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Hasaacas Ladies recorded their second biggest win away over Immigrations Ladies in a four-goal mauling on match day four of the women’s premier league while Ampem Darkoa also tasted the first defeat of the season. Another exciting weekend of women’s football just went past with several interesting results across the two zones. Let’s dive into the matches and make sense of what the results mean. 18 goals were scored in the two zones with only two home wins. Three visiting teams took the shine from the home sides while a further three drawn games were recorded. Prison Ladies continued to assert…

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, has said the work of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) which he heads, does not include the security of individuals in their homes. As such, he said he is unable to speak to murders that occur in people’s homes in the region. Reacting to some security issues in the region following the recent murder of a nurse, Ruth Ama Eshun, by some unknown persons on Monday, February 3, the minister said the police had taken up the matter, made a few arrest and the case being investigated. The murder of Ruth according to…

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has given the Akufo-Addo government plaudits, stating it has within three years ensured prudent management of Ghana’s economy, making it one of the robust in the continent. The current government, he argued, is managing the economy better than it was during the eight year rule of the National Democratic Congress under the late John Mills and John Mahama. “As a result of good fiscal discipline, the fiscal deficit on cash basis has declined from 6.6 per cent of rebase GDP in 2016 to 3.8 per cent in 2018 or 0.8 per cent in 2019 below…

The Chief Executive of the Chamber of Pharmacy-Ghana, Anthony Ameka, is claiming Ghana’s indebtedness to their members is greatly obstructing efforts by Chinese pharmaceutical companies in finding vaccines for the novel coronavirus. “All the companies that produce the vaccines for coronavirus have closed down in China because we are not able to pay them. It will worsen the satiation in China,” he alleged Tuesday on Onua FM. Pharmaceutical companies in Ghana on February 10 announced they will cease medical supplies to health facilities under the National Health Insurance Scheme until they provide payment guarantees. “Health facilities owing more than three…

The Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has commended Ghana’s banking sector for the continued support for Government initiatives and development programmes over the years. The Vice President is particularly grateful for the support of Barclays Bank Ghana over the years in achieving Government’s flagship programmes in agriculture, education and technology, and for supporting other programmes such as rural telephony network expansion, Ghana Road fund financing, Getfund Syndicated facility, all geared towards inclusive development. Vice President Bawumia gave the commendation when he delivered an address on behalf of President Nana Akufo-Addo at the launch of Absa Bank Ghana, formerly Barclays Bank…

China has “removed” several senior officials over their handling of the coronavirus outbreak – as the death toll passed 1,000. The party secretary for the Hubei Health Commission, and the head of the commission, were among those who lost their jobs. They are the most senior officials to be demoted so far. The deputy director of the local Red Cross was also removed for “dereliction of duty” over “handling of donations”. The two Hubei party officials will be replaced by a national figure – the deputy director of China’s National Health Commission, Wang Hesheng. On Monday, some 103 died in…

Ghana earned $378 million from the sale of 110 tonnes of raw cashew nuts in 2018. The amount represented 43 per cent of the total revenue obtained from non-traditional export commodities in the country. The Director of Crop Services of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Mr Seth Osei-Akoto, announced this at the opening of a one-week technical upscaling development training programme on cashew value chain promotion in Sunyani yesterday. Seventy-two participants, made up of tutors from agriculture training institutions in Ghana are taking part in the training programme to ensure that they acquire the right knowledge in order…

Government has made a total payment of USD1.003bn to clear the outstanding debts it owed the Bulk Distribution Companies. The payments were finalised on 13th January 2020, the Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors (CBOD) announced in a statement on Monday. The amount paid constitutes the BDC legacy debts accrued over the period July 2011 to June 2015 plus interest capped at March 2018. “The payments were executed in the form of ESLA Bonds to Legacy Bonds Limited, an SPV jointly owned by the Ghana Association of Bankers and the CBOD for redistribution to beneficiary banks and petroleum service providers,”…

The police in the Ashanti region have arrested two people in connection with the murder of Ruth Ama Eshun on February 3, 2020. The 37-year-old nurse met her untimely death on her way home from work at a town called Ayuom in the Bosomtwi District in the Ashanti Region. She was working at the Sewua Health Center. Three women have been killed by unknown assailants in the past three weeks at Aheneba Kokoben, Abuakwa Sepaase and Ayuom all in the Ashanti region. The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah is confident the criminals will be arrested as the police have…

Six contestants are now in the running for the ultimate prize of a two-bedroom house in this year’s Mentor Reloaded reality show. Come Sunday, February 23 at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), one of the six contestants – Yaw Black, Jedy, Optional King, Myka, Chichiz and Evance – will hope to walk home with the bragging rights as winner of the life-changing TV3 Mentor Reloaded reality show. The six contestants grabbed a spot in the finale after Sunday night’s fun and impressive ‘Free Style’ performances. Being the semi final of the reality show, the contestants from the word ‘go’…