The Electoral Commission (EC) has indicated that the upcoming compilation of a new voters register will be done under strict compliance with all the safety protocols pertaining to the COVID-19 Pandemic. A statement issued by the Commission on Monday, 11 May 2020 signed by Mrs. Sylvia Annoh, the Director of Public Affairs and sighted by […]
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COVID-19: Gov’t to present more money and logistics to NCCE today-President Akufo-Addo
As part of measures to empower the National Commission on Civic Education to enable it carry out its mandate of educating the masses on the COVID-19 Pandemic, government will be giving the Commission more money and logistics today, Monday, May 11, 2020. The package which was announced by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his […]
COVID-19: ICGC cancels Greater Works 2020
The International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) will not be holding the 2020 edition of the biggest event in its calendar, Greater Works. A statement issued by the General Overseer of the church, Dr. Mensa Otabil announcing the decision and in the possession of BestNewsGH.com cited the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country as […]
Armed robbers abandon GHC 195k and take to their heels after police storm their booty sharing meeting
Four persons suspected to be armed robbers took to their heels and abandoned a whopping amount of One Hundred and Ninety Five Thousand Ghana Cedis they were sharing when armed police men stormed the venue where the money was being shared. BestNewsGH.com is informed the robbers were in the process if sharing the amount which […]
Greater Accra police contracts Zoomlion for major disinfection as cell inmates test positive for Covid-19
Some inmates in police cells in the Greater Region have tested positive for coronavirus, the head of the regional command has disclosed. DCOP Fred Adu-Anim told journalists Saturday that the undisclosed number of inmates have since been sent to an isolation centre also in Accra. “We have tested some of the (policemen) and we are […]
COVID-19: Financial impact on churches
Churches all over Ghana have been hardly hit by the lockdown, government restrictions on social gathering and social distancing protocols. Many churches have had to forgo in-person services to follow government orders not to gather in large groups and maintain social/physical distance of at least 2 meters between individuals in an effort to curb the […]
COVID-19: Kwesi Pratt stunned by new study which says smoking marijuana actually kills virus
Kwesi Pratt, Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, is utterly shocked by a new study that indicates nicotine could prevent infection and serious illness from coronavirus. A recent French study has indicated that nicotine is helpful in guarding against coronavirus, functioning as an anti-inflammatory agent that kills the virus. Nicotine is a stimulant and alkaloid […]
A/R: Asokwa Court remands woman and lover who conspired to kill her husband
The Asokwa District Court 2 has remanded a married woman and her boyfriend who conspired to kill her husband at Pamen near Kwabeng in the Eastern region. The two were remanded after the prosecutor, Chief Superintendent Kofi Blagodzi, prayed the court, presided over by His worship Korkor Achaw Owusu, to remand them so that they […]
KIA Disinfection: Pressure Mounts On GACL-for ignoring Health Minister’s May 17, 2019 Letter
There are continuous agitations against the Ghana Airport Company (GACL) to offer answers for its refusal to facilitate, provide space, permits and support LCB Worldwide Limited in the implementation of its disinfection services at the Kotoka International Airport. In its Rejoinder to a publication regarding its refusal to allow LCB to operate; but rather allowed […]
COVID-19: Americans to get $2,000 per month until pandemic is over according to new Bill
A new bill seeks to dramatically increase financial relief for struggling American families amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by extending the government’s stimulus checks months after the crisis is over. The Monthly Economic Crisis Support Act, introduced Friday by Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), would provide a monthly $2,000 check to every person with an […]
Revealed: Togolese who illegally entered Ghana is Bono Region’s first Covid-19 case
The first person to test positive for the novel coronavirus in the Bono Region is a Togolese national who entered the country illegally, the Regional Minister has revealed. This forms part of the 372 new cases that brought the country’s tally to 3,091 as announced by the Ghana Health Service May 7, 2020. The new case detected […]
‘’Otumfuo is my advisor, I cherish his wise advice and counsel’’-VP Bawumia
Story by: I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has described the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, as man of extraordinary wisdom. According to him, the Asante King is endowed with amazing wisdom, for which reason he (Bawumia) usually relies on him for wise counsel. “I cherish Otumfuo’s wise advice and counsel”, […]