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MoH gets clearance to employ 6,387 nurses

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has granted financial clearance to the Ministry of Health (MoH) to employ some six thousand, three hundred and eighty-seven nurses (6,387) this year. The nurses comprise; Assistant Clinical and Nurse Assistant Preventive who completed in 2019 and June 2020 from various public health training institutions. …

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Ghana to take delivery of passport printing machines from World Bank

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration is about to receive two giant industrial printing machines in three weeks from the World Bank under the Public Sector Reform for Results Project (PSRRP). Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, said the arrival of these …

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‘I’m still alive’ jokes Pope as he leaves hospital

Pope Francis has joked that he is “still alive” as he left hospital in Rome after a three-day stay. He was admitted to Gemelli Hospital mid-week with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. The Vatican had said he was responding to antibiotics and would be released on Saturday, depending …

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Speaker declares Kumawu seat vacant

Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has disclosed that parliament has officially written to the chairperson of the Electoral Commission about the demise of the Member of Parliament for Kumawu constituency in the Ashanti region. This means the seat has been declared vacant pending a bye-election to be held by the EC in the constituency …

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Man sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling 11-year-old niece

A Kenyan man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling a minor. Lameck Ochieng was handed his sentence after the 11-year-old victim who happens to be his niece positively identified him in court. He reportedly committed the heinous act in Kameji area in Rongo sub-county …

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Crew members missing after Gulf of Guinea pirate attack

Pirates have abandoned a Danish-owned ship hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea last week but have taken some crew members with them while others have been brought to safety, the vessel’s owner says. The Liberian-flagged oil and chemicals tanker Monjasa Reformer was boarded on Saturday by five armed people 225km …

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Ho: Supt. Effia Tenge exits police service

Director of Public Affairs at the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Effia Tenge has exited the service. Mrs. Tenge announced her exit which takes immediate effect on Friday in a post to journalists she has worked with in the Volta region. “…this is to inform you …

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Parliament passes three new taxes

Parliament has passed three new tax measures during an extended sitting of Friday, March 31, 2023. The said taxes also faced stiff opposition from the Minority Caucus in the House but the Majority managed to marshall all their numbers on the day to get the taxes passed. The three new taxes …

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Managers of popular Aburi hotel arrested for power theft

The managers of Hillburi, a popular hotel in the Eastern Region, have reportedly been arrested for illegally connecting electricity to their facility. According to a news report by myjoyonline.com, the illegal connection was discovered during a search of the hotel by officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as …

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TOR cut off from national power grid over GH¢26 million debt

The Tema Oil Refinery has been cut off from the national power grid over failure to settle a GH¢26 million debt owed to the Electricity Company of Ghana, a citinewsroom.com report has said. According to the ECG, the huge sum is an accumulation of unpaid power bills covering several months. …

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Woman, 35, arrested for alleged child trafficking at Biriwa

A 35 year old woman has been arrested for alleged child trafficking at Biriwa in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region. Information gathered by Kasapa News Yaw Boagyan indicates that the suspect believed to be a sex worker who lives in Accra went to Bankyea in the Secondi Takoradi …

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