GENERAL NEWS

PHOTOS: Architect unveils drawings of Agenda 111 projects

Ad • Agenda 111 is touted by the government as the biggest health infrastructure drive in recent history • The initial plan was to build 88 district hospitals, which idea found a place in the NPP’s 2020 manifesto • The whole idea is also a result of the COVID-19 pandemic …

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Kwesi Pratt clashes with Randy Abbey over Biblical defense of kissing priest

Randy Abbey, the host of Good Morning Ghana and the Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper engaged in an extended exchange on the conduct of Reverend Father Balthazar Obeng Larbi, the Anglican priest who kissed three girls of the St Monica College of Education. In principle, they both admit that …

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SAD : Covid-19 patient found dead after allegedly escaping from admission

A 55-year-old Covid-19 patient has been found dead after he escaped from the Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital’s Covid Center in the Western Region. Narrating the sad event to Connect FM on Thursday, August 19, Deputy Director of Nursing Services for Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital Justina Amo Yartey said the deceased, Paulus Okine, …

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All is set for ‘open our land borders demo’

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South, Dzifa Abla Gomashie, is set to lead her constituents on a demonstration against Ghana’s border closure. The demo has been scheduled for 8:00 am on Friday, August 24, 2021, themed Open our land borders now. It will be held at Victoria Park at Aflao-Denu …

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Is this the new logo for Office of the Special Prosecutor?

• The Office of the Special Prosecutor seems to have gotten a new identity • This comes in the form of a logo shared on Twitter by Lawyer Sammy Darko •Kissi Agyebeng has been appointed and sworn-in as the second occupant for Office of the Special Prosecutor of Ghana While the …

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Last surviving son of war veteran Sgt. Frederick Adjetey joins father

• The last surviving son of the late Sgt. Frederick Adjetey has passed away • Rev. Stephen Okan-Adjetey is a retired minister of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana • His demise occurred on July 27, 2021 at the Ridge Hospital in Accra Rev. Stephen Okan-Adjetey a retired minister of the …

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VIDEO: Billionaire Freedom Jacob Caesar donates 5 Bedroom house to Conjoined Twins

Ghanaian entrepreneur, philanthropist and real estate developer, billionaire Freedom Jacob Caesar, otherwise known as Nana Chedder has donated a fully furnished 5 bedroom house to the conjoined twins. This comes after Nana Chedder and Nana Ama McBrown promised accommodation and a lifetime scholarship to the conjoined twins. After media personality, …

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40-footer container falls off truck at Kantamanto

A 40-footer truck loaded with second-hand clothing crashed into some stores at Kantamanto yesterday, Wednesday, August 18, 2021. The truck, with registration number GT 2875-10, was from Kantamanto to the second-hand clothing lane. On its way, the container on the truck suddenly fell, damaging a number of stores. The container …

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VIDEO: Brothers ganged up and beat ECG official for disconnecting their light

A minor misunderstanding that occurred between an official from the Electricity of Ghana (ECG) and some residents in the Northern Region turned violent after the men attacked him for disconnecting their light.  The ECG official identified as identified Yakubu Garkuwan Kumo reportedly went to the home of a retired soldier …

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Director calls on Ghanaians to fight for removal of vagrancy laws

Ghanaians have been urged to speak for the removal of statutory laws that criminalise poverty in order to decongest prisons across the country. The Deputy Director of Prisons and Officer-in-Charge of the Kumasi Central Prisons, Asamoah Fenning, who made the call said it is inhumane to keep petty offenders in …

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