Ivory Coast and Ghana’s move to combat farmer poverty with a living income premium for their cocoa sales is being undermined by chocolate makers scaling down purchases and negotiating discounts on other parts of the price, sources said. Confectioners publicly backed a move by the two countries, which together account for 60% of global cocoa […]
“This is nonsensical and madness,” Roads Minister, Kwasi Amoako-Atta fumed on Wednesday when he led a team to the Airport residential area Wednesday. The Minister led the team to demolish a concrete barricade erected by some Turkish developers who are putting up a 22-storey building in the area. He also called for the arrest of […]
The courts in Ghana are to sit on weekends and public holidays to deal with issues that affect personal liberty, the Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous decision. The six-member panel, presided over by outgoing Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo, ruled on Wednesday, 18 December 2019 that the 48 hours after which a suspect must […]
The Akans of Ghana say the human head is not pawpaw to slice open and pry into. This holds true for people who put themselves up for voluntary duty yet aim to make gains. Three former trustees of a north London Christian charity have been found to have paid themselves more than £450,000 ($591,000) of […]
Defeated assembly member aspirant for the Adukrom Nima Electoral Area of the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti region, Ibrahim Adabor Issah, a.k.a Hon. Aponkye has blamed the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of masterminding his humiliating defeat yesterday, Mynewsgh.com reports. According to him, the leadership of the party had called on him to step aside for […]
A Pakistani special court hearing the high treason case against former president General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday, December 17th handed the former ruler a death sentence. A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad announced the decision, in a split judgment. The court, in its short order […]
Women have to wait a while for equal pay, a new report says — roughly until the year 2277. At the current rate of change, the gender gap in economic participation and opportunity won’t close for another 257 years, up from 202 years in last year’s estimate, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender […]
The Electoral Commission will today, Wednesday, hold elections in some electoral areas where polls were not held during the nationwide exercise on Tuesday. The nationwide electoral process was scheduled to take place on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, but some areas were unable to hold the polls due to various challenges. Director of Electoral Services at […]
Quality healthcare delivery at the Upper West Regional Hospital is on a balance as the facility is currently grappling with a barrage of legal suits from its suppliers. Citi News‘ sources at the facility indicate that most companies providing medical supplies and other essentials have suspended their services and resorted to the law court to […]
Friends and family members are mourning the death of a 30-year-old California man who was killed at his wedding reception just hours after he exchanged wedding vows with his wife. It was reported that two uninvited men came to the newlyweds’ reception over the weekend and beat the groom to death with baseball bats. The […]
U.S Customs and Border Protection officers have seized over $100,000 at the Washington Dulles International Airport from travelers heading to Ghana and other places. The operation, officials told DailyMailGH.com, lasted for about two weeks and concerned those failing to declare specific amount on them. Dulles International Airport officials also said the two-week operation also caught in […]
Popularity in election is important, but it may not be all what matters. This may be the lesson a nationally unknown Abdul Rashid taught Nana Adabor Ibrahim Issah Ampim popularly known as Hon Aponkye in yesterdays assembly election in Nima Adukrom. The Fast-rising social media sensation Hon Aponkye who aspired for an Assembly seat at […]
