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A young couple together with their one-and-a-half-year-old daughter living at Borga Town in the Ga East municipality of the Greater Accra Region has been rendered homeless and helpless after their only room was burnt to ashes Monday evening. Phillip Asante and Eunice Agyalawa, and their daughter Asantewaa had to spend last night in a church building because they lost their abode to the tragic incident. An eyewitness said the fire started around 8:00 p.m. Monday after a leaking gas cylinder which had not been properly handled, exploded while Eunice was preparing supper on a coal pot in the kitchen. The…

Chief executive of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), Akwasi Agyemang has rubbished calls by entertainment critic Ola Michael for him to be made the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture. According to Mr Agyemang, such calls are unhealthy and must not be entertained. Ola Michael, speaking on Showbiz 927 on 3FM with MzGee, said he believes strongly that Mr Akwasi Agyemang can do a better job than Barbara Oteng Gyasi, who is the current Minister of the sector. The movie producer stressed that Barbara Oteng Gyasi is a “total misfit” because she does not know anything about the sector she…

Ghana has launched a new general emergency number to replace the current emergency numbers for the various emergency service providers in the country. Effective today, all persons requiring emergency services from the Police, Fire Service and the Ambulance Service are  required to dial 112 on all networks. “In the past, the Police Service, the Fire Service and the National Ambulance Service all had different emergency numbers. I’m happy to announce that thankfully, we’ve merged all the emergency numbers to one number which is 112,” President Nana Akufo-Addo announced Tuesday. Speaking at a ceremony officially commission some 307 newly procured ambulances…

Nigerian traders in Ghana have been accused of taking advantage of the Ghanaian market by bringing in goods without paying duty charges which would have contributed towards Ghana’s revenue generation. This allegation was made by Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA), Nana Poku, who said most of the Nigerian traders bring in goods through the borders at no cost after it has been cleared in another country. He made this known on The Key Points show on TV3 where he said the Government of Ghana ought to take actions and get rid of the…

The chiefs and people of Samreboi in the Amenfi West District of the Western Region have threatened to hit the streets again soon to protest against the bad nature of roads in the area. The residents on November 8, 2019 embarked on a massive demonstration to register their displeasure about the bad state on roads in the area. A two-week-ultimatum was issued to government to ensure that the poor road network in the area was fixed. According to them, although Samreboi is a leading cocoa and timber producing area in the country, all the roads linking the town have been…

The minority side of the Health Committee in Parliament has given government a week to put to use some eight abandoned Mobile Clinic vans parked at the Biomedical Engineering Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra. The Ford mobile medical vehicles, according to the ranking member of the Health Committee of Parliament, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, were procured in 2014 and put to use until they were grounded on the assumption of  office of the Akufo-Addo administration. According to him, the vans were procured to provide specialized healthcare delivery to people in the remote areas. “The main rationale behind…

Artiste Manager Bulldog has praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for implementing the Year of Return initiative. According to him, the initiative, which saw Ghana host the Afro Nation concert in December last year, has sparked some excitement in the entertainment industry. Considering the successes chalked by the Year of Return, Bulldog, born Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson, is urging successive governments to continue the initiative. The very vocal artiste manager, speaking in an interview on Showbiz 927 on 3FM, was quick to stress that it will be better to maintain President Akufo-Addo than to have a new leader who will…

The Ghana Railways Company Limited has commenced a three day free passenger service on the Takoradi to Tarkwa rail line. The trail is to prepare the line for commercial service on February 5. Tuesday’s free passenger service follows a successful completion of rehabilitation works on the Takoradi to Tarkwa rail line as part of the Nana Akufo-Addo administration’s agenda to rehabilitate the Western Rail line. At about 6:30am Tuesday, a five set of coaches and a locomotive with a capacity of 80 – passengers – set off from the Takoradi Train Station to Tarkwa. It will be the first time…

Parliament will reconvene today, January 28 for a 9-week sitting that will see the legislators among other things, consider a number of bills. The sitting, which will be the first for the year and also the final under the fourth session of the 7th parliament, will consider a number of motions for debate and referrals at the Committee level. President Nana Akufo-Addo will also present his last State of the Nation Address under his first four-year term. Bills to be presented to the House will include Affirmative Action Bill 2019, Rent (Amendment) Bill 2019, Ghana Petroleum Hub Development Corporation Bill…

President Akufo-Addo will later Tuesday, January 28, commission ambulances procured by the government for distribution to all constituencies in fulfillment of his one-constituency one-ambulance promise. The event, which critics including members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) describe as a “needles fanfare” will take place at the Black Star Square in Accra at 11:00 am. The Media General Group in November 2019 led the #AmbulancesNow campaign to have the first batch of the ambulances released rather than waiting for the full complement of the 307 ambulances, but government functionaries would not budge. President Akufo-Addo had conceded in December during…