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A student union in Zebilla in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region has appealed to the government to take steps to ensure that the contractor working on the Bolgatanga- Bawku-Pulmakom road resumes construction work. According to the Toende Students’ Union, the contractor, Queiroz Galvao, has since November 2017 abandoned the project site and laid of a number of workers due to government’s indebtedness. Contract for the about 110km long highway was awarded in 2016 by the John Mahama-led government. A 13km portion of it – Bolga to the Red Volta – was awarded to MAWUMS construction limited.…

The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, is highly optimistic Ghanaians will feel real transformation in their lives from this year as the government rolls out a number of programmes to boost the economy. Opening the 69th edition of the Annual New Year School at the University of Ghana on Monday, January 15, 2018, Dr. Bawumia stated the government used its first year in office to lay a solid foundation, adding all is set for a positive outlook in 2018. He hinted that a number of programmes will be rolled out this year including the establishment of the Integrated Bauxite…

The government under President Akufo-Addo in 2017 chalked a historic feat in the macroeconomic sector by achieving its fiscal deficit target. This is the first since 2006, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. A visibly elated Dr. Bawumia said the achievement was historic, expressing gratitude to government appointees for their diligence. The government created fiscal space by capping of earmarked funds to 25% of government revenue and realigning expenditures to government priorities, Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, disclosed at the opening of the 2018 New Year School and Conference at the University of Ghana, Legon on Monday, January 15, 2018.…

The French actress Catherine Deneuve has apologised to victims of sexual assault after signing an open letter that argued the campaign against sexual harassment had gone too far. She said she was sorry if she had offended victims of “hideous acts”. Last week, she sparked a feminist backlash as one of 100 prominent women who signed a letter saying men should be “free to hit on” women. Some activists said the intervention trivialised sexual violence. The letter signed by French women writers, performers and academics, was published by Le Monde newspaper last Tuesday. It said that while it was legitimate…

The French actress Catherine Deneuve has apologised to victims of sexual assault after signing an open letter that argued the campaign against sexual harassment had gone too far. She said she was sorry if she had offended victims of “hideous acts”. Last week, she sparked a feminist backlash as one of 100 prominent women who signed a letter saying men should be “free to hit on” women. Some activists said the intervention trivialised sexual violence. The letter signed by French women writers, performers and academics, was published by Le Monde newspaper last Tuesday. It said that while it was legitimate…

The Northern Regional Police Command has declared two suspects wanted for their alleged involvement in last Thursday’s fatal gun battle at Bimbilla in the Northern Region. At least three persons were shot to death in the melee while several others sustained life-threatening injuries. The three who lost their lives are Fuseini Issahaku, 35, Abdul Bassist Osman, and Salifu Razak, 35. Victims receiving treatment in the hospital mentioned the names of four suspects including the two who have been declared wanted now. Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer ASP Yussif Tanko gave the names of the two as Alhassan Issah and…

President Donald Trump has denied that he is racist, after a row broke out over his alleged use of the word “shithole” to describe African nations. Mr Trump reportedly used the term last week during a bipartisan Oval Office meeting on immigration reform. He has now told reporters: “I am not a racist. I’m the least racist person you have ever interviewed.” It is the first time the president has responded directly to the racism accusations. He made the denial to White House press pool reporters at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach in Florida on Sunday…

Two persons have been confirmed dead following a shooting spree in the Saleligu and Dissah communities in the North Gonja  district of the Northern Region. Scores of houses have also been burned down completely in a reprisal within the two communities on Sunday. The deceased, John Bukari, 45, and Dima Kara, 90, were found in Saleligu and Dissah respectively by police officers from Daboya, the North Gonja district capital who were dispatched there after they received a report of violence in the two communities. Whilst the body of John Bukari was found with gunshot wounds, that of Dima Kara was…

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has stated that the new paradigm of economic development, which his administration is vigorously pursuing would certainly make headway. According to President Akufo-Addo, it is common knowledge that, in recent years, industry has not done well, as growth rate in industry slumped to -0.5% in 2016, as opposed to a growth rate of 15.1%, at the end of 2008. However, the President stated that “as a result of the normalisation of the power situation in the country, and the implementation of government’s pro-business policies, I believe our objective of shifting the focus of our…

Twyford Ceramics factory, a newly established tile manufacturing company, on Saturday received the endorsement of Nana Akufo-Addo at Shama district in the Western Region. The factory, which is into the production and distribution of tiles, is estimated at the cost of $77.26 million and will operate at a designed production capacity of 14.4 million square meters per year with annual sales projected to be $82.8 million. Speaking before the commissioning, President Akufo-Addo praised the investors for putting up the factory.  “I congratulate the chairperson, board, management and directors of Sunda International for the decision to establish the factory here in…