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Versatile broadcaster and experienced events host, Johnnie Hughes, has been chosen to compère this year’s National Tourism Awards scheduled for March 22 at the Event Haven, Trade Fair Center, in Accra. Mr Hughes, who co-hosts TV3’s flagship morning magazine show New Day and other programmes on the various Media General platforms, welcomed the announcement of his selection to host the big tourism event. “My deep knowledge, appreciation and advocacy for tourism is an open secret. In addition, my many years of delighting diverse live audiences with masterful performances, smooth presentations and impressive dress sense will come to play once more…

Families of the three kidnapped girls in the Sekondi – Takoradi metropolis say they feel neglected by government several months after the incident. According to them, the courts and security agencies responsible for bringing the perpetrators to book are not treating the case with the urgency it deserves. The families said events after the kidnapping, gives credence to widely held perception that justice is only for the high and mighty in society. “The President delivered his State of the Nation Address and I sobbed because he did not even dedicate one line of his statement to sympathize with us. I…

Government says it is taking steps to implement a road regulation which will require all commercial vehicles operating in the country have speed limiters fitted on them as part of measures being taken to stem the spate of road accidents. At least 60 persons were crashed dead last Friday and several others injured in separate road accidents in the Central and Bono East regions involving high occupancy vehicles. Reckless overtaking! 8 feared dead, others injured near Mankessim Official statistics from the Police show 411 persons have been killed and 2,048 others injured through road crashes from January to February this…

The vice chancellor of the University of Buckingham, Sir Anthony Seldon, has described Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia as “the most distinguished alumnus ever” of the University. Speaking at the graduation ceremony for the 2019 Humanities and Law graduates of the University on Friday, he said although Buckingham University had students and alumni drawn from over 81 countries, it was “an honour and a privilege” to have Dr Bawumia as the number two man in one of the greatest countries in Africa. Dr Bawumia graduated with a First Class honours degree in economics from the University in 1987. He was…

A 33-year-old man, Lucas Twentor, who suffered disability during his employment with Nasir Block Factory Limited,  is seeking legal assistance to enable him to get compensation. Lucas says he survived a fatal accident while on duty on may 1, 2018 and is now partially disabled, and has been neglected by his employers. The accident reportedly occurred around Achimota, when Lucas Twentor and six others were transporting blocks out of the Nasir Block Factory located along the Kwabenya-Pokuase road in the Greater Accra region. Four employees were reportedly buried under falling blocks leading to the death of one Ernest Acheampong on…

Head of Local Government Services, Nana Ato Arthur, has accused internal auditors of complicity of corrupt practices, leading to the payment of fraudulent bills to contractors and other government suppliers. He claimed some these auditors falsify documents and cook figures that inure to their personal gains at the expense of the government. “I have the report; internal auditors in some regions scanning documents, falsifying documents and we are investigating them. “Service providers go to Assemblies to provide service and an internal auditor scans the document and changes the figure from Ghc 10,000 to Ghc 18,000,” he disclosed at the 5th…

Head of Local Government Services, Nana Ato Arthur, has accused internal auditors of complicity of corrupt practices, leading to the payment of fraudulent bills to contractors and other government suppliers. He claimed some these auditors falsify documents and cook figures that inure to their personal gains at the expense of the government. “I have the report; internal auditors in some regions scanning documents, falsifying documents and we are investigating them. “Service providers go to Assemblies to provide service and an internal auditor scans the document and changes the figure from Ghc 10,000 to Ghc 18,000,” he disclosed at the 5th…

Relationships are virtually grasping for air in view of fast paced life. Nobody has the real time in lending ears for the other. This trend in life is essentially leading us to nowhere other than the disasters for sure. Why are we so busy and what for? Have you ever taken your time off to ponder over the issues like these? If not before, I suggest take a break and think about it seriously before it’s too late. You can perhaps afford to give a miss or two to your promotions; but surely not the life. Holding your man for…

Relationships are virtually grasping for air in view of fast paced life. Nobody has the real time in lending ears for the other. This trend in life is essentially leading us to nowhere other than the disasters for sure. Why are we so busy and what for? Have you ever taken your time off to ponder over the issues like these? If not before, I suggest take a break and think about it seriously before it’s too late. You can perhaps afford to give a miss or two to your promotions; but surely not the life. Holding your man for…

Police and residents of Takoradi are on a manhunt for a middle-aged woman who stole a year-old baby boy from her mother at the Takoradi Market Circle Friday evening. The suspect was said to have sweet-talked the mother of the boy, Nana Akosua Bowaa, into handing the one-year-old Francis Mawusi Ahiabenu and his sibbling, Mawuli, to her to buy some pastries for them. Wearing a straight laced dress with veil covering over her head, the suspect allegedly approached Akosua Bowaa and engaged her in a conversation. “In the course of the conversation, the woman who described herself as a trader…