Policy analyst, Dr Charles Wereko-Brobbey has described as “senseless” President Mahama’s decision to free the Montie 3 who were sentenced to four months imprisonment for criminal contempt. According to him, he was not surprised by the president’s action since it was just a plot by the president and his ministers to undermine the judiciary. “Why … Read more
Director of Communication of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is predicting a political Armageddon for President Mahama for freeing Montie three serving four months jail term for scandalising the Supreme Court. The President in a statement signed by Communications Minister, Edward Omane-Boamah granted a remission of sentence to the three on ‘compassionate grounds’. President … Read more
An explosion at an outdoor wedding party in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep has killed at least 30 people and injured 94 more, the region’s governor says. The Turkish government has called it a “terror attack” and suggested it was carried out by a suicide bomber. Gaziantep is 64km (40 miles) from the Syrian … Read more
West Ham United boss Slaven Bilic has revealed that injured new signing Andre Ayew could spend less than three months in the treatment room. The Ghanaian was withdrawn 35 minutes into his maiden appearance for the Hammers in a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea on Monday after hurting his thigh. Initial medical examination and media reports … Read more
The Zika virus has been found in the sperm of an Italian man six months after his first symptoms, twice as long as in previously reported cases. Doctors at the Spallanzani Institute for Infectious Diseases in Rome said it pointed to the possibility that the virus was reproducing itself in the male genital tract. The … Read more
The flag bearer of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) Ivor Greenstreet says it would be unwise of the President to grant the three Montie trio a pardon. Mr Greenstreet goes further to add that the three should have been given a longer sentence than the four months that was handed down to them. Speaking to … Read more
A 58-year-old man from the West African nation of Ghana will have an extended stay in Canada after accepting responsibility Friday for child pornography found on his cellphone as he entered the country. Thomas Aboagye Acheampong was arrested Monday at Halifax Stanfield International Airport after arriving on an Air Canada flight from London. Acheampong told … Read more
The MP for Assin North has advised President John Mahama to pardon the three persons jailed by the Supreme Court for contempt after they have served half of their jail terms. According to Kennedy Agyapong, the three might have learnt their lessons by then and there would be no need to keep them in prison … Read more
Striking workers of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) have called the bluff of the Employment Minister who has threatened to withhold their August salaries. Public Relations Officer of CLOGSAG Edmund Acquaye told Joy News the threat by the minister is in breach of the employer and employee relationship. Workers of CLOGSAG declared … Read more
Renowned Actress Nana Ama Mcbrown says photos of her coded wedding will be released in 3 months. The talented actress tied the knot with her long time boyfriend Maxwell Mensah over the weekend at a secret location and subsequently barred patrons from taking images. In a recent video posted on Instagram this morning, Nana Ama … Read more
Parliament has suspended the approval of the Deputy Local Government Ministerial nominee John Oti Bless. Mr Bless together was hoping to be approved by the House in order for them to begin his deputy ministerial career with five months to go into an election. But the fate of the Deputy Local Government ministerial nominee hangs … Read more
Scores of market women at the Kaase Market in the Ashanti region for years to come, may never nurse the thought of saving their earnings with any banking institution following what has befallen them. Few months after thousands of persons lost their investments to Ponzi Micro-finance institutions in the Brong Ahafo in the infamous DKM … Read more
Barcelona’s Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, a court in the Spanish city said on Wednesday. The court handed the same jail sentence to the Argentine soccer player’s father, Jorge, and … Read more
Black Stars players and technical handlers received an amount of $10,000 each from the Ministry of Youth and Sports as payment of their outstanding bonus for the Ghana-Rwanda World Cup qualifier. However, the winning bonus for their 2-0 victory over Comoros in the return leg World Cup qualifier last Tuesday remains outstanding, the Graphic Sports … Read more
The Brong-Ahafo Region recorded 919 adolescent pregnancies from January to June 2015, according to statistics from the Regional Health Directorate. The figure comprised 235 girls aged between 10 and 14 as well as 684 girls of the 15-19 years bracket, who visited the antenatal clinic within the six months period. Ms. Mary Gyimah, Sunyani Municipal … Read more
A magistrate court in Wassa Akropong in the Wassa Amenfi East District of the Western Region has sentenced two men to 24 months each in prison for possessing human bones. The two, Kwaku Donkor 32 and Abraham Baidoo 45 were arrested on Thursday by the Western Regional police when they attempted to sell the bones … Read more