A Mozambican court has sentenced the son of a former president and others to prison for their role in the “tuna bonds” corruption scandal. Ex-President Armando Guebuza’s son, Ndambi Guebuza, and two former heads of intelligence, Gregorio Leao and Antonio do Rosario, each got 12 years behind bars. Eight of Read more…
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced a 48-hour interruption in the supply of water to certain parts of Accra. The development, according to the GWCL, is due to planned maintenance works on the Tema Booster Station. In a statement, the company explained the work will result in a shutdown from Read more…
Microsoft says it has offered the same deal to Sony, with Call of Duty also continuing to appear on PCs. Source: BBC
San Francisco reverses its decision to allow police to use robots equipped with lethal weapons. Source: BBC
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is fighting back after being politically wounded by allegations that he stashed a huge sum of foreign currency in a sofa on his game farm, and then covered up its theft. He has rallied his governing African National Congress (ANC) to back him in parliament, Read more…
Since 2010, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has supervised 30 tariff decisions resulting in 12 tariff increases, 2 tariff reductions and 16 unchanged tariffs. In this video, JoyNews’ Evans Mensah analyses the impact of the upward adjustment in electricity and water tariff on consumers. At the dying embers of Read more…
The Atlas Lions of Morocco produced a masterclass performance to beat Spain 3-0 on penalties to book first quarterfinal slot in the FIFA World Cup. After a thrilling 120 minutes of action, Morocco, the only African country left in the 2022 FIFA World Cup showed resilience, class and positive attitude Read more…
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Minority Caucus in Parliament said public servants are justified in asking for increase in wages and salaries, given the current rate of inflation, depreciation of the cedi and the general economic hardship in the country. Mr Haruna Iddrisu, the NDC Minority Leader, in his concluding Read more…
Open AI’s ChatGPT generates convincing human-like answers in response to human prompts. Source: BBC
Three accused persons standing trial for gold scam and robbery were on December 5, 2022 remanded into Police custody by an Accra Circuit court. The accused, George Essandor Akron, owner of SSL Gold refinery, Kelvin Prince Boakye alias Don King and Joy Kwame Genu alias George ABC were arraigned at Read more…
Tech workers are rallying together to help peers who face having to leave the US after being laid off. Source: BBC
Now that things have settled down, I want to emphasize that there is no favorable outcome in taking sides or disparaging a segment of healthcare workers. According to studies, patients whose healthcare providers had an exceptionally high number of complaints from coworkers were at a higher risk of surgical and Read more…
Good Shepherd R/C Junior High School in Kumasi beat off competition from Kyere Educational Complex and Belhaven Montessori to win the 2022 edition of the Junior Science and Maths Quiz. The three schools were engulfed in a heated contest, after which Good Shepherd School amassed the highest score of 44 points. Read more…
Masantewaa Emporium has represented Ghana as the only African accessory brand at the fashion show, Runway Dubai. The event took place in Dubai from November 23 to November 24, 2022, at Park Hyatt hotel. The first day of the event was reserved for dinner, press conferences, and for designers from Read more…
The Ghana Muslim Mission (GMM) Greater Accra, in collaboration with the Ar-Rahman Foundation, a non-profit organisation, has commissioned a clinic to provide healthcare services to the Korle-Gonno Community and its environs in Accra. The Ar-Rahman Ghana Muslim Clinic seeks to provide affordable and quality healthcare services to the community and the GMM members daily Read more…
Speech and language development therapist, Zarah Ibrahim, has revealed that delayed speech development in children may be hereditary. Although there are other underlying medical conditions that can cause the phenomenon, she believes it can also be caused by genetic factors. Madam Ibrahim noted in an interview with Prime Morning host Read more…
Switching systems may have made electricity savings similar to the amount used by Ireland. Source: BBC
While delivering the much anticipated 2023 budget, Ghana’s Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, unmasked the nature of Ghana’s debt portfolio, saying the country is finding it difficult to carry a debt burden worth $48.9 billion as of September 2022. Debt restructuring is the only gateway to access the projected $3 billion Read more…
The University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA) says it will limit the 2023/24 admissions to applicants who will score an aggregate six in their WASSCE examinations. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abednego Feehi Okoe Amartey, who disclosed this at a ceremony in the school explained that this is Read more…
Work is steadily progressing on the terminal section of the Boankra Integrated Logistics Terminal (BILT), popularly known as the ‘Boankra Inland Port Project’. This came to light during a recent tour of the project site, following the recommencement of work on the project by Justmoh Construction. The contract for the Read more…