A Spanish magistrate leading an investigation into alleged irregularities in Neymar’s move to Barcelona in 2013 said on Wednesday the Brazilian superstar could face up to six years in prison. “The term imposed, in principle, could be between four and six years,” said a decree issued by Judge Jose Maria Vazquez Honrubia, a copy of which was seen by AFP. [...] The post Neymar risks
SOUTH Korea defender Jang Hyun-soo has received a lifetime ban from playing for the national team and hit with a 30 million won ($26,448) fine after he was found to have falsified records relating to his military service exemption. All able-bodied South Korean men must complete almost two years military service as part of efforts to maintain a deterrent against [...] The post World
ARSENAL have been drawn at home to Tottenham in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals, while Chelsea will host Bournemouth. Burton Albion’s reward for victory over Nottingham Forest is a trip to Middlesbrough, while Leicester or Southampton will take on Manchester City or Fulham. North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham go head to head at the Emirates in the Premier League on [...] The post Arsenal
TEN Benin youth players and former football federation president Anjorin Moucharafou have been handed prison sentences for age cheating. A Cotonou court found them guilty of lying about their ages, which saw them failing MRI tests in Niger. September’s failed tests saw Benin disqualified from last month’s regional qualifying tournament in Niger for the 2019 Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations. [...] The post Benin
GHANAIAN football fans whose emotions are linked with the success or failures of the Black Stars must have gasped in disbelief when Head Coach Kwasi Appiah told ‘Ghanaian Times’ last week that he would need more than two years to build a solid Black Stars. Even before this announcement, some of us have been asking when his so-called team for [...] The post Kwesi Appiah will take us nowhere!
Energy Commercial Bank Limited has extended its Initial Public Offer (IPO) to November 16, which was expected to end on Friday, November 2, 2018. This follows approval for extension by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A circular by the Ghana Stock Exchange indicates that the listing of all Energy Commercial Bank shares will take place on December 16, [...] The post Energy Commercial
Companies battling with customer defaults have been urged to use the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Direct Debit in order to reduce the incidence of defaults. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhiPSS), Archie Hesse, in an interview, said the ACH Direct Debit ensured automatic transfer of funds from the bank account of the [...] The post Use
THE second Volta GJA awards celebration was launched in Ho on Wednesday with a clarion call on journalists to form a joint and formidable front to fiercely resist attempts by public servants to intimidate them. This year’s celebration is under theme: Media – Key Partner in Local Governance. The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa who performed the launching [...] The post 2nd Volta GJA
THE Ho West Municipal Assembly has announced plans to support all the 16 paramount chiefs in the area with stool farms as from next year. “Each paramount chief will be assisted with seedlings and other inputs to cultivate cocoa, cashew, oil palm, coffee and citrus under the One- Paramount Chief-One Farm agenda”, said the DCE, Mr Ernest Apau. He was [...] The post Ho West Assembly
Ghana has made progress in combating child labour and trafficking, Joel Maybury, Acting Principal Deputy Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at U.S. Department of State, has said. He said there is evidence to indicate that Ghana was making progress in combating child labour and trafficking. Mr Maybury, who disclosed this during an interaction with some senior [...] The post Ghana
Ghana has begun a process to de-limit the maritime boundary between the country and Togo, a Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Mohammad Habibu Tijani, has said. Additionally, government is strengthening the legal regime on piracy and maritime crime by moving the Ghana Maritime Offences Bill forward to enhance the maritime criminal justice system to be able to [...] The post Ghana
A record 50,000 health conscious participants took to the principal streets of Tamale for the 2018 version of the acclaimed “BCI Ghana walk for the cure” annual event, designed to increase breast cancer awareness, while celebrating survivorship. The Tamale event is the eighth in the series. The seventh took place in the Eastern regional capital, Koforidua, last year. The historic [...] The post Delta
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, has advised students to use proper channel to address grievances, rather than resorting to rampaging and wrecking. He admonished them to use all forms of internal mechanisms for redress as the option, and avoid demonstration that would result in the vandalising of university’s properties “Immediately I [...] The post Use
A Former Executive Director of the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), Bishop Akolgo, has called for a paradigm shift in the country’s development agenda. According to him, the country should shift from the export of raw materials to manufacturing and value addition of its raw materials. Mr Akolgo disclosed this in an interview with the Ghanaian Times on the sidelines [...] The post ‘Ghana’s
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stressed the need for the country’s formal educational system to be structured in a manner to shape the character of young people. According to the President, the youth will be rendered unfit to lead the country if the formal educational system is not grounded on solid foundation of morality. “Formal education which [...] The post Education
The government is developing a Charter on its development agenda, Ghana Beyond Aid, that will spell out the roles of various state actors to realise its objectives. According to Minister of Information-Designate, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Charter would soon be put before Parliament to receive the backing of the Legislature to assume national legitimacy and insulate it from partisanship. [...] The post Ghana
New Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections across the country shot up to 19,101 as of end of 2017, slightly higher than 2016 figures of about 16,000, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has observed. Out of the number, about 3,400 children were infected with the disease as prevalence among men who slept with their fellow men was at 18 per cent and [...] The post HIV infection rate shoot up appeared
THE ELECTRICITY Company of Ghana (ECG) has expressed worry over illegal power connection which continues to affect its revenue generation. According to the Accra West Regional President of the Power Queens Club (PQC) of the ECG, Mrs Keisha Mensah, the company could generate GH? 800 million from credit metres and GH? one billion from prepaid metres. Mrs Mensah said these [...] The post ECG
The Upper East Acting Regional Minister, Mr Frank Fuseini Adongo, has cited tax evasion and under declaration of incomes and revenues can affect Ghana’s efforts at attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The acting Regional Minister made the observation in a speech read on his behalf by the Assistant Director of Administration of the Regional Coordinating Council, Ms Yvonne WepelaWonchua, [...] The post ‘Tax
The Director of Payroll, Controller and Accountant General Department (CAGD), Elizabeth Osei, has urged state agencies and department to support government’s efforts at stopping unauthorised payments. She asked heads of departments to update the CAGD with report on unofficial workers, retirees or those who have vacated their post. Mrs Osei was speaking at a Payroll Sensitisation and Electronic Salary Payments [...] The post State
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