Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook boss urges tighter regulation
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has called for more regulation of harmful online content, saying it was not for companies like his to decide what counts as legitimate free speech. Citing China, Mr Zuckerberg also warned excessive control risked stifling individual expression. He was speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Social media giants like […]
Muntaka, Banda MP survive road accident near Konongo
Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak and his deputy, Ahmed Ibrahim have been discharged from the hospital where they were rushed after they were involved in an accident at Kubease near Konongo Ashanti, Saturday morning. The Asawase and Banda Members of Parliament (MPs) were travelling to Sunyani from Accra for a funeral when their SUV got involved in […]
MP chides gov’t for mismanaging economy but gov’t says economy is expanding
MP for Wa Central, Dr. Rashid Pelpuo, has chided government for mismanaging the economy. He said the economy should have been better than what it is currently. He attributed the poor state of the economy to increased corruption and borrowing for unintended purposes. Speaking on GBC’s Current Affairs Programme, ‘Talking Point’, which discussed the government’s […]
Hungary increases scholarship to Ghanaian students
Hungary has expanded its annual scholarship scheme that allows Ghanaian students to study in the central European country, from 50 to 100 beneficiaries. The education cooperation agreement signed with Ghana in 2016 enables beneficiaries to study Bachelor’s , master’s and doctoral degrees in various fields including agriculture, engineering, natural sciences, business and economics. Aimed at equipping […]
Rwandan gospel singer found dead in police cell
Rwandan gospel music artist Kizito Mihigo has been found dead in a police cell, officers say. It comes three days after he was arrested near the border with Burundi. Police accused him of attempting to flee the country and join rebel groups fighting against Rwanda. He is banned from leaving Rwanda due to a previous […]
Veep Bawumia: Free SHS is most significant social intervention since Independence
Vice President, H.E Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has stated that the most significant social intervention since independence is the free senior high school policy that has been introduced by the Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo-led government. “The Free SHS is the most significant social intervention introduced in Ghana since independence.” H.E Dr Mahamudu Bawumia said this on […]
Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong
Armed robbers in Hong Kong made off with hundreds of toilet rolls worth more than HKD1,000 ($130; £98). Toilet rolls are currently in short supply in Hong Kong due to shortages caused by panic-buying during the coronavirus outbreak. Knife wielding men robbed a delivery man outside a supermarket in the Mong Kok district, police said. […]
9 Die in accident at Monkra
Nine people died and 51 sustained injuries in a ghastly accident at Monkra, a town on the Dambai – Kete Krachi, road in the Oti Region last Saturday when a cargo truck in which they were travelling hit an embankment and overturned. The injured were rushed to the Krachi District Hospital for medical care. The […]
Veterinary Service under MOFA to destroy one of four containers of unwholesome poultry products Today
A container reported to be containing poultry products contaminated with salmonella bacteria is being kept at the State warehouse to be destroyed today. The container is part of four containers of unwholesome poultry products, belonging to Perez Frozen Foods and Perfect God Enterprise, which were imported into the country. The content of the other three […]
17th February, 2020
The Ghanaian Times applauds the “broiler module” under the Rearing for Food and Jobs programme which is expected to increase poultry and reduce a huge imported poultry product in about eleven regions. The paper commends the government’s initiative and urged the poultry farmers to take advantage of the opportunity to produce about forty thousand tonnes […]
Allow Your Children To Be Vaccinated – Ghana Health Service
The Biakoye District Director of the Ghana Health Service, Rita Wurapah-Abudey, has appealed to parents particularly those in the Oti Region to allow their children to be vaccinated, to make them immune against the polio virus. She disclosed that the polio vaccine has been tried, tested and approved over the years, hence it will have […]
President Akufo-Addo begins 3-day tour of Volta and Oti Regions
President Akufo Addo has begun his three-day tour of the Volta and Oti Regions, with an assurance that his government will undertake more development projects and social interventions, to enhance the livelihood of Ghanaians from all walks of life. The President kick-started the tour at Nkwanta in the Oti Region, where he reiterated his commitment […]
2019/20 GPL: Results of match day 10 of Ghana Premier League
Match Day 10 results of the Ghana Premier League: Asante Kotoko 0-0 Ashanti Gold Dwarfs 2-1 Karela United Hearts of Oak […]
Conquerors Ladies crowned 2020 Ghana Rugby Women’s Champions
The Ghana Rugby Football Union (Ghana Rugby) 2020 Women’s League ended on Saturday February 15, 2020, with semifinals and finals at the St. Thomas Aquinas School in Accra, Ghana. Conquerors Ladies won the 2020 Championship comfortably. The Ghana Rugby Women’s Club Championship (GRWCC) started earlier this year with new talents discovered throughout the competition. According […]
