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The stage is now set for the grand finale of the most sought-after children’s television reality show in the country, Talented Kidz, by TV3. From 26 contestants have emerged the real boys and girls – the eight finalists – who will on Sunday evening battle it out for the coveted prize and the bragging right as the ‘most talented kid’ for the year 2019. Stonebwoy, Kuami Eugene to thrill patrons at Talented Kidz finale On the table for the night is a 10,000-cedi cash prize, a 15, 000-cedi educational fund, an all-expenses paid trip to the United Kingdom, as well…

Three men who forced a teenager to restrain nine female horses, a cow, a goat and dogs while they had sex with the animals have been jailed for decades. Matthew Brubaker, 31, Terry Wallace, 41, and Marc Measnikoff, 34, were all sentenced to 20 to 41 years in prison on Monday after regularly abusing at least 12 animals for years. The discovery was made after police were called to a remote “makeshift farm” where the men all lived in Munson, Pennsylvania, in August 2018, according to Clearfield County District Attorney’s Office. They were arrested after a 16-year-old boy living at…

Three men who forced a teenager to restrain nine female horses, a cow, a goat and dogs while they had sex with the animals have been jailed for decades. Matthew Brubaker, 31, Terry Wallace, 41, and Marc Measnikoff, 34, were all sentenced to 20 to 41 years in prison on Monday after regularly abusing at least 12 animals for years. The discovery was made after police were called to a remote “makeshift farm” where the men all lived in Munson, Pennsylvania, in August 2018, according to Clearfield County District Attorney’s Office. They were arrested after a 16-year-old boy living at…

Fuel prices have been projected to hit 24 cedis per gallon in the new pricing window which opens from June. Petrol and diesel currently sell at 5.25 cedis and 5.18 cedis per litre respectively at the pumps with a few oil marketing companies selling it at 5 cedis on the average. The increment is said to be occasioned by rising international market prices and a marginal depreciation of the cedi against the US dollar, the Institute of Energy Security (IES) said in a statement Friday. Foreign exchange market shows the cedi lost 2.71 per cent of its value against the…

Fuel prices have been projected to hit 24 cedis per gallon in the new pricing window which opens from June. Petrol and diesel currently sell at 5.25 cedis and 5.18 cedis per litre respectively at the pumps with a few oil marketing companies selling it at 5 cedis on the average. The increment is said to be occasioned by rising international market prices and a marginal depreciation of the cedi against the US dollar, the Institute of Energy Security (IES) said in a statement Friday. Foreign exchange market shows the cedi lost 2.71 per cent of its value against the…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the senior national football team, the Black Stars, of the unflinching support of government and the people of Ghana, ahead of their participation in the 2019 edition of the Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. According to President Akufo-Addo “it sounds almost unbelievable when we think its 37 years since we last won it, especially since, from 2008 up to 2017 we hold the record of six consecutive semi-final appearances, which requires that we just need one more step to get over the barrier, and I think we are going to do…

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia[/caption] A major priority of the government of President Akufo-Addo as part of its agenda of inclusive transformation is to bridge the development gap between the north and the south, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. Thus, programmes, such as Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs, Planting for Export and Rural Development, Rearing for Food and Jobs Initiative, One Village One Dam, One District One Warehouse, Irrigation Schemes and the construction of water systems are being implemented and will be important in closing the gap over time. Speaking at the maiden Northern Region Development…

Ghana has apologised for plagiarising a photo of a Kenyan high-rise building used as the cover of government’s ‘Ghana Beyond Aid’ strategy document launched by President Nana Akufo-Addo on May 1. The use of the photo of Dawit Insurance Agency Limited headquarters in Nairobi as the cover page of the strategy document triggered criticism against the government, with some describing the act as embarrassing. Critics were shocked by how government officials led President Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo to show off the document with the plagiarised photo on a national event televised live on television. “As if the issue of the…

A consumer advocacy group has threatened to sue the Power Distribution Company (PDS) over attempts by the distributor to retrieve the over 84 million cedis accumulated electricity bills from the people of Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region. According to the Consumer Advocacy Centre (CAC) – Ghana, the demand by PDS for the people in the area to pay the amount is illegal, unacceptable and flies in the face of the regulation on Electricity Supply and Distribution Rules, 2005 [L.I. 1816]. Attempt by the PDS to disconnect the people of Manya Krobo for owing in electricity bills triggered unrest in…

A consumer advocacy group has threatened to sue the Power Distribution Company (PDS) over attempts by the distributor to retrieve the over 84 million cedis accumulated electricity bills from the people of Manya Krobo in the Eastern Region. According to the Consumer Advocacy Centre (CAC) – Ghana, the demand by PDS for the people in the area to pay the amount is illegal, unacceptable and flies in the face of the regulation on Electricity Supply and Distribution Rules, 2005 [L.I. 1816]. Attempt by the PDS to disconnect the people of Manya Krobo for owing in electricity bills triggered unrest in…