Finance Minister contradicts COCOBOD, confirms external funding for 2024/2025 cocoa season

Finance Minister contradicts COCOBOD, confirms external funding for 2024/2025 cocoa season

Finance Minister Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has contradicted recent claims by the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) regarding it's funding strategy for the upcoming 2024/2025 cocoa crop season. During the monthly economic update in Accra on Thursday, August 29, 2024, Dr. Adam clarified that the government will indeed seek external funding to support the cocoa sector, despite COCOBOD's earlier statements suggesting otherwise. “I want to take this opportunity to clarify that […]

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Driver weeps in court after being sentenced to 5 years and 8 months in prison for dangerous driving

The Assin Kyekyewere Circuit Court in the Assin South District of the Central Region, presided over by Her Ladyship Sophia Priscilla Yeboah, has sentenced 38-year-old Yaw Bimpong to 5 years and 8 months imprisonment with hard labor for dangerous driving and negligently causing harm. The convict pleaded guilty to the offenses and was sentenced accordingly. According to the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Gilbert Abangna Anyongo, on February 26, 2021, the convict […]

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49% of pregnant women in Tema metropolis found to be anaemic at 36 weeks of gestation

More than 49 per cent of pregnant women in the Tema Metropolis were found to be anaemic at 36 weeks of gestation, records from health facilities for the first half of the year have revealed. The data also showed that 4.05 per cent of the number were severely anaemic, while 37.55 per cent reported to the antenatal clinics anaemic at registration (first day of visit). Samuel Atuahene Antwi, the Tema […]

August 28, 2024 35

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PAC cautions Assemblies against paying below minimum wage

Any district, Municipal and Metropolitan Assembly found culpable of paying its casual workers below the nationally mandated minimum wage will be prosecuted, Dr James Klutse Avedzi, the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has cautioned. Dr Avedzi condemned the practice whilst addressing the media during the Northern Regional zonal public hearings on the Auditor-General’s report for the 2022 financial year, in Tamale. Dr Avedzi said some Assemblies […]

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WAEC arrests 6 teachers for exam malpractice in ongoing WASSCE

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says six teachers and invigilators have been arrested for engaging in various examination malpractices in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Speaking to the media, the Head of Public Affairs at WAEC, John Kappi, said the teachers were arrested along with an 'overwhelming' number of students from both public and private schools across the country during the first week of the […]

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NDC demands emergency meeting with EC over voter exhibition exercise

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has formally requested an urgent meeting with the Electoral Commission (EC) to address issues arising from the ongoing voter exhibition exercise. According to the party, the meeting is to discuss some serious discrepancies discovered during the ongoing 2024 voter exhibition exercise. In a letter signed by the party’s General Secretary, Fifi Kwetey, the NDC explained that these discrepancies emanate from analysis of the Provisional Voter […]

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NDC to prioritise private sector-led Initiatives in next government, says Isaac Adongo

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has announced plans to introduce more private-sector initiatives in its next government to reduce the government’s involvement in business operations. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express, Isaac Adongo, the spokesperson on the economy for NDC flagbearer John Mahama, stated that a lean government would free up significant resources for other ventures. “The idea of running a lean government will save the country a lot of […]

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ENTERTAINMENT

Mavis Asante explains the reasons behind her break from making music

Ghanaian gospel singer Mavis Asante is making a return to music after almost a decade away. In an interview with Silva Lady on the Aben Wo Ha show on DLFM, she announced that her third studio album will be released next month. According to Mavis, who is also a reverend minister, she took a break from music to focus on her family. After getting married in her early 20s and […]

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Ohemaa Mercy discusses Tehillah Experience 2024

The 2024 Tehillah Experience concert is scheduled to take place on September 8, 2024, at 4 PM at the Oil Dome, Royal House Chapel International, Accra. In an interview with DLFM’s Roman Fada on the 'Ye Kurakura Mu' show, Ohemaa Mercy, the event's organizer, shared that this year’s edition, the 11th, will be special and deeply impact those who attend. She said that unlike previous years, which focused mainly on […]

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