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Decongest Kumasi or Nananom will do it – Bantamahene sends strong warning to KMA

Bantamahene Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI The Paramount Chief of Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, has bemoaned the rampant mounting of kiosks and containers causing congestion within the Kumasi metropolis. According to the paramount chief, the development has turned the once blooming city of Kumasi which was referred to as the Garden city into a village. Sharing ...

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Ghana revises COVID-19 guidelines for arriving passengers from China

File photo of Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport – Terminal 3 Ghana has revised its COVID-19 guidelines for passengers arriving from China using the country’s main international airport, the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. This follows concerns about a spike in infections in China, one of Ghana’s largest trading partners, where removal of restrictions in December has caused a sharp rise in COVID-19 infections. In ...

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Tourists ask government to address sanitation issues at beaches

  File photo of a local beach Some foreign tourists who thronged Accra’s beaches to relish the serenity the beaches provide have urged the Government to fix sanitation issues at the beaches. Whiles expressing love for the country’s beaches as it satisfied their needs of relaxation and entertainment, the tourists said with good sanitation, the beaches could be the toast ...

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‘Bawumia Must Win’ – Chairman Wontumi rallies Ashanti NPP

Politics of Tuesday, 3 January 2023 Discla play videoBernard Antwi Boasiako is also known as Chairman Wontumi The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has rallied the entire Ashanti Regional NPP behind the candidature of Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. To this end, Wontumi has coined a new slogan, ‘Bawumia Must Win’ ...

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Interior Ministry releases list of statutory holidays in 2023

General News of Tuesday, 3 January 2023   Independence Square The ministry of the Interior has released dates for statutory holidays and commemorative days in Ghana for the year 2023. However, the dates for Eid-Ul-Fittr and Eid-Ul-Adha because they are movable feasts. “The dates for their observation are provided by the Office of the Chief Imam in the course of ...

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‘A year by this time things will go well’ – Chief of Staff assures Ghanaians

General News of Friday, 30 December 2022   play videoAkosua Frema Osei-Opare, Chief of Staff The Chief of Staff, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has urged Ghanaians to maintain their composure and optimism for better times despite the country’s current economic challenges. According to her, the coming year [2023] will see an improvement in the economic situation even as the country recently ...

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Abedi Ayew Pele pays glowing tribute to late mentor ‘World Pele’

  Abedi Ayew Pele and Edson Arantes do Nascimento a.k.a Pele Ghana’s football icon, Abedi Pele Ayew has eulogized the death of his mentor, Edson Arantes do Nascimento popularly known as Pele. The three-time World Cup winner with Brazil died on Thursday, December 29, 2022, after losing his battle with colon cancer. He was 82. Pele is revered globally and widely regarded ...

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GRA to roll out e-platform for property rate payment on January 1

Business News of Friday, 30 December 2022 File photo The Ghana Revenue Authority has said it is commencing the implementation of a unified common property rate platform from New Year’s Day. It is doing so in conjunction with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. “Effective January 1, 2023, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be partnering the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in ...

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First gold-for-oil consignment arrives January 2023 – Bawumia

Business News of Thursday, 22 December 2022 Source: classfmonline.com   Vice President of Ghana, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has announced that the country will take its first consignment of oil under the gold-for-oil policy in January 2023. “I am happy to announce that the Government of Ghana has concluded the arrangements for the operationalisation of the ‘Gold for ...

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Reduce prices now – Akufo-Addo appeals to traders

Business News of Monday, 19 December 2022   President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo has asked manufacturers, traders, and transport operators in Ghana to reduce their prices as the Cedi stabilizes. There is some jubilation on the streets as the Ghana Cedi surges against the dollar. Interbank exchange rates announced by the central bank on Friday, October ...

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