Author Archives: larryehu

Gov’t, Wienco Rescue Rice Farmers

Government has teamed up with private company, Wienco Agriculture, a subsidiary of the RMG Group, to purchase rice from farmers nationwide. The move comes as the country prepares to ban rice imports by 2022. In the coming days, officials of Wienco Agriculture are to visit farms and purchase rice from farmers. This came to light when the Deputy Minister of ...

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Bill Cosby says he doesn’t expect to show remorse at parole time

In his first interview since he was sentenced to prison for sexual assault, comedian Bill Cosby said he doesn’t expect to express remorse when it comes time for his parole. “I have eight years and nine months left,” Cosby said, according to an article by National Newspaper Publishers Association’s BlackPressUSA.com. “When I come up for parole, they’re not going to ...

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GES ‘pasco’ purchase out of fear Free SHS students will fail – Apaak

The Deputy Ranking Member on the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Dr. Clement Apaak says government’s decision to purchase questions and answer booklets from the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for students is out of fear the first batch of the Free SHS policy will fail their exams. The Ghana Education Service (GES) has procured four hundred thousand (400,000) sets of ...

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GRIDCo blames massive blackout on ‘system disturbance’

The Electricity company of Ghana has blamed the widespread blackout in parts of the country on a technical beyond their country. Parts of Accra and several parts of Kumasi were hit with long hours of power outages Tuesday evening. Power was subsequently restored to some areas while others continued to endure darkness. Power distributor ECG in a statement on the ...

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Kevin Taylor names Sammy Awuku, Anthony Karbo and Perry Okudzeto in PDS scandal

Kevin Ekow Baidoo Taylor, a social media commentator, has named three New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Power Distribution Services Ghana Limited (PDS) concession. The three are the National Organiser of the NPP, Sammy Awuku, the Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Anthony Abayifaa Karbo and Deputy Sports Minister, Perry Okudzeto. According to Kevin Taylor, Sammy Awuku reached out ...

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Rice importers financed NPP campaign – Lecturer claims

Dr Michael Ayamga-Adongo, a Development Economist and Senior Lecturer at the University for Development Studies (UDS) has alleged that the Akufo-Addo administration cannot cut rice importation because they financed their campaign in 2016. The outspoken academic posited that the government is hiding behind the “eat Ghana rice campaign” because it is unable to cut rice importation to create demand for ...

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Gov’t hands over Komenda Sugar Factory to Indian investor

The Government of Ghana has finally handed over the Komenda Sugar Factory to a Strategic Investor. Park Aggrotech Company Limited, an Indian company based in Ghana and a subsidiary of the Skylark Group of companies won the bid to manage the sugar factory. The Managing Director of Agrotech Company Limited is Lalit Mishra. The factory was on Tuesday, November 26, ...

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Be careful who you sleep with – Tonto Dikeh advises

Nigerian actress Tonto Dike is advising people to be picky when choosing partners especially when intimacy is involved. The actress took to Instagram to give her own explanations of what it means to get under the sheets with a partner. According to Tonto Dike, being intimate with a partner goes beyond physical activity to a spiritual one. She explained that ...

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