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The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has condemned the growing violence at voter registration centers across the country as they call on the security agencies to ensure strict maintenance of law and order.
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President Akufo-Addo has said his administration has no intention to collapse the business of second-hand products, especially the business of car dealers. At a meeting with leadership and some members of the Vehicle and Asset Dealers Union of Ghana (VADUG) on Tuesday, the President assured players in the value chain in the importation of second-hand vehicles that the policy of developing local automobile industry was not targeted at destroying their livelihoods.
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President Akufo-Addo yesterday flagged off commencement of work on the phase one of a 600-bed teaching hospital for the Eastern Region in Koforidua, with sod-cutting at the site. The President said the first phase would entail the construction of a 285-bed facility, part of the 600.
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The Director-General in charge of Welfare of the Ghana Police Service (GPS), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has lamented the seeming increase of sexism and harassment faced by women in leadership positions in the country.
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The Ghana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund has trained three hundred (300) persons from the Ghana Employers 39; Association and the Institute of Human Resource Management Practitioners (IHRMP) for the Fund 39;s anti-stigmatization campaign against COVID-19.
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Ghana has attained economic growth over the last couple of years to reduce poverty levels in the country. However growing inequalities is limiting the impact of this growth we continue to strive for.
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Nigerians living with expired visas in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been ordered to leave the country. The directive from the UAE authorities comes after Dubai police cracked down on some Nigerians including Instagram celebrity, Abass Ramon, popularly known as Hushpuppi, for fraud.
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The Chinese embassy has handed over some medical supplies and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from the First lady of China, Peng Liyuan to the First lady of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo to continue to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Abeka District Court has ordered the police investigator in the Ofankor tenant murder case to appear in court on the next adjourned date on August 3. The case investigator was not in court when the court enquired on Wednesday.
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The Electoral Commission (EC) says a number of its temporary staff recruited for the voters registration exercise have been sacked. The action, the Commission said is in line with its policy of having public confidence and trust in the integrity, neutrality and transparency of the electoral process.
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Due to the sophisticated nature of crime encouraged by the dark environment, the Prestea Huni Valley Municipal Assembly led by the Chief Executive Dr. Isaac Dasmani has distributed over 5,000 pieces of street bulbs to over 100 communities in the municipality.
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The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, has said the Bank of Ghana rsquo;s handling of uniBank, which belonged to former Finance Minister Dr Kwabena Duffuor and GN Bank, which belonged to former presidential candidate Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom, was wrong.
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The collapse of Heritage Bank by the Bank of Ghana was ldquo;painful rdquo;, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul-Malik Kweku Baako, has said. The bank had Mr Seidu Agongo as its majority shareholder.
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It is now clear that one of the things that will cost NPP and Akufo Addo's Presidency is defending the appointees of NPP S Government under this administration. We are beginning to see the president is not as a bold and courageous person we thought he was, there have been many instances of corruption and misconduct practices among his appointees that we expect action that government has ignored and refuse actioned on the same.
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President Akufo-Addo has directed the Minister for Communications, Madam Ursula Owusu-Ekuful to suspend her directive to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to reduce its channels from six to three on the DTT platform.
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The Children Department under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection in the Upper East Region has called on Parents not customarily marry off teenage their girls who unintentionally get pregnant.
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The Christian Council of Ghana has condemned the violent firing of gunshots at a voter registration centre in the Awutu Senya East Constituency of the Central Region by the Minister of Special Development Initiatives Mavis Hawa Koomson.
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The Police Service says it is concerned about the growing reports of violence at some centres in the ongoing voter registration exercise. In a statement on Wednesday, it indicated that some of these acts of violence have been occasioned by the activities of politicians who move to registration centres in groups claiming that they are familiarizing themselves with the process.
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Hon. Susan Akomeah, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asante Akim Central Municipal Assembly on Monday broke grounds for the construction of ultramodern office complex for the Ambulance Service Unit at Konongo-Odumasi in the Ashanti Region.
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Health Minister Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, has disclosed that government plans to construct new hospitals across the country in the quest to provide quality healthcare for all Ghanaians. He made this assertion when the President, Nana Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the construction of the Eastern Regional Hospital in Koforidua.
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The National Media Commission (NMC) says ldquo;it is highly aware and alert to the huge responsibility it bears as the shepherd against any form of encroachment by individuals, politicians and state agencies on the freedom and independence of the media.
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The Ghana Police Service has pledged to deal with anyone who foments trouble at any registration centre. Any person or group of persons, political or not, who has been arrested or will be arrested will face the consequence of the law, as far as police powers are concerned, it said in an official statement.
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Good morning ladies and gentlemen of the media and to all of you gathered here. We welcome you, our friends in the media for your prompt response to our call to be here and let me hasten to add that we appreciate you for your commitment to the peace and development of our dear region.
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Rice is one of the staple foods in Ghana and is used to prepare different kind of dishes. It is usually the dominant food on the menu of most restaurants and roadside eateries in the county.
