February 2018

A Tarkwa Circuit court has sentenced a twenty-year-old illegal miner to 5 years imprisonment with hard labour for having anal sex with a 20 year old imbecile. Emmanuel Harris pleaded guilty and asked the court presided over by Emmanuel…
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The 65-year mother of a taxi driver, murdered at Nankese, near Suhum, has demanded justice for her deceased son, Akwasi Acheampong. Madam Felicia Kusi said she was deeply upset that his alleged killers – Richard Asare and Kwadwo Asare,…
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More teenagers are getting pregnant in the Amansie West District, a development, that has become a huge worry for the health authorities and policy-decision makers in the area. One hundred and eighty (180) teenage pregnancies were seen…
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At least two patients on admission at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra say their mobile phones have been stolen from their bedside while they were asleep. The patients say they were shocked to discover that their phones had been stolen…
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Aggrieved workers of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) are expected to meet their management today (Monday February 5) over plans to build a new refinery. The Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko last week announced that government in partnership…
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GCB Bank has collapsed at least thirty-one (31) branches of the defunct UT and Capital banks. This follows the completion of the full integration of the systems of the two banks. It is unclear how many branches each belonging to UT or…
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The Auditor-General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, says he has applied to the Attorney General to grant him powers to prosecute persons indicted in the Auditor General’s report. Addressing journalists on Monday, February 5, 2018, Mr. Domelevo…
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The Industrial and Commercial Workers Union , of the Trades Union Congress , has served notice it will petition Parliament to stop the National Health Insurance Authority , from increasing the NHIS levy. The Health Insurance Authority…
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Two persons have died from a gas tanker explosion at Baku, a community near the Atuabo Gas Processing plant in the Western Region. Two others are said to have suffered various degrees of injury, and are receiving treatment at the Ekwe…
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Government plans to undertake an operational audit of all mining firms operating in the country. The move according to government is to ensure that revenue received by the State from the mining industry is accurate. John Peter Amewu,…
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