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Gov’t doing a poor job with petrol pricing formula – IMANI President

Dean Hammond August 20, 2018 267 0

President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe has slammed incumbent government for doing a poor job with managing pricing formula for petroleum products. He argued that the former government did a better job with petroleum issues than the Akufo-Addo led-administration. Sharing his views on the Read More

Opinion

Health center or death trap

Dean Hammond August 20, 2018 248 0

Health facilities are established to save lives. No health facility habours the primary intent of ruining people’s lives or seeing people off to the after world. Health administrators, doctors, nurses, health assistants and other health workers in the country in principle are mandated to ensure that they give their best to ensure that human the […]Read More

Opinion

Attempting To Steal And Stealing

Dean Hammond August 17, 2018 557 0

It is highly exasperating and incomprehensible, witnessing prominent personalities and well-informed party surrogates and sympathizers on National TV rationalizing issues that are empirical in nature to the dismay of all viewers and listeners. As I elaborated in one of my write-ups somewhere else recently, formal education and its relevance to the enhancement of life is Read More

Lifestyle

7 signs a marriage will last – according to wedding planners

Dean Hammond August 17, 2018 336 0

Marriage counselors or therapists aren’t the only ones who have insight into whether a newlywed couple will stay together— wedding planners too can. Because it turns out wedding planners know a thing or two about a marriage’s potential, given all the time they spend with their clients in the months leading up to the wedding. […]Read More

Opinion

It’s not in the name of Jesus that women gained rights

Dean Hammond August 17, 2018 313 Post a comment

There were so many revolutionary things about Jesus (the individual) and his ministry (Impact on others), and even though I’ve maintained him as one of my Feminist icons, it is very hard to allude the achievements of Feminism (Women’s Rights) to him. Yeah Yeah, he may have stood up for the adulterous woman who was […]Read More

Opinion

Why should one pay rent with sex

Dean Hammond August 17, 2018 291 0

A female tenant in one of the communities in Ashaiman publicly insults her land lord, and as a fight erupts, many people gather to either separate them or just hang around and observe the spectacle. And as the fight progresses, amidst use of abusive language and threats, some of the spectators began to narrate what […]Read More

General

Fatal accident claims life of young lady

Dean Hammond August 17, 2018 374 0

A fatal crash on Achimota intersection on the N1 highway in the early hours of Friday morning. A young lady suspected to be in her early 20s perished on the spot after her Honda Civic saloon car with registration GN 5001 – 15 has mangled by heavy duty truck with registration GN 9501 – 16. […]Read More

General

Our systems work; halting AMERI deal a win for democracy – Casely-Hayford

Dean Hammond August 12, 2018 222 0

The handling of the AMERI novation agreement was a victory for Ghana’s Parliament and democracy, social commentator, Sydney Casely-Hayford has said. Though the Minority in Parliament is calling for more blood over the failed attempt at amending the deal, following the sacking of Boakye Agyarko as Energy Minister, Mr. Casely-Hayford expressed satisfaction that due process Read More

General

Consolidated Bank blocks withdrawals from defunct Beige Bank accounts

Dean Hammond August 12, 2018 269 0

The newly-established Consolidated Bank Ghana (CGB) has blocked the fixed deposit accounts of customers of the defunct Beige Bank. This means clients of the defunct bank can no longer make withdrawals from the fixed deposit accounts. “Effective immediately there will be no redemptions or withdrawals on all fixed deposit accounts held by the erstwhile Beige […]Read More

General

Man sentenced to 12 years for stealing mobile phone and GH¢7

Dean Hammond August 12, 2018 248 0

A 30-year man has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court for robbery. Kofi Baah, together with three other accomplices who are on the run, attacked and robbed a security man at the Kumasi campus of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) of his mobile phone and cash. […]Read More

General

Police investigate Nana Damoah death threats

Dean Hammond August 7, 2018 251 0

The East Legon police have begun investigations into claims of death threats on the life of Public Relations Officer of the Energy Ministry. Nana Oppong Damoah reported the threats to the police after sharing a conversation between him and government’s spokesperson on Legal Affairs, Herbert Krapa on social media platform, Facebook. In the message, Krapa cautioned Damoah Read More

General

State burial for J.H Mensah on August 17

Dean Hammond August 7, 2018 224 0

President Nana Akufo-Addo, has revealed that Government will honour the late John Henry Mensah with a state burial, which will be held on Friday, August 17, 2018. This announcement was made on Tuesday, August 7, 2018, when the family of the late J.H. Mensah paid a courtesy call on the President at Jubilee House, the seat […]Read More

Politics

My gov’t will bring progress, prosperity to Ghana – Akufo-Addo

Dean Hammond August 6, 2018 384 0

President Nana Akufo-Addo has reaffirmed the commitment of his government to bring progress and prosperity to all parts of the country, in a balanced and inclusive manner. Speaking at Ada, at the Asafotufiami Festival, on Saturday he reiterated his belief that a prosperous, confident nation can be built through the effective exploitation of the country’s human […]Read More

General

AMA to arrest ‘junky’ coconut sellers

Dean Hammond August 6, 2018 272 0

The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has put measures in place to arrest junkies and coconut sellers who dump their waste indiscriminately in Accra. Henry Kotei Kotey, the Osu Klottey Sub-Metropolitan Chairman made this known during the National Sanitation Day clean-up exercise, which took place in all the six sub-metros in Accra. He said, “the enforcement of […]Read More

General

Unknown man allegedly commits suicide at Winneba Junction

Dean Hammond August 6, 2018 272 0

A man believed to be about 28 years, has been found hanging on a branch of a tree at the Junction of Apostle Sarfo’s Company, near Winneba Junction. Chief Superintendent Godfrey Tetteh Adjirakor, Winneba District Police Commander, said they received a phone call on Tuesday morning that someone has committed suicide in the Apostle Sarfo […]Read More

Politics

Mahama is NDC’s best bet for 2020 but needs no MPs endorsement – Aspiring Youth Organiser

Dean Hammond August 5, 2018 503 0

Aspiring National Youth Organizer of the NDC, George Opare Addo has said former President John Dramani Mahama is the best candidate to lead the opposition party into the 2020 elections. The former Municipal Chief Executive of Akuapem North was speaking on UTV Friday. According to him, the former President is the best person capable of […]Read More

General

This year’s ban on fishing postponed to 2019

Dean Hammond August 5, 2018 261 0

Cabinet has decided to postpone the one month ban on all fishing activities in Ghana, which was expected to start August 7, 2018 to next year. The Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development, Elizabeth Naa Afoley Quaye, is said to have made this known Friday evening at a meeting, with stakeholders in the fisheries industry […]Read More

General

Operation Vanguard marks anniversary as experts mark performance

Dean Hammond August 4, 2018 259 0

The performance sheet of government’s militarisation of the fight against illegal mining has been pulled out showing a 10% conviction rate after more than 1370 arrests. Of the 247 Chinese nationals arrested, only 22 have been convicted. The National Commander of Operation Vanguard, Colonel Michael Amoah-Ayisi, while praising the work of his men, expressed Read More

Business

MASLOC Boss receives global award

Dean Hammond August 4, 2018 223 0

The Chief Executive Officer of the Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Stephen Amoah has achieved a new laurel for himself. He has been named the Best CEO in the Micro-Loan Industry for 2018 for how well he has managed the micro-finance industry in Ghana. The European CEO Awards is a UK-based scheme that provides […]Read More

General

Amewu fumes at Chinese operator as Ghana Bauxite company declares 4-year loss

Dean Hammond August 2, 2018 267 0

Chinese operators of the Ghana Bauxite company have received a drubbing from an incensed Land and Natural Resources Minister over their persistent declaration of losses. John Peter Amewu who visited the company embroiled in a scandal was at a loss over how it has failed to declare a profit for four years. Conservative estmates suggested […]Read More

General

Demonstrate honesty, integrity, sound knowledge of law – Akufo-Addo to new judges

Dean Hammond August 2, 2018 301 0

President Nana Akufo-Addo has urged judges of the High Court to demonstrate, in during their period in office, that they are honest, possess integrity and a sound knowledge of the law. According to President Akufo-Addo, the situation, where judges proffer judgements on the basis of decisions from lower courts and cite them as law, is […]Read More

Opinion

Edwinology’s Lab: The reason why some women in labour insult their husbands

Dean Hammond August 1, 2018 303 0

A minute silence for the late Vice-President, the departed Kwesi Amissah-Arthur. What we have done to Matilda with our words is heart-breaking. The biblical generation heard of a bleeding, wounded man beaten by robbers and left on the street but passers-by felt too busy to help and so walked away. But this generation would see this […]Read More

Opinion

Pedestrian deaths in Accra; who is to blame?

Dean Hammond August 1, 2018 390 0

When I told a friend I would write to shine a light on pedestrians being knocked down by vehicles in Accra, he simply said, “Write about something else.’ Somehow I understood him; we keep talking, advocating and writing about our issues but nothing seems to influence the change we need to stay alive at least. […]Read More

Opinion

Impact of the new vat tax regime on living standard

Dean Hammond August 1, 2018 209 0

Introduction The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Ghana measures the changes in over time the cost of a fixed market basket of goods and services. This has a direct relationship with the cost of living in a country. In the basket of goods and services are items that are set charged with Value Added Tax […]Read More

General

Notorious robber shot dead

Dean Hammond August 1, 2018 230 0

A notorious armed robber who has been terrorizing travellers with his gang on the Techiman Sunyani road has been shot dead by the Brong Ahafo police. According to reports, the unidentified armed robber was part of a gang who ambushed a sprinter bus with registration number AW 9606-14 travelling from Dormaa Ahenkro to a market […]Read More

General

Man butchers wife in Assin Fosu

Dean Hammond August 1, 2018 261 0

The police at Assin Fosu has mounted a search for a man, Kofi Abraham, who is suspected to have murdered his 34-year-old wife, Nana Ama. The incident occurred at Obuom near the Immigration School, at Assin Fosu in the Central Region. The body of the deceased was found in their house with multiple cutlass wounds […]Read More

Opinion

Ghana, a sick country or a paralysed country?

Dean Hammond August 1, 2018 245 0

Many use Rwanda and Ethiopia as shining examples of nations experiencing planned, orderly and growth-oriented development. Why is Rwanda, which has come out of several years of political rancour, social anarchy and civil war arresting development and addressing inequality but Ghana with its abundant resources continue to babble in poverty and inequality? Why is it […]Read More

General

#GW2018: A new Ghana, Africa to take the world by storm- Pastor Otabil

Dean Hammond August 1, 2018 209 0

Head Pastor of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) Dr Mensa Otabil has made a prophetic declaration of an emerging new Africa that will take the world by storm. “..Where there has been shame in Africa, honour is coming. Where there has been poverty, prosperity is coming. Africa’s story will not be forward and backward. […]Read More

General

Number of factories under 1D1F unrealistic; will reduce further – GAWU predicts

Dean Hammond August 1, 2018 233 0

The General Secretary of the General Agriculture Workers Union (GAWU) says it is commendable that government is considering a review of the One District One Factory (1D1F) policy. Edward Karewe said GAWU has always held that although the policy is a good one it appeared unrealistic at the time it was introduced. He told Joy News’ […]Read More

Politics

Rejected Berekum DCE chases assembly members for ‘bribe’ cash

Dean Hammond July 31, 2018 178 0

A meeting by the newly-created Berekum West District Assembly in the Brong Ahafo Region to decide the fate of President Akufo-Addo’s nominee as District Chief Executive ended inconclusively last Friday. This is because the nominee, Martin Obeng-Adjei, did not get the required two-thirds majority to become the District Chief Executive (DCE). The nominee obtained 12 […]Read More