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Economy among fastest growing in the world – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says his government has succeeded in turning around the fundamentals of Ghana’s economy, which he inherited from the Mahama administration, ensuring that, currently, all the fundamentals are pointing in the right direction. According to President Akufo-Addo, “we inherited a situation with a large fiscal deficit, which has been turned around now; considerable imbalances in the way ...

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Sky train concession agreement signed

The much anticipated Accra Sky Train project, which is a fully automated, high efficiency and extremely cost-effective public mass transit system that will use air propulsion technology to drive lightweight, high passenger volume vehicles, today, the 11th of November, 2019, received a big boost with the signing of a concession agreement between the Government of Ghana and AiSky Train Consortium ...

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Ghana withdraws recognition of Kosovo as independent state

Ghana has withdrawn its recognition of Kosovo as an independent state. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration on Monday said the withdrawal came after it observed that, the recognization which was inspired by the quest for peace and harmony was, however “premature.” Ghana in 2012, decided to recognize Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state, ...

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China releases funds for Phase 1 of Sinohydro roads – Bawumia reveals

The first tranche of the ‘bauxite for development’ barter agreement, popularly known as Sinohydro deal, signed between the Government of Ghana and the People’s Republic of China has been released, the Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has disclosed. Speaking in Accra on Monday, 11th November 2019 at the Jubilee House, Vice President Bawumia indicated that projects under ...

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‘Akufo-Addo’s ambulances’ to be distributed in 2020

Government has decided to distribute all 275 ambulances in January 2020, Minister for Special Development Initiative, Mavis Hawa Koomson has said. The reason, she explained, is to ensure a fair distribution of the ambulances across all 275 constituencies in the country. The first 48 ambulances, which arrived months ago are parked at the forecourt of the Parliament House in Accra. ...

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Ghana being ruled by ‘fools’ – Odike fumes

The founder and leader of the United Progressive Party (UPP), Mr. Akwasi Addai Odike has said on Radio 1 (100.7) that one major problem of this country is that we are being ruled by fools. Speaking with Nana Kwabena Addo monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Odike said instead of the leaders finding solutions to our problem, they are rather attacking each other ...

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Larteh: Sacks containing human skeletons discovered

Sacks and Polytene bags containing large quantities of various parts of human skeletons have been found in a valley along Akuapem Larteh and Ayikuma road in the Eastern region. The human parts were found by a Motorcyclist who informed the Police. The Akropong District Police Commander, Superintendent Stephen Tetteh, told Starr News the large quantities of human skeletons were found ...

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We bought guns to protect ourselves – 9 accused of coup plot

The nine persons who have been accused of plotting to overthrow the government have explained that they bought the guns to protect themselves. Arguing in support of an application for bail on Monday [November 11, 2019], counsel for the accused persons, Mr Victor Kojoga Adawudu, argued that the court should grant his clients bail because the prosecution did not have ...

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Go to CBG for validation and payment – SEC to customers of Gold Coast, others

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has asked customers of the collapsed fund management firms to visit CBG branches from Tuesday to validate their documents in order to receive payments. According to the Deputy Director-General for SEC Paul Ababio, customers will receive text messages showing them the processes to receive their monies once their documents are validated. “In terms of ...

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