UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced plans to call a snap general election on 8 June. She said Britain needed certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum. Explaining the decision, Mrs May said: “The country is coming together but Westminster is not.” There will be a Commons vote on the proposed election ...
President Akufo-Addo is a workaholic, and that explains his government’s success in achieving over a 100 campaign promises after only 100 days in office, Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said. Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia made the comment at a town hall meeting hosted by local FM station, Joy FM on Monday to mark ...
Traders in Assin-Fosu, the commercial town of the Assin Central Municipality, have moved their hawking and other trading activities from the designated markets to the streets, pavements and walk-ways. The situation has aggravated the already chaotic human and vehicular traffic congestion in the area, the Ghana News Agency, has observed. Pedestrians, hawkers and shoppers have overflowed ...
Businesses are impressing on the government to pursue economic policies that will sustain growth and create employment in the country. They argue that the eventual drop in interest rates and a stable currency should ease the cost of doing business and allow private sector growth. The comments come on the back of the assessment by ...
As the Spring Meeting begins this week in Washington D.C, Finance Minster Ken Ofori-Atta is hopeful the Nana Akufo-Addo government has shown clear indications of partnering with the international investor community for economic growth. According to him, the meeting will provide Ghana an opportunity to sell the policies of the new administration to investors who ...
President Donald Trump is claiming he cannot be sued now that he has won the White House — a defense in a lawsuit that alleges Trump incited rally-goers to violence when they allegedly assaulted protesters during the 2016 campaign. In a court filing Friday, Trump’s lawyers argue twice that the President has blanket immunity against ...
North Korea will continue to test missiles, a senior official has told the BBC in Pyongyang, despite international condemnation and growing military tensions with the US. “We’ll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis,” Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol told the BBC’s John Sudworth. He said that an “all-out war” would ...
Four people died on the spot while six others sustained various degrees of injury in a road crash that occurred at Assin Juaso near Assin Fosu in the Central Region on Saturday. Two others were later confirmed dead at the Saint Francis Xavier Hospital in Assin Fosu and four are currently responding to treatment. Assistant ...
Google has promised to allow rivals’ search engines and apps to be pre-installed on phones running its versions of Android in Russia. The concession follows an out-of-court deal with the country’s competition watchdog. In addition, Google has promised to develop a tool to make it easy for users to change their device’s default search engine. ...
Uber drivers in New York may soon be able to earn tips thanks to a new proposal. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) has announced plans aimed at forcing all cab companies that take payment via credit card to offer a tipping option. The move comes in response to a petition signed ...
A nationwide manhunt is under way in the US for the suspect who shot dead a grandfather on the street apparently at random and posted the footage. The suspect, Steve Stephens, said in another video post that he had killed 13 people and would kill more. He shot dead 74-year-old Robert Godwin in Ohio as ...
Donald Trump has congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his victory in Sunday’s referendum that gave him sweeping new powers. In a phone call, the US president also thanked Mr Erdogan for supporting America’s missile strike on a Syrian government airbase on 7 April. In the poll, 51.4% of Turkish voters backed the changes. ...
Christian Atsu says Newcastle United must put their Easter Monday defeat at Ipswich Town behind them quickly as they bid for promotion from the Sky Bet Championship. Former Town forward Daryl Murphy equalised on the hour for the Magpies after Freddie Sears’ first half opener at Portman Road, but further strikes from David McGoldrick and ...
Numerous opioid painkillers were found at US singer Prince’s home shortly after his death last year, unsealed court documents show. Some of the pills discovered at Prince’s Paisley Park estate in Minnesota had prescriptions in the name of his friend and bodyguard. But the documents do not offer evidence about the source of the fentanyl ...
The Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has seized over a metric ton of expired goods including medicines, beverages and baby foods from various shops in Koforidua and some districts across the region. This was part of an operation to ensure the safety of the public during the Easter festivities. The seized items included antibiotics and ...
Ghana’s longstanding challenges can only be resolved through ambitious and sustained reforms in key policy areas, going beyond the central government to encompass the broader public sector, the IMF mission to Ghana has said. Speaking at a press conference at the end of a two-week visit to Ghana, the IMF Mission Chief, Annalisa Fedelino, said ...
Africa’s leading career, job shadow & volunteering agency, Enquiry Agency, has held a career fair for some students of second cycle institutions across the country. The fair, which was dubbed, ‘It’s high time’, was also to assist and guide the students to choose the appropriate career. Miriam Koranteng, the Founder of Enquiry Agency, said the platform ...
The imaginary mall, when completed, was expected to employ some 2,000 workers, according to the initiators of the project. But the irony was that, the construction was to affect the livelihood of about 2,800 people operating on the land. To cut a long story short, the shopping mall never happened, at least after over 3 ...
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