found alive on a refuse dump at Sefwi Asem Nyinaa Krom, a farming community in the Bia East District of the Western North Region. The abandoned infant was discovered by some primary school pupils who were running after a ball around the site. Adom …

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Gov’t buying new Presidential jet – Nitiwul confirms

The Minister for Defence Dominic Nitiwul has confirmed government is in the process of acquiring a new Presidential jet. According to the minister, the move is based on a request by the Ghana Air Force for procurement of a main aircraft for government business. Answering questions from North Tongu MP …

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A Plus, Kevin Taylor ‘tax’ Otumfuo over-taxation comment

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s recent comments on taxes and taxation continue to elicit reactions from a broad range of public figures, on-air and online. The latest are two prominent voices on social media, Kwame Asare Obeng, widely known as A Plus and Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor. A Plus posted a photo shared …

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NDC USA’s Response to Gov’t E-Levy

  On the issue of E-levy: The NPP Gov’t is just plain Insensitive or Lazy.   The 2022 budget, laid before the Ghanaian parliament by the finance minister – Mr. Ken Ofori Atta, on the 17th of November 2021. Deliberately and insensitively attempted to skew the minds of Ghanaians from …

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