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Nine arrested for trafficking 24 children at Afram Plains

A joint police and Navy operation team has invaded Didja Island on Afram Plains North District to rescue 24 alleged trafficked children. The victims age between six to 12 were reportedly trafficked from Kasoa and Weija area in the Greater Accra region to the Island Community to engage in fishing. Nine suspects were on Saturday arrested by the “Operation Abrode” ...

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Mahama’s name pops up in GHC23 million MASLOC bus scandal

Former president John Mahama has been accused of causing financial loss to the state to a tune of GHC23 million. This follows his call for the release of vehicles purchased in 2016 to the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU). The Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC) has revealed that the purchase of the buses during Mahama’s tenure as president ...

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First open-heart surgery conducted successfully outside Korle-Bu

Open-Heart surgery to replace a damaged mitral valve with an artificial one on a sixty-one-year-old man has successfully been conducted for the first time outside the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). The mitral valve located at the left side of the heart was damaged and could no longer facilitate blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle and resulted ...

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Strike: Double track system will grind to a halt – TEWU chairman

The Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) has warned that the double track system introduced at the Senior High Schools will suffer dire consequences if their membership embarks on its threatened strike action. The union which has a majority of their membership working as cleaners, cooks, bursars, security personnel, janitors, librarians, laboratory assistants and other non teaching staff of Ghana’s ...

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NDC Women Organizer for UK-Ireland dead

News reaching MyNewsGh.com indicate that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Women Organiser for UK-Ireland Louisa Nelson is dead. Details about the cause of death remain sketchy but according to family sources, she died on the morning of Sunday April 28, 2019 after a short ailment. Tributes have since been pouring in for the late NDC executive who played a ...

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Ministries Chapter of KNUST Alumni holds Forum on April 30

The Ministries Chapter of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Alumni will hold a forum for technocrats. The forum dubbed: “The role of the Teknokrat” is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at the Ghana Institute of Engineering at the Roman Ridge. Senior minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo is the guest speaker at the high level ...

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We’re ready to help Ghana improve agric policies – Tony Blair

Former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair says his institution is partnering the Government of Ghana to improve its flagship agricultural programmes. The Tony Blair Institute of Global Change wants to help government boost its policies of Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the recently launched Planting for Export and Rural Development. Speaking at a meeting with Ghana’s Agric ...

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Future NDC gov’t will extradite Aisha Huang to face prosecution – Ablakwa

A future National Democratic Congress (NDC) government will trigger an extradition process for Aisha Huang to face prosecution for illegally mining in Ghana, the Minority Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudjeto Ablakwa said. Mr Ablakwa’s disclosure comes on the back of an attempt by Ghana’s Senior Minister Yaw Osafo Marfo’s justification of the decision to discontinue the prosecution of Aisha ...

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Stop fake news about Freemasons – Daasebre Oti Boateng

The Omanhene of the New Juaben Traditional area Daasebre Prof. Emeritus Oti Boateng has lashed out at persons who spread “fake news” about Freemasonry as a spiritual organization that gets wealth from human sacrifice. According to him, this misconception is unfortunate and baseless. He said this Saturday when he was honoured as a founding father for the 2019 Masonic year ...

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